Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD1575: An Act to Allow a Legislator to Choose to Be Paid on an Annual Basis
Status: Signed into law, July 1, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Allow a Legislator to Choose to Be Paid on an Annual Basis.
From the engrossed text:
An Act to Allow a Legislator to Choose to Be Paid on an Annual Basis Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §2, first ¶, as amended by PL 2023, c. 446, §1, is further amended to read: Each member of the Senate and House of Representatives, beginning with the first Wednesday of December 2000 until the day before the first Wednesday of December 2024, is entitled to $10,815 in the first year and $7,725 in the 2nd year of each biennium, except that if a Legislator who is a recipient of retirement benefits from the federal Social Security Administration files a written request with the Executive Director of the Legislative Council within one week after the biennium commences, the Legislator is entitled to $9,270 in each year of the biennium. Beginning with the first Wednesday of December 2024, each member of the Senate and House of Representatives is entitled to $25,000 in the first year and $20,000 in the 2nd year of each biennium, except that if a Legislator who is a recipient of retirement benefits from the federal Social Security Administration files a written request with the Executive Director of the Legislative Council within one week after the biennium commences, the Legislator is entitled to $22,500 in each year of the biennium. Each member of the Senate and the House of …
Sponsors
- Nina Milliken (D, 16) · primary sponsor
- William Bridgeo (D, 60)
- Sally Cluchey (D, 52)
- Randall Greenwood (R, 56)
- Joseph Martin (R, 19)
- Suzanne Salisbury (D, 128)
Latest actions
- : On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence.
- : On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
- : PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-563) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-563), in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith.
- : CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-563).Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT in concurrence
- : Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Subjects: Senate, SALARY, Other, LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATORS
Common questions
- What is LD1575?
- LD1575 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Allow a Legislator to Choose to Be Paid on an Annual Basis.
- What does LD1575 do?
- In its own words: An Act to Allow a Legislator to Choose to Be Paid on an Annual Basis.
- What is the status of LD1575?
- Signed into law as of July 1, 2025. Latest action: On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. (June 25, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD1575?
- Nina Milliken (D, 16), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for LD1575?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1575&snum=132
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