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LD572 • 2025

An Act to Improve Maine's Workers' Compensation Laws

An Act to Improve Maine's Workers' Compensation Laws

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Sponsor
Senator Michael Tipping
Last action
2025-05-27
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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 to Improve Maine's Workers' Compensation Laws

An Act to Improve Maine's Workers' Compensation Laws Sponsor: Senator Michael Tipping Reference committee: Labor Latest committee action: Reported Out; LTW

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Improve Maine's Workers' Compensation Laws Sponsor: Senator Michael Tipping Reference committee: Labor Latest committee action: Reported Out; LTW

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-27 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-05-14 Committee

    LTW Approved by Chairs; LTW

  3. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Reported Out; LTW

  4. 2025-02-19 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Labor.

  5. House

    None

Official Summary Text

An Act to Improve Maine's Workers' Compensation Laws
Sponsor:
Senator Michael Tipping
Reference committee:
Labor
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; LTW

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 572
S.P. 253 In Senate, February 25, 2025
An Act to Improve Maine's Workers' Compensation Laws
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025. Referred to the Committee
on Labor pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot.

Page 1 - 132LR2068(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2CONCEPT DRAFT
3SUMMARY
4 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.
5 This bill proposes to amend provisions of the State's workers' compensation laws as
6 determined necessary by the Joint Standing Committee on Labor.
4