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An Act Concerning Displaced Civilian Federal Firefighters in Maine

An Act Concerning Displaced Civilian Federal Firefighters in Maine

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Kristi Mathieson
Last action
2025-06-19
Official status
Became Law without Governor's Signature
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act Concerning Displaced Civilian Federal Firefighters in Maine

An Act Concerning Displaced Civilian Federal Firefighters in Maine Sponsor: Representative Kristi Mathieson Reference committee: Labor Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

What This Bill Does

  • An Act Concerning Displaced Civilian Federal Firefighters in Maine Sponsor: Representative Kristi Mathieson Reference committee: Labor Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0116(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0116(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1105 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3LABOR 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-19 Governor

    Became Law without Governor's Signature

  2. 2025-06-05 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  3. 2025-06-04 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-05-29 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  5. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-03-20 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Labor.

Official Summary Text

An Act Concerning Displaced Civilian Federal Firefighters in Maine
Sponsor:
Representative Kristi Mathieson
Reference committee:
Labor
Governor action:
Became Law without Governor's Signature

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
Page 1 - 132LR0116(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 724 - L.D. 1105
An Act Concerning Displaced Civilian Federal Firefighters in Maine
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §1407 is enacted to read:
§1407. Displaced civilian federal firefighters database
The department shall establish and maintain a database of the names of civilian federal
firefighters who have been displaced by a layoff or reduction in force at or closure of a
federal installation in this State, including, but not limited to, a naval shipyard, a military
base or a facility of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, pursuant to this
section.
1. Application. A civilian federal firefighter may apply for inclusion in the database
by providing a copy of the notice that the firefighter's position has been terminated due to
a reduction in force at or closure of a federal installation in this State.
2. Distribution. The department shall distribute or make available from the database
a list of displaced civilian federal firefighters to municipalities that maintain a municipal
fire department pursuant to Title 30-A, chapter 153.
3. Term. The name of a displaced civilian federal firefighter in the database must be
maintained for no less than 4 years unless the department is notified that the firefighter has
requested to be removed from the database.
4. Consultation. The department may consult with organizations that represent the
interests of civilian federal firefighters when establishing the database.
LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE

JUNE 19, 2025
CHAPTER
371
PUBLIC LAW