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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Amend The Maine Equal Pay Law By Prohibiting Pay Discrimination Based On Race"
+description: "An Act To Amend The Maine Equal Pay Law By Prohibiting Pay Discrimination Based On Race"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "131"
+identifier: "LD 1703"
+citation: "Maine LD 1703 (131)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMPENSATION", "EQUAL PAY", "WAGES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-04-18"
+last_action: "2023-06-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/022f157b-09ec-4ca5-b365-cd57b5667c60"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088793"
+source_hash: "50bbbd62d5222ceef65959bc243ca7fe190369a2ebb80ba9f44b50019bf1dcba"
+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 1703 (131) — An Act To Amend The Maine Equal Pay Law By Prohibiting Pay Discrimination Based On Race
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1092&item=1&snum=131)
+2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1092&item=3&snum=131)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **112–20** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
+- Ambureen RANA — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Deqa DHALAC — cosponsor (person)
+- Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)
+- Mana ABDI — cosponsor (person)
+- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-18** Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
+- **2023-04-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-04-20** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING in concurrence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-06** Reports READ.
+- **2023-06-06** On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-06-06** ROLL CALL NO. 127
+- **2023-06-06** (Yeas 112 - Nays 20 - Absent 18 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
+- **2023-06-06** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-06** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2023-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-07** Reports Read
+- **2023-06-07** On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
+- **2023-06-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2023-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2023-06-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/022f157b-09ec-4ca5-b365-cd57b5667c60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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