Labor and Housing Committee, Maine State Legislature
The Labor and Housing Committee is a standing committee of the Maine Legislature. On December 17, 2010, the Labor Committee was merged with the Business, Research, and Economic Development Committee to form the Joint Standing Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development.[1]
Per the Joint Rules, committees of the Maine State Legislature are assigned by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House. The President appoints a committee's senate members, with the Speaker appointing the house members.[2][3] Committees are assigned at the start of each term.[4] Each committee is composed of ten representatives and three senators.[5] Seven members constitute a quorum, though a committee may not vote without at least one senator present unless it receives authorization from the President.[6] Neither chamber's leader is recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.
See rules: Joint Rules
Function
The jurisdiction of this committee includes:
“ | Department of Labor; wage and hour laws; working conditions, including health and safety; workforce development; unemployment compensation; workers' compensation; labor relations; collective bargaining; Workers' Compensation Board; Maine Labor Relations Board; business regulation, including automobile and fuel sales; professional and occupational licensing; retail pricing; franchising; advertising; credit law (business related); consumer protection; Maine State Housing Authority; affordable housing; homelessness; Finance Authority of Maine (FAME); economic planning and development agencies; venture capital and trade programs; opportunity zones; import competition; product marketing; research and development; technology commercialization; technology transfers; tourism; and defense facility conversion.[7][8] | ” |
Membership
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes yearly updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org
2023-2024 legislative session
Labor and Housing Committee, 2023-2024 |
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Democratic members (8) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
Labor and Housing Committee, 2021-2022 |
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Democratic members (8) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Members, 2017 | ||||
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Democratic members (7) | Republican members (6) | |||
• Shenna Bellows | • Amy Volk, Chair | |||
• Ryan Fecteau, Chair | • Brian Langley | |||
• Anne-Marie Mastraccio | • Susan Austin | |||
• Dillon Bates | • Lawrence Lockman | |||
• James Handy | • Joel Stetkis | |||
• Donna Doore | • Karen Vachon | |||
• Michael Sylvester |
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Members, 2015 | ||||
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Democratic members (6) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members (1) | ||
• Erin Herbig, Chair | • Amy Volk, Chair | • James Campbell | ||
• John Patrick | • Andre Cushing | |||
• Dillon Bates | • Susan Austin | |||
• Paul Gilbert | • Lawrence Lockman | |||
• Ryan Fecteau | • Joel Stetkis | |||
• Anne-Marie Mastraccio | • Karleton Ward |
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Members, 2013 | ||||
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Democratic members (7) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members (1) | ||
• John Patrick, Chair | • Andre Cushing | • James Campbell | ||
• Erin Herbig, Chair | • Amy Volk | |||
• John Cleveland | • Brian Duprey | |||
• Paul Gilbert | • Lawrence Lockman | |||
• Scott Hamann | • Ellen Winchenbach | |||
• Andrew Mason | ||||
• Anne-Marie Mastraccio |
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Members, 2011 | ||||
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Democratic members (6) | Republican members (7) | |||
• Troy Dale Jackson | • Thomas Martin, Jr. | |||
• Erin Herbig | • Christopher Rector | |||
• John Tuttle, Jr. | • Amy Volk | |||
• Paul Gilbert | • Dana Dow | |||
• Robert Hunt | • Kerri Prescott | |||
• Timothy Driscoll | • Melvin Newendyke | |||
• Frederick Wintle |
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Members, 2009 | ||||
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Democratic members (9) | Republican members (4) | |||
• Elizabeth Schneider, Chair | • Christopher Rector | |||
• Nancy Smith, Chair | • Jayne Crosby Giles | |||
• Nancy Sullivan | • Kerri Prescott | |||
• James Martin | • Susan Austin | |||
• Richard Cleary | ||||
• W. Bruce MacDonald | ||||
• Joan Cohen | ||||
• Robert Hunt | ||||
• Thomas Wright |
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Bangor Daily News, Legislature votes to merge labor, business committees, December 17, 2010
- ↑ Maine State Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 201.3)
- ↑ Maine State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 201.1)
- ↑ Maine State Legislature, "Joint Rules," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 301.5)
- ↑ Maine State Legislature, "Joint Rules," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 302)
- ↑ Maine State Legislature, "Joint Rules," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 306)
- ↑ Maine State Legislature, "Joint Committees," accessed February 19, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.