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MaineLD 87132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026)HouseWALLET

An Act Regarding the State Workforce Board

Sponsored By: Amy Roeder (Democratic)

Became Law

LABOR DEPTLABOR DEPT - ADMINISTRATION

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Clearer membership and leadership for workforce board

The law sets who serves on the State Workforce Development Board. The Governor or a designee is on the board. It must include business and labor appointees and listed state officials as ex officio members. The Governor picks a chair from business and industry and a vice-chair; both serve one-year terms, and the chair needs legislative review and confirmation. The Governor may name one interim chair for up to six months. The Maine Apprenticeship Program also has a designated representative on the board.

Energy programs tied to green job training

The state energy trust board must coordinate its programs with workforce efforts. That includes energy efficiency and green‑energy training run by the Department of Labor or the State Workforce Development Board. This aligns clean‑energy programs with training for the workers those programs need.

Industry partnerships align training with jobs

The industry cluster collaborative must work with the State Workforce Development Board and local workforce boards when defining key industry clusters. The law creates industry partnerships to advise these boards on aligning training, education, and economic development and on pooling resources. The Commissioner of Labor must adopt formal rules for any funded partnerships using the state rulemaking process.

Lawmakers review plan and 60% by 2025

The State Workforce Development Board must send its state workforce plan to the Legislature’s labor committee when it posts the plan for public comment under federal law. The board supports a goal that 60% of working-age adults hold a high‑value credential by 2025 and must track progress. It reports each year to the committees on education and on labor.

Workforce board gains seats and say

The law gives the State Workforce Development Board a bigger voice in related programs. Certain state decisions now must include a formal recommendation from the board. The board chair must appoint one representative to a related state board. Another board must include someone from the Department of Labor or the workforce board. The law also clarifies that references to the workforce board mean the board established in state law.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Amy Roeder

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 20 • No: 14

Senate vote • 5/27/2025

ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

Yes: 20 • No: 14

Actions Timeline

  1. ACTPUB Chapter 154

    5/1/2026

  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

    5/28/2025Senate

  3. PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    5/28/2025House

  4. Reports ReadOn motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 227 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Bill READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (H-220) READ and ADOPTED. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-220) in concurrence.

    5/27/2025Senate

  5. Reports READ.On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-220) was READ and ADOPTED.Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-220). Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    5/22/2025House

  6. Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.

    3/21/2025House

  7. Received by the Clerk of the House on January 6, 2025.The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.

    1/6/2025House

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