---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Enhance Businesses' Understanding Of Labor Standards And Grow Maine'S Energy Economy Through A Training Program"
description: "An Act To Enhance Businesses' Understanding Of Labor Standards And Grow Maine'S Energy Economy Through A Training Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1748"
citation: "Maine LD 1748 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ENERGY CONSERVATION", "PLANNING", "PROJECT LABOR STANDARDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew BECK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-22"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe1afb36-4adc-462f-86c1-8030d77fb9bc"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098721"
source_hash: "48dad417efe6a575133ce0f9a70dd388d830edcec5722b6008d9b77c096d582c"
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 1748 (132) — An Act To Enhance Businesses' Understanding Of Labor Standards And Grow Maine'S Energy Economy Through A Training Program

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-688)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1166&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 377** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1166&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1748 HP 1166** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1166&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **19–14** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **75–69** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthew BECK — primary (person)
- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
- Charles SKOLD — cosponsor (person)
- Kilton WEBB — cosponsor (person)
- Marshall ARCHER — cosponsor (person)
- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
- Rafael MACIAS — cosponsor (person)
- Sophia WARREN — cosponsor (person)
- Valli GEIGER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-22** Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-04-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-04-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-13** On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-13** ROLL CALL NO. 488
- **2025-06-13** (Yeas 75 - Nays 69 - Absent 5 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-13** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-688) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-13** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-688). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-16** Reports Read
- **2025-06-16** On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
- **2025-06-16** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 549 Yeas 19 - Nays 14 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-16** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-688) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-688) in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+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/fe1afb36-4adc-462f-86c1-8030d77fb9bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).