---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Collective Bargaining Negotiations By Public Employers Of Teachers"
description: "An Act Regarding Collective Bargaining Negotiations By Public Employers Of Teachers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 52"
citation: "Maine LD 52 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "NEGOTIATIONS", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael BRENNAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d6ca3b5-7f5b-4970-8f9e-b94a16146f80"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078004"
source_hash: "8a50cea19bf64796e9a0483d04127f89497cd5b200b8204629eb5d4ef31ff0f2"
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 52 (130) — An Act Regarding Collective Bargaining Negotiations By Public Employers Of Teachers

## 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=HP0018&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0018&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0018&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **86–58** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **22–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael BRENNAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Received by the Clerk of the House on January 11, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-01-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Reports READ.
- **2021-03-11** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Refer to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-03-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-03-11** Report READ
- **2021-03-11** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York The Majority REFER TO COMMITTEE Report Accepted AND The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `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.
- **2021-04-28** Reports READ.
- **2021-04-28** On motion of Representative BRENNAN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-04-28** ROLL CALL NO. 41
- **2021-04-28** (Yeas 86 - Nays 58 - Absent 7 - Excused 0)
- **2021-04-28** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-103) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-04-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-103). `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-05-19** Reports Read
- **2021-05-19** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2021-05-19** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 148 Yeas 22 - Nays 11 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2021-05-19** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-05-19** Committee Amendment "A" (H-103) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-103) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To - EDU
- **2021-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - REFERRED/ONTP
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-07T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM/ONTP
- **2021-04-28T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d6ca3b5-7f5b-4970-8f9e-b94a16146f80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).