---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Authorize Project Labor Agreements For Public Works Projects"
description: "An Act To Authorize Project Labor Agreements For Public Works Projects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1564"
citation: "Maine LD 1564 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR DEPT", "POWERS", "LABOR AGREEMENTS", "PUBLIC WORKS PROJ"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-16"
last_action: "2019-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19e427a5-c648-499e-b692-40b4919d5aa4"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073369"
source_hash: "4c288184f0738802e487bbed9eba986e3d3b73f1993acde829b4ab009250a690"
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 1564 (129) — An Act To Authorize Project Labor Agreements For Public Works Projects

## 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=SP0499&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0499&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0499&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **89–53** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-16** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-04-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-29** Reports Read
- **2019-05-29** On motion by Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-29** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 153 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2019-05-29** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Committee Amendment "A" (S-158) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-05-29** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-158) `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-05-30** Reports READ.
- **2019-05-30** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-30** ROLL CALL NO. 156
- **2019-05-30** (Yeas 89 - Nays 53 - Absent 6 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-05-30** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-158) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-05-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-158).
- **2019-05-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-13** 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/19e427a5-c648-499e-b692-40b4919d5aa4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).