An Act To Support Healthy Workplaces and Healthy Families by Providing Paid Sick Leave to Certain Employees
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1159
Committee Amendment CA_A_S126 (Senate)
Amends: 26 MRSA §626

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 380, L.D. 1159, Bill, "An Act To 
Support Healthy Workplaces and Healthy Families by Providing Paid Sick Leave to 
Certain Employees" 
Amend the bill by inseiiing after the enacting clause and before section I the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §626, first 1, as amended by PL 1991, c. 162, is fmiher 
amended to read: 
An employee leaving employment must be paid in full within a reasonable time after 
demand at the office of the employer where payrolls are kept and wages are paid, 
provided except that any overcompensation may be withheld if authorized under section 
and any loan or advance against future earnings or wages may be deducted if 
evidenced by a statement in writing signed by the employee. Whenever the te1ms of 
employment include provisions for paid vacations, vacation pay on cessation of 
employment has the same status as wages earned. Sick leave accrued pursuant to section 
or section 637-A does not have the same status as wages earned.' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in §637 by inse1iing after subsection 3 the following: 
'4. Combined paid leave. An employer may meet the requirements of this section 
by providing paid leave that may be used by the employee interchangeably as either sick 
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leave or vacation time, as long as this paid leave is in accordance with the accrual of paid 
sick leave in subsection 2.' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in §637 in subsection 5 in the 4th line (page I, line 36 in 
L.D.) by striking out the following: 
"routine technical" and inse1iing the following: 
'major substantive' 
Amend the bill in section 2 in §637 by renumbering the subsections to read 
consecutively. 
Amend the bill in section 2 in §637-A by inserting at the end the following: 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 380, L.D. 1159 
'An employer may meet the requirements of this section by providing unpaid leave 
that may be used interchangeably as either sick leave or vacation time, as long as the 
accrual of this unpaid leave is otherwise in accordance with this section.' 
Amend the bill by inse1ting after section 2 the following: 
'Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
LABOR, DEPARTMENT OF 
Regulation and Enforcement 0159 
Initiative: Provides funds for one pait-time Labor and Safety Inspector position and 
related All Other costs associated with implementing and enforcing the sick leave 
prov1s1ons. 
GENERAL FUND 
2017-18 
2018-19 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
0.000 
0.500 
Personal Services 
$0 
$17,246 
All Other 
$0 
$1,689 
GENERAL FUND TOT AL 
$0 
$18,935 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Pait letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the Joint Standing Committee on 
Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development, amends the bill by allowing an 
employer to satisfy the requirement to offer paid sick leave or unpaid sick leave by 
offering leave that may be used by the employee for either sick leave or vacation time, as 
long as that leave accrues at the same rate. The amendment clarifies that accrued sick 
leave provided in accordance with this bill is not considered wages that would be due to 
an employee after leaving employment with the employer. It also changes the type of 
rules the Depaitment of Labor is authorized to adopt in order to implement and enforce 
the bill from routine technical to major substantive. 
The amendment also adds an 
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appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/05/17 .::Wac.. 
LD 1159 
LR271(02) 
An Act To Support Healthy Workplaces and Healthy Families by Providing Paid Sick Leave to 
Certain Employees 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '~' l 'S - I 2 lo) 
Committee: Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
· FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
$0 
$18,935 
$0 
$18,935 
Projections 
FY 2019-20 
$37,811 
$37,811 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
$39,191 
$39,191 
This bill includes a General Fund appropriation of $18,935 to the Regulation and Enforcement program within the 
Department of Labor for one part-time Labor & Safety Inspector position and related All Other costs of implementing 
and enforcing the sick leave provisions in this legislation effective January 1, 2019. 
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