---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Include Librarians And Career And Technical Education Teachers In The Minimum $40,000 Salary Initiative"
description: "An Act To Include Librarians And Career And Technical Education Teachers In The Minimum $40,000 Salary Initiative"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1188"
citation: "Maine LD 1188 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPENSATION", "LIBRARIANS AND CTE TEACHERS", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rebecca MILLETT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3f592e3-dfa8-46f9-901c-32d0b0d8d492"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079763"
source_hash: "00a62dc76612a9b7f98e5e7f5197f02f838eafd8fdb4f5fe2d9fa60916681579"
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 1188 (130) — An Act To Include Librarians And Career And Technical Education Teachers In The Minimum $40,000 Salary Initiative

## 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=HP0866&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0866&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0866&item=3&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **117–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rebecca MILLETT — primary (person)
- Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne SALISBURY — cosponsor (person)
- Valli GEIGER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** Received by the Clerk of the House on March 18, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-03-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-06-07** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-07** On motion of Representative BRENNAN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-07** ROLL CALL NO. 147
- **2021-06-07** (Yeas 117 - Nays 26 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
- **2021-06-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-354) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-354). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-08** Reports Read
- **2021-06-08** On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-08** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-354) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-354) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-09** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2021-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-10** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- **2021-07-02** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2021-07-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-20T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+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/f3f592e3-dfa8-46f9-901c-32d0b0d8d492`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).