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LD588Introduced in the Senate

An Act to Enact the Agricultural Employees Concerted Activity Protection Act

Vetoed

Introduced by Rachel Talbot Ross, District 28

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Official description

An Act to Enact the Agricultural Employees Concerted Activity Protection Act

Where it stands

Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

June 25, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Veto Override (2/3) RC #642 · June 25, 2025

18

Yes

14

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

35 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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SenatorDistrictVote
Susan Bernard1No
Harold Stewart2No
Bradlee Farrin3No
Stacey Guerin4No
Russell Black5No
Marianne Moore6No
Nicole Grohoski7Yes
Michael Tipping8Yes
Joseph Baldacci9Absent
David Haggan10No

Bill history

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2

  2. CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.

  3. Work Session Held

  4. Voted: Divided Report

  5. Reported Out: OTP/ONTP

  6. Reports Read

  7. On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED

  8. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 133 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

  9. Bill READ ONCE

  10. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED

  11. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  12. Unfinished Business

  13. Reports READ.

  14. On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.

  15. Later today assigned.

  16. Unfinished Business

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  25. Speaker laid before the House

  26. Subsequently, motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report FAILED.

  27. ROLL CALL NO. 291 (Yeas 71 - Nays 75 - Absent 5 - Excused 0)

  28. Subsequently, on motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

  29. In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.

  30. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  31. Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moved The Senate INSIST on ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought to Pass Report.

  32. Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook RECEDED and CONCURRED FAILED

  33. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 342 Yeas 12 - Nays 20 - Excused 3 - Absent 0

  34. Subsequently, The Senate INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought to Pass Report In NON-CONCURRENCE

  35. Sent down for concurrence

  36. The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED

  37. ROLL CALL NO. 306 (Yeas 72 - Nays 71 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)

  38. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  39. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  40. ROLL CALL NO. 316 (Yeas 74 - Nays 71 - Absent 6 - Excused 0)

  41. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  42. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  43. LD 588 In Senate, June 25, 2025, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 18 and 14, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill not become law and the VETO was SUSTAINED.

  44. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

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