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ME LD206
Bill
Status
5/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Timberlake
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AI Summary
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Sets Maine's minimum hourly wage at a fixed rate of $14.65 per hour, which reflects the current wage as of January 1, 2025
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Eliminates the automatic annual cost-of-living adjustment that has been increasing the minimum wage each January 1st since 2021 based on the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast Region
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Removes the inflation-adjustment mechanism originally established by the 2016 citizen initiative (Initiated Bill 2015, chapter 2)
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Maintains provisions for the minimum wage to increase if the federal minimum wage exceeds Maine's rate
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Updates related statutes governing educational technician wages (125% of minimum wage) and school support staff wages (115% of minimum wage) to remove references to automatic adjustments
Legislative Description
An Act to Protect Maine Businesses by Eliminating the Automatic Cost-of-living Adjustment to the Minimum Hourly Wage
Compensation
Last Action
Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
5/22/2025