---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Support Rural Workforce Recruitment By Allowing Pay Differentials Based On Work Site Location And Employee Experience And Credentials Under The Maine Equal Pay Law"
description: "An Act To Support Rural Workforce Recruitment By Allowing Pay Differentials Based On Work Site Location And Employee Experience And Credentials Under The Maine Equal Pay Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 898"
citation: "Maine LD 898 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JOB TRAINING", "PROGRAMS", "RURAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harold STEWART"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2025-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d47e803-b925-4e79-9a24-cfd061383260"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097171"
source_hash: "38e0f736ac6cc1857c3adbdd411b69f0b068acb40f0508049a00f83d05ef0b0f"
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 898 (132) — An Act To Support Rural Workforce Recruitment By Allowing Pay Differentials Based On Work Site Location And Employee Experience And Credentials Under The Maine Equal Pay Law

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-144)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0387&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 50** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0387&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 898 SP 387** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0387&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Harold STEWART — primary (person)
- Stephan BUNKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 5, 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.
- **2025-05-27** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-27** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-27** Committee Amendment "A" (S-144) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-27** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-144). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-05-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-144). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-29** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2025-05-29** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-01T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d47e803-b925-4e79-9a24-cfd061383260`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).