ME LD 853

• COMPENSATION
• REGIONAL LIVING WAGE
• WAGES

• Valli GEIGERprimary
• Sophia WARRENcosponsor
• Michael TIPPINGcosponsor
• Amy ROEDERcosponsor
• Rafael MACIAScosponsor
• Matthew BECKcosponsor

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1. 2025-03-04

   Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.

2. 2025-03-04

   The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR.

   referral-committee

3. 2025-03-04

   Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

4. 2025-03-04

   The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR in concurrence

   referral-committee

5. 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.

6. 2025-05-27

   Reports READ.

7. 2025-05-27

   Motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor to ACCEPT REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended FAILED.

8. 2025-05-27

   ROLL CALL NO. 201

9. 2025-05-27

   (Yeas 39 - Nays 97 - Absent 15 - Excused 0)

10. 2025-05-27

    On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, REPORT B Ought Not to Pass was ACCEPTED.

11. 2025-05-27

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

12. 2025-05-28

    Reports Read

13. 2025-05-28

    On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot Report B Ought Not to Pass ACCEPTED in concurrence.

14. 2025-05-28

    Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

    failure

15. 2025-04-01

    Work Session Held

16. 2025-04-01

    Voted - Divided Report

17. 2025-05-19

    Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

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  2025-05-27 · fail · 39-97

  Member-level votes (151)

  • ABDI of Lewiston: yes
  • ADAMS of Lebanon: other
  • ALBERT of Madawaska: no
  • ANKELES of Brunswick: yes
  • ARATA of New Gloucester: no
  • ARCHER of Saco: no
  • ARDELL of Monticello: no
  • ARFORD of Brunswick: yes
  • BABIN of Fort Fairfield: no
  • BAGSHAW of Windham: no
  • BECK of South Portland: yes
  • BELL of Yarmouth: yes
  • BISHOP of Bucksport: no
  • BLIER of Buxton: no
  • BOYER of Poland: no
  • BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: no
  • BRENNAN of Portland: no
  • BRIDGEO of Augusta: no
  • BUNKER of Farmington: no
  • CAMPBELL of Orrington: no
  • CARLOW of Buxton: no
  • CARUSO of Caratunk: no
  • CHAPMAN of Auburn: no
  • CIMINO of Bridgton: no
  • CLOUTIER of Lewiston: yes
  • CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: yes
  • COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: no
  • COLLINS of Sidney: no
  • COOPER of Windham: other
  • 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: yes
  • DILL of Old Town: no
  • DODGE of Belfast: yes
  • DOUDERA of Camden: yes
  • DRINKWATER of Milford: no
  • DUCHARME of Madison: no
  • EATON of Deer Isle: yes
  • EDER of Waterboro: no
  • FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: yes
  • FARRIN of Jefferson: no
  • FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: no
  • FECTEAU of Biddeford: no
  • FLYNN of Albion: no
  • FOLEY of Wells: no
  • FOSTER of Dexter: no
  • FREDERICKS of Sanford: other
  • FREDETTE of Newport: no
  • FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor: yes
  • FROST of Belgrade: no
  • GATTINE of Westbrook: yes
  • GEIGER of Rockland: yes
  • GERE of Kennebunkport: yes
  • GIFFORD of Lincoln: no
  • GOLEK of Harpswell: yes
  • GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: other
  • GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach: yes
  • GREENWOOD of Wales: no
  • GRIFFIN of Levant: no
  • GUERRETTE of Caribou: no
  • HAGGAN of Hampden: no
  • HALL of Wilton: other
  • HASENFUS of Readfield: no
  • HENDERSON of Rumford: no
  • HEPLER of Woolwich: no
  • HYMES of Waldo: other
  • JACKSON of Oxford: other
  • JAVNER of Chester: no
  • JULIA of Waterville: no
  • KESSLER of South Portland: yes
  • KUHN of Falmouth: no
  • LAJOIE of Lewiston: no
  • LANCE of Paris: other
  • LANIGAN of Sanford: other
  • LAVIGNE of Berwick: no
  • LEE of Auburn: no
  • LEMELIN of Chelsea: no
  • LIBBY of Auburn: no
  • LOOKNER of Portland: other
  • LYMAN of Livermore Falls: no
  • MACIAS of Topsham: yes
  • MALON of Biddeford: other
  • MASON of Lisbon: no
  • MASTRACCIO of Sanford: no
  • MATHIESON of Kittery: yes
  • MATLACK of St. George: no
  • MCCABE of Lewiston: yes
  • MCINTYRE of Lowell: no
  • MEYER of Eliot: no
  • MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: yes
  • MINGO of Calais: no
  • MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
  • MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
  • MOONEN of Portland: yes
  • MORRIS of Turner: no
  • MURPHY of Scarborough: no
  • NUTTING of Oakland: no
  • O'HALLORAN of Brewer: no
  • OLSEN of Raymond: no
  • OSHER of Orono: yes
  • 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: yes
  • QUINT of Hodgdon: no
  • RANA of Bangor: yes
  • RAY of Lincolnville: yes
  • RIELLY of Westbrook: no
  • ROBERTS of South Berwick: other
  • ROEDER of Bangor: yes
  • ROLLINS of Augusta: yes
  • RUDNICKI of Fairfield: no
  • RUNTE of York: no
  • SACHS of Freeport: no
  • SALISBURY of Westbrook: no
  • SARGENT of York: no
  • SATO of Gorham: yes
  • SAYRE of Kennebunk: no
  • SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico: no
  • SHAGOURY of Hallowell: no
  • SIMMONS of Waldoboro: no
  • SINCLAIR of Bath: no
  • SKOLD of Portland: other
  • SMITH of Palermo: no
  • SOBOLESKI of Phillips: no
  • STOVER of Boothbay: no
  • STROUT of Harrington: no
  • SUPICA of Bangor: no
  • SWALLOW of Houlton: no
  • TERRY of Gorham: no
  • THORNE of Carmel: no
  • TUELL of East Machias: no
  • UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: other
  • WADSWORTH of Hiram: no
  • WALKER of Naples: no
  • WARREN of Scarborough: yes
  • WEBB of Durham: yes
  • WHITE of Guilford: no
  • WHITE of Ellsworth: no
  • WOOD of Norway: no
  • WOOD of Greene: no
  • WOODSOME of Waterboro: no
  • YUSUF of Portland: yes
  • ZAGER of Portland: yes

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