---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Maine'S Labor Laws By Changing The Laws Governing Elections Of Collective Bargaining Agents For Certain Public Employees"
description: "An Act To Improve Maine'S Labor Laws By Changing The Laws Governing Elections Of Collective Bargaining Agents For Certain Public Employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2032"
citation: "Maine LD 2032 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COLLECTIVE BARGAINING", "LABOR RELATIONS", "MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael TIPPING"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5277b5b5-6094-4b3f-a608-651c05ec4de4"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091313"
source_hash: "997a62eb37386e5fd4cd04bc03de97afe6d3df29b86158678233e078fb08f49e"
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 2032 (131) — An Act To Improve Maine'S Labor Laws By Changing The Laws Governing Elections Of Collective Bargaining Agents For Certain Public Employees

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0860&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0860&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS REPORT — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **85–55** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael TIPPING — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 11, 2023 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** Reports READ
- **2024-02-27** Senator TIPPING of Penobscot moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report .
- **2024-02-27** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report . Roll Call Ordered
- **2024-02-28** Taken from the table by the President
- **2024-02-28** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED
- **2024-02-28** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 564 Yeas 20 - Nays 11 - Excused 4 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2024-02-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-02-28** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-02-29** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-29** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2024-03-05** Reports READ.
- **2024-03-05** On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-05** ROLL CALL NO. 390
- **2024-03-05** (Yeas 85 - Nays 55 - Absent 10 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2024-03-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-03-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2024-02-26T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5277b5b5-6094-4b3f-a608-651c05ec4de4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).