Printed on recycled paper 132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025 Legislative Document No. 833S.P. 365 In Senate, March 4, 2025 An Act to Expand the Earned Paid Leave Exception Reference to the Committee on Labor suggested and ordered printed. DAREK M. GRANT Secretary of the Senate Presented by Senator BRADSTREET of Kennebec. Cosponsored by Senator: CYRWAY of Kennebec, Representatives: COLLINS of Sidney, DRINKWATER of Milford, DUCHARME of Madison. Page 1 - 132LR1699(01) 1 2 as enacted by PL 2019, c. 156, §3 and affected 3 by §4, is amended to read: 4 5 bargaining agreement during the period between January 1, 2021 and the expiration of the 6 agreement. This section does not apply to an employer that provides employees with 80 or 7 more hours of paid leave during the calendar year. 8 9 This bill exempts employers that provide employees with 80 or more hours of paid 10 leave during the calendar year from the laws governing earned paid leave. 9 10