---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish A Conditional Presumption Of Compensability For Certain Employees In Cases Of Impairment From Hypertension Or Heart Disease"
description: "An Act To Establish A Conditional Presumption Of Compensability For Certain Employees In Cases Of Impairment From Hypertension Or Heart Disease"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 575"
citation: "Maine LD 575 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BENEFITS", "CORRECTIONS OFFICERS", "WORKERS COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2022-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ade0daf6-1af7-4d48-bf36-1702c3da16ad"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078968"
source_hash: "5e0ebe2c75134d9bb0ab0002ed02cda1f1e3e2f3f46ef68764a5d98d5c6a6b1c"
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 575 (130) — An Act To Establish A Conditional Presumption Of Compensability For Certain Employees In Cases Of Impairment From Hypertension Or Heart Disease

## 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=SP0228&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0228&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0228&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0228&item=4&snum=130)

## Votes

- Acc Maj OTP as Amended Rep — **80–64** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **22–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 22, 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.
- **2021-05-19** Reports Read
- **2021-05-19** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2021-05-19** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 153 Yeas 22 - Nays 11 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2021-05-19** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-73) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-73) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2021-06-02** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-02** Representative SYLVESTER of Portland moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2021-06-02** On motion of Representative DUNPHY of Old Town, TABLED pending the motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2021-06-02** Later today assigned.
- **2021-06-08** Speaker laid before the House
- **2021-06-08** Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-08** ROLL CALL NO. 181
- **2021-06-08** (Yeas 80 - Nays 64 - Absent 7 - Excused 0)
- **2021-06-08** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (S-73) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-08** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-08** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-73). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-10** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-07-19** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302
- **2022-04-25** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2022-04-25** On motion by Same Senator Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-73) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-598) READ and ADOPTED
- **2022-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-73) ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-73) AND Senate Amendment "A" (S-598) In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** Sent down for concurrence
- **2022-04-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-73) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-598). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-05-05** 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
- **2021-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ade0daf6-1af7-4d48-bf36-1702c3da16ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).