---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Providing Labor Unions With Reasonable Access To Current And Newly Hired Public Sector Workers"
description: "An Act Providing Labor Unions With Reasonable Access To Current And Newly Hired Public Sector Workers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1451"
citation: "Maine LD 1451 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR RELATIONS", "LABOR ORGANIZATIONS", "ACCESS TO WORKERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William PLUECKER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-02"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2662face-e951-44fe-8906-eac757640643"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072898"
source_hash: "9eede527237e6f0fa00a5a2ec69c7fb747e7a3def410e83dc567ba32ad473160"
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 1451 (129) — An Act Providing Labor Unions With Reasonable Access To Current And Newly Hired Public Sector Workers

## 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=HP1063&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1063&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1063&item=4&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **87–57** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **22–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William PLUECKER — primary (person)
- Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
- Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-02** Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-04-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-17** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-17** ROLL CALL NO. 275
- **2019-06-17** (Yeas 87 - Nays 57 - Absent 6 - Excused 1)
- **2019-06-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-17** Committee Amendment "A" (H-602) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-602).
- **2019-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** Reports Read
- **2019-06-18** On motion by Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-18** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 315 Yeas 22 - Nays 13 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2019-06-18** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-602) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-18** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-602) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-19** 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/2662face-e951-44fe-8906-eac757640643`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).