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IntroducedFeb 11, 2025
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Passed HouseMay 20, 2025
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Passed SenateMay 21, 2025
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Signed into Law
HP 349, An Act Regarding Occupational Licensing Reform
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Senate • May 27, 2025: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
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Comments on LD 530
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Sponsors
Votes
NO: 6
- Anne Carney
- Amy Kuhn
- Mark Babin
- David Haggan
- Rachel Henderson
- Dani O'Halloran
OTHER: 0
YES: 38
- ALBERT
- ARDELL
- ARFORD
- BABIN
- BAGSHAW
- BELL
- BLIER
- BOYER
- BRENNAN
- BRIDGEO
- CARLOW
- CIMINO
- CLOUTIER
- COPELAND
- DEBRITO
- DODGE
- DOUDERA
- DRINKWATER
- FECTEAU
- FREDETTE
- GATTINE
- GEIGER
- GREENWOOD
- HAGGAN
- KUHN
- MASTRACCIO
- MEYER
- MITCHELL
- MURPHY
- O'HALLORAN
- RIELLY
- ROBERTS
- RUDNICKI
- SHAGOURY
- STOVER
- TUELL
- WALKER
- WOODSOME
NO: 106
- ABDI
- ADAMS
- ANKELES
- ARCHER
- BECK
- BISHOP
- BUNKER
- CAMPBELL
- CHAPMAN
- CLUCHEY
- COLLAMORE
- COLLINS
- COOPER
- CRAFTS
- CROCKETT
- DAIGLE
- DHALAC
- DILL
- DUCHARME
- EATON
- EDER
- FAIRCLOTH
- FARRIN
- FAULKINGHAM
- FLYNN
- FOLEY
- FOSTER
- FREDERICKS
- FRIEDMANN
- FROST
- GERE
- GIFFORD
- GOLEK
- GRAHAM
- GRAMLICH
- GRIFFIN
- GUERRETTE
- HALL
- HASENFUS
- HENDERSON
- HEPLER
- HYMES
- JACKSON
- JAVNER
- JULIA
- KESSLER
- LAJOIE
- LANCE
- LAVIGNE
- LEE
- LEMELIN
- LOOKNER
- LYMAN
- MACIAS
- MALON
- MASON
- MATHIESON
- MATLACK
- MCCABE
- MCINTYRE
- MILLIKEN
- MINGO
- MONTELL
- MOONEN
- MORRIS
- NUTTING
- OLSEN
- PARRY
- PAUL
- PERKINS
- PLUECKER
- POIRIER
- POMERLEAU
- PUGH
- QUINT
- RANA
- RAY
- ROEDER
- ROLLINS
- RUNTE
- SACHS
- SALISBURY
- SARGENT
- SATO
- SAYRE
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS
- SIMMONS
- SKOLD
- SMITH
- SOBOLESKI
- STROUT
- SUPICA
- SWALLOW
- TERRY
- THORNE
- UNDERWOOD
- WADSWORTH
- WARREN
- WEBB
- James Lee White
- WHITE
- WOOD
- YUSUF
- ZAGER
OTHER: 1
Actions
- May 27, 2025 | Senate
- PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- May 27, 2025 | House
- PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- May 21, 2025 | Senate
- Reports Read
- On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
- Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 199 Yeas 17 - Nays 15 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- Bill READ ONCE
- Committee Amendment "A" (H-166) READ and ADOPTED
- Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-166) in concurrence.
- May 20, 2025 | House
- Reports READ.
- Motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.
- ROLL CALL NO. 149
- (Yeas 38 - Nays 106 - Absent 6 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
- Subsequently, on motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- The Bill was READ ONCE.
- Committee Amendment "A" (H-166) was READ and ADOPTED.
- Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-166).
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- May 15, 2025 | legislature
- Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
- Mar 25, 2025 | legislature
- Work Session (State House, Room 438)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - Divided Report
- Mar 21, 2025 | House
- Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- Mar 20, 2025 | Senate
- Report READ The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence
- Mar 20, 2025 | House
- Representative ROEDER from the Committee on LABOR Reporting that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY.
- Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Mar 20, 2025 | legislature
- Reported Out - REF TO JUD
- Mar 11, 2025 | legislature
- Public Hearing (Cross Building, Room 202)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - REFERRED
- Feb 11, 2025 | Senate
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR in concurrence
- Feb 11, 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-166) (Adopted by House & Senate)HTML
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (H-166) (Adopted by House & Senate)PDF
- Fiscal StatusHTML
- Fiscal StatusPDF
- Chapter Fiscal NoteHTML
- Chapter Fiscal NotePDF
- Testimony on Mar 11, 2025 by David Boyer (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 11, 2025 by Susan Faunce (Maine State Bar Association)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 11, 2025 by Christopher Poulos (Center for Justice and Human Dignity)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 11, 2025 by Valerie Stanfill (Judicial Branch)PDF
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=530&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280096459
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280096459
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=530&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096459