LD 2145 Maine Senate · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026)

An Act To Decrease Offsets To Disability Retirement Benefits

This bill amendment adds funding provisions to support a previous law that reduces certain financial offsets for state disability retirement benefits. It allocates $1,734,012 from the General Fund in 2026-27 to cover the unfunded costs created by lowering these offsets for Maine public employees and teachers. The money is designated specifically to address the financial gap resulting from the benefit changes, ensuring the retirement system can pay the increased costs without additional budget strain.
Bill status died 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2026 Last action Apr 29, 2026
Floor votes · House Mar 19, 2026

How they voted

6460
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 134
Mar 19, 2026
D Democratic65
61 Yea 4
93% Yea
I Independent3
3 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican66
60 Nay 6
90% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
29
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Mar 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
lower
Mar 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee Amendment "A" (S-546) was READ and ADOPTED.
lower
Mar 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.
lower
Mar 19, 2026
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (64-60-10)
house
Mar 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Amendment "A" (S-546) READ and ADOPTED.
upper
Mar 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot the Report A Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-546) Report ACCEPTED.
upper
Mar 13, 2026
Legislature · Passed
Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM/ONTP
legislature
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR.
lower
Jan 7, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee on LABOR suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Mike Tipping
Mike Tipping
DDemocratic
ME
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