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An Act to Expand the Earned Paid Leave Exception

An Act to Expand the Earned Paid Leave Exception

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Sponsor
Senator Richard Bradstreet
Last action
2025-05-13
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 Expand the Earned Paid Leave Exception

An Act to Expand the Earned Paid Leave Exception Sponsor: Senator Richard Bradstreet Reference committee: Labor Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Expand the Earned Paid Leave Exception Sponsor: Senator Richard Bradstreet Reference committee: Labor Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-13 Senate

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

  2. 2025-05-08 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-04-09 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  6. 2025-04-02 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  7. 2025-03-26 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  8. 2025-03-04 House

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR . In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  9. 2025-03-04 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Labor.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Expand the Earned Paid Leave Exception
Sponsor:
Senator Richard Bradstreet
Reference committee:
Labor
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 833
S.P. 365 In Senate, March 4, 2025
An Act to Expand the Earned Paid Leave Exception
Reference to the Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BRADSTREET of Kennebec.
Cosponsored by Senator: CYRWAY of Kennebec, Representatives: COLLINS of Sidney,
DRINKWATER of Milford, DUCHARME of Madison.

Page 1 - 132LR1699(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §637, sub-§11, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 156, §3 and affected
3 by §4, is amended to read:
411. Exception. This section does not apply to an employee covered by a collective
5 bargaining agreement during the period between January 1, 2021 and the expiration of the
6 agreement. This section does not apply to an employer that provides employees with 80 or
7 more hours of paid leave during the calendar year.
8SUMMARY
9 This bill exempts employers that provide employees with 80 or more hours of paid
10 leave during the calendar year from the laws governing earned paid leave.
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