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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Modernize The State Supplement To Supplemental Security Income By Removing Marriage Disincentives"
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description: "An Act To Modernize The State Supplement To Supplemental Security Income By Removing Marriage Disincentives"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "132"
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identifier: "LD 840"
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citation: "Maine LD 840 (132)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["GENERAL ASSISTANCE", "INCOME", "SSI"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael TIPPING"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-03-04"
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last_action: "2026-04-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d0202ce-52ae-45bb-b1f7-e086f84a2fd5"
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source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097064"
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source_hash: "588200d2bad38e2b2144111fbce9e5e714ddce595123e42c0ceb994dd00b3b1b"
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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 840 (132) — An Act To Modernize The State Supplement To Supplemental Security Income By Removing Marriage Disincentives
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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. **Amendment C-A (S-18)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0373&item=2&snum=132)
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2. **Amendment S-A to C-A (S-701)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0373&item=4&snum=132)
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3. **Chapter 753** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0373&item=5&snum=132)
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4. **LD 840 SP 373** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0373&item=1&snum=132)
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## Sponsors
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- Michael TIPPING — primary (person)
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- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
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- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
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- Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
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- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-04** Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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- **2025-03-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **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.
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- **2025-04-17** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
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- **2025-04-17** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-17** Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2025-04-17** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-18). `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-17** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
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- **2025-04-22** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
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- **2025-04-22** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
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- **2025-04-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-18). `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-04-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-04-24** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
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- **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.
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- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
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- **2026-04-13** On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) in concurrence. `reading-3`
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- **2026-04-13** On further motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-13** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-701) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2026-04-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-701) thereto ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-701) thereto in NON-CONCURRENCE. `reading-3`
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- **2026-04-13** Sent down for concurrence.
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- **2026-04-13** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-701) thereto. `reading-3`
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- **2026-04-13** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2026-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2026-04-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2026-04-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
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- **2025-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
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- **2025-04-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
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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/7d0202ce-52ae-45bb-b1f7-e086f84a2fd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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