---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify Covid-19 Paid Leave For School Employees"
description: "An Act To Clarify Covid-19 Paid Leave For School Employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1874"
citation: "Maine LD 1874 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CLARIFY COVID-19 SICK LEAVE", "EMPLOYEE BENEFITS", "LEAVE POLICIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce WHITE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-05"
last_action: "2022-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8805843e-712c-492d-996f-ce0eba15b24a"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280082293"
source_hash: "bc937cc97a9ae36b41e8ab7c0a7b8698bd171f586b230923458b45684c8bf578"
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 1874 (130) — An Act To Clarify Covid-19 Paid Leave For School 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=HP1384&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1384&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1384&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Bruce WHITE — primary (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
- Janice DODGE — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie SACHS — cosponsor (person)
- Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-05** Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
- **2022-01-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-01-05** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-04-05** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-04-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-916). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-05** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-04-07** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-916) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-916), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2022-04-07** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2022-04-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8805843e-712c-492d-996f-ce0eba15b24a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).