---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Increase Enforcement And Accountability For Wage And Hour Violations"
description: "An Act To Increase Enforcement And Accountability For Wage And Hour Violations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 372"
citation: "Maine LD 372 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES", "ENFORCEMENT", "WORK HOURS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael TIPPING"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4565f744-c18a-46b7-88b1-153a94f2927f"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085649"
source_hash: "dcd66d88f47d45f10378f1f6ec85c4ff38ba099f8c44fc136efb313fb3721aba"
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 372 (131) — An Act To Increase Enforcement And Accountability For Wage And Hour Violations

## 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=SP0179&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0179&item=5&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0179&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0179&item=4&snum=131)
5. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0179&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **23–11** (pass) · upper
- ENACTMENT — **20–13** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **74–71** (pass) · lower
- Enactment — **77–64** (pass) · lower
- ADOPT HAH-966 TO CAS-688 — **71–74** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael TIPPING — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-07-26** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
- **2024-04-11** Reports READ
- **2024-04-11** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
- **2024-04-12** Taken from the table by the President
- **2024-04-12** On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2024-04-12** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 705 Yeas 23 - Nays 11 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2024-04-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-04-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-688) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-688) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-04-12** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2024-04-12** HELD at the Request of Senator POULIOT of Kennebec.
- **2024-04-15** RELEASED.
- **2024-04-16** Reports READ.
- **2024-04-16** On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2024-04-16** ROLL CALL NO. 532
- **2024-04-16** (Yeas 74 - Nays 71 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2024-04-16** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-688) was READ.
- **2024-04-16** On motion of Representative MORRIS of Turner, House Amendment "A" (H-966) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-688) was READ and FAILED ADOPTION. `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-16** ROLL CALL NO. 533
- **2024-04-16** (Yeas 71 - Nays 74 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2024-04-16** Subsequently, Committee Amendment "A" (S-688) was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-04-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-688). `reading-3`
- **2024-04-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-04-17** ROLL CALL NO. 541
- **2024-04-17** (Yeas 77 - Nays 64 - Absent 9 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2024-04-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 762 Yeas 20 - Nays 13 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - 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/4565f744-c18a-46b7-88b1-153a94f2927f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).