July 25, 2023
After the Legislature sustained her veto of LD 398, Governor Janet Mills today signed an Executive Order to pursue a minimum wage for farm workers.
The Executive Order establishes a formal stakeholder group “ the Committee to Develop and Implement a Minimum Wage Bill for Agricultural Workers “ to develop legislation that will implement a minimum wage for agricultural workers, identify the impacts the bill will have through other laws interconnected with Federal and State wage and hour laws, and ensure the full range of impacts are thoroughly understood by both agricultural employers and their workers.
"I strongly support a state minimum wage for farm workers and am committed to signing one into law," said Governor Mills. "This stakeholder group will allow for a longer and more in-depth analysis of the language of LD 398, resolve questions within the agricultural community about what the bill does and does not do and what aspects of farm employment it may change, and help all parties arrive at a shared understanding so that we can move forward with and implement a farm worker minimum wage next year."
The Governor's Executive Order fulfills a promise to establish a formal stakeholder group after her veto of LD 398 (PDF) last week. The Governor said vetoed the bill reluctantly following "a series of questions from members of the agricultural community about the true scope of the language."
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