ME LD 1865

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• INCOME TAX

• Richard BENNETTprimary

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1. 2025-05-01

   Received by the Secretary of the Senate on May 1, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2

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2. 2025-05-22

   Report READ and ACCEPTED.

3. 2025-05-22

   On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock for the Committee on TAXATION the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

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4. 2025-05-22

   Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.

5. 2025-05-22

   Report was READ and ACCEPTED.

6. 2025-05-22

   The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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7. 2025-05-22

   In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

8. 2025-06-25

   CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.

9. 2026-04-02

   Reports READ

10. 2026-04-02

    On motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-609) Report ACCEPTED

11. 2026-04-02

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 845 Yeas 21 - Nays 12 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

12. 2026-04-02

    READ ONCE

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13. 2026-04-02

    Committee Amendment "A" (S-609) READ and ADOPTED

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14. 2026-04-02

    Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-609)

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15. 2026-04-02

    Held at the Request of BENNETT of Oxford

16. 2026-04-03

    RELEASED

17. 2026-04-03

    Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.

18. 2026-04-06

    Reports READ.

19. 2026-04-06

    Motion of Representative GERE of Kennebunkport to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED.

20. 2026-04-06

    ROLL CALL NO. 731

21. 2026-04-06

    (Yeas 43 - Nays 100 - Absent 7 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)

22. 2026-04-06

    Subsequently, on motion of Representative GERE of Kennebunkport, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

23. 2026-04-06

    In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.

24. 2026-04-06

    ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

25. 2026-04-07

    Senator BENNETT of Oxford moved the Senate ADHERE to The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-609) Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-609)

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26. 2026-04-07

    Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook to RECEDE AND CONCUR to The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report FAILED

27. 2026-04-07

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 896 Yeas 13 - Nays 18 - Excused 4 - Absent 0

28. 2026-04-07

    Subsequently, the Senate ADHERED to The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-609) Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-609)

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29. 2026-04-07

    Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.

30. 2026-04-07

    The House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report.

31. 2026-04-07

    ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

32. 2026-04-07

    Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

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33. 2025-05-20

    Work Session Held

34. 2025-05-20

    Voted - REFERRED

35. 2025-05-21

    Reported Out - REFFERED

36. 2025-05-22

    Work Session Held - TABLED

37. 2025-05-30

    Carry Over Requested

38. 2025-06-25

    Carry Over Approved

39. 2026-01-06

    Work Session Held - TABLED

40. 2026-01-27

    Work Session Held

41. 2026-01-27

    Voted - Divided Report

42. 2026-04-01

    Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

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• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

  2026-04-02 · pass · 21-12

  Member-level votes (35)

  • BAILEY of York: yes
  • BALDACCI of Penobscot: other
  • BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: yes
  • BENNETT of Oxford: yes
  • BERNARD of Aroostook: no
  • BICKFORD of Androscoggin: no
  • BLACK of Franklin: yes
  • BRADSTREET of Kennebec: no
  • BRENNER of Cumberland: yes
  • CARNEY of Cumberland: yes
  • CURRY of Waldo: yes
  • CYRWAY of Kennebec: no
  • DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: yes
  • DUSON of Cumberland: yes
  • FARRIN of Somerset: yes
  • GROHOSKI of Hancock: yes
  • GUERIN of Penobscot: no
  • HAGGAN of Penobscot: no
  • HARRINGTON of York: no
  • HICKMAN of Kennebec: yes
  • INGWERSEN of York: yes
  • LAWRENCE of York: yes
  • LIBBY of Cumberland: no
  • MARTIN of Oxford: no
  • MOORE of Washington: no
  • NANGLE of Cumberland: yes
  • PIERCE of Cumberland: yes
  • RAFFERTY of York: yes
  • RENY of Lincoln: yes
  • ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: yes
  • STEWART of Aroostook: no
  • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: yes
  • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: other
  • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
  • TIPPING of Penobscot: yes

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

  2026-04-06 · fail · 43-100

  Member-level votes (150)

  • ABDI of Lewiston: yes
  • ADAMS of Lebanon: no
  • ALBERT of Madawaska: no
  • ANKELES of Brunswick: yes
  • ARATA of New Gloucester: no
  • ARCHER of Saco: yes
  • ARDELL of Monticello: no
  • ARFORD of Brunswick: yes
  • BABIN of Fort Fairfield: other
  • BAGSHAW of Windham: no
  • BECK of South Portland: yes
  • BELL of Yarmouth: no
  • BISHOP of Bucksport: no
  • BLIER of Buxton: no
  • BOYER of Poland: no
  • BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: yes
  • BRENNAN of Portland: no
  • BRIDGEO of Augusta: no
  • BUNKER of Farmington: no
  • CAMPBELL of Orrington: no
  • CARLOW of Buxton: no
  • CARUSO of Caratunk: no
  • CHAPMAN of Auburn: no
  • CIMINO of Bridgton: no
  • CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: yes
  • COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: no
  • COLLINS of Sidney: no
  • COOPER of Windham: no
  • COPELAND of Saco: no
  • CRAFTS of Newcastle: other
  • CRAY of Palmyra: no
  • CROCKETT of Portland: other
  • DAIGLE of Fort Kent: no
  • DEBRITO of Waterville: no
  • DHALAC of South Portland: yes
  • DILL of Old Town: no
  • DODGE of Belfast: yes
  • DOUDERA of Camden: other
  • DRINKWATER of Milford: no
  • DUCHARME of Madison: no
  • EATON of Deer Isle: yes
  • EDER of Waterboro: yes
  • FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: yes
  • FARRIN of Jefferson: no
  • FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: no
  • FECTEAU of Biddeford: no
  • FLYNN of Albion: no
  • FOLEY of Wells: no
  • FOSTER of Dexter: no
  • FREDERICKS of Sanford: no
  • FREDETTE of Newport: no
  • FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor: yes
  • FROST of Belgrade: no
  • GATTINE of Westbrook: no
  • GEIGER of Rockland: yes
  • GERE of Kennebunkport: no
  • GIFFORD of Lincoln: no
  • GOLEK of Harpswell: yes
  • GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: yes
  • GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach: yes
  • GREENWOOD of Wales: no
  • GRIFFIN of Levant: other
  • GUERRETTE of Caribou: no
  • HAGGAN of Hampden: no
  • HALL of Wilton: no
  • HARRIMAN of Lewiston: yes
  • HASENFUS of Readfield: no
  • HENDERSON of Rumford: no
  • HEPLER of Woolwich: yes
  • HYMES of Waldo: no
  • JACKSON of Oxford: no
  • JULIA of Waterville: yes
  • KESSLER of South Portland: yes
  • KUHN of Falmouth: no
  • LAJOIE of Lewiston: no
  • LANCE of Paris: no
  • LANIGAN of Sanford: no
  • LAVIGNE of Berwick: no
  • LEE of Auburn: yes
  • LEMELIN of Chelsea: other
  • LIBBY of Auburn: no
  • LOOKNER of Portland: yes
  • LYMAN of Livermore Falls: no
  • MACIAS of Topsham: yes
  • MALON of Biddeford: no
  • MASON of Lisbon: no
  • MASTRACCIO of Sanford: no
  • MATHIESON of Kittery: yes
  • MATLACK of St. George: no
  • MCCABE of Lewiston: yes
  • MCINTYRE of Lowell: no
  • MEYER of Eliot: no
  • MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: yes
  • MINGO of Calais: no
  • MITCHELL of Cumberland: no
  • MONTELL of Gardiner: no
  • MOONEN of Portland: no
  • MORRIS of Turner: no
  • MURPHY of Scarborough: no
  • NUTTING of Oakland: no
  • O'HALLORAN of Brewer: no
  • OLSEN of Raymond: no
  • OSHER of Orono: yes
  • PARRY of Arundel: no
  • PAUL of Winterport: no
  • PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft: no
  • PLUECKER of Warren: yes
  • POIRIER of Skowhegan: no
  • POMERLEAU of Standish: no
  • PUGH of Portland: yes
  • QUINT of Hodgdon: no
  • RANA of Bangor: yes
  • RAY of Lincolnville: yes
  • RIELLY of Westbrook: yes
  • ROBERTS of South Berwick: no
  • ROEDER of Bangor: yes
  • ROLLINS of Augusta: yes
  • RUDNICKI of Fairfield: no
  • RUNTE of York: yes
  • SACHS of Freeport: no
  • SALISBURY of Westbrook: no
  • SARGENT of York: yes
  • SATO of Gorham: yes
  • SAYRE of Kennebunk: yes
  • SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico: no
  • SHAGOURY of Hallowell: no
  • SIMMONS of Waldoboro: no
  • SINCLAIR of Bath: yes
  • SKOLD of Portland: yes
  • SMITH of Palermo: no
  • SOBOLESKI of Phillips: no
  • STOVER of Boothbay: no
  • STROUT of Harrington: no
  • SUPICA of Bangor: yes
  • SWALLOW of Houlton: no
  • TERRY of Gorham: no
  • THORNE of Carmel: no
  • TUELL of East Machias: no
  • UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: no
  • WADSWORTH of Hiram: no
  • WALKER of Naples: no
  • WARREN of Scarborough: other
  • WEBB of Durham: no
  • WHITE of Guilford: no
  • WHITE of Ellsworth: no
  • WOOD of Norway: no
  • WOOD of Greene: no
  • WOODSOME of Waterboro: no
  • YUSUF of Portland: no
  • ZAGER of Portland: yes

• RECEDE AND CONCUR

  2026-04-07 · fail · 13-18

  Member-level votes (35)

  • DUSON of Cumberland: no
  • FARRIN of Somerset: other
  • GROHOSKI of Hancock: no
  • GUERIN of Penobscot: yes
  • HAGGAN of Penobscot: yes
  • HARRINGTON of York: yes
  • HICKMAN of Kennebec: no
  • INGWERSEN of York: no
  • LAWRENCE of York: other
  • LIBBY of Cumberland: yes
  • MARTIN of Oxford: yes
  • MOORE of Washington: yes
  • NANGLE of Cumberland: no
  • PIERCE of Cumberland: no
  • RAFFERTY of York: no
  • RENY of Lincoln: other
  • ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: other
  • STEWART of Aroostook: yes
  • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: no
  • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: no
  • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: yes
  • TIPPING of Penobscot: no
  • BAILEY of York: no
  • BALDACCI of Penobscot: no
  • BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: no
  • BENNETT of Oxford: no
  • BERNARD of Aroostook: yes
  • BICKFORD of Androscoggin: yes
  • BLACK of Franklin: yes
  • BRADSTREET of Kennebec: yes
  • BRENNER of Cumberland: no
  • CARNEY of Cumberland: no
  • CURRY of Waldo: no
  • CYRWAY of Kennebec: yes
  • DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: no

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