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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Labor To Request A Federal Waiver To Allow Presumptive Work Eligibility For Asylum Seekers"
+description: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Labor To Request A Federal Waiver To Allow Presumptive Work Eligibility For Asylum Seekers"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "131"
+identifier: "LD 1050"
+citation: "Maine LD 1050 (131)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK PERMITS", "LABOR DEPARTMENT", "POWERS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eric BRAKEY"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-07"
+last_action: "2023-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c696d8f9-53bd-48bb-b522-f736544c5337"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086993"
+source_hash: "20ffb490b5cc8e67e84680e9424eb0317a02323093fc1810f2ea67e84c1aae72"
+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 1050 (131) — Resolve, Directing The Department Of Labor To Request A Federal Waiver To Allow Presumptive Work Eligibility For Asylum Seekers
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0419&item=2&snum=131)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0419&item=1&snum=131)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0419&item=4&snum=131)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eric BRAKEY — primary (person)
+- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
+- Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Deqa DHALAC — cosponsor (person)
+- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
+- Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
+- Mana ABDI — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-07** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2023-03-07** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
+- **2023-04-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED
+- **2023-04-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-11** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
+- **2023-04-12** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-04-12** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
+- **2023-04-13** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
+- **2023-04-13** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
+- **2023-04-13** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-18). `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-04-18** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
+- **2023-04-18** FAILED FINAL PASSAGE.
+- **2023-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-04-20** On motion by Senator BRAKEY of Androscoggin Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-20** Subsequently On further motion by Same Senator Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) was INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
+- **2023-04-20** PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 97 Yeas 30 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 5 PREVAILED
+- **2023-04-20** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2023-04-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-04-27** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-05-02** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
+- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c696d8f9-53bd-48bb-b522-f736544c5337`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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