An Act To Protect Maine's Economy by Slowing the Rate at Which the State's Minimum Wage Will Increase and Establishing a Training and Youth Wage
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1757
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_A_S428 (Senate)

SENATE AMENDMENT " A " to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 
1210, L.D. 1757, Bill, "An Act To Protect Maine's Economy by Slowing the Rate at 
Which the State's Minimum Wage Will Increase and Establishing a Training and Youth 
Wage" 
Amend the amendment by striking out the substitute title and replacing it with the 
following: 
'An Act To Protect Maine's Economy by Slowing the Rate at Which the State's 
Minimum Wage Will Increase' 
Amend the amendment by inserting after the substitute title the following: 
'Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency preamble.' 
Amend the amendment in section 1 by striking out all of subsection 1 (page 1, lines 
to 36 in amendment) and inserting the following: 
'1. Minimum wage. The minimum hourly wage is $7.50 per hour. Starting January 
1, 2017, the minimum hourly 1.vage is $9.00 per hour; starting January 1, 2018, tbs 
minimum hourly wage is $10.00 per hour; starting. 
Starting January 1, 2019, the 
minimum hourly wage is $-1-hOO $10.50 per hour; and starting January 1, 2020, the 
minimum hourly wage is~ $11.00 per hour; starting January 1, 2021, the minimum 
hourly wage is $11.50 per hour: and starting January 1. 2022, the minimum hourly wage 
is $12.00 per hour. 
On January 1, 2GU 2023 and each January 1st thereafter, the 
minimum hourly wage then in effect must be increased by the increase, if any, in the cost 
of living. The increase in the cost of living must be measured by the percentage increase, 
if any, as of August of the previous year over the level as of August of the year preceding 
that year in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, 
CPI-W, for the Northeast Region, or its successor .index, as published by the United 
States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics or its successor agency, with the 
amount of the minimum wage increase rounded to the nearest multiple of 5¢. 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, and must be 
increased in accordance with this section thereafter.' 
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 2. 
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SENATE AMENDMENT 
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SENATE AMENDMENT" A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1210, L.D. 1757 
Amend the amendment by adding before the summary the following: 
'Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency clause.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the timing for minimum wage increases by starting with 
$10.50 per hour on January 1, 2019 and increasing it by 50¢ per hour each year until it 
reaches $12.00 per hour on January 1, 2022. Starting January 1, 2023 and annually 
thereafter the minimum wage is increased by any increase in the cost of living as 
measured by the federal Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical 
Workers, CPI-W. The amendment also strikes from Committee Amendment 
11A
the 
provisions that establish a special minimum wage applicable to unemancipated minors 
under 18 years of age for the first 200 work hours of employment. The amendment also 
removes the emergency preamble and emergency clause. 
SPONSORED BY:~~ 
(Senator MAKER) 
COUNTY: Washington 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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SENATE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/28/18 feac 
LD 1757 
LR 2642(07) 
An Act To Protect Maine's Economy by Slowing the Rate at Which the State's Minimum Wage Will 
Increase and Establishing a Training and Youth Wage 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment ''It' to Committee Amendment "A" 
Sponsor: Sen. Maker of Washington 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Reduction in potenti~l current biennium savings - All funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This amendment may result in less savings being achieved by the State and municipalities beginning in fiscal year 
2018-19. 
LR2642(07) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1