---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Address The Windfall Elimination Provision"
description: "An Act To Address The Windfall Elimination Provision"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 341"
citation: "Maine LD 341 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FEDERAL CONFORMITY", "STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "WINDFALL ELIMINATION PROVISION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e268900-a509-441f-877a-d3e4f8094920"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078546"
source_hash: "e95c91d0473c1d19eb3331ad1c75f8a05efbe9b23a80be8363386e7b2a6045ae"
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 341 (130) — An Act To Address The Windfall Elimination Provision

## 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=SP0148&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0148&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0148&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0148&item=4&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Harold STEWART — primary (person)
- Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery HANLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BRADSTREET — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 4, 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.
- **2021-06-08** Report READ
- **2021-06-08** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE of the Report
- **2021-06-14** Taken from the table by the President
- **2021-06-14** Subsequently Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2021-06-14** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-203) READ
- **2021-06-14** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Senate Amendment "A" (S-251) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-203) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-203) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-251) thereto READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-203) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-251) thereto `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-14** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-203) was READ.
- **2021-06-14** Senate Amendment "A" (S-251) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-203) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-203) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-251) thereto ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-203) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-251) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-15** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2021-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-15** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-06-07T04:00:00+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/9e268900-a509-441f-877a-d3e4f8094920`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).