republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-1685.md

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Bill	An Act To Facilitate Entry Of Immigrants Into The Workforce	An Act To Facilitate Entry Of Immigrants Into The Workforce	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 1685	Maine LD 1685 (129)	bill	LABOR DEPT POWERS IMMIGRANT HIRING PILOT PROJECT	enacted	Kristen CLOUTIER	3	19	0	2019-05-07	2019-06-20	openstates	ocd-bill/550c467c-f6f4-4a0d-8b81-518f8934044a	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073759	8e65fdc19edf8de6a6993296bfc6b99b16abdbc04cc8794579f1235cfead9bce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1685 (129) — An Act To Facilitate Entry Of Immigrants Into The Workforce

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

• Kristen CLOUTIER — primary (person)
• Denise TEPLER — cosponsor (person)
• James HANDY — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph PERRY — cosponsor (person)
• Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
• Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
• Michael SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
• Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
• Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-05-07 Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and Business suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-05-07 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS. referral-committee
• 2019-05-07 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-07 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-06-03 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2019-06-03 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2019-06-03 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-416).
• 2019-06-03 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-416) 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-416), 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 On motion by Senator SANBORN, L. of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
• 2019-06-19 On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
• 2019-06-19 Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence passage
• 2019-06-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/550c467c-f6f4-4a0d-8b81-518f8934044a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).