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An Act to Establish Certain Positions Within the Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services

An Act to Establish Certain Positions Within the Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative Laura Supica
Last action
2025-05-23
Official status
Signed by the Governor
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 Establish Certain Positions Within the Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services

An Act to Establish Certain Positions Within the Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services Sponsor: Representative Laura Supica Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Establish Certain Positions Within the Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services Sponsor: Representative Laura Supica Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-23 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-21 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  3. 2025-05-20 House

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

  4. 2025-05-06 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP

  5. 2025-02-26 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-02-26 Committee

    Voted; OTP

  7. 2025-01-06 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Establish Certain Positions Within the Maine Bureau of Veterans' Services
Sponsor:
Representative Laura Supica
Reference committee:
Veterans and Legal Affairs
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0136(02)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 22 - L.D. 58
An Act to Establish Certain Positions Within the Maine Bureau of Veterans'
Services
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 37-B MRSA §503, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2009, c. 406, §8, is further
amended to read:
1. Employment of personnel. The director may employ, subject to approval of the
appointing authority and the Civil Service Law, the personnel necessary to administer this
chapter. The director may employ a deputy director, a superintendent of the cemetery
system, a veteran claims specialist and veteran service officers a deputy superintendent of
the cemetery system, a supervisor of veterans' services, a deputy supervisor of veterans'
services and veterans' services officers. The director and other employees referred to in
this subsection must be veterans as defined by 38 United States Code, Section 101 (2)
101(2) who were separated with an honorable discharge.
APPROVED
MAY 23, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
98
PUBLIC LAW