# Maine LD 1947: An Act to Amend the Laws Pertaining to the Maine Public Employees Retirement System Maine LD 1947, An Act to Amend the Laws Pertaining to the Maine Public Employees Retirement System, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Amy Roeder (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-06-09 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 221); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1947-132 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maine LD 1947 - State: Maine - Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to Amend the Laws Pertaining to the Maine Public Employees Retirement System - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-05-07 - Last action: 2025-06-09, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 221 - Sponsor: Amy Roeder (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM - ADMINISTRATION - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 9 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Option to keep old special-plan rules: benefit, medium. If a law change moved your job between special retirement plans, you can choose to retire under the former qualification and benefit rules. You must stay in the job until you would have met those old requirements. - Protection after enrollment and recovery errors: benefit, medium. Your employer must enroll you in the correct retirement plan. If you were mis‑enrolled through no fault of your own, you keep your retirement benefits. School districts, towns, or counties must pay any missed employer contributions and interest. If the system tries to recover money without going to… - Faster pension payments after you leave: benefit, low. The law removes the old 22-day wait. After you leave your job, the system pays within 60 days after it gets your application and your last payroll. You can also make direct payments as one lump sum or yearly installments under section 18301(4). - Stricter disability retirement and earnings checks: cost, medium. Members with under 5 years of recent service are not eligible for disability retirement if the condition existed before membership, unless it came from or was made worse by a line‑of‑duty injury. The chief executive officer can require an annual earnings statement. If your earnings plus your disabi… - 30-day break before returning to work: cost, low. If you retire, you must stop work under state and federal rules. You may not return to the same employer for at least 30 days after you leave. You also may not return before your retirement becomes effective. - Some coaches not in teacher retirement: cost, low. A public school coach who is not already in the State Employee and Teacher Retirement Program is not treated as a teacher for retirement. Your coverage and benefits follow the correct program, not the teacher rules. - What counts toward your pension pay: mixed, medium. Some payments do not count as earnable compensation, like pay not tied to actual work or not paid at the time of service, and items the board excludes by rule. Limits on payouts for unused sick and vacation leave continue unless a rule says otherwise. For part‑time, seasonal, or temporary work, pay… - Clearer rules for beneficiaries and survivors: mixed, low. You must file beneficiary choices on the system’s form. Acknowledgment replaces notarization, and electronic acknowledgment is allowed. The system honors a designation only if it is received or postmarked before death. Only a spouse, child, or next of kin who survives qualifies, and a survivor must… - Two MPERS sections repealed as cleanup: mixed, low. The law repeals section 17107(2)(F) and section 18662(1). The text here does not show what those sections said, so the practical effect depends on the prior language. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Amy Roeder (Democratic), House ## Actions (7) - 2025-06-09: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 221 - 2025-06-02: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (Senate) - 2025-05-29: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-05-28: Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCEUnder suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith. (Senate) - 2025-05-27: CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-05-07: The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR in concurrence (Senate) - 2025-05-07: Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) ## Bill text - Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1306&item=3&snum=132) - Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1306&item=1&snum=132) ## Related bills - LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program (failed) - LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families (failed) - LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (failed) - LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (failed) - LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State Employees (failed) - LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (failed) ## Sources - [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1306&item=3&snum=132) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1306&item=1&snum=132) ## Related - [LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1522-132) - [LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1665-132) - [LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retiremen…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1872-132) - [LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2067-132) - [LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1611-132) - [LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1294-132) - [Maine bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine/bills) - [Maine state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1947-132 (as of 2026-10-17).