LD 406 Maine House · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026)

An Act To Repeal The Laws Providing For Paid Family And Medical Leave And To Reimburse Taxpayers

LD 406 repeals Maine's paid family and medical leave program and requires the state to refund all contributions collected from employers and employees since January 1, 2025. The bill stops future contributions and mandates immediate refunds to taxpayers to address economic harm to businesses and workers. As an emergency measure, it bypasses Maine's standard 90-day legislative waiting period for immediate effect. This directly affects Maine employers and employees who had begun paying into the program in 2025.
Bill status failed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Last action Jun 3, 2025
Floor votes · House Jun 2, 2025

How they voted

6760
Passed · 9 other
Total votes 136
Jun 2, 2025
D Democratic66
64 Yea 2
96% Yea
I Independent3
3 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican67
60 Nay 7
89% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Jun 2, 2025
Committee
On motion of Representative ROEDER of Bangor, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
lower
Jun 2, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (67-60-9)
house
May 29, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM
legislature
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR in concurrence
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR.
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed.
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors

Sponsors