---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Compensation To Individuals With Lived Experience Serving On Advisory Boards, Commissions, Councils And Similar Groups"
description: "An Act To Provide Compensation To Individuals With Lived Experience Serving On Advisory Boards, Commissions, Councils And Similar Groups"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1566"
citation: "Maine LD 1566 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPENSATION", "MEMBERSHIP", "STATE BOARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flavia DEBRITO"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-10"
last_action: "2026-01-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1cf21d0-3c34-492d-96b3-382dfcb8d66d"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098383"
source_hash: "2259e89652c3eac99471264b5715c4a6c99b8b14e9000b8f9f2328d0325680b1"
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 1566 (132) — An Act To Provide Compensation To Individuals With Lived Experience Serving On Advisory Boards, Commissions, Councils And Similar Groups

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-677)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1024&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 503** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1024&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1566 HP 1024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1024&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **18–13** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **75–72** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flavia DEBRITO — primary (person)
- Anne GRAHAM — cosponsor (person)
- Christina MITCHELL — cosponsor (person)
- Holly SARGENT — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Julia MCCABE — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly MURPHY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-04-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** Reports READ
- **2025-06-13** On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence PREVAILED
- **2025-06-13** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 544 Yeas 18 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 1
- **2025-06-13** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-677) READ. READ and ADOPTED in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-677) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-13** Ordered sent down forthwith
- **2025-06-13** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-13** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-13** ROLL CALL NO. 472
- **2025-06-13** (Yeas 75 - Nays 72 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-13** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-677) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-13** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-677). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-16** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
- **2025-06-25** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-07-08** HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.
- **2026-01-11** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+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/f1cf21d0-3c34-492d-96b3-382dfcb8d66d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).