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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Make Agricultural Workers And Other Related Workers Employees Under The Wage And Hour Laws"
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description: "An Act To Make Agricultural Workers And Other Related Workers Employees Under The Wage And Hour Laws"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "132"
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identifier: "LD 589"
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citation: "Maine LD 589 (132)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGRICULTURAL WORKERS", "COMPENSATION", "WAGES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2025-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7b4fd94-3dbc-48f1-b102-75f98393fd32"
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source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096599"
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source_hash: "19035d815ee2100b8f832930ff91c10717f8987f466452226959730f09dc02fb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 589 (132) — An Act To Make Agricultural Workers And Other Related Workers Employees Under The Wage And Hour Laws
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment C-A (S-196)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0273&item=2&snum=132)
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2. **Chapter 232** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0273&item=3&snum=132)
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3. **LD 589 SP 273** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0273&item=1&snum=132)
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## Votes
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- Enactment — **74–73** (pass) · lower
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- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **22–12** (pass) · upper
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- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **74–72** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
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- Amy ROEDER — cosponsor (person)
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- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
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- Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
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- Margaret ROTUNDO — cosponsor (person)
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- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
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- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
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- Traci GERE — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
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- **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.
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- **2025-06-02** Reports READ
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- **2025-06-02** On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
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- **2025-06-02** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 289 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
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- **2025-06-02** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-196) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-196) `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-02** Sent down for concurrence
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- **2025-06-03** Reports READ.
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- **2025-06-03** On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2025-06-03** ROLL CALL NO. 290
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- **2025-06-03** (Yeas 74 - Nays 72 - Absent 5 - Excused 0)
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- **2025-06-03** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-196) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2025-06-03** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2025-06-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-196). `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2025-06-03** ROLL CALL NO. 292
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- **2025-06-03** (Yeas 74 - Nays 73 - Absent 4 - Excused 0)
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- **2025-06-03** HELD.
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- **2025-06-03** RELEASED.
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- **2025-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2025-06-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
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- **2025-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
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- **2025-05-29T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7b4fd94-3dbc-48f1-b102-75f98393fd32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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