An Act To Require Sexual Harassment Prevention Training For Restaurant Employees
LD 1554 requires all restaurant employees in Maine to complete state-approved sexual harassment prevention training. Restaurants must also document compliance through a required checklist. If a restaurant isn't compliant when its license expires, it gets 45 days to fix the issue. Failure to comply after this period means the state must deny the restaurant's license renewal. This law directly affects restaurants operating under Maine's licensing system and their staff.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 10, 2025
Signed Jun 19, 2025
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Jun 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence.
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
FINALLY PASSED.
lower
Jun 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Amendment "A" (H-352) READ and ADOPTED.
upper
Jun 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
On motion by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED
upper
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Amendment "A" (H-352) was READ and ADOPTED.
lower
Jun 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
lower
May 29, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
legislature
Apr 10, 2025
Committee
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR in concurrence
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Committee
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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