---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Enable The Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Company To Better Serve Maine Employers By Eliminating The High-Risk Program"
description: "An Act To Enable The Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Company To Better Serve Maine Employers By Eliminating The High-Risk Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 592"
citation: "Maine LD 592 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WORKERS COMPENSATION", "MAINE MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.", "HIGH-RISK PROGRAM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WHITTEMORE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a17c75a5-3e13-4e6c-bcb3-f114c49dccbb"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063351"
source_hash: "694f71dfcebbc06b5e3709ab3171a9617ef8ce558c724b0a4c6fff5bf4972f82"
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 592 (128) — An Act To Enable The Maine Employers' Mutual Insurance Company To Better Serve Maine Employers By Eliminating The High-Risk Program

## 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/SP020701.asp)

## Sponsors

- WHITTEMORE — primary (person)
- CUSHING — cosponsor (person)
- CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
- FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
- KATZ — cosponsor (person)
- LANGLEY — cosponsor (person)
- MASON — cosponsor (person)
- SAVIELLO — cosponsor (person)
- STETKIS — cosponsor (person)
- STROM — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-02-16** REFERENCE to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES
- **2017-02-16** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-02-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-21** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2017-03-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** Assigned for SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2017-03-23** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2017-03-23** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-03-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-03-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-03-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2017-03-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** 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/a17c75a5-3e13-4e6c-bcb3-f114c49dccbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).