---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Minimum Pay For Reporting To Work"
description: "An Act To Require Minimum Pay For Reporting To Work"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 598"
citation: "Maine LD 598 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPENSATION", "REPORTING TO WORK", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael TIPPING"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7350d390-3569-461f-86fa-3434090f7453"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096608"
source_hash: "fcc4ca87da9a3036845105d9c7ce3854a824528e495bb9b2f3dacf9bb7cdbc48"
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 598 (132) — An Act To Require Minimum Pay For Reporting To Work

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-195)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0282&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment H-A (H-471)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0282&item=4&snum=132)
3. **Amendment S-A (S-301)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0282&item=6&snum=132)
4. **Chapter 418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0282&item=7&snum=132)
5. **LD 598 SP 282** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0282&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **76–69** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- ENACTMENT — **18–16** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **88–60** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michael TIPPING — primary (person)
- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
- Marshall ARCHER — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew BECK — cosponsor (person)
- Rafael MACIAS — cosponsor (person)
- Valli GEIGER — 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 290 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-02** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-06-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-195) 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-195) `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. 293
- **2025-06-03** (Yeas 88 - Nays 60 - Absent 3 - Excused 0)
- **2025-06-03** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-195) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** On motion of Representative DRINKWATER of Milford, House Amendment "A" (H-471) was READ and ADOPTED. `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-195) and House Amendment "A" (H-471) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2025-06-03** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-04** On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending CONSIDERATION.
- **2025-06-09** Taken from the table by the President
- **2025-06-09** On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot the Senate RECEDED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-09** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-301) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-195) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-301) in NON-CONCURRENCE. `reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-10** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-195) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-301) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** ROLL CALL NO. 395
- **2025-06-10** (Yeas 76 - Nays 69 - Absent 4 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-10** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. PREVAILED `passage`
- **2025-06-11** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 453 Yeas 18 - Nays 16 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-24** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-15T04:00:00+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/7350d390-3569-461f-86fa-3434090f7453`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).