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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Maine Equal Pay Law By Prohibiting Pay Discrimination Based On Race"
description: "An Act To Amend The Maine Equal Pay Law By Prohibiting Pay Discrimination Based On Race"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1703"
citation: "Maine LD 1703 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPENSATION", "EQUAL PAY", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-04-18"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/022f157b-09ec-4ca5-b365-cd57b5667c60"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088793"
source_hash: "50bbbd62d5222ceef65959bc243ca7fe190369a2ebb80ba9f44b50019bf1dcba"
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 1703 (131) — An Act To Amend The Maine Equal Pay Law By Prohibiting Pay Discrimination Based On Race
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1092&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1092&item=3&snum=131)
## Votes
- ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP — **11220** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
- Ambureen RANA — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Deqa DHALAC — cosponsor (person)
- Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)
- Mana ABDI — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-04-18** Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-04-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-04-20** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-06** On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-06** ROLL CALL NO. 127
- **2023-06-06** (Yeas 112 - Nays 20 - Absent 18 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2023-06-06** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-06** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-07** Reports Read
- **2023-06-07** On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2023-06-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/ONTP
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/022f157b-09ec-4ca5-b365-cd57b5667c60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).