---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Recruitment And Retention In State Law Enforcement By Offering Retirement Service Credit And To Improve Retirement Benefits For Veterans Of The Cold War"
description: "An Act To Improve Recruitment And Retention In State Law Enforcement By Offering Retirement Service Credit And To Improve Retirement Benefits For Veterans Of The Cold War"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1400"
citation: "Maine LD 1400 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "FIREFIGHTERS", "INVESTIGATORS", "FIRE MARSHAL OFFICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew HARRINGTON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd0ea636-4e60-44a3-b37c-b191b5c73a47"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072729"
source_hash: "09a59f8850e5303c9cb5daa3ea911e7dd771e6ce4942a6b21cba57b58c92d63f"
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 1400 (129) — An Act To Improve Recruitment And Retention In State Law Enforcement By Offering Retirement Service Credit And To Improve Retirement Benefits For Veterans Of The Cold War

## 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=HP1015&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1015&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1015&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Matthew HARRINGTON — primary (person)
- Michael PERKINS — cosponsor (person)
- Susan AUSTIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-26** Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-03-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-495).
- **2019-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-06** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-495) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-495), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-06** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd0ea636-4e60-44a3-b37c-b191b5c73a47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).