---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish A Qualifying Condition Review Board To Provide Benefits To Certain Service Members"
description: "An Act To Establish A Qualifying Condition Review Board To Provide Benefits To Certain Service Members"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1523"
citation: "Maine LD 1523 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["QUALIFYING CONDITION REVIEW BOARD", "SERVICES", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan RIELLY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-05"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3217e759-d3c5-4c1b-b824-38c2132570e1"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088345"
source_hash: "cdb991ec89d26a2f9bcb688e7488ff4f8cf691e923f2944d4d360926486c73ef"
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 1523 (131) — An Act To Establish A Qualifying Condition Review Board To Provide Benefits To Certain Service Members

## 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=HP0978&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0978&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0978&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Morgan RIELLY — primary (person)
- David BOYER — cosponsor (person)
- Karen MONTELL — cosponsor (person)
- Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
- Marc MALON — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-05** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-04-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-04-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-06** On motion of Representative RIELLY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-06** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-306) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-06** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-306). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-07** Reports Read
- **2023-06-07** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2023-06-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-306) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-306) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-24T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-02T04:00:00+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/3217e759-d3c5-4c1b-b824-38c2132570e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).