---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Overtime"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Overtime"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1828"
citation: "Maine LD 1828 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPENSATION", "WAGES", "OVERTIME"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shenna BELLOWS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-06-03"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30878e77-2336-430a-9f5f-2ed40f244597"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280074401"
source_hash: "3f08cd92f52dce45b95831e31604f45793e0e335359e2c072ec2235a4ec67aaf"
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 1828 (129) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Overtime

## 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=SP0618&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0618&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0618&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Shenna BELLOWS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-03** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-06-03** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-292) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-292). `reading-2`
- **2019-06-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-06-17** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-17** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-292).
- **2019-06-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-17** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** 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/30878e77-2336-430a-9f5f-2ed40f244597`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).