---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Extend The Allowed Time For The Interchange Of Government Employees"
description: "An Act To Extend The Allowed Time For The Interchange Of Government Employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 491"
citation: "Maine LD 491 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STATE GOVERNMENT", "STATE PERSONNEL", "INTERCHANGE PROGRAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["TURNER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a68e532-af60-465d-bf86-8f551475620d"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063210"
source_hash: "5ebd6df228721a2464bc6041f05eed49283b43110d625ba89285606e93ce28f0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 491 (128) — An Act To Extend The Allowed Time For The Interchange Of Government Employees

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP035401.asp)

## Sponsors

- TURNER — primary (person)
- BATTLE — cosponsor (person)
- BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- BRAKEY — cosponsor (person)
- FREDETTE — cosponsor (person)
- HARLOW — cosponsor (person)
- KINNEY — cosponsor (person)
- MAKER — cosponsor (person)
- PICKETT — cosponsor (person)
- TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-14** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-04-25** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-04-25** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-65).
- **2017-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-27** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-04-27** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Committee Amendment "A" (H-65) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-04-27** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-05-02** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-02** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-65), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-02** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2017-05-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-09** On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT
- **2017-06-28** On Motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2017-06-28** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a68e532-af60-465d-bf86-8f551475620d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).