# Maine LD 898: Resolve, to Support Rural Health Care Workforce Recruitment

Maine LD 898, Resolve, to Support Rural Health Care Workforce Recruitment, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Harold Stewart; status signed, last action 2025-06-09 (Signed by Governor, RESLV Chapter 50); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maine LD 898
- State: Maine
- Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026)
- Title: Resolve, to Support Rural Health Care Workforce Recruitment
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-05
- Last action: 2025-06-09, Signed by Governor, RESLV Chapter 50
- Sponsor: Harold Stewart
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: JOB TRAINING, JOB TRAINING - PROGRAMS
- Touches household money: yes
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New equal-pay rules for health care workers: mixed, low. Effective June 9, 2025, the law requires Maine's Department of Labor to update its equal-pay rules. Final adoption is required by October 1, 2025. Facilities or entities run by a hospital or health care entity at different locations must count as separate establishments. This separates those locati…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Harold Stewart
- Cosponsor: Pinny H. Beebe-Center (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Stephan Bunker (Democratic), House

## Actions (7)

- 2025-06-09: Signed by Governor, RESLV Chapter 50
- 2025-06-02: FINALLY PASSED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. (Senate)
- 2025-05-29: This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.FINALLY PASSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)
- 2025-05-28: CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-144).In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)
- 2025-05-27: Report READ and ACCEPTED.READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (S-144) READ and ADOPTED.Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-144).Ordered sent down forthwith 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-144), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0387&item=2&snum=132)
- Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0387&item=3&snum=132)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0387&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-144), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0387&item=2&snum=132)
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0387&item=3&snum=132)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0387&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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD898-132 (as of 2026-10-18).