---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Protect Maine'S Transit Employees"
description: "An Act To Protect Maine'S Transit Employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1796"
citation: "Maine LD 1796 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "ROADS", "SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-25"
last_action: "2023-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b44c1073-3fe9-4b06-b030-ea3243933c97"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088957"
source_hash: "4c983482be79903feba732d10887c8b8c1f2517d9bb1bf699fa95003ea769d86"
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 1796 (131) — An Act To Protect Maine'S Transit Employees

## 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=SP0721&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0721&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0721&item=4&snum=131)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0721&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- David LAFOUNTAIN — cosponsor (person)
- Marc MALON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-25** Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-04-25** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-14** Reports READ
- **2023-06-14** On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-297) Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-14** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-297) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-297) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-06-15** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-15** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-15** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-297) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-15** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-15** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-297). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-20** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2023-07-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b44c1073-3fe9-4b06-b030-ea3243933c97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).