---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Permit All Public Employers To Implement Payroll Deductions For Disability And Life Insurance Policies"
description: "An Act To Permit All Public Employers To Implement Payroll Deductions For Disability And Life Insurance Policies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 189"
citation: "Maine LD 189 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE", "LIFE", "PUBLIC EMPLOYER PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fa236f5-63e6-44b2-909e-e845c717fe85"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078251"
source_hash: "fddc31dd88be68b9fdb63395fbbfdfcf46dd75b0e831adabf85adffecff0a15a"
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 189 (130) — An Act To Permit All Public Employers To Implement Payroll Deductions For Disability And Life Insurance Policies

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0077&item=1&snum=130)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0077&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP RPT — **22–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 25, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, 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.
- **2021-04-28** Reports READ
- **2021-04-28** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec The Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED
- **2021-04-28** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 134 Yeas 22 - Nays 13 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2021-04-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the Rules READ A SECOND TIME And PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2021-05-19** Reports READ.
- **2021-05-19** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-05-19** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-05-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. `reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fa236f5-63e6-44b2-909e-e845c717fe85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).