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An Act to Allow Teachers to Qualify for Overtime Pay

An Act to Allow Teachers to Qualify for Overtime Pay

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Sponsor
Representative Amy Roeder
Last action
2026-01-27
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Allow Teachers to Qualify for Overtime Pay

An Act to Allow Teachers to Qualify for Overtime Pay Sponsor: Representative Amy Roeder Reference committee: Labor Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Allow Teachers to Qualify for Overtime Pay Sponsor: Representative Amy Roeder Reference committee: Labor Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1691(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1691(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 653 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3LABOR 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-27 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2026-01-21 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2026-01-13 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2026-01-13 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-06-25 House

    Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.

  6. 2025-06-12 Committee

    Carry Over Requested

  7. 2025-06-12 Committee

    Carry Over Approved

  8. 2025-06-10 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Labor.

  9. 2025-06-10 Committee

    Referred To; LAB

  10. 2025-06-03 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  11. 2025-05-06 Committee

    Work Session Held

  12. 2025-05-06 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

Official Summary Text

An Act to Allow Teachers to Qualify for Overtime Pay
Sponsor:
Representative Amy Roeder
Reference committee:
Labor
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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Printed on recycled paper
132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 653
H.P. 421 House of Representatives, February 25, 2025
An Act to Allow Teachers to Qualify for Overtime Pay
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 20, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Labor pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative ROEDER of Bangor.

Page 1 - 132LR1691(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §663, sub-§3, ¶K, as amended by PL 2009, c. 529, §2, is further
3 amended to read:
4 K. A salaried employee who works in a bona fide executive, administrative or
5 professional capacity and whose regular compensation, when converted to an annual
6 rate, exceeds 3000 times the State's minimum hourly wage or the annualized rate
7 established by the United States Department of Labor under the federal Fair Labor
8 Standards Act, whichever is higher, except for an employee whose primary duty
9 consists of work as a teacher in the activity of imparting knowledge if the individual is
10 both employed and engaged as a teacher; and
11SUMMARY
12 This bill provides that an employee whose primary duty consists of work as a teacher
13 in the activity of imparting knowledge is not exempt from the laws governing minimum
14 wage and overtime.
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