Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD277: An Act to Repeal the Law Prohibiting Places of Business from Being Open to the Public on Sunday
Status: Failed, June 3, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Repeal the Law Prohibiting Places of Business from Being Open to the Public on Sunday" Amend the amendment in section 2 in paragraph HH in the last line (page 1, line 27 in amendment) by inserting after the following: "Day" the following: 'only between the hours of 7 a.m. and noon and only if that grocery store pays an employee twice that employee's ordinary wage for hours worked on Thanksgiving Day' Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively. SUMMARY 1188 This amendment incorporates the changes made by Hou.
From the introduced text:
An Act to Repeal the Law Prohibiting Places of Business from Being Open to the Public on Sunday" Amend the amendment in section 2 in paragraph HH in the last line (page 1, line 27 in amendment) by inserting after the following: "Day" the following: 'only between the hours of 7 a.m. and noon and only if that grocery store pays an employee twice that employee's ordinary wage for hours worked on Thanksgiving Day' Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively. SUMMARY 1188 This amendment incorporates the changes made by House Amendment "A" to 1199 Committee Amendment "A" and requires a grocery store to pay an employee twice that 2200 employee's ordinary wage for hours worked on Thanksgiving Day. 2211 SPONSORED BY: ___________________________________ 2222 (Senator CURRY, C.) 2233 COUNTY: Waldo Page 1 - 132LR0698(05) SENATE AMENDMENT
Sponsors
- Joshua Morris (R, 91) · primary sponsor
- Barbara Bagshaw (R, 106)
- David Boyer (R, 87)
- Quentin Chapman (R, 88)