---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Labor To Submit To The United States Secretary Of Labor A Plan For A Self-Employment Assistance Program"
description: "Resolve, Directing The Department Of Labor To Submit To The United States Secretary Of Labor A Plan For A Self-Employment Assistance Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 594"
citation: "Maine LD 594 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR DEPARTMENT", "MAINE ENTERPRISE OPTION PROGRAM", "POWERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eloise VITELLI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13ac4178-2d4d-422d-b141-ea7678b31a2a"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079008"
source_hash: "5cd72edc965fa4b9ad5e67d5dd0cf26011b2f5301894db0a0d8fc9dbfe9b3ded"
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 594 (130) — Resolve, Directing The Department Of Labor To Submit To The United States Secretary Of Labor A Plan For A Self-Employment Assistance Program

## 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=SP0231&item=1&snum=130)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0231&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Eloise VITELLI — primary (person)
- Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah PEBWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- Scott CUDDY — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 25, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-04-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-04-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-04-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-04-28** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-04-28** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-05-19** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP
- **2021-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13ac4178-2d4d-422d-b141-ea7678b31a2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).