Maine 130th Legislature (2021-2022) Status: To Executive

LD 553 — An Act To End At-Will Employment

Last action — Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

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Action History

  1. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc The Senate INSISTED To Report B Ought Not To Pass ACCEPTED In NON-CONCURRENCE

  3. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. Subsequently, the House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of REPORT C Ought to Pass as Amended and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (H-482)

  5. (Yeas 60 - Nays 71 - Absent 20 - Excused 0)

  6. ROLL CALL NO. 273

  7. Motion of Representative STETKIS of Canaan to RECEDE and CONCUR to ACCEPTANCE of REPORT B Ought Not to Pass Report. FAILED.

  8. Speaker FECTEAU of Biddeford MOVED to INSIST.

  9. Sent down for concurrence

  10. On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec Report B Ought Not To Pass ACCEPTED In NON-CONCURRENCE

  11. Reports READ

  12. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  13. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (H-482).

  14. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

  15. Committee Amendment "B" (H-482) was READ and ADOPTED.

  16. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  17. (Yeas 71 - Nays 63 - Absent 17 - Excused 0)

  18. ROLL CALL NO. 234

  19. Subsequently, on motion of Representative SYLVESTER of Portland, REPORT C Ought to Pass as Amended . was ACCEPTED.

  20. (Yeas 35 - Nays 99 - Absent 17 - Excused 0)

  21. ROLL CALL NO. 233

  22. Subsequently, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended FAILED.

  23. Speaker laid before the House

  24. Later today assigned.

  25. On further motion of same Representative TABLED pending his motion to ACCEPT REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended

  26. Representative SYLVESTER of Portland moved to ACCEPT REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended

  27. Reports READ.

  28. Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP/OTP-AM

  29. Voted - Divided Report

  30. Work Session Reconsidered

  31. Voted - Divided Report

  32. Work Session Held

  33. Work Session Held - TABLED

  34. Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.

  35. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR AND HOUSING pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.

  36. Received by the Clerk of the House on February 22, 2021.

Sponsors

  • Michael SYLVESTER · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 185 not signed on · 63 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Michael SYLVESTER

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (185)

185 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

RECEDE AND CONCUR

Failed 60 Yea · 71 Nay · 20 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3037012
Republican 28006
Democrat 23202
Unenrolled 0100
Independent 0100
Total 6071020
% of votes cast 40%47%0%13%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ALLEY of Beals — Nay
ANDREWS of Paris — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Yea
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Nay
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Nay
BLUME of York — Nay
BROOKS of Lewiston — Nay
BRYANT of Windham — Nay
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Nay
CARDONE of Bangor — Nay
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Yea
CEBRA of Naples — Not Voting
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Nay
COLLINGS of Portland — Nay
CONNOR of Lewiston — Yea
COREY of Windham — Yea
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Yea
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Nay
CUDDY of Winterport — Nay
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Not Voting
DOLLOFF of Milton Township — Not Voting
DOORE of Augusta — Not Voting
DOWNES of Bucksport — Yea
DUNPHY of Old Town — Nay
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Not Voting
EVANS of Dover-Foxcroft — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HANLEY of Pittston — Yea
HARNETT of Gardiner — Nay
HEAD of Bethel — Not Voting
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Nay
JAVNER of Chester — Yea
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Yea
KINNEY of Knox — Yea
KRYZAK of Acton — Yea
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LIBBY of Auburn — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Yea
MADIGAN of Waterville — Nay
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Nay
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Nay
McDONALD of Stonington — Nay
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Yea
MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth — Nay
MORALES of South Portland — Nay
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Yea
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Yea
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Yea
O'NEIL of Saco — Nay
ORDWAY of Standish — Yea
PAULHUS of Bath — Not Voting
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Nay
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Nay
PICKETT of Dixfield — Yea
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Not Voting
RECKITT of South Portland — Nay
RISEMAN of Harrison — Nay
ROCHE of Wells — Not Voting
SAMPSON of Alfred — Not Voting
SHARPE of Durham — Nay
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Nay
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
STETKIS of Canaan — Yea
SYLVESTER of Portland — Nay
TUCKER of Brunswick — Nay
TUTTLE of Sanford — Nay
WHITE of Waterville — Nay
WHITE of Mars Hill — Not Voting
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Nay
WOOD of Portland — Nay
ZEIGLER of Montville — Nay
Allison Hepler Democrat Nay
Amy Roeder Democrat Nay
Ann Matlack Democrat Nay
Arthur Bell Democrat Nay
Christopher Kessler Democrat Nay
Denise Tepler Democrat Nay
Donna Bailey Democrat Not Voting
Grayson Lookner Democrat Nay
Holly Stover Democrat Nay
Janice Dodge Democrat Nay
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Nay
Laura Supica Democrat Nay
Laurie Osher Democrat Nay
Lori Gramlich Democrat Nay
Lydia Crafts Democrat Nay
Lynn Copeland Democrat Nay
Melanie Sachs Democrat Nay
Michael Brennan Democrat Nay
Michele Meyer Democrat Nay
Morgan Rielly Democrat Nay
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Nay
Parnell Terry Democrat Not Voting
Poppy Arford Democrat Nay
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Nay
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Nay
Samuel Zager Democrat Nay
Sophia Warren Democrat Nay
Sophia Warren Democrat Nay
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Nay
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Nay
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Nay
Traci Gere Democrat Nay
Valli Geiger Democrat Nay
Victoria Doudera Democrat Nay
William Pluecker Independent Nay
Abigail Griffin Republican Yea
Amanda Collamore Republican Yea
Amy Arata Republican Not Voting
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Yea
Bruce Bickford Republican Not Voting
Chad Perkins Republican Yea
David G. Haggan Republican Yea
Gary Drinkwater Republican Yea
Irene Gifford Republican Yea
James Thorne Republican Yea
Jennifer Poirier Republican Yea
John Ducharme Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph Underwood Republican Yea
Joshua Morris Republican Yea
Mark Blier Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Michael Lemelin Republican Yea
Nancy Theriault Republican Not Voting
Nathan Carlow Republican Yea
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Not Voting
Randall Greenwood Republican Yea
Randall Hall Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Not Voting
Sheila Lyman Republican Yea
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Yea
Steven Foster Republican Yea
Susan Bernard Republican Yea
Tracy Quint Republican Yea
Wayne Parry Republican Not Voting
William Tuell Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Nay

Official roll call →

Passed 71 Yea · 63 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 3730012
Republican 02905
Democrat 33300
Unenrolled 0100
Independent 1000
Total 7163017
% of votes cast 47%42%0%11%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
ANDREWS of Paris — Nay
AUSTIN of Gray — Nay
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Not Voting
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Yea
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Yea
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Not Voting
CEBRA of Naples — Not Voting
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
CONNOR of Lewiston — Nay
COREY of Windham — Nay
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Nay
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Yea
CUDDY of Winterport — Yea
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Nay
DOLLOFF of Milton Township — Nay
DOORE of Augusta — Yea
DOWNES of Bucksport — Nay
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Yea
EVANS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Nay
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARNETT of Gardiner — Yea
HEAD of Bethel — Nay
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Nay
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Not Voting
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Nay
KINNEY of Knox — Not Voting
KRYZAK of Acton — Nay
LANDRY of Farmington — Nay
LIBBY of Auburn — Nay
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McDONALD of Stonington — Yea
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth — Yea
MORALES of South Portland — Yea
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Nay
NADEAU of Winslow — Nay
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Not Voting
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PAULHUS of Bath — Not Voting
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Yea
PICKETT of Dixfield — Not Voting
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Not Voting
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Yea
ROCHE of Wells — Not Voting
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SHARPE of Durham — Yea
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Nay
STANLEY of Medway — Nay
STEARNS of Guilford — Nay
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Not Voting
TUTTLE of Sanford — Nay
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WHITE of Mars Hill — Nay
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Yea
WOOD of Portland — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Yea
Amy Roeder Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
Arthur Bell Democrat Yea
Christopher Kessler Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Yea
Holly Stover Democrat Nay
Janice Dodge Democrat Yea
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Yea
Laura Supica Democrat Yea
Laurie Osher Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Yea
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Yea
Melanie Sachs Democrat Yea
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Yea
Morgan Rielly Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Yea
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Poppy Arford Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Nay
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Samuel Zager Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Yea
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Nay
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Yea
Traci Gere Democrat Yea
Valli Geiger Democrat Yea
Victoria Doudera Democrat Yea
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Not Voting
Amanda Collamore Republican Nay
Amy Arata Republican Not Voting
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Nay
Bruce Bickford Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
David G. Haggan Republican Not Voting
Gary Drinkwater Republican Nay
Irene Gifford Republican Nay
James Thorne Republican Nay
Jennifer Poirier Republican Not Voting
John Ducharme Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joseph Underwood Republican Nay
Joshua Morris Republican Nay
Mark Blier Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Nay
Michael Lemelin Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Carlow Republican Nay
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Nay
Randall Greenwood Republican Nay
Randall Hall Republican Nay
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Not Voting
Sheila Lyman Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Nay
Steven Foster Republican Nay
Susan Bernard Republican Nay
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Nay
W. Crockett Unenrolled Nay

Official roll call →

Failed 35 Yea · 99 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1751011
Republican 02905
Democrat 181701
Unenrolled 0100
Independent 0100
Total 3599017
% of votes cast 23%66%0%11%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ALLEY of Beals — Nay
ANDREWS of Paris — Nay
AUSTIN of Gray — Nay
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Not Voting
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Nay
BROOKS of Lewiston — Yea
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Yea
CARDONE of Bangor — Nay
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Not Voting
CEBRA of Naples — Not Voting
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Nay
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
CONNOR of Lewiston — Nay
COREY of Windham — Nay
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Nay
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Nay
CUDDY of Winterport — Yea
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Nay
DOLLOFF of Milton Township — Nay
DOORE of Augusta — Yea
DOWNES of Bucksport — Nay
DUNPHY of Old Town — Nay
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Yea
EVANS of Dover-Foxcroft — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Nay
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARNETT of Gardiner — Nay
HEAD of Bethel — Nay
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Nay
HYMANSON of York — Nay
JAVNER of Chester — Not Voting
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Nay
KINNEY of Knox — Nay
KRYZAK of Acton — Nay
LANDRY of Farmington — Nay
LIBBY of Auburn — Nay
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Nay
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Nay
McDONALD of Stonington — Nay
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth — Nay
MORALES of South Portland — Yea
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Nay
NADEAU of Winslow — Nay
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Not Voting
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PAULHUS of Bath — Not Voting
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Nay
PERRY of Bangor — Nay
PICKETT of Dixfield — Not Voting
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Not Voting
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Nay
ROCHE of Wells — Not Voting
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SHARPE of Durham — Yea
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Nay
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Nay
STANLEY of Medway — Nay
STEARNS of Guilford — Nay
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Not Voting
TUTTLE of Sanford — Nay
WHITE of Waterville — Nay
WHITE of Mars Hill — Nay
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Yea
WOOD of Portland — Nay
ZEIGLER of Montville — Nay
Allison Hepler Democrat Nay
Amy Roeder Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
Arthur Bell Democrat Nay
Christopher Kessler Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Nay
Donna Bailey Democrat Nay
Grayson Lookner Democrat Yea
Holly Stover Democrat Nay
Janice Dodge Democrat Nay
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Yea
Laura Supica Democrat Nay
Laurie Osher Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Yea
Lydia Crafts Democrat Nay
Lynn Copeland Democrat Yea
Melanie Sachs Democrat Nay
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Not Voting
Morgan Rielly Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Nay
Parnell Terry Democrat Nay
Poppy Arford Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Nay
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Nay
Samuel Zager Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Yea
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Nay
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Nay
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Yea
Traci Gere Democrat Nay
Valli Geiger Democrat Yea
Victoria Doudera Democrat Nay
William Pluecker Independent Nay
Abigail Griffin Republican Not Voting
Amanda Collamore Republican Nay
Amy Arata Republican Not Voting
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Nay
Bruce Bickford Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
David G. Haggan Republican Not Voting
Gary Drinkwater Republican Nay
Irene Gifford Republican Nay
James Thorne Republican Nay
Jennifer Poirier Republican Not Voting
John Ducharme Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joseph Underwood Republican Nay
Joshua Morris Republican Nay
Mark Blier Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Nay
Michael Lemelin Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Carlow Republican Nay
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Nay
Randall Greenwood Republican Nay
Randall Hall Republican Nay
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Not Voting
Sheila Lyman Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Nay
Steven Foster Republican Nay
Susan Bernard Republican Nay
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Nay
W. Crockett Unenrolled Nay

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LD 553 is sponsored by Michael SYLVESTER.
What is the current status of LD 553?
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