---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Exclude Collectively Bargained Salary And Job Promotion Increases From The Earnable Compensation Limitation For Retirement Purposes"
description: "An Act To Exclude Collectively Bargained Salary And Job Promotion Increases From The Earnable Compensation Limitation For Retirement Purposes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1620"
citation: "Maine LD 1620 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "EARNABLE COMPENSATION", "EXCLUSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-23"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ea65a43-c14b-4b83-abb4-1ae5e35b19b2"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073502"
source_hash: "9168d3f10dac4e8a35581a582c08a773daaf575e9de1c4b43f694649120bca32"
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 1620 (129) — An Act To Exclude Collectively Bargained Salary And Job Promotion Increases From The Earnable Compensation Limitation For Retirement Purposes

## 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=SP0517&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0517&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0517&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **86–53** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-23** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-04-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-05** Reports Read
- **2019-06-05** On motion by Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-05** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 197 Yeas 23 - Nays 12 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2019-06-05** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-199) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-199) `reading-2`
- **2019-06-05** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-06** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-06** On motion of Representative CARNEY of Cape Elizabeth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-06** ROLL CALL NO. 189
- **2019-06-06** (Yeas 86 - Nays 53 - Absent 9 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-06-06** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-199) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-199).
- **2019-06-06** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-18** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-18** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-19** 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/5ea65a43-c14b-4b83-abb4-1ae5e35b19b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).