republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-1587.md

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Bill	An Act To Establish Greater Alignment Of Penalties For Certain Labor Law Violations	An Act To Establish Greater Alignment Of Penalties For Certain Labor Law Violations	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 1587	Maine LD 1587 (132)	bill	CRIMES NEW VIOLATION OF LABOR LAWS	enacted	Matthew BECK	3	37	3	2025-04-10	2026-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/23b5a4ea-c74d-49cd-b78b-f5ba9062eb6a	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098403	3f171f70050d2c49a6385b9a8aedf975b6fe4e3f16dcd3f70954417ca760f31d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1587 (132) — An Act To Establish Greater Alignment Of Penalties For Certain Labor Law Violations

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-808) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 568 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 1587 HP 1045 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• OTP-AM BY CA "A" — 64–65 (fail) · lower
• RECEDE AND CONCUR — 72–68 (pass) · lower
• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 18–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Matthew BECK — primary (person)
• Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
• Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
• Deqa DHALAC — cosponsor (person)
• Eleanor SATO — cosponsor (person)
• Mana ABDI — cosponsor (person)
• Marc MALON — cosponsor (person)
• Rafael MACIAS — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
• Sean FAIRCLOTH — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-04-10 Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
• 2025-04-10 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR. referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-04-10 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR in concurrence referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
• 2026-02-24 Reports READ.
• 2026-02-24 Motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED.
• 2026-02-24 ROLL CALL NO. 622
• 2026-02-24 (Yeas 64 - Nays 65 - Absent 19 - Excused 1 - Vacant 2)
• 2026-02-24 Subsequently, on motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2026-02-24 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-02-26 Reports READ
• 2026-02-26 On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2026-02-26 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 725 Yeas 18 - Nays 14 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
• 2026-02-26 Bill READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2026-02-26 Committee Amendment "A" (H-808) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2026-02-26 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2026-03-03 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2026-03-03 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-808) in NON-CONCURRENCE. reading-2, reading-3
• 2026-03-03 Sent down for concurrence
• 2026-03-05 The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-808). reading-3
• 2026-03-05 ROLL CALL NO. 631
• 2026-03-05 (Yeas 72 - Nays 68 - Absent 9 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
• 2026-03-05 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-10 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2026-03-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2026-03-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-29T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Requested
• 2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Approved
• 2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
• 2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23b5a4ea-c74d-49cd-b78b-f5ba9062eb6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).