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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Protect State Employees When Their Contracts Have Expired"
+description: "An Act To Protect State Employees When Their Contracts Have Expired"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 1546"
+citation: "Maine LD 1546 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LABOR RELATIONS", "COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "HEALTH PREMIUMS AND EXPIRED CONTRAC"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark LAWRENCE"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-04-11"
+last_action: "2019-06-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ca14239-514a-4983-9d31-569beaea1239"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073265"
+source_hash: "1bdf2731e1d71b0f6b3fe2b55bd7575cf35f9d4d26877ee5b3352960c2932e53"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 1546 (129) — An Act To Protect State Employees When Their Contracts Have Expired
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0483&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0483&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0483&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **21–14** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark LAWRENCE — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-11** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2019-04-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-05** Reports Read
+- **2019-06-05** On motion by Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-05** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 196 Yeas 21 - Nays 14 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
+- **2019-06-05** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-202) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-06-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-202) `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-05** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2019-06-06** Reports READ.
+- **2019-06-06** On motion of Representative CUDDY of Winterport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-06** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-202) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-202).
+- **2019-06-06** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-10** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
+- **2019-06-18** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
+- **2019-06-18** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
+- **2019-06-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ca14239-514a-4983-9d31-569beaea1239`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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