2025LD853

Replacing the Minimum Wage with a Government-Defined ‘Living Wage’ Scheme

2025 - Maine House of Representatives

Conservatives Oppose

Description

This bill scraps the standard minimum wage and replaces it with a regionally based “living wage” calculated and imposed by government. This bill dramatically expands bureaucratic control over wages and risks crushing small businesses and jobs in less affluent regions. CPAC opposes price-fixing of labor through government-calculated wage schemes and opposed this bill. The House defeated this bill on 2025-05-27 by a vote of 39-97. The bill did not become law.

Voted Yes

Voted No

Did Not Vote

Legislators · 151

Legislator	Party	Lifetime Rating	Vote
Mana Abdi ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Jeffrey Adams ME	Republican	100%	Did Not Vote
Roger Albert ME	Republican	87%	Conservative
Dan Ankeles ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Amy Arata ME	Republican	91%	Conservative
Marshall Archer ME	Democrat	7%	Conservative
Donald Ardell ME	Republican	99%	Conservative
Poppy Arford ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Mark Babin ME	Republican	91%	Conservative
Barbara Bagshaw ME	Republican	98%	Conservative
Matthew Beck ME	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Arthur Bell ME	Democrat	1%	Leftist
Steven Bishop ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Mark Blier ME	Republican	91%	Conservative
David Boyer ME	Republican	93%	Conservative
Michelle Boyer ME	Democrat	6%	Conservative
Michael Brennan ME	Democrat	8%	Conservative
William Bridgeo ME	Democrat	6%	Conservative
Stephan Bunker ME	Democrat	19%	Conservative
Richard Campbell ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Nathan Carlow ME	Republican	52%	Conservative
Elizabeth Caruso ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Quentin Chapman ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Marygrace Cimino ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Kristen Cloutier ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Sally Cluchey ME	Democrat	9%	Leftist
Amanda Collamore ME	Republican	91%	Conservative
Alicia Collins ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Mark Cooper ME	Republican	100%	Did Not Vote
Lynn Copeland ME	Democrat	1%	Leftist
Lydia Crafts ME	Democrat	2%	Conservative
Dean Cray ME	Republican	90%	Did Not Vote
Edward Crockett ME	Democrat	17%	Conservative
Lucien Daigle ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Flavia DeBrito ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Deqa Dhalac ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
James Dill ME	Democrat	14%	Conservative
Janice Dodge ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Victoria Doudera ME	Democrat	1%	Leftist
Gary Drinkwater ME	Republican	93%	Conservative
John Ducharme ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Holly Eaton ME	Democrat	0%	Leftist
John Eder ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Sean Faircloth ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Wayne Farrin ME	Democrat	13%	Conservative
Billy Faulkingham ME	Republican	93%	Conservative
Ryan Fecteau ME	Democrat	13%	Conservative
Paul Flynn ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Robert Foley ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Steven Foster ME	Republican	98%	Conservative
Ann Marie Fredericks ME	Republican	100%	Did Not Vote
Kenneth Fredette ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Gary Friedmann ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Sharon Frost ME	Independent	14%	Conservative
Andrew Gattine ME	Democrat	1%	Leftist
Valli Geiger ME	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Traci Gere ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Irene Gifford ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Cheryl Golek ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Anne Graham ME	Democrat	0%	Did Not Vote
Lori Gramlich ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Randall Greenwood ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Abigail Griffin ME	Republican	96%	Conservative
Timothy Guerrette ME	Republican	93%	Conservative
Kimberly Haggan ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Randall Hall ME	Republican	90%	Did Not Vote
Tavis Hasenfus ME	Democrat	4%	Conservative
Rachel Ann Henderson ME	Republican	97%	Conservative
Allison Hepler ME	Democrat	6%	Conservative
Benjamin Hymes ME	Republican	98%	Did Not Vote
Caldwell Jackson ME	Republican	89%	Did Not Vote
Kathy Javner ME	Republican	95%	Conservative
Cassie Julia ME	Democrat	13%	Conservative
Christopher Kessler ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Amy Kuhn ME	Democrat	2%	Conservative
Michel Lajoie ME	Democrat	9%	Conservative
Michael Lance ME	Republican	100%	Did Not Vote
Lucas Lanigan ME	Republican	0%	Did Not Vote
Thomas Lavigne ME	Republican	95%	Conservative
Adam Lee ME	Democrat	2%	Conservative
Michael Lemelin ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Laurel Libby ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Grayson Lookner ME	Democrat	3%	Did Not Vote
Sheila Lyman ME	Republican	97%	Conservative
Rafael Macias ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Marc Malon ME	Democrat	2%	Did Not Vote
Richard Mason ME	Republican	84%	Conservative
Anne-Marie Mastraccio ME	Democrat	19%	Conservative
Kristi Mathieson ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
Ann Matlack ME	Democrat	2%	Conservative
Julia McCabe ME	Democrat	7%	Leftist
Mathew McIntyre ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Michele Meyer ME	Democrat	3%	Conservative
Nina Milliken ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Arthur Mingo ME	Republican	87%	Conservative
Christina Mitchell ME	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Karen Montell ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Matthew Moonen ME	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Joshua Morris ME	Republican	95%	Conservative
Kelly Noonan Murphy ME	Democrat	2%	Conservative
Robert Nutting ME	Republican	91%	Conservative
Dani O'Halloran ME	Democrat	25%	Conservative
Rolf Olsen ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Laurie Osher ME	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Wayne Parry ME	Republican	92%	Conservative
Reagan Paul ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Chad Perkins ME	Republican	99%	Conservative
William Pluecker ME	Independent	11%	Conservative
Jennifer Poirier ME	Republican	91%	Conservative
Kimberly Pomerleau ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Dylan Pugh ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Tracy Quint ME	Republican	99%	Conservative
Ambureen Rana ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
D. Ray ME	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Morgan Rielly ME	Democrat	2%	Conservative
Tiffany Roberts-Lovell ME	Democrat	8%	Did Not Vote
Amy Roeder ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist
David Rollins ME	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Shelley Rudnicki ME	Republican	99%	Conservative
Walter Runte Jr. ME	Democrat	6%	Conservative
Melanie Sachs ME	Democrat	3%	Conservative
Suzanne Salisbury ME	Democrat	3%	Conservative
Holly Sargent ME	Democrat	2%	Conservative
Eleanor Sato ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Daniel Sayre ME	Democrat	2%	Conservative
Tammy Schmersal-Burgess ME	Republican	97%	Conservative
Daniel Shagoury ME	Democrat	6%	Conservative
Abden Simmons ME	Republican	93%	Conservative
David Sinclair ME	Democrat	9%	Conservative
Charles Skold ME	Democrat	2%	Did Not Vote
Katrina Smith ME	Republican	98%	Conservative
Michael Soboleski ME	Republican	98%	Conservative
Holly Stover ME	Democrat	3%	Conservative
Tiffany Strout ME	Republican	97%	Conservative
Laura Supica ME	Democrat	3%	Conservative
Gregory Swallow ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Parnell Terry ME	Democrat	6%	Conservative
James Thorne ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
William Tuell ME	Republican	94%	Conservative
Joseph Underwood ME	Republican	95%	Did Not Vote
Nathan Wadsworth ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Mark Walker ME	Republican	95%	Conservative
Sophia Warren ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Kilton Webb ME	Democrat	0%	Leftist
James Lee White ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Russell White ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Stephen Wood ME	Republican	89%	Conservative
Peter Wood ME	Republican	89%	Conservative
David Woodsome ME	Republican	99%	Conservative
Yusuf Yusuf ME	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Samuel Zager ME	Democrat	2%	Leftist