republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-372.md

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Bill	An Act To Increase Enforcement And Accountability For Wage And Hour Violations	An Act To Increase Enforcement And Accountability For Wage And Hour Violations	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 372	Maine LD 372 (131)	bill	EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES ENFORCEMENT WORK HOURS	enacted	Michael TIPPING	5	41	5	2023-01-31	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/4565f744-c18a-46b7-88b1-153a94f2927f	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085649	dcd66d88f47d45f10378f1f6ec85c4ff38ba099f8c44fc136efb313fb3721aba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 372 (131) — An Act To Increase Enforcement And Accountability For Wage And Hour Violations

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Divided Reports (committee substitute) — source
3. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source
5. Status In Committee (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 23–11 (pass) · upper
• ENACTMENT — 20–13 (pass) · upper
• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 74–71 (pass) · lower
• Enactment — 77–64 (pass) · lower
• ADOPT HAH-966 TO CAS-688 — 71–74 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael TIPPING — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-31 Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2023-01-31 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2023-01-31 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-03-30 CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
• 2023-07-26 CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
• 2024-04-11 Reports READ
• 2024-04-11 On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
• 2024-04-12 Taken from the table by the President
• 2024-04-12 On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
• 2024-04-12 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 705 Yeas 23 - Nays 11 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
• 2024-04-12 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2024-04-12 Committee Amendment "A" (S-688) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-12 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-688) reading-2, reading-3
• 2024-04-12 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2024-04-12 HELD at the Request of Senator POULIOT of Kennebec.
• 2024-04-15 RELEASED.
• 2024-04-16 Reports READ.
• 2024-04-16 On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2024-04-16 ROLL CALL NO. 532
• 2024-04-16 (Yeas 74 - Nays 71 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
• 2024-04-16 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2024-04-16 Committee Amendment "A" (S-688) was READ.
• 2024-04-16 On motion of Representative MORRIS of Turner, House Amendment "A" (H-966) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-688) was READ and FAILED ADOPTION. amendment-failure
• 2024-04-16 ROLL CALL NO. 533
• 2024-04-16 (Yeas 71 - Nays 74 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
• 2024-04-16 Subsequently, Committee Amendment "A" (S-688) was ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-16 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2024-04-16 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-688). reading-3
• 2024-04-16 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-04-17 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2024-04-17 ROLL CALL NO. 541
• 2024-04-17 (Yeas 77 - Nays 64 - Absent 9 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
• 2024-04-17 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-04-18 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2024-04-18 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 762 Yeas 20 - Nays 13 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
• 2024-04-22 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Requested
• 2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Approved
• 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2024-02-22T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4565f744-c18a-46b7-88b1-153a94f2927f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).