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ME LD 713

enacted

An Act Regarding Taxation

Maine · 132 · lower

Quick answers

Did ME LD 713 pass?

Yes. ME LD 713 has been enacted into law as of 2026-04-23. Latest recorded action (2026-04-23): Signed by Governor

What is ME LD 713 about?

ME LD 713 is a bill in the 132 titled “An Act Regarding Taxation”.

Who sponsors ME LD 713?

Kristen CLOUTIER is the primary sponsor of ME LD 713.

Introduced
Latest action
2026-04-23 — Signed by Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Kristen CLOUTIERprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    Received by the Clerk of the House on February 20, 2025.

    receipt

  2. 2025-02-20

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-03-21

    Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.

  4. 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.

  5. 2026-04-06

    Reports READ.

  6. 2026-04-06

    On motion of Representative SAYRE of Kennebunk, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  7. 2026-04-06

    ROLL CALL NO. 734

  8. 2026-04-06

    (Yeas 75 - Nays 61 - Absent 14 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)

  9. 2026-04-06

    The Bill was READ ONCE.

    reading-1

  10. 2026-04-06

    Committee Amendment "A" (H-975) was READ and ADOPTED.

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  11. 2026-04-06

    Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

  12. 2026-04-06

    The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-975).

    reading-3

  13. 2026-04-06

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  14. 2026-04-06

    Reports READ.

  15. 2026-04-06

    On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED.

  16. 2026-04-06

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 894 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0

  17. 2026-04-06

    READ ONCE.

    reading-1

  18. 2026-04-06

    Committee Amendment "A" (H-975) READ and ADOPTED.

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  19. 2026-04-06

    Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-975) in concurrence.

    reading-2,reading-3

  20. 2026-04-08

    On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.

  21. 2026-04-08

    Later today assigned.

  22. 2026-04-09

    Speaker laid before the House

  23. 2026-04-09

    Subsequently, on motion of Representative SAYRE of Kennebunk, under SUSPENSION of the rules, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-975).

    reading-3

  24. 2026-04-09

    On further motion of the same Representative, under further SUSPENSION of the rules, the House RECONSIDERED ADOPTION of Committee Amendment "A" (H-975).

  25. 2026-04-09

    On further motion of same Representative House Amendment "A" (H-1040) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-975) was READ and ADOPTED.

    committee-passage-favorable,passage

  26. 2026-04-09

    Committee Amendment "A" (H-975) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-1040) thereto was ADOPTED.

    committee-passage-favorable

  27. 2026-04-09

    Subsequently, the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-975) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-1040) thereto.

    reading-3

  28. 2026-04-09

    In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.

  29. 2026-04-09

    ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  30. 2026-04-13

    Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moved the Senate RECEDE and CONCUR to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-975) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-1040) thereto.

    reading-3

  31. 2026-04-13

    Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook to INDEFINITELY POSTPONED Bill and accompanying papers FAILED

  32. 2026-04-13

    Subsequently, the Senate RECEDED AND CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-975) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-1040) thereto.

    reading-3

  33. 2026-04-13

    Ordered sent down forthwith.

  34. 2026-04-13

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

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  35. 2026-04-13

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  36. 2026-04-13

    On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  37. 2026-04-14

    On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table

  38. 2026-04-14

    Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence.

    passage

  39. 2026-04-23

    Signed by Governor

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  40. 2025-05-23

    Carry Over Requested

  41. 2025-06-25

    Carry Over Approved

  42. 2026-03-19

    Work Session Held

  43. 2026-03-19

    Voted - Divided Report

  44. 2026-04-06

    Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

    2026-04-06 · pass · 19-13

    Member-level votes (35)
    • BAILEY of York: yes
    • BALDACCI of Penobscot: other
    • BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: yes
    • BENNETT of Oxford: yes
    • BERNARD of Aroostook: other
    • BICKFORD of Androscoggin: no
    • BLACK of Franklin: no
    • 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: no
    • 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: no
    • 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: yes
    • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: other
    • TIPPING of Penobscot: yes
  • ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

    2026-04-06 · pass · 75-61

    Member-level votes (150)
    • ABDI of Lewiston: yes
    • ADAMS of Lebanon: other
    • 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: no
    • BAGSHAW of Windham: no
    • BECK of South Portland: yes
    • BELL of Yarmouth: yes
    • BISHOP of Bucksport: no
    • BLIER of Buxton: no
    • BOYER of Poland: no
    • BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: yes
    • BRENNAN of Portland: yes
    • BRIDGEO of Augusta: yes
    • BUNKER of Farmington: yes
    • CAMPBELL of Orrington: other
    • CARLOW of Buxton: no
    • CARUSO of Caratunk: yes
    • 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: yes
    • CRAFTS of Newcastle: other
    • CRAY of Palmyra: no
    • CROCKETT of Portland: other
    • DAIGLE of Fort Kent: no
    • DEBRITO of Waterville: yes
    • DHALAC of South Portland: yes
    • DILL of Old Town: yes
    • 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: yes
    • FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: no
    • FECTEAU of Biddeford: yes
    • 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: yes
    • GATTINE of Westbrook: yes
    • GEIGER of Rockland: yes
    • GERE of Kennebunkport: yes
    • 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: yes
    • HENDERSON of Rumford: no
    • HEPLER of Woolwich: yes
    • HYMES of Waldo: other
    • JACKSON of Oxford: no
    • JULIA of Waterville: yes
    • KESSLER of South Portland: yes
    • KUHN of Falmouth: yes
    • LAJOIE of Lewiston: yes
    • LANCE of Paris: no
    • LANIGAN of Sanford: other
    • LAVIGNE of Berwick: no
    • LEE of Auburn: yes
    • LEMELIN of Chelsea: no
    • LIBBY of Auburn: other
    • LOOKNER of Portland: yes
    • LYMAN of Livermore Falls: no
    • MACIAS of Topsham: yes
    • MALON of Biddeford: yes
    • MASON of Lisbon: no
    • MASTRACCIO of Sanford: yes
    • MATHIESON of Kittery: yes
    • MATLACK of St. George: yes
    • MCCABE of Lewiston: yes
    • MCINTYRE of Lowell: no
    • MEYER of Eliot: yes
    • MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: yes
    • MINGO of Calais: other
    • MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
    • MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
    • MOONEN of Portland: yes
    • MORRIS of Turner: no
    • MURPHY of Scarborough: yes
    • NUTTING of Oakland: no
    • O'HALLORAN of Brewer: yes
    • 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: yes
    • RANA of Bangor: other
    • RAY of Lincolnville: yes
    • RIELLY of Westbrook: yes
    • ROBERTS of South Berwick: yes
    • ROEDER of Bangor: yes
    • ROLLINS of Augusta: yes
    • RUDNICKI of Fairfield: no
    • RUNTE of York: yes
    • SACHS of Freeport: yes
    • SALISBURY of Westbrook: yes
    • SARGENT of York: yes
    • SATO of Gorham: other
    • SAYRE of Kennebunk: yes
    • SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico: no
    • SHAGOURY of Hallowell: yes
    • SIMMONS of Waldoboro: no
    • SINCLAIR of Bath: yes
    • SKOLD of Portland: yes
    • SMITH of Palermo: no
    • SOBOLESKI of Phillips: no
    • STOVER of Boothbay: yes
    • STROUT of Harrington: no
    • SUPICA of Bangor: yes
    • SWALLOW of Houlton: no
    • TERRY of Gorham: yes
    • THORNE of Carmel: no
    • TUELL of East Machias: yes
    • UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: other
    • 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: yes
    • ZAGER of Portland: yes
  • INDEFINITELY POSTPONE

    2026-04-13 · fail · 14-20

    Member-level votes (35)
    • BAILEY of York: no
    • BALDACCI of Penobscot: other
    • 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
    • DUSON of Cumberland: no
    • FARRIN of Somerset: yes
    • 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: no
    • 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: no
    • ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: no
    • STEWART of Aroostook: yes
    • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: no
    • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: no
    • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: yes
    • TIPPING of Penobscot: no

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