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
64–60
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 134
Mar 19, 2026
D
Democratic65
93% Yea
I
Independent3
100% Yea
R
Republican66
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
Mike Tipping
DDemocratic
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