---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Authorize Funding For Collective Bargaining Agreements With Certain Judicial Department Employees"
description: "An Act To Authorize Funding For Collective Bargaining Agreements With Certain Judicial Department Employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2019"
citation: "Maine LD 2019 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BARGAINING AGREEMENT FUNDING", "JUDICIARY", "SPENDING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-07-06"
last_action: "2023-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9311234a-6c10-4da3-82b9-cbc4ce91ab4b"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280090568"
source_hash: "b0b8bc5300105235641f7aaeef9ee22f3aacb643f1ae39c06de68df64c1d5dae"
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 2019 (131) — An Act To Authorize Funding For Collective Bargaining Agreements With Certain Judicial Department 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=SP0843&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0843&item=2&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-06** Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed
- **2023-07-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, without reference to a Committee `reading-3`
- **2023-07-06** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-07-06** Under suspension of the rules and WITHOUT REFERENCE to a Committee, the Bill was READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2023-07-06** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **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** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **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/9311234a-6c10-4da3-82b9-cbc4ce91ab4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).