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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Military Bureau Laws And Veterans Service Laws"
description: "An Act To Amend The Military Bureau Laws And Veterans Service Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1278"
citation: "Maine LD 1278 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEFENSE AND VETERANS SERVICES DEPT", "ADMINISTRATION", "MILITARY BUREAU LAWS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["FARRIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-04-04"
last_action: "2017-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7232c90b-5aa6-489e-a282-57e9f965272c"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064500"
source_hash: "57a052e4ce6342f307ca2e6eecf8c06f442f52453e0d42c38a40ad82d3e3482e"
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 1278 (128) — An Act To Amend The Military Bureau Laws And Veterans Service Laws
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP089101.asp)
## Sponsors
- FARRIN — primary (person)
- DILLINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HANINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
- MASON — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-04-04** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-04-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-24** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-24** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-263).
- **2017-05-24** Sent for concurrence.
- **2017-05-25** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2017-05-25** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-263) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-25** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-263), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-25** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2017-05-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-31** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7232c90b-5aa6-489e-a282-57e9f965272c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).