---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Severance Pay To Cover More Types Of Employers And Include More Workers"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Severance Pay To Cover More Types Of Employers And Include More Workers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 12"
citation: "Maine LD 12 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES", "SEVERANCE NOTICE", "SEVERANCE PAY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy ROEDER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3b4e13e-43ff-4aaf-854f-00aae5ef6bb2"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085115"
source_hash: "50bf8971aa0291fb4c8a84e9863ade82e97d05e451ddb72de30f62171531d27e"
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 12 (131) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Severance Pay To Cover More Types Of Employers And Include More Workers

## 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=HP0016&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0016&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0016&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **21–9** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **76–62** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy ROEDER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-01-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-01-04** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-04-18** Reports READ.
- **2023-04-18** On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-04-18** ROLL CALL NO. 32
- **2023-04-18** (Yeas 76 - Nays 62 - Absent 12 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2023-04-18** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-35) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-04-18** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-04-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-35). `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-04-20** Reports Read
- **2023-04-20** On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2023-04-20** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 95 Yeas 21 - Nays 9 - Excused 0 - Absent 5 PREVAILED
- **2023-04-20** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Committee Amendment "A" (H-35) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-04-25** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-04-25** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-35), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-04-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+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/b3b4e13e-43ff-4aaf-854f-00aae5ef6bb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).