---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Paid Family And Medical Leave"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Paid Family And Medical Leave"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 894"
citation: "Maine LD 894 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES", "FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE", "LEAVE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthea DAUGHTRY"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2025-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0a9abea-4f68-4667-a1a5-8ae9935cdd81"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097166"
source_hash: "4e5ae68fc604593e9d966a50685f6ccaed9c770adb50fedea838b975e80004ee"
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 894 (132) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Paid Family And Medical Leave

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-200)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0383&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment H-A (H-489)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0383&item=7&snum=132)
3. **Amendment H-B (H-490)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0383&item=8&snum=132)
4. **Chapter 277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0383&item=4&snum=132)
5. **LD 894 SP 383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0383&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- IPP HBH-490 — **71–70** (pass) · lower
- report "a" ought to pass — **72–70** (pass) · lower
- IPP HAH-489 — **72–70** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT REPORT 'A' OUGHT TO PASS — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED — **72–69** (pass) · lower
- Enactment — **75–71** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthea DAUGHTRY — primary (person)
- Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 5, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-06-02** Reports READ
- **2025-06-02** On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot Report A Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
- **2025-06-02** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 295 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-02** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-04** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-04** On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, REPORT A Ought to Pass was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-04** ROLL CALL NO. 310
- **2025-06-04** (Yeas 72 - Nays 70 - Absent 9 - Excused 0)
- **2025-06-04** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-04** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-04** On motion of Representative CARLOW of Buxton, House Amendment "A" (H-489) was READ.
- **2025-06-04** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland House Amendment "A" (H-489) was INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.
- **2025-06-04** ROLL CALL NO. 311
- **2025-06-04** (Yeas 72 - Nays 70 - Absent 9 - Excused 0)
- **2025-06-04** On motion of Representative CARLOW of Buxton, House Amendment "B" (H-490) was READ.
- **2025-06-04** Representative CARLOW of Buxton, REQUESTED a division.
- **2025-06-04** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland House Amendment "B" (H-490) was INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.
- **2025-06-04** ROLL CALL NO. 312
- **2025-06-04** (Yeas 71 - Nays 70 - Absent 10 - Excused 0)
- **2025-06-04** Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** ROLL CALL NO. 313
- **2025-06-04** (Yeas 72 - Nays 69 - Absent 10 - Excused 0)
- **2025-06-04** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** ROLL CALL NO. 362
- **2025-06-09** (Yeas 75 - Nays 71 - Absent 3 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-09** HELD.
- **2025-06-09** RELEASED.
- **2025-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0a9abea-4f68-4667-a1a5-8ae9935cdd81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).