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ME LD 530

enacted

An Act Regarding Occupational Licensing Reform

Maine · 132 · lower

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2025-06-08 — Became Law without Governor's Signature
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • David BOYERprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-11

    Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.

  2. 2025-02-11

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR.

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-11

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-02-11

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR in concurrence

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-20

    Representative ROEDER from the Committee on LABOR Reporting that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-03-20

    Report was READ and ACCEPTED.

  7. 2025-03-20

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-03-20

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  9. 2025-03-20

    Report READ The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence

    referral-committee

  10. 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.

  11. 2025-05-20

    Reports READ.

  12. 2025-05-20

    Motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.

  13. 2025-05-20

    ROLL CALL NO. 149

  14. 2025-05-20

    (Yeas 38 - Nays 106 - Absent 6 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)

  15. 2025-05-20

    Subsequently, on motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  16. 2025-05-20

    The Bill was READ ONCE.

    reading-1

  17. 2025-05-20

    Committee Amendment "A" (H-166) was READ and ADOPTED.

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  18. 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.

  19. 2025-05-20

    The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-166).

    reading-3

  20. 2025-05-20

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  21. 2025-05-21

    Reports Read

  22. 2025-05-21

    On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED

  23. 2025-05-21

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 199 Yeas 17 - Nays 15 - Excused 3 - Absent 0

  24. 2025-05-21

    Bill READ ONCE

    reading-1

  25. 2025-05-21

    Committee Amendment "A" (H-166) READ and ADOPTED

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. 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

  27. 2025-05-27

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

    passage

  28. 2025-05-27

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  29. 2025-05-27

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

    passage

  30. 2025-06-08

    Became Law without Governor's Signature

    became-law

  31. 2025-03-11

    Work Session Held

  32. 2025-03-11

    Voted - REFERRED

  33. 2025-03-20

    Reported Out - REF TO JUD

  34. 2025-03-25

    Work Session Held

  35. 2025-03-25

    Voted - Divided Report

  36. 2025-05-15

    Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Versions

Documents

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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