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An Act to Provide That Spouses and Children of Corrections Officers Who Die in the Line of Duty Receive a Pension

An Act to Provide That Spouses and Children of Corrections Officers Who Die in the Line of Duty Receive a Pension

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Did Not Pass

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Sponsor
Representative Suzanne Salisbury
Last action
2025-06-16
Official status
On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland The Senate INSISTED on FAILED ENACTMENT. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Provide That Spouses and Children of Corrections Officers Who Die in the Line of Duty Receive a Pension

An Act to Provide That Spouses and Children of Corrections Officers Who Die in the Line of Duty Receive a Pension Sponsor: Representative Suzanne Salisbury Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Provide That Spouses and Children of Corrections Officers Who Die in the Line of Duty Receive a Pension Sponsor: Representative Suzanne Salisbury Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0686(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0686(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1114 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY 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. 2025-06-16 House

    The House INSISTED on PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED . ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  2. 2025-06-16 Senate

    On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland The Senate INSISTED on FAILED ENACTMENT. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  3. 2025-06-09 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  4. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  6. 2025-03-20 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Provide That Spouses and Children of Corrections Officers Who Die in the Line of Duty Receive a Pension
Sponsor:
Representative Suzanne Salisbury
Reference committee:
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1114
H.P. 733 House of Representatives, March 18, 2025
An Act to Provide That Spouses and Children of Corrections
Officers Who Die in the Line of Duty Receive a Pension
Reference to the Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook.
Cosponsored by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec and
Representatives: PARRY of Arundel, PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft, TERRY of Gorham,
WHITE of Guilford, Senators: BEEBE-CENTER of Knox, HARRINGTON of York.

Page 1 - 132LR0686(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1511 is enacted to read:
3§1511. Pension for spouses or children
4 If a corrections officer dies as a result of injury received in the line of duty, the spouse
5 or, if none, the minor child or children of the corrections officer must receive a pension
6 equal to 1/2 of the pay of the corrections officer at the time of death, but in no case may the
7 pension be less than $1,000 annually. The pension must be paid to the spouse until the
8 spouse dies or remarries or, if there is no spouse, to a child or children until the child or
9 children die or attain 18 years of age. For the purposes of this section, "corrections officer"
10 means a person who is responsible for the custody or direct supervision of a person
11 confined in a county jail pursuant to an order of a court or as a result of an arrest and who
12 possesses a valid certificate issued by the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice
13 Academy pursuant to Title 25, section 2803-A.
14SUMMARY
15 Similar to the provision of law requiring dependents of sheriffs and deputies who die
16 in the line of duty to receive pensions, this bill requires that spouses or children of
17 corrections officers who die as a result of injury received in the line of duty must receive
18 pensions equal to 1/2 of the pay of the corrections officer, but not less than $1,000 annually.
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