LD875 - Privatization Protection

(2021)

An Act To Protect Taxpayers in the Privatization of Services and To Establish the State Procurement Review Committee

What is the bill?

We should be very careful when making decisions about whether to privatize public services and jobs. LD 875 puts in place a clear set of criteria to consider when privatization proposals are put forward, including impacts on wages, health insurance and the cost of providing services. After years of witnessing efforts to privatize state services, including the privatization of Casco Bay Bridge and efforts to privatize an expansion of Riverview, Maine finally has a process in law to protect the public and workers from privatization threats.

What happened?

Enacted into law (Passed by the Legislature, Signed by the Governor)

Votes