---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Occupational Licensing Reform"
description: "An Act Regarding Occupational Licensing Reform"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 530"
citation: "Maine LD 530 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LICENSING", "OMNIBUS", "REFORM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David BOYER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daa34193-edf2-45d1-850b-b4da2246319a"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096459"
source_hash: "e41319b25e32748103ba4dc8e14878bb874f5218a098fbb199f3204fdcd57fcd"
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 530 (132) — An Act Regarding Occupational Licensing Reform

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-166)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0349&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 182** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0349&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 530 HP 349** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0349&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **17–15** (pass) · upper
- ACC MIN OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP — **38–106** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- David BOYER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-02-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-02-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Representative ROEDER from the Committee on LABOR Reporting that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-03-20** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-20** Report READ The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence `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.
- **2025-05-20** Reports READ.
- **2025-05-20** Motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.
- **2025-05-20** ROLL CALL NO. 149
- **2025-05-20** (Yeas 38 - Nays 106 - Absent 6 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
- **2025-05-20** Subsequently, on motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-20** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-20** Committee Amendment "A" (H-166) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-20** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-05-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-166). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-21** Reports Read
- **2025-05-21** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
- **2025-05-21** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 199 Yeas 17 - Nays 15 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2025-05-21** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-166) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-166) in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-08** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - REFERRED
- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - REF TO JUD
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+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/daa34193-edf2-45d1-850b-b4da2246319a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).