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Maine · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

LD 589: An Act To Make Agricultural Workers And Other Related Workers Employees Under The Wage And Hour Laws

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

LD 589 is a bill introduced in the Maine Senate on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act To Make Agricultural Workers And Other Related Workers Employees Under The Wage And Hour Laws. Primary sponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross (Democratic). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 10, 2025): Signed by Governor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 8 · Independent 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rachel Talbot RossPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Rick BennettCo-sponsorIndependentSenate18
Chip CurryCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Mattie DaughtryCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Ryan FECTEAUCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Traci GereCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse134
Craig HickmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Amy RoederCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Peggy RotundoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
Mike TippingCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate8

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by Governor
  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  4. RELEASED.
  5. HELD.
  6. (Yeas 74 - Nays 73 - Absent 4 - Excused 0)
  7. ROLL CALL NO. 292
  8. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
  9. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  10. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-196).
  11. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
  12. Committee Amendment "A" (S-196) was READ and ADOPTED.

Showing 12 most recent of 29 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source