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ME LD1333

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

6/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jennifer Poirier

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Origin

House of Representatives

132nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Adds 120-day employment requirement before employees can take paid family and medical leave from an employer
  • Requires paid leave under this program to run concurrently with federal FMLA leave when available, preventing employees from stacking state and federal leave
  • Reduces retroactive application deadline from 90 days to 30 days after leave begins, with a good cause waiver available
  • Changes program rulemaking from routine technical to major substantive rules, requiring additional legislative oversight
  • Limits self-employed individual eligibility to those with fewer than 15 employees and requires first-time enrollees to pay 1/4 of a year's premiums upfront

Legislative Description

An Act to Make Changes to the Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program

Compensation

Last Action

Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

6/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Labor3/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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