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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Index Workers' Compensation Benefits To The Rate Of Inflation"
description: "An Act To Index Workers' Compensation Benefits To The Rate Of Inflation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1896"
citation: "Maine LD 1896 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BENEFITS", "INDEXING", "WORKERS COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy NANGLE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-04"
last_action: "2024-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7150fc6a-bed2-4d41-98b6-109f9ba1bddd"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089223"
source_hash: "8b5fd9cb6656d4cb7cdc9bec9bb6068f24b42de3538bb080bbf17b7356be3223"
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 1896 (131) — An Act To Index Workers' Compensation Benefits To The Rate Of Inflation
## 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=SP0767&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0767&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0767&item=3&snum=131)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **179** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **7365** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Timothy NANGLE — primary (person)
- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
- Charles SKOLD — cosponsor (person)
- Marc MALON — cosponsor (person)
- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-04** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-05-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-26** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
- **2024-02-21** Reports READ
- **2024-02-21** On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2024-02-21** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 538 Yeas 17 - Nays 9 - Excused 9 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2024-02-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-02-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-534) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-02-22** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-22** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-534) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2024-02-28** Reports READ.
- **2024-02-28** On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-28** ROLL CALL NO. 381
- **2024-02-28** (Yeas 73 - Nays 65 - Absent 12 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2024-02-28** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-534) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-28** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-02-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-534). `reading-3`
- **2024-02-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-29** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-05** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2024-02-16T05:00:00+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/7150fc6a-bed2-4d41-98b6-109f9ba1bddd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).