2025LD589

Imposing a New Minimum Wage Mandate on Family Farms

2025 - Maine Senate

Conservatives Oppose

Description

This bill creates a separate state minimum hourly wage for agricultural workers, forcing farms to comply with another wage mandate regardless of their economic realities. This bill threatens small farms with higher labor costs and fewer jobs. CPAC opposes minimum wage hikes that kill entry-level jobs and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-06-02 by a vote of 22-12. The House passed this bill on 2025-06-03 by a vote of 74-72. The bill later became law.

Voted Yes

Voted No

Did Not Vote

Legislators · 35

Legislator	Party	Lifetime Rating	Vote
Donna Bailey ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Joseph Baldacci ME	Democrat	12%	Leftist
Anne Beebe-Center ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Richard Bennett ME	Republican	61%	Leftist
Susan Bernard ME	Republican	92%	Conservative
Bruce Bickford ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Russell Black ME	Republican	87%	Conservative
Richard Bradstreet ME	Republican	92%	Leftist
Stacy Brenner ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Anne Carney ME	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Chip Curry ME	Democrat	8%	Leftist
Scott Cyrway ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Matthea Daughtry ME	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Jill Duson ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Bradlee Farrin ME	Republican	93%	Conservative
Nicole Grohoski ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Stacey Guerin ME	Republican	92%	Conservative
David Haggan ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Matthew Harrington ME	Republican	88%	Conservative
Craig Hickman ME	Democrat	15%	Leftist
Henry Ingwersen ME	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Mark Lawrence ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Jim Libby ME	Republican	90%	Conservative
Joseph Martin ME	Republican	100%	Conservative
Marianne Moore ME	Republican	85%	Conservative
Timothy Nangle ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Teresa Pierce ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Joseph Rafferty ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Cameron Reny ME	Democrat	10%	Leftist
Rachel Ross ME	Democrat	8%	Leftist
Margaret Rotundo ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Harold Stewart ME	Republican	92%	Conservative
Denise Tepler ME	Democrat	8%	Leftist
Jeffrey Timberlake ME	Republican	92%	Did Not Vote
Mike Tipping ME	Democrat	5%	Leftist