---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements With Executive Branch Employees"
description: "An Act To Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements With Executive Branch Employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1845"
citation: "Maine LD 1845 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR RELATIONS", "COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Drew GATTINE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-06-18"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/358071b1-21be-4a3b-814a-7cbaa3d313f5"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280074709"
source_hash: "3256916f8ac422f89630f4a096649d2dacf8ec323417276ddb19644dfd280350"
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 1845 (129) — An Act To Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements With Executive Branch Employees

## 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=HP1316&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1316&item=2&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Drew GATTINE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-18** Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-06-18** Under suspension of the rules and WITHOUT REFERENCE to a Committee, the Bill was READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2019-06-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** Under suspension of the Rules READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, without reference to a Committee. in concurrence
- **2019-06-19** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-19** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-20** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-20** Subsequently FAILED ENACTMENT In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2019-06-20** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-20** The House INSISTED on PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2019-06-20** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-06-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-20** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED
- **2019-06-20** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-28** 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/358071b1-21be-4a3b-814a-7cbaa3d313f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).