---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Make Agricultural Workers And Other Related Workers Employees Under The Wage And Hour Laws"
description: "An Act To Make Agricultural Workers And Other Related Workers Employees Under The Wage And Hour Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 589"
citation: "Maine LD 589 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURAL WORKERS", "COMPENSATION", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7b4fd94-3dbc-48f1-b102-75f98393fd32"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096599"
source_hash: "19035d815ee2100b8f832930ff91c10717f8987f466452226959730f09dc02fb"
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 589 (132) — An Act To Make Agricultural Workers And Other Related Workers Employees Under The Wage And Hour Laws

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-196)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0273&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0273&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 589 SP 273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0273&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- Enactment — **74–73** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **74–72** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret ROTUNDO — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Traci GERE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-06-02** Reports READ
- **2025-06-02** On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
- **2025-06-02** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 289 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-02** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-06-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-196) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-196) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-03** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-03** On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-03** ROLL CALL NO. 290
- **2025-06-03** (Yeas 74 - Nays 72 - Absent 5 - Excused 0)
- **2025-06-03** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-196) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-196). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-03** ROLL CALL NO. 292
- **2025-06-03** (Yeas 74 - Nays 73 - Absent 4 - Excused 0)
- **2025-06-03** HELD.
- **2025-06-03** RELEASED.
- **2025-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+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/b7b4fd94-3dbc-48f1-b102-75f98393fd32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).