---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Create Fairness For Dispatchers In The Maine Public Employees Retirement System"
description: "An Act To Create Fairness For Dispatchers In The Maine Public Employees Retirement System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1395"
citation: "Maine LD 1395 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "FIREFIGHTERS", "DISPATCHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael SYLVESTER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d82548cb-7475-4234-8c50-79491e210d60"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072716"
source_hash: "de69f35f1efd2666f6087fa3199385c05bbfb4f53be60a7bc94a683e948499dd"
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 1395 (129) — An Act To Create Fairness For Dispatchers In The Maine Public Employees Retirement System

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1009&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1009&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1009&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Michael SYLVESTER — primary (person)
- Barbara CARDONE — cosponsor (person)
- Bettyann SHEATS — cosponsor (person)
- Colleen MADIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- Deane RYKERSON — cosponsor (person)
- Gina MELARAGNO — cosponsor (person)
- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)
- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-26** Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-03-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-12** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-551).
- **2019-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-12** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-12** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (H-551) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-551), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-12** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-18** 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/d82548cb-7475-4234-8c50-79491e210d60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).