---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements With Executive Branch Employees"
description: "An Act To Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements With Executive Branch Employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2017"
citation: "Maine LD 2017 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EXEC BRANCH COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "STATE FINANCES", "STATE PERSONNEL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melanie SACHS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-06-27"
last_action: "2023-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da0aaada-bb85-4360-a065-2ca431210c62"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280090534"
source_hash: "4e31cf64ef8586c1b3015930d232847aeac534b9664b9866ce07299fdc770f36"
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 2017 (131) — An Act To Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements With Executive Branch 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=HP1299&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1299&item=2&snum=131)

## Votes

- ENACTMENT - EMER — **114–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Melanie SACHS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-27** Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-06-27** Under suspension of the rules and WITHOUT REFERENCE to a Committee, the Bill was READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, without reference to a Committee in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2023-07-06** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2023-07-06** Representative TERRY of Gorham REQUESTED a Roll Call. More than one-fifth of the members present expressed a desire for a roll call, which was ORDERED.
- **2023-07-06** On further motion of the same Representative, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2023-07-06** Later today assigned. (Roll Call Ordered)
- **2023-07-06** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-07-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-07-06** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House being necessary, a total was taken.
- **2023-07-06** ROLL CALL NO. 351
- **2023-07-06** (Yeas 114 - Nays 15 - Absent 22 - Excused 0)
- **2023-07-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-07-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da0aaada-bb85-4360-a065-2ca431210c62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).