ME LD 530
enactedAn Act Regarding Occupational Licensing Reform
Maine · 132 · lower
- Introduced
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- Status date
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- Latest action
- 2025-06-08 — Became Law without Governor's Signature
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- David BOYERprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-11
Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
2025-02-11
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR.
referral-committee
2025-02-11
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-02-11
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR in concurrence
referral-committee
2025-03-20
Representative ROEDER from the Committee on LABOR Reporting that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY.
referral-committee
2025-03-20
Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
2025-03-20
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY
referral-committee
2025-03-20
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-03-20
Report READ The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence
referral-committee
2025-03-21
Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
2025-05-20
Reports READ.
2025-05-20
Motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.
2025-05-20
ROLL CALL NO. 149
2025-05-20
(Yeas 38 - Nays 106 - Absent 6 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
2025-05-20
Subsequently, on motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
2025-05-20
The Bill was READ ONCE.
reading-1
2025-05-20
Committee Amendment "A" (H-166) was READ and ADOPTED.
committee-passage-favorable,passage
2025-05-20
Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
2025-05-20
The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-166).
reading-3
2025-05-20
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-05-21
Reports Read
2025-05-21
On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
2025-05-21
Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 199 Yeas 17 - Nays 15 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
2025-05-21
Bill READ ONCE
reading-1
2025-05-21
Committee Amendment "A" (H-166) READ and ADOPTED
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-21
Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-166) in concurrence.
reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-27
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
passage
2025-05-27
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-05-27
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
passage
2025-06-08
Became Law without Governor's Signature
became-law
2025-03-11
Work Session Held
2025-03-11
Voted - REFERRED
2025-03-20
Reported Out - REF TO JUD
2025-03-25
Work Session Held
2025-03-25
Voted - Divided Report
2025-05-15
Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
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Votes
ACC MIN OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP
2025-05-20 · fail · 38-106
Member-level votes (150)
- ABDI of Lewiston: no
- ADAMS of Lebanon: no
- ALBERT of Madawaska: yes
- ANKELES of Brunswick: no
- ARATA of New Gloucester: other
- ARCHER of Saco: no
- ARDELL of Monticello: yes
- ARFORD of Brunswick: yes
- BABIN of Fort Fairfield: yes
- BAGSHAW of Windham: yes
- BECK of South Portland: no
- BELL of Yarmouth: yes
- BISHOP of Bucksport: no
- BLIER of Buxton: yes
- BOYER of Poland: no
- BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: yes
- BRENNAN of Portland: yes
- BRIDGEO of Augusta: yes
- BUNKER of Farmington: no
- CAMPBELL of Orrington: no
- CARLOW of Buxton: yes
- CARUSO of Caratunk: other
- CHAPMAN of Auburn: no
- CIMINO of Bridgton: yes
- CLOUTIER of Lewiston: yes
- CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: no
- COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: no
- COLLINS of Sidney: no
- COOPER of Windham: no
- COPELAND of Saco: yes
- CRAFTS of Newcastle: no
- CRAY of Palmyra: other
- CROCKETT of Portland: no
- DAIGLE of Fort Kent: no
- DEBRITO of Waterville: yes
- DHALAC of South Portland: no
- DILL of Old Town: no
- DODGE of Belfast: yes
- DOUDERA of Camden: yes
- DRINKWATER of Milford: yes
- DUCHARME of Madison: no
- EATON of Deer Isle: no
- EDER of Waterboro: no
- FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: no
- FARRIN of Jefferson: no
- FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: no
- FECTEAU of Biddeford: yes
- FLYNN of Albion: no
- FOLEY of Wells: no
- FOSTER of Dexter: no
- FREDERICKS of Sanford: no
- FREDETTE of Newport: yes
- FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor: no
- FROST of Belgrade: no
- GATTINE of Westbrook: yes
- GEIGER of Rockland: yes
- GERE of Kennebunkport: no
- GIFFORD of Lincoln: no
- GOLEK of Harpswell: no
- GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: no
- GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach: no
- GREENWOOD of Wales: yes
- GRIFFIN of Levant: no
- GUERRETTE of Caribou: no
- HAGGAN of Hampden: yes
- HALL of Wilton: no
- HASENFUS of Readfield: no
- HENDERSON of Rumford: no
- HEPLER of Woolwich: no
- HYMES of Waldo: no
- JACKSON of Oxford: no
- JAVNER of Chester: no
- JULIA of Waterville: no
- KESSLER of South Portland: no
- KUHN of Falmouth: yes
- LAJOIE of Lewiston: no
- LANCE of Paris: no
- LANIGAN of Sanford: other
- LAVIGNE of Berwick: no
- LEE of Auburn: no
- LEMELIN of Chelsea: no
- LOOKNER of Portland: no
- LYMAN of Livermore Falls: no
- MACIAS of Topsham: no
- MALON of Biddeford: no
- MASON of Lisbon: no
- MASTRACCIO of Sanford: yes
- MATHIESON of Kittery: no
- MATLACK of St. George: no
- MCCABE of Lewiston: no
- MCINTYRE of Lowell: no
- MEYER of Eliot: yes
- MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: no
- MINGO of Calais: no
- MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
- MONTELL of Gardiner: no
- MOONEN of Portland: no
- MORRIS of Turner: no
- MURPHY of Scarborough: yes
- NUTTING of Oakland: no
- O'HALLORAN of Brewer: yes
- OLSEN of Raymond: no
- OSHER of Orono: other
- PARRY of Arundel: no
- PAUL of Winterport: no
- PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft: no
- PLUECKER of Warren: no
- POIRIER of Skowhegan: no
- POMERLEAU of Standish: no
- PUGH of Portland: no
- QUINT of Hodgdon: no
- RANA of Bangor: no
- RAY of Lincolnville: no
- RIELLY of Westbrook: yes
- ROBERTS of South Berwick: yes
- ROEDER of Bangor: no
- ROLLINS of Augusta: no
- RUDNICKI of Fairfield: yes
- RUNTE of York: no
- SACHS of Freeport: no
- SALISBURY of Westbrook: no
- SARGENT of York: no
- SATO of Gorham: no
- SAYRE of Kennebunk: no
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico: no
- SHAGOURY of Hallowell: yes
- SIMMONS of Waldoboro: no
- SINCLAIR of Bath: other
- SKOLD of Portland: no
- SMITH of Palermo: no
- SOBOLESKI of Phillips: no
- STOVER of Boothbay: yes
- STROUT of Harrington: no
- SUPICA of Bangor: no
- SWALLOW of Houlton: no
- TERRY of Gorham: no
- THORNE of Carmel: no
- TUELL of East Machias: yes
- UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: no
- WADSWORTH of Hiram: no
- WALKER of Naples: yes
- WARREN of Scarborough: no
- WEBB of Durham: no
- WHITE of Guilford: no
- WHITE of Ellsworth: no
- WOOD of Norway: no
- WOOD of Greene: no
- WOODSOME of Waterboro: yes
- YUSUF of Portland: no
- ZAGER of Portland: no
ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT
2025-05-21 · pass · 17-15
Member-level votes (35)
- BAILEY of York: yes
- BALDACCI of Penobscot: no
- BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: yes
- BENNETT of Oxford: no
- BERNARD of Aroostook: no
- BICKFORD of Androscoggin: other
- BLACK of Franklin: no
- BRADSTREET of Kennebec: no
- BRENNER of Cumberland: other
- CARNEY of Cumberland: yes
- CURRY of Waldo: yes
- CYRWAY of Kennebec: no
- DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: yes
- DUSON of Cumberland: yes
- FARRIN of Somerset: no
- GROHOSKI of Hancock: yes
- GUERIN of Penobscot: no
- HAGGAN of Penobscot: no
- HARRINGTON of York: no
- HICKMAN of Kennebec: yes
- INGWERSEN of York: yes
- LAWRENCE of York: yes
- LIBBY of Cumberland: no
- MARTIN of Oxford: no
- MOORE of Washington: no
- NANGLE of Cumberland: other
- PIERCE of Cumberland: yes
- RAFFERTY of York: yes
- RENY of Lincoln: yes
- ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: yes
- STEWART of Aroostook: no
- TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: yes
- TEPLER of Sagadahoc: yes
- TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
- TIPPING of Penobscot: yes
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