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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Include Certain Mental Health Workers Under The 1998 Special Plan For Retirement"
description: "An Act To Include Certain Mental Health Workers Under The 1998 Special Plan For Retirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 579"
citation: "Maine LD 579 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS", "SPECIAL PLANS", "STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael TIPPING"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2026-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77dca6d3-e2e8-476e-bbf3-7d5c079c77ad"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096584"
source_hash: "f3a81b26f28ffaa3d5f04d993580e9328678cb17bc37b8b59921b7387b34d830"
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 579 (132) — An Act To Include Certain Mental Health Workers Under The 1998 Special Plan For Retirement
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (S-344)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0260&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment H-A to C-A (H-1053)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0260&item=6&snum=132)
3. **Amendment S-A to C-A (S-670)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0260&item=4&snum=132)
4. **Chapter 747** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0260&item=7&snum=132)
5. **LD 579 SP 260** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0260&item=1&snum=132)
## Votes
- ADOPT HAH-1053 TO CAS-344 — **76–69** (pass) · lower
- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Michael TIPPING — primary (person)
- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
- Gary DRINKWATER — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BRADSTREET — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-06-11** Reports READ
- **2025-06-11** On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-11** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-344) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-11** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-344) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-11** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-11** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-11** On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-11** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-344) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-11** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-11** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-344). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-13** On motion by Senator RENY of Lincoln PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
- **2025-06-25** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table.
- **2026-04-13** Same Senator moved to SUSPEND THE RULES to RECONSIDER whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-344) in concurrence. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook OBJECTED.
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin Bill and accompanying papers COMMITTED to the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs In NON-CONCURRENCE. `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-13** Sent down for concurrence.
- **2026-04-13** On motion of Speaker FECTEAU of Biddeford, the House RECEDED.
- **2026-04-13** On motion of Representative GATTINE of Westbrook, House Amendment "A" (H-1053) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-344) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-13** ROLL CALL NO. 811
- **2026-04-13** (Yeas 76 - Nays 69 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2026-04-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-344) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-1053) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-344) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-1053) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2026-04-13** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland the Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-344) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-1053) thereto PREVAILED `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 950 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2026-04-13** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2026-04-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-11T04:00:00+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/77dca6d3-e2e8-476e-bbf3-7d5c079c77ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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