---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Attract And Retain Firefighters And Emergency Medical Services Personnel Through The Maine Length Of Service Award Program"
description: "An Act To Attract And Retain Firefighters And Emergency Medical Services Personnel Through The Maine Length Of Service Award Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1803"
citation: "Maine LD 1803 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIRE SAFETY", "LENGTH OF SERVICE PROGRAM", "VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy THERIAULT"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-12-07"
last_action: "2022-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e69c1f5-3abc-4f50-ab7e-31aacb350a70"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082121"
source_hash: "054ab236b5af6fbb3695fedfd0bdb2e8fd608ead190784669a1aa7cd276067a5"
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 1803 (130) — An Act To Attract And Retain Firefighters And Emergency Medical Services Personnel Through The Maine Length Of Service Award Program

## 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=HP1345&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1345&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1345&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1345&item=4&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Timothy THERIAULT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-07** Received by the Clerk of the House on December 7, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-12-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-02-10** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-02-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-756). `reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-02-16** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-02-16** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-756) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-02-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-756), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2022-02-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-03-09** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **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" (H-756) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Under further suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-756) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-627) READ and ADOPTED
- **2022-04-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-756) ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-756) AND Senate Amendment "A" (S-627) 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" (H-756) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-627). `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`
- **2022-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-01-28T05:00:00+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/0e69c1f5-3abc-4f50-ab7e-31aacb350a70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).