---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Create Consistency In Retirement Service Benefits Deferral Under The Maine Public Employees Retirement System"
description: "An Act To Create Consistency In Retirement Service Benefits Deferral Under The Maine Public Employees Retirement System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 240"
citation: "Maine LD 240 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BENEFITS", "DEFERRAL", "STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig HICKMAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/938e569a-6db1-4cb9-922f-94aeab618608"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095844"
source_hash: "8bea56fc19910c761899cd807900e9946ffe9438fa6db9885ef033e193434e34"
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 240 (132) — An Act To Create Consistency In Retirement Service Benefits Deferral Under The Maine Public Employees Retirement System

## Version chain

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

1. **Chapter 12** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0106&item=2&snum=132)
2. **LD 240 SP 106** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0106&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Craig HICKMAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 16, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-03-18** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-03-20** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-03-20** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-03-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/938e569a-6db1-4cb9-922f-94aeab618608`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).