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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Pay Equality"
description: "An Act Regarding Pay Equality"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 278"
citation: "Maine LD 278 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPENSATION", "WAGES", "GENDER EQUALITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Catherine BREEN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50b1b7cc-5625-42d2-99c3-44ab3e468bce"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071033"
source_hash: "61dbc4f97b9ec7a3cb66987241a6753cb8cd4f2c82d1c62d066082147782dc27"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---
# Maine LD 278 (129) — An Act Regarding Pay Equality
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0090&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0090&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0090&item=3&snum=129)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **2211** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **8654** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Catherine BREEN — primary (person)
- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- David WOODSOME — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberley ROSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Mark BRYANT — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-22** Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-01-22** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-02** Reports READ
- **2019-04-02** On motion by Senator BELLOWS of Kennebec The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2019-04-02** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 34 Yeas 22 - Nays 11 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2019-04-02** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-28) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-04-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-28) `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-04-02** Reports READ.
- **2019-04-02** On motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-04-02** ROLL CALL NO. 28
- **2019-04-02** (Yeas 86 - Nays 54 - Absent 8 - Excused 1 Vacant 2)
- **2019-04-02** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-28) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-04-02** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-28).
- **2019-04-02** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50b1b7cc-5625-42d2-99c3-44ab3e468bce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).