republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-530.md

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Bill	An Act Regarding Occupational Licensing Reform	An Act Regarding Occupational Licensing Reform	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 530	Maine LD 530 (132)	bill	LICENSING OMNIBUS REFORM	enacted	David BOYER	3	36	2	2025-02-11	2025-06-08	openstates	ocd-bill/daa34193-edf2-45d1-850b-b4da2246319a	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096459	e41319b25e32748103ba4dc8e14878bb874f5218a098fbb199f3204fdcd57fcd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 530 (132) — An Act Regarding Occupational Licensing Reform

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-166) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 182 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 530 HP 349 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 17–15 (pass) · upper
• ACC MIN OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP — 38–106 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• David BOYER — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-11 Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
• 2025-02-11 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR. referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-02-11 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR in concurrence referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Representative ROEDER from the Committee on LABOR Reporting that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2025-03-20 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-03-20 Report READ The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence referral-committee
• 2025-03-21 Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
• 2025-05-20 Reports READ.
• 2025-05-20 Motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.
• 2025-05-20 ROLL CALL NO. 149
• 2025-05-20 (Yeas 38 - Nays 106 - Absent 6 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
• 2025-05-20 Subsequently, on motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-05-20 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-05-20 Committee Amendment "A" (H-166) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-05-20 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-05-20 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-166). reading-3
• 2025-05-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-21 Reports Read
• 2025-05-21 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
• 2025-05-21 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 199 Yeas 17 - Nays 15 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
• 2025-05-21 Bill READ ONCE reading-1
• 2025-05-21 Committee Amendment "A" (H-166) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-21 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-166) in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-05-27 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-05-27 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-27 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-06-08 Became Law without Governor's Signature became-law
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - REFERRED
• 2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - REF TO JUD
• 2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/daa34193-edf2-45d1-850b-b4da2246319a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).