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March 5, 2019, LD 1104 was introduced and referred to the Maine Legislative Committee on
Labor and Housing. On April 1, 2019, a public hearing was held on LD 1104. Thirty-eight (38) people testified in favor of LD 1104, no one testified against or neither for nor against the bill.
On September 13, 2018, the Maine Senate adjourned sine die and LD 650 was placed in the Legislative Files (dead).
One January 12, 2016, the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs voted ought not to pass, thereby killing the bill, LD 518
August 2, 2017 the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs voted to carry over LD 650 to the second session of the 128th Maine Legislature.
One June 19, 2015, the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs voted to carry over LD 518 to the second session of the 127th Maine Legislature.
February 28, 2017, LD 650: An Act To Clarify and Protect Certain Public Service Retirement Benefits was introduced and referred to the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs. On March 24, 2017, a public hearing on LD 650 was held. Thirty-two (32) people testified in favor of LD 650, no one testified against or neither for nor against the bill.
January 2016-In response to the actions of the Maine Legislature, Committee on Appropriations
and Financial Affairs, MAR asked Senator David Woodsome to sponsor another bill with the same language as LD 518. Senator Woodsome sponsored LD 650 along with fifteen (15) co-sponsors. Co- sponsors were:
| Senator Bellows-Kennebec |
| Senator Collins-York |
| Senator Davis-Piscataquis |
| Senator Gratwick-Penobscot |
| Senator Jackson-Aroostook |
| Senator Libby-Androscoggin |
| Representative Foley- Wells |
| Representative Gerrish-Leban |
| Representative Grant-Gardiner |
| Representative Grohman-Biddeford |
| Representative Harrington-Sanford |
| Representative Mastracco-Sanford |
| Representative McElwee-Caribou |
| Representative Picchiotti-Fairfield |
| Representative Simpson-Alfred |
January 2015- In response to the United States Court of Appeals decision, MAR worked with
Senator David Woodsmen of York and Representative Rollin “Danny” Martin of Sinclair to sponsor a bill to “Clarify that the Cost-of-Living Adjustment to the Maine Public Service Retirement Pension for State and Teacher retirees was a sole contractual commitment. LD 518: An Act To Clarify and Protect Certain Public Service Retirement Benefits
LD 518 was introduced in the Maine Legislature, Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs on February 26, 2015. On April 13, 2015, a public hearing on LD 518 was held. Six (6) people testified in favor of LD 518, no one testified against or neither for nor against the bill.
One June 19, 2015, the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs voted to carry over LD 518 to the second session of the 127th Maine Legislature.
One January 12, 2016, the Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs voted ought not to pass, thereby killing the bill, LD 518.
January 2, 2014 –United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit agreed with the lower
Court that there was “no Contractual Entitlement to Lifetime Cost-of-Living Increases in their Pension.”
LD 1104 was passed in the Maine House of Representatives and the Maine Senate and placed on the Special Appropriations Table. On May 7, 2019, LD 1104 was passed to be enacted. Governor Mills held the bill for consideration. On January 1, 2020, LD 1104 became law without Governor Mills’ signature—Public Law 540.