An Act To Raise the Minimum Wage
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1661
House Amendment HA_A_H569 (House)
Amends: 26 MRSA §664

HOUSE AMENDMENT .. fl-,, to LB. 4, L.D. 1661, Bill, "An Act To Raise the 
Minimum Wage" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §664, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2007, c. 640, §4, is further 
amended to read: 
1. Minimum wage. The minimum hourly wage is $6.50 per how=. St&rtiH:g October 
1, 2006, the miBiFFHim how=ly w:age is $6.75 per how=. 
StartiH:g October 1, 2007, the 
miH:iB'Riffi how=ly wage is $7.00 per hour. StartiH:g Oeteber 1, 2008, the miH:imllfB: holifly 
wage is $7.25 per holir. StartiH:g October 1, 2009, the fl.'HfH:mum ho~· v;age is $7.50 per 
hour. Starting January 1. 2017, the minimum hourly wage is $8.50 per hour: starting 
January 1, 2018, the minimum hourly wage is $9.00 per hour: starting January 1, 2019, 
the minimum hourly wage is $9.50 per hour; and starting January 1, 2020, the minimum 
hourly wage is $10.00 per hour. If the highest federal minimum wage is increased in 
excess of the minimum wage in effect under this section, the minimum wage under this 
section is increased to the same amount, effective on the same date as the increase in the 
federal minimum wage, but in no case may the minimum wage exceed the minimum 
wage otherwise in effect under this section by more than $1 per hour.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment amends the bill as follows: 
1. It raises the minimum wage to $8.50 per hour in 2017, instead of the $9.00 per 
hour proposed in the bill; 
2. It raises the minimum wage to $9.00 per hour in 2018, instead of the $10.00 per 
hour proposed in the bill; 
3. It raises the minimum wage to $9.50 per hour in 2019, instead of the $11.00 per 
hour proposed in the bill; 
4. It raises the minimum wage to $10.00 per hour in 2020, instead of the $12.00 per 
hour proposed in the bill; 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
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HOUSE AMENDMENT .. ff, to J.B. 4, L.D. 1661 
5. It strikes language in the bill requiring that, beginning in 2021, the minimum 
hourly wage must be increased by the increase in the cost ofliving; 
6. 
It restores language that limits the increase in the State's minimum wage in 
response to an increase in the federal minimum wage to no more than $1 more per hour; 
and 
7. It strikes language proposed in the bill to increase the minimum wage paid to 
workers who receive tips. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
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(See attached) 
SPONSOREDBY: .~£1LJ kh1~ 
(Representative GUERIN) 
TOWN: Glenburn 
HOUSE AMENDMENT 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 03/16/16 feae 
LD 1661 
LR2771(02) 
An Act To Raise the Minimum Wage 
Fiscal Note for House Amendment&, to Original Bill 
Sponsor: Rep. Guerin of Glenburn 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2015-16 
FY 2016-17 
Projections 
FY 2017-18 
$0 
$16,500 
$16,500 
$0 
$16,500 
$16,500 
Projections 
FY 2018-19 
$16,500 
$16,500 
This amendment reduces the increase in the required minimum wage proposed in the initiated bill from $9.00 per 
hour to $8.50 per hour effective January 1, 2017; from $10.00 per hour to $9.00 per hour effective January 1, 2018; 
from $11.50 per hour to $9.50 per hour effective January 1, 2019 and from $12.00 per hour to $10.00 per hour 
effective January 1, 2020. This amendment also removes the inflation adjustment requirement in subsequent years 
and eliminates the change in the tip credit. 
The 4-step increase in the minimum wage proposed in this amendment may not increase salary costs to the State until 
the $10.00 per hour rate begins on January 1, 2020. The future State Government impact of the changes to the 
minimum wage will depend on the salary schedules in place at the time the increases occur and cannot be estimated 
at this time. 
The Bureau of Labor Standards within the Maine Department of Labor will still require General Fund appropriations 
of $16,500 per year for each of the 4 years that the minimum wage is increased. Of this annual amount, $3,500 per 
year would be for updating the minimum wage poster and other related publications, $5,000 would be for postage 
costs to distribute the updated poster and publications and $8,000 would be for travel costs associated with 
compliance, education and outreach. 
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