LD 1756 - Mandatory Captive Audience Meeting Ban

(2023)

An Act to Protect Employee Freedom of Speech

Maine AFL-CIO Supported

What is the bill?

For too long, employers have exploited weak labor laws by forcing employees to attend captive audience meetings during union organizing drives. These mandatory meetings are held by the employer during work hours to pressure employees against forming a union, interrogate workers, sow division and disseminate anti-union materials designed to mislead and intimidate workers. Workers take jobs because we want to earn a living and because we believe in taking care of our patients, serving customers and making products that help people. We do not take jobs to have employers impose their views on us. LD 1756 prevents employers from using their economic authority over employees to violate our First Amendment freedom of speech and assembly. The bill allows workers to refuse to attend an employer meeting focused on union busting, politics or religion without fear of being disciplined or fired.

What happened?

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

Votes

Senate

22 Pro-labor 9 Anti-labor

Sen. Mark Lawrence

District 35 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Joseph Rafferty

District 34 - Democrat

Excused

Sen. Matthew Harrington

District 33 - Republican

Anti-labor

Sen. Henry Ingwersen

District 32 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Donna Bailey

District 31 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Stacy Brenner

District 30 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Anne Carney

District 29 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Benjamin Chipman

District 28 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Jill Duson

District 27 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Timothy Nangle

District 26 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Teresa Pierce

District 25 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Eloise Vitelli

District 24 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Matthea Daughtry

District 23 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. James Libby

District 22 - Republican

Pro-labor

Sen. Margaret Rotundo

District 21 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Eric Brakey

District 20 - Republican

Anti-labor

Sen. Lisa Keim

District 19 - Republican

Excused

Sen. Richard Bennett

District 18 - Republican

Pro-labor

Sen. Jeffrey Timberlake

District 17 - Republican

Anti-labor

Sen. David LaFountain

District 16 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Matthew Pouliot

District 15 - Republican

Anti-labor

Sen. Craig Hickman

District 14 - Democrat

Excused

Sen. Cameron Reny

District 13 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Anne Beebe-Center

District 12 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Glenn Curry

District 11 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Peter Lyford

District 10 - Republican

Anti-labor

Sen. Joseph (Joe) Baldacci

District 9 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Michael (Mike) Tipping

District 8 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Nicole Grohoski

District 7 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Sen. Marianne Moore

District 6 - Republican

Anti-labor

Sen. Russell Black

District 5 - Republican

Excused

Sen. Stacey Guerin

District 4 - Republican

Anti-labor

Sen. Bradlee Farrin

District 3 - Republican

Anti-labor

Sen. Trey Stewart

District 2 - Republican

Anti-labor

Sen. Troy Jackson

District 1 - Democrat

Pro-labor

House

75 Pro-labor 66 Anti-labor

Rep. Kristi Michele Mathieson

District 151 - Democrat

Absent

Rep. Michele Meyer

District 150 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Tiffany Roberts

District 149 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Thomas A. Lavigne

District 148 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Holly T. Sargent

District 147 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Walter Gerard Runte, Jr.

District 146 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Daniel J. Hobbs

District 145 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Jeffrey Sean Adams

District 144 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Ann Fredericks

District 143 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio

District 142 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Lucas John Lanigan

District 141 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Wayne R. Parry

District 140 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. David Woodsome

District 139 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Mark John Blier

District 138 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Nathan M. Carlow

District 137 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Heidi H. Sampson

District 136 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Daniel Sayre

District 135 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Traci Gere

District 134 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Marc G. Malon, II

District 133 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Erin R. Sheehan

District 132 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Lori K. Gramlich

District 131 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Lynn H. Copeland

District 130 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Margaret M. O'Neil

District 129 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Suzanne M. Salisbury

District 128 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Morgan J. Rielly

District 127 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Drew Gattine

District 126 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Kelly Noonan Murphy

District 125 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Sophia B. Warren

District 124 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Rebecca J. Millett

District 123 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Lois Galgay Reckitt

District 122 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Christopher J. Kessler

District 121 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Deqa Dhalac

District 120 - Democrat

Absent

Rep. Charles A. Skold

District 119 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross

District 118 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Matt Moonen

District 117 - Democrat

Absent

Rep. Samuel Lewis Zager

District 116 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Michael F. Brennan

District 115 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Benjamin T. Collings

District 114 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Grayson B. Lookner

District 113 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. W. Edward Crockett

District 112 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Amy D. Kuhn

District 111 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Stephen W. Moriarty

District 110 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. James A. Boyle

District 109 - Democrat

Absent

Rep. Maureen Fitzgerald Terry

District 108 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Jane P. Pringle

District 107 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Barbara A. Bagshaw

District 106 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Anne P. Graham

District 105 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Amy Bradstreet Arata

District 104 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Arthur L. Bell

District 103 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Melanie F. Sachs

District 102 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Poppy Arford

District 101 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Daniel J. Ankeles

District 100 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Cheryl A. Golek

District 99 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Joseph C. Galletta

District 98 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Richard G. Mason

District 97 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Michel A. Lajoie

District 96 - Democrat

Excused

Rep. Mana H. Abdi

District 95 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Kristen Cloutier

District 94 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Margaret Craven

District 93 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Stephen J. Wood

District 92 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Joshua Morris

District 91 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Laurel D. Libby

District 90 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Adam R. Lee

District 89 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Kathy A. Shaw

District 88 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. David W. Boyer, Jr.

District 87 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Jessica L. Fay

District 86 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Kimberly J. Pomerleau

District 85 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Mark Walker

District 84 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Walter N. Riseman

District 83 - Independent

Pro-labor

Rep. Caleb Joshua Ness

District 82 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. H. Sawin Millett, Jr.

District 81 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Caldwell Jackson

District 80 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. John Andrews

District 79 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Rachel Ann Henderson

District 78 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Tammy L. Schmersal-Burgess

District 77 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Sheila A. Lyman

District 76 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. H. Scott Landry, Jr.

District 75 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Randall C. Hall

District 74 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Michael Soboleski

District 73 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Larry C. Dunphy

District 72 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. John "Jack" E. Ducharme, III

District 71 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Jennifer L. Poirier

District 70 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Dean A. Cray

District 69 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Amanda N. Collamore

District 68 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Shelley Rudnicki

District 67 - Republican

Excused

Rep. Robert W. Nutting

District 66 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Bruce A. White

District 65 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Colleen M. Madigan

District 64 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Scott Wynn Cyrway

District 63 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Katrina J. Smith

District 62 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Richard T. Bradstreet

District 61 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. William R. Bridgeo

District 60 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Raegan French LaRochelle

District 59 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Daniel J. Newman

District 58 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Tavis Rock Hasenfus

District 57 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Randall Adam Greenwood

District 56 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Daniel Joseph Shagoury

District 55 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Karen L. Montell

District 54 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Michael H. Lemelin

District 53 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Sally Jeane Cluchey

District 52 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Rebecca L. Jauch

District 51 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Sean C. Paulhus

District 50 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Allison Hepler

District 49 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Holly B. Stover

District 48 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Edward J. Polewarczyk

District 47 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Lydia V. Crafts

District 46 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. William D. Pluecker

District 44 - Independent

Pro-labor

Rep. Ann Higgins Matlack

District 43 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Valli D. Geiger

District 42 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Victoria W. Doudera

District 41 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Stanley Paige Zeigler, Jr.

District 40 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Janice S. Dodge

District 39 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Benjamin C. Hymes

District 38 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Reagan L. Paul

District 37 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. David G. Haggan

District 36 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. James E. Thorne

District 35 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Abigail W. Griffin

District 34 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Danny Edward Costain

District 33 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Steven D. Foster

District 32 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Chad Richard Perkins

District 31 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. James Lee White

District 30 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Kathy Irene Javner

District 29 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Irene A. Gifford

District 28 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Gary A. Drinkwater

District 27 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. James F. Dill

District 26 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Laurie Osher

District 25 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Joseph C. Perry, Sr.

District 24 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Amy J. Roeder

District 23 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Laura D. Supica

District 22 - Democrat

Absent

Rep. Ambureen Rana

District 21 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Kevin J. M. O'Connell

District 20 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Richard H. Campbell

District 19 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Meldon H. Carmichael

District 18 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Ronald B. Russell

District 17 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Nina Azella Milliken

District 16 - Democrat

Absent

Rep. Holly Rae Eaton

District 15 - Democrat

Absent

Rep. Lynne A. Williams

District 14 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. James Mark Worth

District 13 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham

District 12 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Tiffany Strout

District 11 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Kenneth Ralph Davis, Jr.

District 10 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Anne C. Perry

District 9 - Democrat

Pro-labor

Rep. Tracy L. Quint

District 8 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Gregory Lewis Swallow

District 7 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Donald J. Ardell

District 6 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Joseph F. Underwood

District 5 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Timothy C. Guerrette

District 4 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Mark Michael Babin

District 3 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Roger Clarence Albert

District 2 - Republican

Anti-labor

Rep. Austin L. Theriault

District 1 - Republican

Anti-labor

LD 1756 - Mandatory Captive Audience Meeting Ban

An Act to Protect Employee Freedom of Speech

Sponsored by Senator Matthea Daughtry

What is the bill?

What happened?

Votes

Senate

Sen. Mark Lawrence

Sen. Joseph Rafferty

Sen. Matthew Harrington

Sen. Henry Ingwersen

Sen. Donna Bailey

Sen. Stacy Brenner

Sen. Anne Carney

Sen. Benjamin Chipman

Sen. Jill Duson

Sen. Timothy Nangle

Sen. Teresa Pierce

Sen. Eloise Vitelli

Sen. Matthea Daughtry

Sen. James Libby

Sen. Margaret Rotundo

Sen. Eric Brakey

Sen. Lisa Keim

Sen. Richard Bennett

Sen. Jeffrey Timberlake

Sen. David LaFountain

Sen. Matthew Pouliot

Sen. Craig Hickman

Sen. Cameron Reny

Sen. Anne Beebe-Center

Sen. Glenn Curry

Sen. Peter Lyford

Sen. Joseph (Joe) Baldacci

Sen. Michael (Mike) Tipping

Sen. Nicole Grohoski

Sen. Marianne Moore

Sen. Russell Black

Sen. Stacey Guerin

Sen. Bradlee Farrin

Sen. Trey Stewart

Sen. Troy Jackson

House

Rep. Kristi Michele Mathieson

Rep. Michele Meyer

Rep. Tiffany Roberts

Rep. Thomas A. Lavigne

Rep. Holly T. Sargent

Rep. Walter Gerard Runte, Jr.

Rep. Daniel J. Hobbs

Rep. Jeffrey Sean Adams

Rep. Ann Fredericks

Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio

Rep. Lucas John Lanigan

Rep. Wayne R. Parry

Rep. David Woodsome

Rep. Mark John Blier

Rep. Nathan M. Carlow

Rep. Heidi H. Sampson

Rep. Daniel Sayre

Rep. Traci Gere

Rep. Marc G. Malon, II

Rep. Erin R. Sheehan

Rep. Lori K. Gramlich

Rep. Lynn H. Copeland

Rep. Margaret M. O'Neil

Rep. Suzanne M. Salisbury

Rep. Morgan J. Rielly

Rep. Drew Gattine

Rep. Kelly Noonan Murphy

Rep. Sophia B. Warren

Rep. Rebecca J. Millett

Rep. Lois Galgay Reckitt

Rep. Christopher J. Kessler

Rep. Deqa Dhalac

Rep. Charles A. Skold

Rep. Rachel Talbot Ross

Rep. Matt Moonen

Rep. Samuel Lewis Zager

Rep. Michael F. Brennan