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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Align The Criteria Used By The Maine Public Employees Retirement System In Determining Veterans' Disability Claims With The Criteria Used By The United States Department Of Veterans Affairs"
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description: "An Act To Align The Criteria Used By The Maine Public Employees Retirement System In Determining Veterans' Disability Claims With The Criteria Used By The United States Department Of Veterans Affairs"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "128"
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identifier: "LD 521"
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citation: "Maine LD 521 (128)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "BENEFITS", "VETERANS DISABILITY CLAIMS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["BERRY"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-14"
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last_action: "2018-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71d50b17-e9a9-498d-9e3c-6de839bb0dae"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063245"
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source_hash: "1d4ebdc1076741f9c70f79f2d9ebfa4307ab28fe272753c7b82765414a31a51e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 521 (128) — An Act To Align The Criteria Used By The Maine Public Employees Retirement System In Determining Veterans' Disability Claims With The Criteria Used By The United States Department Of Veterans Affairs
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP036501.asp)
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## Votes
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- Acc Maj OTP as Amended Rep — **91–48** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- BERRY — primary (person)
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- ALLEY — cosponsor (person)
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- AUSTIN — cosponsor (person)
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- CARSON — cosponsor (person)
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- DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
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- FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
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- FREY — cosponsor (person)
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- GOLDEN — cosponsor (person)
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- McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
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- SHEATS — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-14** Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
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- **2017-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2017-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
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- **2017-08-02** CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
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- **2017-08-02** Carried over to any special or regular session, or both, of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order HP 1138.
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- **2018-03-28** Reports READ.
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- **2018-03-28** Representative GATTINE of Westbrook moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
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- **2018-03-28** On further motion of same Representative TABLED pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
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- **2018-03-28** Later today assigned.
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- **2018-03-29** Speaker laid before the House
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- **2018-03-29** Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2018-03-29** ROLL CALL NO. 547
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- **2018-03-29** (Yeas 91 - Nays 48 - Absent 12 - Excused 0)
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- **2018-03-29** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-29** Committee Amendment "A" (H-688) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2018-03-29** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-688).
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- **2018-03-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2018-04-02** Reports READ
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- **2018-04-02** On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
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- **2018-04-04** Taken from the table by the President
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- **2018-04-04** On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-688) Report ACCEPTED in concurrence
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- **2018-04-04** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2018-04-04** Committee Amendment "A" (H-688) READ and ADOPTED in concurrence
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- **2018-04-04** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-688) in concurrence `reading-2`
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- **2018-04-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2018-04-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2018-04-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2018-04-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71d50b17-e9a9-498d-9e3c-6de839bb0dae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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