---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify Maine Law Regarding The Tips Of Service Employees"
description: "An Act To Clarify Maine Law Regarding The Tips Of Service Employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 81"
citation: "Maine LD 81 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPENSATION", "WAGES", "TIPS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan FECTEAU"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/408ffc39-65e4-4d4e-8445-88bdf116e9c3"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070770"
source_hash: "2421e685d59ad2cfe88cc3a28fac1fa21b4544e3200a090faa291cd0fe64388e"
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 81 (129) — An Act To Clarify Maine Law Regarding The Tips Of Service 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=HP0067&item=1&snum=129)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0067&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Ryan FECTEAU — primary (person)
- Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-15** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-15** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-03-05** Committee on Bills in the Second Reading Reports no further verbal amendments necessary. Report Accepted.
- **2019-03-05** CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-03-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2019-03-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2019-03-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-03-12** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-12** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12** Ordered sent down forthwith
- **2019-03-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-03-25** 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/408ffc39-65e4-4d4e-8445-88bdf116e9c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).