# Maine LD 894: An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Paid Family and Medical Leave Maine LD 894, An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Paid Family and Medical Leave, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Matthea E. L. Daughtry (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-06-12 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 277); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD894-132 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maine LD 894 - State: Maine - Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Paid Family and Medical Leave - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-03-05 - Last action: 2025-06-12, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 277 - Sponsor: Matthea E. L. Daughtry (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES, EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES - LEAVE - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 6 (382 yes, 364 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More flexible intermittent paid leave: benefit, low. The law sets one work day as the default chunk for intermittent paid leave. You and your employer can agree to a smaller chunk. Any agreed chunk cannot be less than one hour. This applies to workers covered by Maine paid family and medical leave. - New Bureau for paid leave program: benefit, low. The law creates the Bureau of Paid Family and Medical Leave in the Department of Labor. The Commissioner runs it and can hire staff, spend money, require reports, investigate, and enforce the law. This puts one office in charge of the paid-leave program. - Tougher paid leave penalties for employers: cost, low. Employers must pay required paid-leave premiums and penalties. After appeals end, the Labor Department can sue or levy third parties to collect. If you buy a business, you can owe its unpaid premiums, up to the value of what you bought. If an approved private plan lapses, you owe the missed premium… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Matthea E. L. Daughtry (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kristen Cloutier (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-06-09 | House | Enactment | pass | 75 | 71 | | | 2025-06-04 | House | IPP HBH-490 | pass | 71 | 70 | | | 2025-06-04 | House | PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED | pass | 72 | 69 | | | 2025-06-04 | House | IPP HAH-489 | pass | 72 | 70 | | | 2025-06-04 | House | report "a" ought to pass | pass | 72 | 70 | | | 2025-06-02 | Senate | ACCEPT REPORT 'A' OUGHT TO PASS | pass | 20 | 14 | | ## Actions (8) - 2025-06-12: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 277 - 2025-06-09: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (Senate) - 2025-06-09: RELEASED. (House) - 2025-06-09: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. ROLL CALL NO. 362(Yeas 75 - Nays 71 - Absent 3 - Excused 2)Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.HELD. (House) - 2025-06-04: Reports READ.On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, REPORT A Ought to Pass was ACCEPTED.ROLL CALL NO. 310(Yeas 72 - Nays 70 - Absent 9 - Excused 0)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 CARLOW of Buxton, House Amendment "A" (H-489) was READ.On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland House Amendment "A" (H-489) was INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.ROLL CALL NO. 311(Yeas 72 - Nays 70 - Absent 9 - Excused 0)On motion of Representative CARLOW of Buxton, House Amendment "B" (H-490) was READ.Representative CARLOW of Buxton, REQUESTED a division. On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland House Amendment "B" (H-490) was INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.ROLL CALL NO. 312(Yeas 71 - Nays 70 - Absent 10 - Excused 0)Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.ROLL CALL NO. 313(Yeas 72 - Nays 69 - Absent 10 - Excused 0)In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-06-02: Reports READ On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot Report A Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 295 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Bill READ ONCE Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. Sent down for concurrence (Senate) - 2025-03-21: CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519. (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 5, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 (Senate) ## Bill text - Amendment C-A (S-200), adopted by House: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0383&item=2&snum=132) - Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0383&item=4&snum=132) - Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0383&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 C-A (S-200), adopted by House (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0383&item=2&snum=132) - [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0383&item=4&snum=132) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0383&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-LD894-132 (as of 2026-10-17).