republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-1237.md

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Bill	An Act To Simplify Municipal Collective Bargaining By Removing The 120-Day Notice Required Prior To Certain Negotiations	An Act To Simplify Municipal Collective Bargaining By Removing The 120-Day Notice Required Prior To Certain Negotiations	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 1237	Maine LD 1237 (129)	bill	LABOR RELATIONS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING MUNICIPAL	enacted	James HANDY	2	21	2	2019-03-14	2019-06-07	openstates	ocd-bill/9e038130-06bc-4ae0-8957-22bb01828a07	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072495	847c62ea2ff9c5691906e8fe412ccdbf7dc5054f4b71a67c02d597c8d589bc1f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1237 (129) — An Act To Simplify Municipal Collective Bargaining By Removing The 120-Day Notice Required Prior To Certain Negotiations

Version chain

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

1. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
2. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — 85–56 (pass) · lower
• ACCEPT MAJ OTP RPT — 19–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• James HANDY — primary (person)
• Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-14 Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-03-14 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2019-03-14 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-03-19 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-05-29 Reports READ.
• 2019-05-29 On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2019-05-29 ROLL CALL NO. 149
• 2019-05-29 (Yeas 85 - Nays 56 - Absent 7 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
• 2019-05-29 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-05-29 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2019-05-29 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
• 2019-05-29 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-30 Reports Read
• 2019-05-30 On motion by Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED.
• 2019-05-30 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 163 Yeas 19 - Nays 14 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
• 2019-05-30 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2019-05-30 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence reading-2
• 2019-06-03 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-06-03 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-04 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-06-07 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9e038130-06bc-4ae0-8957-22bb01828a07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).