APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 22, 2023 263
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
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H.P. 919 - L.D. 1423
An Act to Increase the Limits on Awards for Compensatory and Punitive
Damages Under the Maine Human Rights Act
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §4613, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2011, c. 613, §21 and
affected by §29, is further amended by amending subparagraph (8), division (e) to read:
(e) The sum of compensatory damages awarded under this subparagraph for
future pecuniary losses, emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental
anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, other nonpecuniary losses and the amount
of punitive damages awarded under this section may not exceed for each
complaining party:
(i) In the case of a respondent who has more than 14 and fewer than 101
employees in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or
preceding calendar year, $50,000 $100,000;
(ii) In the case of a respondent who has more than 100 and fewer than 201
employees in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or
preceding calendar year, $100,000 $300,000;
(iii) In the case of a respondent who has more than 200 and fewer than
501 employees in each of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or
preceding calendar year, $300,000 $500,000; and
(iv) In the case of a respondent who has more than 500 employees in each
of 20 or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year,
$500,000 $1,000,000.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1423, HP 919: 5.4613
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 263: 5.4613