---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Employer Recovery Of Overcompensation Paid To An Employee"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Employer Recovery Of Overcompensation Paid To An Employee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 610"
citation: "Maine LD 610 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPENSATION", "OVERCOMPENSATION", "RECOVERY", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna DOORE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f570d69a-af5e-417e-ad6b-6dbc7a3109d5"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079045"
source_hash: "34fc776d3e85f7e170009b43199f03e0f82aa73881d9378a83a06ec9b46d9e43"
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 610 (130) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Employer Recovery Of Overcompensation Paid To An Employee

## Version chain

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

1. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0446&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0446&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0446&item=4&snum=130)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **71–51** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donna DOORE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Received by the Clerk of the House on February 25, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-02-25** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING 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.
- **2021-06-03** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-03** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-03** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-03** Committee Amendment "A" (H-316) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-03** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-316). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-07** Reports Read
- **2021-06-07** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-07** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 217 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2021-06-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-316) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-316) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-09** 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** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-316) `reading-3`
- **2021-07-02** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-316) was ADOPTED and INDEFINITELY POSTPONED Committee Amendment "A" (H-316) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-02** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2021-07-02** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-07-02** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2021-07-02** ROLL CALL NO. 420
- **2021-07-02** (Yeas 71 - Nays 51 - Absent 29 - Excused 0)
- **2021-07-02** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-07-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-07-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-07-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-07-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-02T04:00:00+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/f570d69a-af5e-417e-ad6b-6dbc7a3109d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).