---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Fund The Agreement With Executive Branch Employees"
description: "An Act To Fund The Agreement With Executive Branch Employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1644"
citation: "Maine LD 1644 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GIDEON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-06-28"
last_action: "2017-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e723f0d-d9d8-4713-a52c-f0442ca0d8bf"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280066279"
source_hash: "26e199ac60bcd5f5c8fe5c636a6be99efcf392e62efe36f81b3e05253ab52c7a"
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 1644 (128) — An Act To Fund The Agreement With Executive Branch Employees

## Version chain

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

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP113501.asp)

## Sponsors

- GIDEON — primary (person)
- FREDETTE — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- THIBODEAU — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-28** Committee on APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-06-28** Under suspension of the rules and WITHOUT REFERENCE to a Committee, the Bill was READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2017-06-28** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-28** Sent for concurrence.
- **2017-06-28** Under suspension of the Rules READ TWICE and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, without reference to a Committee. in concurrence
- **2017-06-29** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2017-06-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-29** On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence
- **2017-07-20** On Motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2017-07-20** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-24** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e723f0d-d9d8-4713-a52c-f0442ca0d8bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).