---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Collective Bargaining Rights Of Employees Of School Management And Leadership Centers"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Collective Bargaining Rights Of Employees Of School Management And Leadership Centers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1412"
citation: "Maine LD 1412 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR RELATIONS", "COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "SCHOOL MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP CE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James HANDY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-26"
last_action: "2019-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6aa8322-484f-465a-b3b8-1521b997d6bb"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072761"
source_hash: "15d58cd9d791d220bb8820ee66fa7aaf8a7eb40c5fcebd4ba203169993c015d2"
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 1412 (129) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing The Collective Bargaining Rights Of Employees Of School Management And Leadership Centers

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1025&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1025&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1025&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **22–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James HANDY — primary (person)
- Heidi BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret CRAVEN — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-26** Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-03-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-07** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-494) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-494).
- **2019-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** Reports READ
- **2019-06-10** Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2019-06-10** On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending her motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report,
- **2019-06-10** Taken from the table by the President
- **2019-06-10** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2019-06-10** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 244 Yeas 22 - Nays 13 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2019-06-10** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (H-494) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-494) `reading-2`
- **2019-06-10** in concurrence
- **2019-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-21** 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/b6aa8322-484f-465a-b3b8-1521b997d6bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).