# Maine LD 1987: An Act to Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements with Executive Branch Employees and Continue the Voluntary Employee Incentive Program Maine LD 1987, An Act to Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements with Executive Branch Employees and Continue the Voluntary Employee Incentive Program, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Drew Gattine (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-07-01 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 492); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-18). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1987-132 - As of: 2026-10-18 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maine LD 1987 - State: Maine - Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to Fund Collective Bargaining Agreements with Executive Branch Employees and Continue the Voluntary Employee Incentive Program - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-06-13 - Last action: 2025-07-01, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 492 - Sponsor: Drew Gattine (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: STATE FINANCES, STATE FINANCES - STATE PERSONNEL - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 1 (118 yes, 30 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Maine state workers get contract pay updates: benefit, medium. Maine executive-branch pay schedules must reflect qualifying union contracts for fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27. Those contracts must be ratified by December 31, 2025. For fiscal year 2026-27, schedules must also reflect agreements made from May 1 through December 31, 2026. This includes agreemen… - Comparable pay allowed for excluded state workers: benefit, low. The Governor can grant similar and equitable pay and economic benefits to specified workers outside collective bargaining. Eligible groups include new, temporary, and seasonal workers in represented job classes who are legally excluded from bargaining. They also include legally defined confidential… - State funds worker contracts and past bonus: benefit, low. For fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27, the state can use Salary Plan money and available General Fund and Highway Fund payroll balances for specified contract costs. Financial-order transfers between programs or departments require the State Budget Officer's recommendation and the Governor's approva… - State funds job study and bargaining costs: cost, low. The Department of Administrative and Financial Services can receive up to $1 million from Salary Plan for the executive-branch job classification study. A consultant must prepare and submit the study by December 31, 2025. The study itself does not change workers' job classes or pay. Salary Plan can… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Drew Gattine (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-06-17 | House | RECEDE AND CONCUR | pass | 118 | 30 | | ## Actions (11) - 2025-07-01: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 492 - 2025-06-25: On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. (Senate) - 2025-06-18: On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence (Senate) - 2025-06-18: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-06-18: The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-421) and "B" (S-435) ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-06-18: Taken from the table by the President On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot the Senate RECONSIDERED their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-421) On motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "B" (S-435) READ and ADOPTED Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Senate Amendment "A" (S-421) and Senate Amendment "B" (S-435) in NON-CONCURRENCE Sent down for concurrence (Senate) - 2025-06-17: On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required In NON-CONCURRENCE. Unfinished Business (Senate) - 2025-06-17: This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-06-17: The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to ACCEPTANCE of PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-421) ROLL CALL NO. 555(Yeas 118 - Nays 30 - Absent 1 - Excused 2)ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-06-17: Taken from the table by the President Subsequently, Under suspension of the Rules the Bill was given its FIRST READING WITHOUT REFERENCE to Committee. The Bill was given its SECOND READING without Reference to a Committee. On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot Senate Amendment "A" (S-421) READ and ADOPTED. The bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Senate Amendment "A" (S-421) In NON-CONCURRENCE. Sent down for concurrence (Senate) - 2025-06-13: Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs suggested and ordered printed. Under suspension of the rules and WITHOUT REFERENCE to a Committee, the Bill was READ ONCE.Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING WITHOUT REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.On motion of Representative GATTINE of Westbrook, House Amendment "A" (H-697) was READ and ADOPTED.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-697).Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) ## Bill text - Amendment S-A (S-421), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1335&item=4&snum=132) - Amendment S-B (S-435), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1335&item=6&snum=132) - Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1335&item=7&snum=132) - Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1335&item=1&snum=132) ## Related bills - LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program (failed) - LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families (failed) - LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (failed) - LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (failed) - LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State Employees (failed) - LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (failed) ## Sources - [Amendment S-A (S-421), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1335&item=4&snum=132) - [Amendment S-B (S-435), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1335&item=6&snum=132) - [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1335&item=7&snum=132) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1335&item=1&snum=132) ## Related - [LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1522-132) - [LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1665-132) - [LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retiremen…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1872-132) - [LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2067-132) - [LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1611-132) - [LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1294-132) - [Maine bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine/bills) - [Maine state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1987-132 (as of 2026-10-18).