---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Timely Payment For Salaried Employees"
description: "An Act To Require Timely Payment For Salaried Employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1278"
citation: "Maine LD 1278 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPENSATION", "SALARIED EMPLOYEES", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael TIPPING"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-21"
last_action: "2023-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7006320-0de7-4c93-a335-4fe10e9fea2a"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280087882"
source_hash: "1dc979dd200268e89a296f83c69db9f82ff595127d4a5f82e7d4060eaf2add45"
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 1278 (131) — An Act To Require Timely Payment For Salaried Employees

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0515&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0515&item=2&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Michael TIPPING — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-21** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-03-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** 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.
- **2023-05-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2023-05-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-16** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-16** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-16** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-05-18** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-05-18** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-05-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7006320-0de7-4c93-a335-4fe10e9fea2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).