LD 702, An Act To Restore the Tip Credit to Maine Employees
This bill restores the tip credit in the minimum wage laws. MTA Position: Supports Status: ONTP…
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Category: Bills to Watch
LD 778, An Act To Eliminate the Indexing of the Minimum Wage to Inflation
This bill eliminates the indexing of the minimum wage to inflation, which under current law is scheduled to begin on January 1, 2021. MTA Position:…
Read MoreLD 774, An Act To Create a Training Wage
This bill provides a minimum hourly training wage of $1.00 above the federal minimum wage for a person who is 20 years of age or under and is a…
Read MoreLD 1550, An Act To Tax Sugar-sweetened Beverages To Fund Programs To Provide Resources for Veterans
This bill establishes an excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, including syrups and powders used to make sugar-sweetened beverages. Funds from the…
Read MoreLD 1230, An Act To Allow a Local Option Sales Tax on Meals and Lodging
This bill allows a municipality to impose a local option sales tax, which may be seasonal, on prepared food and short-term lodging of no more than 1%…
Read MoreLD 1265, An Act To Allow the Creation of a Local Option Sales Tax by Referendum
This bill allows a municipality to impose a local option sales tax, which may be seasonal, of no more than 1% by local referendum. Certain items, such…
Read MoreLD 554, An Act To Require Paid Parental Leave for Employees
This concept draft bill proposes to require employers to create a parental leave policy to provide certain full-time employees who become parents…
Read MoreLD 103, An Act To Prohibit the Use of Certain Disposable Food Service Containers
This bill prohibits the sale or distribution, at retail or wholesale, in the State of disposable food service containers composed in whole or in part…
Read MoreLD 506, An Act To Allow Reciprocal Recognition of New Hampshire and Maine Snowmobile Registrations
This bill allows a person from November 15th to May 1st to operate in this State a snowmobile registered in the State of New Hampshire if the State…
Read MoreLD 853, An Act To Allow Beano at Campgrounds
This bill provides an exception to the law that requires a license to conduct games of beano. The bill states that certain campgrounds are not…
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