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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Address The Unmet Workforce Needs Of Employers And To Improve The Economic Future Of Workers"
description: "An Act To Address The Unmet Workforce Needs Of Employers And To Improve The Economic Future Of Workers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 139"
citation: "Maine LD 139 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LABOR DEPT", "POWERS", "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan FECTEAU"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eea93e4e-55a7-4f4b-9243-980d75d76b0a"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070888"
source_hash: "96658479878942c91ac7c112ff86b6ab23bd4ad7c7608e292e11387edeb3aee6"
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 139 (129) — An Act To Address The Unmet Workforce Needs Of Employers And To Improve The Economic Future Of Workers
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0121&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0121&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0121&item=3&snum=129)
## Sponsors
- Ryan FECTEAU — primary (person)
- Brian HUBBELL — cosponsor (person)
- James HANDY — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
- Norman HIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
- Susan AUSTIN — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-17** Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-04-11** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-04-11** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-82).
- **2019-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-16** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-04-16** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-82) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-82), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-04-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eea93e4e-55a7-4f4b-9243-980d75d76b0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).