---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ensure The Provision Of Adequate Personal Protective Equipment To Firefighters Who Are Women"
description: "An Act To Ensure The Provision Of Adequate Personal Protective Equipment To Firefighters Who Are Women"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1245"
citation: "Maine LD 1245 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE DEPARTMENTS", "FIRE SAFETY", "WOMEN FIREFIGHTER PPE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nicole GROHOSKI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-23"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34172596-899a-4ef6-9289-8dfaef7aca07"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079901"
source_hash: "9ea28043f667185d5c000f463d065e66dc0602f10d2afb19a4699733ac9949ae"
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 1245 (130) — An Act To Ensure The Provision Of Adequate Personal Protective Equipment To Firefighters Who Are Women

## 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=HP0911&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0911&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0911&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Nicole GROHOSKI — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Colleen MADIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Genevieve McDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
- Lynne WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
- Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah PEBWORTH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-23** Received by the Clerk of the House on March 23, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-03-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-06-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-06-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-610). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-15** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-06-15** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (H-610) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-15** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-610), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-15** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2021-06-16** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2021-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-17** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- **2021-07-02** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2021-07-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34172596-899a-4ef6-9289-8dfaef7aca07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).