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Legislative Scorecard

LD 258 - Supplemental Budget

(2023)

An Act Making Unified Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund & Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government & Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending

LD 258 bill text Maine AFL-CIO Supported

Sponsored by Representative Melanie Sachs

What is the bill?

This supplemental budget provides funding to make child care more affordable and accessible, doubles salary stipends for childcare workers and creates a statewide paid family and medical leave program. It includes a one-time three percent COLA for retired state workers and provides funding to complete a compensation and classification study and close the state employee pay gap. Teachers and state workers who retired early when 2011 pension cuts were made to give tax cuts to the rich will also see decreased pension penalties and nearly 5,000 retired state workers will receive new assistance for their Medicare Part B premiums.

What happened?

Enacted into law (Passed by the Legislature, Signed by the Governor)

Votes

Senate

22 Pro-labor 9 Anti-labor

House

80 Pro-labor 58 Anti-labor