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IntroducedMar 25, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
HP 848, An Act To Make Paid Family And Medical Leave Voluntary
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Jun 03, 2025: Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary/Bill Text
Comments on LD 1273
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Marygrace Ciminocosponsor
- Alicia Collinscosponsor
- John Edercosponsor
- Robert Foleycosponsor
- Matthew Harringtoncosponsor
- Rachel Hendersoncosponsor
- Michael Lancecosponsor
Votes
NO: 8
- Amy Roeder
- Michael Tipping
- Marshall Archer
- Matthew Beck
- Valli Geiger
- Rafael Macias
- Joseph Rafferty
- Charles Skold
OTHER: 0
YES: 74
- ABDI
- ANKELES
- ARFORD
- BECK
- BELL
- BOYER
- BRENNAN
- BRIDGEO
- BUNKER
- CLOUTIER
- COPELAND
- CRAFTS
- CROCKETT
- DHALAC
- DILL
- DODGE
- DOUDERA
- FAIRCLOTH
- FARRIN
- FECTEAU
- FRIEDMANN
- FROST
- GATTINE
- GEIGER
- GERE
- GOLEK
- GRAHAM
- GRAMLICH
- HASENFUS
- HEPLER
- JULIA
- KESSLER
- KUHN
- LAJOIE
- LEE
- LOOKNER
- MACIAS
- MALON
- MASTRACCIO
- MATHIESON
- MATLACK
- MCCABE
- MEYER
- MILLIKEN
- MITCHELL
- MONTELL
- MOONEN
- MURPHY
- O'HALLORAN
- OSHER
- PLUECKER
- PUGH
- RANA
- RAY
- RIELLY
- ROBERTS
- ROEDER
- ROLLINS
- RUNTE
- SACHS
- SALISBURY
- SARGENT
- SATO
- SAYRE
- SHAGOURY
- SINCLAIR
- SKOLD
- STOVER
- SUPICA
- TERRY
- WARREN
- WEBB
- YUSUF
- ZAGER
NO: 65
- ALBERT
- ARATA
- ARDELL
- BABIN
- BAGSHAW
- BISHOP
- BLIER
- CAMPBELL
- CARLOW
- CARUSO
- CHAPMAN
- CIMINO
- COLLAMORE
- COLLINS
- COOPER
- DAIGLE
- DRINKWATER
- DUCHARME
- FAULKINGHAM
- FLYNN
- FOLEY
- FOSTER
- FREDERICKS
- FREDETTE
- GIFFORD
- GREENWOOD
- GUERRETTE
- HAGGAN
- HENDERSON
- HYMES
- JACKSON
- JAVNER
- LANCE
- LANIGAN
- LAVIGNE
- LEMELIN
- LIBBY
- MASON
- MCINTYRE
- MINGO
- MORRIS
- NUTTING
- OLSEN
- PARRY
- PAUL
- PERKINS
- POIRIER
- POMERLEAU
- QUINT
- RUDNICKI
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS
- SIMMONS
- SMITH
- SOBOLESKI
- STROUT
- SWALLOW
- THORNE
- TUELL
- WALKER
- James Lee White
- WHITE
- WOOD
- WOODSOME
Actions
- Jun 03, 2025 | Senate
- Reports Read
- On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED
- Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 324 Yeas 19 - Nays 14 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
- Jun 02, 2025 | House
- Reports READ.
- On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- ROLL CALL NO. 263
- (Yeas 74 - Nays 65 - Absent 12 - Excused 0)
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- May 29, 2025 | legislature
- Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM
- May 07, 2025 | legislature
- Work Session (Cross Building, Room 202)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - Divided Report
- Apr 23, 2025 | legislature
- Public Hearing (Cross Building, Room 202)
- Mar 25, 2025 | Senate
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR in concurrence
- Mar 25, 2025 | House
- Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Documents
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (H-367) ()HTML
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (H-367) ()PDF
- Fiscal StatusHTML
- Fiscal StatusPDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Mary Audia (Scarborough)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Scott Beal (Woodland Pulp LLC)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Rebecca Boulos (Maine Public Health Association)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Lindsay Bourgoine (ReVision Energy)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Catherine Buxton (Maine Equal Justice)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Chloe Cekada (Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Elizabeth-Ellen Clarkj (Waterville)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by David Clough (National Federation of Independent Business)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Kristen Cloutier (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Nate Cloutier (HospitalityMaine)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Siiri Cressey (Lewiston)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Michael Crouse (Kittery - PFFMaine)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Janel Crowley (Maine State Nurses Association)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Mattie Daughtry (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Luisa Deprez (Torrance, CA)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Nina Earley (Bangor)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Billy Bob Faulkingham (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Laura Fortman (Department of Labor)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Rita Furlow (Maine Children's Alliance)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Anne Gallaudet (Scarborough)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Adam Goode (Maine AFL-CIO)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Fatimah Hameed-Burne (A Better Balance)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Ian Hathaway (Naples)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Jessamy Hathaway (Naples)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Destie Hohman Sprague (Maine Women's Lobby)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Kara Kaikini (Maine State Breastfeeding Coalition)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Patricia Kidder (Springvale)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Eileen King (Maine School Management Association)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Jan Kosinski (Maine Education Association)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Heide Lester (EqualityMaine)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Chantal Longo-Guess (Trenton)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Heather Marden (Maine Association for the Education of Young Children)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Lisa Margulies (Planned Parenthood of Northern New England)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Filipe Menezes (Lewiston)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Patrick Milligan (farmington)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by James Myall (Maine Center for Economic Policy)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Jay Naliboff (Chesterville)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Cassie Nedwell (Cape Elizabeth)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Orion Ortolf (Lewiston)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Brian Parke (Maine Motor Transport Association)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Curtis Picard (Retail Association of Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Alexander Price (Maine Jobs Council)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Bridget Quinn (AARP Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Catie Reed (Maine Paid Leave Coalition)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by James Robbins (Robbins Lumber Inc.)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Amanda Sears (Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Amy Thibeault (Ogunquit )PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Kelsey Thompson (Biddeford)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Ruben Torres (Portland/Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition )PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Harris Van Pate (Maine Policy Institute)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Preston Van Vliet (Family Values @ Work)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Sally Wagley (Brunswick)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Krysta West (Maine Forest Products Council)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Beth White (Maine Service Employees Association, SEIU Local 1989)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Brittany Williams (National Partnership for Women & Families)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Sam Zager (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 23, 2025 by Sam Zager (Portland)PDF
- Elizabeth-Ellen Clarkj, Waterville (Written) - LAB 04/22/2025 03:24 PM
- Heide Lester, EqualityMaine (Written) - LAB 04/29/2025 11:53 AM
- Nina Earley, Bangor (Written) - LAB 04/21/2025 11:36 PM
- Sally Wagley, Brunswick (Written) - LAB 04/22/2025 10:10 AM
- Jessamy Hathaway, Naples (Written) - LAB 04/20/2025 08:25 PM
- Fatimah Hameed-Burne, A Better Balance (Written) - LAB 04/23/2025 12:13 PM
- Anne Gallaudet, Scarborough (Written) - LAB 04/22/2025 09:01 AM
- Chantal Longo-Guess, Trenton (Written) - LAB 04/22/2025 02:25 PM
- Rebecca Boulos, Maine Public Health Association (Written) - LAB 04/23/2025 11:00 AM
- Michael Crouse, Kittery - PFFMaine (Written) - LAB 04/23/2025 10:03 AM
- Brittany Williams, National Partnership for Women & Families (Written) - LAB 04/23/2025 12:05 PM
- Ruben Torres, Portland/Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition (Written) - LAB 04/23/2025 01:07 PM
- Harris Van Pate, Maine Policy Institute (Written) - LAB 04/23/2025 08:21 AM
- Luisa Deprez, Torrance, CA (Written) - LAB 04/21/2025 06:40 PM
- Sam Zager, Portland (Written) - LAB 04/23/2025 04:50 PM
- Eileen King, Maine School Management Association (Written) - LAB 04/23/2025 12:29 PM
- Preston Van Vliet, Family Values @ Work (Written) - LAB 04/23/2025 01:32 AM
- Patrick Milligan, farmington (Written) - LAB 04/22/2025 06:51 PM
- Lindsay Bourgoine, ReVision Energy (Written) - LAB 04/23/2025 11:53 AM
- Ian Hathaway, Naples (Written) - LAB 04/20/2025 08:30 PM
- Amanda Sears, Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy (Written) - LAB 04/22/2025 04:05 PM
- Heather Marden, Maine Association for the Education of Young Children (Written) - LAB 04/23/2025 05:13 PM
- Kelsey Thompson, Biddeford (Written) - LAB 04/22/2025 11:34 AM
- Brian Parke, Maine Motor Transport Association (Written) - LAB 04/21/2025 08:24 AM
- Amy Thibeault, Ogunquit (Written) - LAB 04/22/2025 08:50 PM
- Mary Audia, Scarborough (Written) - LAB 04/24/2025 10:29 AM
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=1273&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280097810
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280097810
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=1273&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097810
- https://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/LAB/04-23-2025