---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Unemployment Compensation"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Unemployment Compensation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1564"
citation: "Maine LD 1564 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURES", "BENEFITS", "EMPLOYMENT SECURITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-23"
last_action: "2021-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c70d1000-5d1c-4db3-a764-d67586c8fc8d"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080543"
source_hash: "827acda2257361d60960e80c8b41a35ff8625e0790fa109faa7a00470e56a5fe"
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 1564 (130) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Unemployment Compensation

## 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=SP0507&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0507&item=7&snum=130)
3. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0507&item=3&snum=130)
4. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0507&item=1&snum=130)
5. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0507&item=6&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACCEPT RPT 'A' OTP-A — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- ACC REPORT 'A' OTP as amend — **80–51** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT SAS-243 to CAS-223 — **22–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-23** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on April 23, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reports READ
- **2021-06-09** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF ANY REPORT
- **2021-06-14** Taken from the table by the President
- **2021-06-14** Subsequently Report A Ought to Pass As Amended ACCEPTED
- **2021-06-14** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 332 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-14** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-223) READ
- **2021-06-14** On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc Senate Amendment "A" (S-243) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-223) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 333 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-223) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-243) thereto READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-223) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-243) thereto `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-06-14** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-14** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-14** ROLL CALL NO. 269
- **2021-06-14** (Yeas 80 - Nays 51 - Absent 20 - Excused 0)
- **2021-06-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-223) was READ.
- **2021-06-14** Senate Amendment "A" (S-243) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-223) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-223) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-243) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-223) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-243) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2021-06-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-15** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, 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 in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c70d1000-5d1c-4db3-a764-d67586c8fc8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).