republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-1654.md

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Bill	An Act To Create Veteran-Friendly Workplaces	An Act To Create Veteran-Friendly Workplaces	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 1654	Maine LD 1654 (129)	bill	VETERANS PREFERENCES INCREASED IN HIRING	enacted	Benjamin COLLINGS	3	17	0	2019-04-30	2019-06-17	openstates	ocd-bill/be722a2d-8a5f-48ac-9d37-4bffb74da08a	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073619	1914f2985bbd1bd7b70d7f58dfae96fe3fc81df188a0e8ea84c6a3a3e176a210	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1654 (129) — An Act To Create Veteran-Friendly Workplaces

Version chain

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

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

Sponsors

• Benjamin COLLINGS — primary (person)
• Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-30 Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-04-30 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-04-30 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-06-04 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2019-06-04 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2019-06-04 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-445).
• 2019-06-04 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-04 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2019-06-04 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-06-04 Committee Amendment "A" (H-445) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-06-04 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-445), in concurrence. reading-2
• 2019-06-04 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2019-06-05 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-06-05 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-06 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-06-17 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be722a2d-8a5f-48ac-9d37-4bffb74da08a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).