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Bill	An Act To Include Within The Definitions Of "Public Employee" And "Judicial Employee" Those Who Have Been Employed For Less Than 6 Months	An Act To Include Within The Definitions Of "Public Employee" And "Judicial Employee" Those Who Have Been Employed For Less Than 6 Months	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	130	LD 775	Maine LD 775 (130)	bill	LABOR RELATIONS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RECENT HIRES	enacted	Michael SYLVESTER	4	58	4	2021-03-10	2022-04-14	openstates	ocd-bill/bfb9df35-acb1-4429-aab2-3a5c84f08aa2	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079252	a324fed7d6beac3257c92306348cd6999ae0a5250ef0580c8a0d9df94144a179	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 775 (130) — An Act To Include Within The Definitions Of "Public Employee" And "Judicial Employee" Those Who Have Been Employed For Less Than 6 Months

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 81–55 (pass) · lower
• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 76–59 (pass) · lower
• ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — 20–14 (pass) · upper
• ACCEPT MAJ OTP-B RPT — 23–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michael SYLVESTER — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-10 Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
• 2021-03-10 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-03-10 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING in concurrence referral-committee
• 2021-03-30 Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
• 2021-06-02 Reports READ.
• 2021-06-02 On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2021-06-02 ROLL CALL NO. 92
• 2021-06-02 (Yeas 81 - Nays 55 - Absent 15 - Excused 0)
• 2021-06-02 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2021-06-02 Committee Amendment "A" (H-191) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2021-06-02 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2021-06-02 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-191). reading-3
• 2021-06-02 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-06-03 Reports Read
• 2021-06-03 On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2021-06-03 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 202 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
• 2021-06-03 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2021-06-03 Committee Amendment "A" (H-191) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-03 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-191) in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2021-06-07 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2021-06-07 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-06-08 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2021-07-19 Bill RECALLED From Governor (Pursuant to Joint Order - House Paper 1292)
• 2021-07-19 On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Bill and accompanying papers were COMMITTED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2021-07-19 In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
• 2021-07-19 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2021-07-19 On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED To Bill and accompanying papers COMMITTED to the Committee on Labor and Housing in concurrence
• 2021-07-19 Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302.
• 2022-04-05 Reports READ.
• 2022-04-05 On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2022-04-05 ROLL CALL NO. 518
• 2022-04-05 (Yeas 76 - Nays 59 - Absent 12 - Excused 0 - Vacant 4)
• 2022-04-05 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2022-04-05 Committee Amendment "B" (H-915) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2022-04-05 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2022-04-05 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (H-915). reading-3
• 2022-04-05 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-04-07 Reports Read
• 2022-04-07 On motion by Senator DAUGHTRY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2022-04-07 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 705 Yeas 23 - Nays 9 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
• 2022-04-07 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2022-04-07 Committee Amendment "B" (H-915) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-07 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "B" (H-915) in concurrence reading-2, reading-3
• 2022-04-07 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2022-04-07 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2022-04-11 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2022-04-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2021-05-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
• 2021-07-19T04:00:00+00:00 Referred To - LBHS
• 2021-07-19T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Approved
• 2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2022-01-19T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Reconsidered
• 2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2022-04-01T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bfb9df35-acb1-4429-aab2-3a5c84f08aa2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).