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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow Certain Police Officers To Return To Participation In The Maine Public Employees Retirement System"
description: "An Act To Allow Certain Police Officers To Return To Participation In The Maine Public Employees Retirement System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 711"
citation: "Maine LD 711 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BANGOR LAW ENFORCEMENT", "RETURN TO SERVICE", "STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph BALDACCI"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/658f983c-bd50-4b0f-85d5-a9510c51d777"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079180"
source_hash: "b49325907857a629f3e66a202051c4f87db7f4414f04eb6bac9ba8039100099f"
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 711 (130) — An Act To Allow Certain Police Officers To Return To Participation In The Maine Public Employees Retirement System
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0276&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0276&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0276&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0276&item=3&snum=130)
## Sponsors
- Joseph BALDACCI — primary (person)
- Barbara CARDONE — cosponsor (person)
- Danny COSTAIN — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Susan DESCHAMBAULT — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 3, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-04-28** Report READ Report Accepted
- **2021-04-28** READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (S-51) READ `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec Senate Amendment "A" (S-62) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-51) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-51) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-62) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-51) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-62) thereto `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-04-28** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-04-28** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-51) was READ.
- **2021-04-28** Senate Amendment "A" (S-62) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-51) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-04-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-51) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-62) thereto ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-04-28** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-51) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-62) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-05-19** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2021-05-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+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/658f983c-bd50-4b0f-85d5-a9510c51d777`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).