---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Disability Retirement Benefits Under The Maine Public Employees Retirement System"
description: "An Act Regarding Disability Retirement Benefits Under The Maine Public Employees Retirement System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1638"
citation: "Maine LD 1638 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BENEFITS", "DISABILITY BENEFITS", "STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill DUSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-04-11"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/341ab397-90c6-44fa-b4f5-0ba80717444a"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098454"
source_hash: "55a6ae31f0f8e664fef15c743bc02e19d2b2d4d269363171a4e7c77710263362"
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 1638 (132) — An Act Regarding Disability Retirement Benefits Under The Maine Public Employees Retirement System

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-261)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0646&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 270** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0646&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1638 SP 646** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0646&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Jill DUSON — primary (person)
- Alicia COLLINS — cosponsor (person)
- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BRADSTREET — cosponsor (person)
- Robert FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Valli GEIGER — cosponsor (person)
- William BRIDGEO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on April 11, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-03** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-261) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-261). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-06-04** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-04** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-04** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-261). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-06-03T04:00:00+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/341ab397-90c6-44fa-b4f5-0ba80717444a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).