---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Labor To Request A Federal Waiver To Allow Presumptive Work Eligibility For Asylum Seekers"
description: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Labor To Request A Federal Waiver To Allow Presumptive Work Eligibility For Asylum Seekers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1050"
citation: "Maine LD 1050 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK PERMITS", "LABOR DEPARTMENT", "POWERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric BRAKEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c696d8f9-53bd-48bb-b522-f736544c5337"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086993"
source_hash: "20ffb490b5cc8e67e84680e9424eb0317a02323093fc1810f2ea67e84c1aae72"
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 1050 (131) — Resolve, Directing The Department Of Labor To Request A Federal Waiver To Allow Presumptive Work Eligibility For Asylum Seekers

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0419&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0419&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0419&item=4&snum=131)

## Votes

- PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eric BRAKEY — primary (person)
- Anne PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Billy Bob FAULKINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Deqa DHALAC — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
- Mana ABDI — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-03-07** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-04-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2023-04-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-04-12** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-04-12** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-04-13** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-04-13** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-04-13** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-18). `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-04-18** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2023-04-18** FAILED FINAL PASSAGE.
- **2023-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-04-20** On motion by Senator BRAKEY of Androscoggin Under suspension of the Rules The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Subsequently On further motion by Same Senator Committee Amendment "A" (S-18) was INDEFINITELY POSTPONED
- **2023-04-20** PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 97 Yeas 30 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 5 PREVAILED
- **2023-04-20** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-04-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-04-27** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-02** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-04-05T04:00:00+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/c696d8f9-53bd-48bb-b522-f736544c5337`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).