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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Protect Earned Pay"
+description: "An Act To Protect Earned Pay"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 75"
+citation: "Maine LD 75 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT SECURITY", "DISQUALIFICATION", "VACATION PAY ALLOWED"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Erin HERBIG"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-15"
+last_action: "2019-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eccbdc41-6af4-4b61-b27d-afe8898e3dfb"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070762"
+source_hash: "d531d5021823e476b9ccbeae84260b113f046e01b96158c5f6847f49fc711943"
+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 75 (129) — An Act To Protect Earned Pay
+
+## 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=SP0028&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0028&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0028&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **86–55** (pass) · lower
+- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **20–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Erin HERBIG — primary (person)
+- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
+- Deane RYKERSON — cosponsor (person)
+- Donna DOORE — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
+- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott CUDDY — cosponsor (person)
+- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-15** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2019-01-15** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-15** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-03-19** Reports Read
+- **2019-03-19** On motion by Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-03-19** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 25 Yeas 20 - Nays 13 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
+- **2019-03-19** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-19** Committee Amendment "A" (S-11) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2019-03-19** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
+- **2019-03-21** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-03-21** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-11) `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-21** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
+- **2019-03-26** Reports READ.
+- **2019-03-26** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-03-26** ROLL CALL NO. 19
+- **2019-03-26** (Yeas 86 - Nays 55 - Absent 8 - Excused 1 Vacant 1)
+- **2019-03-26** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-26** Committee Amendment "A" (S-11) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-03-26** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2019-03-26** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-11).
+- **2019-03-26** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-04-02** 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`
+- **2019-06-20** 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/eccbdc41-6af4-4b61-b27d-afe8898e3dfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+