---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Prohibit An Employer From Charging An Employee For Direct Deposit For Wages"
description: "An Act To Prohibit An Employer From Charging An Employee For Direct Deposit For Wages"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1106"
citation: "Maine LD 1106 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DIRECT DEPOSIT CHARGES", "EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES", "PAYROLL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew POULIOT"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf0b93c9-7018-4c46-a743-fc918ba6cdeb"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079641"
source_hash: "fec602944bd853a59c88d30814af8854f50541d8c7a7484d9d88156d5502cdde"
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 1106 (130) — An Act To Prohibit An Employer From Charging An Employee For Direct Deposit For Wages

## 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=SP0367&item=1&snum=130)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0367&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Matthew POULIOT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 18, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-05-19** Reports Read
- **2021-05-19** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
- **2021-05-19** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Under suspension of the Rules READ A SECOND TIME And PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2021-06-02** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-02** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-02** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-02** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf0b93c9-7018-4c46-a743-fc918ba6cdeb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).