---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Prevent Wage Theft And Promote Employer Accountability"
description: "An Act To Prevent Wage Theft And Promote Employer Accountability"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1524"
citation: "Maine LD 1524 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPENSATION", "WAGES", "WAGE THEFT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-11"
last_action: "2019-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35cd7eb7-d163-417c-911e-6f4375951de4"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073098"
source_hash: "0bd978f8c4d7942bd9032ec2835106feb04d0c209e09ca353b8a07a8c7dd8ad5"
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 1524 (129) — An Act To Prevent Wage Theft And Promote Employer Accountability

## 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=SP0473&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0473&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0473&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- Enactment — **87–48** (pass) · lower
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **86–54** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **21–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — 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 195 Yeas 21 - Nays 14 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2019-06-05** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-203) 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-203) `reading-2`
- **2019-06-05** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-06** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-06** On motion of Representative CARNEY of Cape Elizabeth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-06** ROLL CALL NO. 188
- **2019-06-06** (Yeas 86 - Nays 54 - Absent 8 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-06-06** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (S-203) 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-203).
- **2019-06-06** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** ROLL CALL NO. 206
- **2019-06-07** (Yeas 87 - Nays 48 - Absent 13 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-21** 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/35cd7eb7-d163-417c-911e-6f4375951de4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).