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IntroducedFeb 19, 2025
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Passed SenateJun 02, 2025
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Passed HouseJun 03, 2025
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Became LawJun 10, 2025
Maine Senate Bill
SP 273, An Act To Make Agricultural Workers And Other Related Workers Employees Under The Wage And Hour Laws
Last Action See all actions
executive • Jun 10, 2025: Signed by Governor
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on LD 589
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors



- Matthea Daughtrycosponsor
- Ryan Fecteaucosponsor
- Traci Gerecosponsor
- Craig Hickmancosponsor
- Amy Roedercosponsor
- Margaret Rotundocosponsor
- Michael Tippingcosponsor
Votes
YES: 9
- Amy Roeder
- Michael Tipping
- Marshall Archer
- Matthew Beck
- Dick Bradstreet
- Valli Geiger
- Rafael Macias
- Joseph Rafferty
- Mike Soboleski
NO: 2
- Alicia Collins
- Gary Drinkwater
OTHER: 0
YES: 74
- ABDI
- ANKELES
- ARFORD
- BECK
- BELL
- BOYER
- BRENNAN
- BRIDGEO
- BUNKER
- CLOUTIER
- COPELAND
- CRAFTS
- CROCKETT
- DEBRITO
- DHALAC
- 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: 72
- ADAMS
- ALBERT
- ARATA
- ARDELL
- BABIN
- BAGSHAW
- BISHOP
- BLIER
- CAMPBELL
- CARLOW
- CARUSO
- CHAPMAN
- CIMINO
- COLLAMORE
- COLLINS
- COOPER
- CRAY
- DAIGLE
- DILL
- DRINKWATER
- DUCHARME
- EDER
- FAULKINGHAM
- FLYNN
- FOLEY
- FOSTER
- FREDERICKS
- FREDETTE
- GIFFORD
- GREENWOOD
- GUERRETTE
- HAGGAN
- HALL
- HENDERSON
- HYMES
- JACKSON
- JAVNER
- LANCE
- LANIGAN
- LAVIGNE
- LEMELIN
- LIBBY
- LYMAN
- MASON
- MCINTYRE
- MINGO
- MORRIS
- NUTTING
- OLSEN
- PARRY
- PAUL
- PERKINS
- POIRIER
- POMERLEAU
- QUINT
- RUDNICKI
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS
- SIMMONS
- SMITH
- SOBOLESKI
- STROUT
- SWALLOW
- THORNE
- TUELL
- UNDERWOOD
- WADSWORTH
- James Lee White
- WHITE
- WOOD
- WOODSOME
YES: 74
- ABDI
- ANKELES
- ARFORD
- BECK
- BELL
- BOYER
- BRENNAN
- BRIDGEO
- CLOUTIER
- CLUCHEY
- COPELAND
- CRAFTS
- CROCKETT
- DEBRITO
- DHALAC
- 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: 73
- ADAMS
- ALBERT
- ARATA
- ARDELL
- BABIN
- BAGSHAW
- BISHOP
- BLIER
- BUNKER
- CAMPBELL
- CARLOW
- CARUSO
- CHAPMAN
- CIMINO
- COLLAMORE
- COLLINS
- COOPER
- CRAY
- DAIGLE
- DILL
- DRINKWATER
- DUCHARME
- EDER
- FAULKINGHAM
- FLYNN
- FOLEY
- FOSTER
- FREDERICKS
- FREDETTE
- GIFFORD
- GREENWOOD
- GUERRETTE
- HAGGAN
- HALL
- HENDERSON
- HYMES
- JACKSON
- JAVNER
- LANCE
- LAVIGNE
- LEMELIN
- LIBBY
- LYMAN
- MASON
- MCINTYRE
- MINGO
- MORRIS
- NUTTING
- OLSEN
- PARRY
- PAUL
- PERKINS
- POIRIER
- POMERLEAU
- QUINT
- RUDNICKI
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS
- SIMMONS
- SMITH
- SOBOLESKI
- STROUT
- SWALLOW
- THORNE
- TUELL
- UNDERWOOD
- WADSWORTH
- WALKER
- James Lee White
- WHITE
- WOOD
- WOODSOME
Actions
- Jun 10, 2025 | executive
- Signed by Governor
- Jun 03, 2025 | Senate
- PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- Jun 03, 2025 | House
- Reports READ.
- On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- ROLL CALL NO. 290
- (Yeas 74 - Nays 72 - Absent 5 - Excused 0)
- The Bill was READ ONCE.
- Committee Amendment "A" (S-196) 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" (S-196).
- In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
- ROLL CALL NO. 292
- (Yeas 74 - Nays 73 - Absent 4 - Excused 0)
- HELD.
- RELEASED.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Jun 02, 2025 | Senate
- Reports READ
- On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
- Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 289 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- Bill READ ONCE
- Committee Amendment "A" (S-196) READ and ADOPTED
- Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-196)
- Sent down for concurrence
- May 29, 2025 | legislature
- Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
- May 06, 2025 | legislature
- Work Session (Cross Building, Room 202)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - Divided Report
- Apr 02, 2025 | legislature
- Public Hearing (Cross Building, Room 202)
- Mar 21, 2025 | Senate
- CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- Feb 19, 2025 | Senate
- Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2
Documents
- Fiscal StatusFiscal ImpactHTML
- Fiscal StatusFiscal ImpactPDF
- Chapter Fiscal NoteHTML
- Chapter Fiscal NotePDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Rick Belanger (R. Belanger and Sons Farms)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by ross belanger (lewiston)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Tessa Burpee (Brewer)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Somali Bantu Community Assocation (Somali Bantu Community Association)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Dean Cray (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Maine Dairy Farms (Statewide)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Johanna Davis (Freedom)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Laura Fortman (Department of Labor)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Cokie Giles (Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Adam Goode (Maine AFL-CIO)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Michael Goss (Mechanic Falls)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Timothy Guerrette (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Rachel Herbener (Belfast)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Robbie Irving (Irving Farms, Caribou)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Natalie Jump (University of Maine School of Law)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Michael Kebede (ACLU of Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Arthur Kelly (Kelly Orchards)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Dina Malual (Maine Equal Justice)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Dina Malual (Maine Equal Justice)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Nancy McBrady (Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Shelley Megquier (Maine Farmland Trust)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Arthur Phillips (Maine Center for Economic Policy)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Juana Rodriguez Vazquez (Milbridge)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Heather Spalding (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Heather Spalding (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Rachel Talbot Ross (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Jeannie Tapley (Maine Potato Board)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Ruben Torres (Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Ruben Torres (Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Erica Veazey (Pine Tree Legal Assistance)PDF
- Testimony on Apr 02, 2025 by Beth White (MSEA-SEIU Local 1989)PDF
- ross belanger, lewiston (Written) - LAB 04/01/2025 04:54 PM
- Michael Goss, Mechanic Falls (Written) - LAB 04/01/2025 04:38 PM
- Cokie Giles, Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (Written) - LAB 04/01/2025 10:08 PM
- Robbie Irving, Irving Farms, Caribou (Written) - LAB 04/02/2025 08:49 AM
- Johanna Davis, Freedom (Written) - LAB 04/02/2025 07:38 AM
- Rachel Herbener, Belfast (Written) - LAB 04/02/2025 09:51 AM
- Shelley Megquier, Maine Farmland Trust (Written) - LAB 04/02/2025 09:29 AM
- Juana Rodriguez Vazquez, Milbridge (Written) - LAB 04/02/2025 09:53 AM
- Arthur Kelly, Kelly Orchards (Written) - LAB 03/31/2025 04:04 PM
- Ruben Torres, Portland (Written) - LAB 04/02/2025 08:23 AM
- Michael Kebede, ACLU of Maine (Written) - LAB 04/02/2025 10:04 AM
- Dina Malual, Maine Equal Justice (Written) - LAB 04/08/2025 11:12 AM
- Somali Bantu Community Assocation, Somali Bantu Community Association (Written) - LAB 04/02/2025 08:30 AM
- Maine Dairy Farms, Statewide (Written) - LAB 05/01/2025 06:26 PM
- Beth White, MSEA-SEIU Local 1989 (Written) - LAB 04/04/2025 01:29 PM
- Heather Spalding, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (Written) - LAB 04/02/2025 10:06 AM
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=589&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280096599
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280096599
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=589&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096599
- https://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/LAB/04-02-2025
