---
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: "130"
identifier: "LD 1735"
citation: "Maine LD 1735 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EXEC BRANCH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "STATE FINANCES", "STATE PERSONNEL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-07-19"
last_action: "2021-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8b56379-ad8f-4192-9b1c-2fd0e60e83bd"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280081538"
source_hash: "aa3c21f770f596338b2047b64f3869eff5df27b39236b8a61d1feb4a85d6175b"
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 1735 (130) — 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. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1299&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1299&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1299&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1299&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ADOPT HAH-744 — **69–52** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED — **65–53** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT HAH-744 — **23–11** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED — **69–53** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2021-07-19** Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2021-07-19** Under suspension of the rules and WITHOUT REFERENCE to a Committee, the Bill was READ TWICE.
- **2021-07-19** On motion of Representative DUNPHY of Old Town, House Amendment "A" (H-744) was READ.
- **2021-07-19** On motion of Representative DILLINGHAM of Oxford TABLED pending ADOPTION of House Amendment "A" (H-744)
- **2021-07-19** Later today assigned.
- **2021-07-19** Speaker laid before the House
- **2021-07-19** Subsequently, House Amendment "A" (H-744) was ADOPTED.
- **2021-07-19** ROLL CALL NO. 437
- **2021-07-19** (Yeas 69 - Nays 52 - Absent 29 - Excused 0)
- **2021-07-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-744). `reading-3`
- **2021-07-19** ROLL CALL NO. 438
- **2021-07-19** (Yeas 65 - Nays 53 - Absent 32 - Excused 0)
- **2021-07-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-07-19** Under Suspension of the Rules, READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-07-19** House Amendment "A" (H-744) ADOPTED
- **2021-07-19** Under further Suspension of the Rules, READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-744) , without reference to a Committee in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2021-07-19** On motion of Representative DUNPHY of Old Town, under suspension of the rules, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2021-07-19** On further motion of same Representative House Amendment "B" (H-749) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2021-07-19** Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by House Amendments "A" (H-744) and "B" (H-749) `reading-3`
- **2021-07-19** ROLL CALL NO. 441
- **2021-07-19** (Yeas 69 - Nays 53 - Absent 28 - Excused 0)
- **2021-07-19** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2021-07-19** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-07-19** On motion by Senator DAUGHTRY of Cumberland The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED To PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY House Amendment "A" (H-744) AND House Amendment "B" (H-749) in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2021-07-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-07-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-07-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-07-30** 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/e8b56379-ad8f-4192-9b1c-2fd0e60e83bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).