The Maine Economic Research Institute’s Watch List provides information about economic legislation being proposed and debated in Augusta. It provides bill titles, bill sponsors, and summaries of legislation we will be using to rate legislators on their economic performance.
For the Current 131st Legislature Watch List, please select below by committee group. Click here for a PDF version of the Previous Watch List (130th Session).
Legislation MERI Supports
LD 1537: An Act to Amend the Laws Relating to the Prevention of
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Pollution and to
Provide Additional Funding (Sen. Ingwersen of York) This bill has been enacted in the House & Senate and has been signed by the Governor.
LD 2167: An Act to Develop Maine’s Economy and Strengthen Its Workforce
by Establishing an Office of New Americans (Rep. Dhalac of South Portland)
LD 2077: An Act Regarding Customer Costs and the Environmental and
Health Effects of Natural Gas (Rep. Zeigler of Montville) This bill was amended to a Resolve. The Resolve received a Roll Call in the House. The Resolve was enacted in the house and placed on a Study Table by the Senate.
LD 2266: An Act Regarding Offshore Wind Terminals Located in Coastal
Sand Dune Systems (Rep. Runte of York) This bill has had Roll Calls in the House & Senate. Enacted by House and was sent to Appropriations table by Senate. The bill has been independently funded through the Supplemental Budget
Legislation MERI Opposes
LD 372: An Act to Increase Enforcement and Accountability for Wage and Hour Violations (Rep. Tipping of Penobscot) This bill had Roll Calls in House & Senate and was enacted by both bodies and signed by the Governor.
LD 1231: An Act to Bring Fairness in Income Taxes to Maine Families by
Adjusting the Tax Brackets (Rep. Carmichael of Greenbush) This bill had Roll Calls in House & Senate and Enacted by both bodies. Our friends at the Maine State Chamber are waiting on a Veto.
LD 1967: An Act to Support Municipal Franchise Agreements (Rep. Sachs of Freeport) This bill had Roll Calls in House & Senate, enacted by both bodies and made law without Governor’s signature.
LD 1973: An Act to Enact the Maine Consumer Privacy Act (Sen. Keim of Oxford) This bill had Roll Calls in House & Senate. The committee report of Ought Not To Pass prevailed and the bill failed.
LD 1977: An Act to Create the Data Privacy and Protection Act (Rep. O’Neil of Saco) This bill had Roll Calls in House & Senate. The bill failed between both bodies.
LD 2184: Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 9: Rules
Governing Administrative Civil Money Penalties for Labor Law
Violations, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Standards (Rep. Roeder of Bangor) This bill had Roll Calls in House & Senate. The bill passed both bodies and was signed by the Governor.
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD 901: Resolve, to Establish a Pilot Project to Support Farm Apprenticeships in Maine (Rep. Osher of Orono) This Resolve passed both bodies and was signed by the Governor.
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD 416: An Act to Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for Research and
Development and Commercialization (Sen. Pierce of Cumberland) This bill was enacted in both bodies and signed by the Governor.
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Legislation MERI Opposes
LD 1705: An Act to Give Consumers Control over Sensitive Personal Data by
Requiring Consumer Consent Prior to Collection of Data (Rep. O’Neil of Saco) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not To Pass report.
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD 18: An Act to Provide Ongoing Funding for up to 2 Years of Community College for Certain Maine Students (Rep. Bridgeo of Augusta) This bill was Withdrawn.
LD 33: An Act to Expand Access to Career and Technical Education Opportunities for Middle School Students (Rep. Rafferty of York) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not To Pass report.
LD 436: An Act to Provide Career and Technical Education Students with Credit Toward High School Graduation for Work Completed in Career and Technical Education Centers and Regions (Rep. Woodsome of Waterboro) This bill was enacted by both bodies and signed by the Governor.
LD 617: An Act to Foster Career and Technical Education in Maine Schools by Creating an Additional Pathway to Certify Industrial Arts Teachers (Rep. Carlow of Buxton) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not To Pass Report.
Legislation MERI Opposes
LD 873: An Act to Continue the Department of Education Diploma Program Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic (Rep. Baldacci of Penobscot) This bill was enacted by both bodies and signed by the Governor.
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD 698: An Act Directing the Public Utilities Commission to Study the State
Natural Gas Supply Pursuant to the Maine Energy Cost Reduction
Act (Rep Foster of Dexter) This bill was enacted by the House and Senate.
LD 924: Resolve, to Provide Legislative Approval of Northern Maine
Transmission Infrastructure (Sen. Pres. Jackson of Aroostook) This bill had Roll Calls in both bodies. It was enacted and signed by the Governor.
LD 1408: An Act to Reduce Maine’s Dependence on Fossil Fuels and Carbon
Footprint for Energy Production Using Waste Wood Fuel (Rep. Theriault of Fort Kent) This bill was enacted by the House and Senate and was signed by the Governor.
LD 1963: An Act Regarding the Future of Renewable Energy Transmission in
Northern Maine (Sen. Pres. Jackson of Aroostook) This bill has Roll Calls in both bodies. It was enacted and signed by the Governor.
Legislation MERI Opposes
LD 240: An Act to Increase Public Access to Utilities (Rep. Zeigler of Montville) This bill passed both bodies.
LD 1111: An Act Concerning Contracts and Agreement for Large-scale Water
Extraction (Rep. O’Neil of Saco) This bill had Roll Calls in both bodies. The bill failed as the House and Senate accepted the committees Majority Ought Not To Pass report.
LD 1167: An Act to Require Communications Service Providers to Prorate
Customer Bills for Cancellation and Allow a Reduction in Service
for a Customer with an Outstanding Balance (Rep. Perry of Bangor) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not To Pass report.
LD 1932: An Act to Require Broadband Internet Access Service Providers to
Prorate Customer Bills (Rep. Fay of Raymond) This bill was enacted by both bodies.
LD 1967: An Act to Support Municipal Franchise Agreements (Rep. Sachs of Freeport) This bill has Roll Calls in the House and Senate and was enacted by both bodies.
LD 1962: An Act to Limit Utility Shut-offs (Sen. Pres. Jackson of Aroostook) This bill has a Roll Call in the Senate and was enacted by both bodies.
LD 2077: An Act Regarding Customer Costs and the Environmental and
Health Effects of Natural Gas (Rep. Zeigler of Montville) This bill has a Roll Call in the House. It passed in the House and was placed on a Study Table by the Senate.
LD 2172: An Act to Enhance Electric Utility Performance-based Ratemaking (Rep. Runte of York) This bill has Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not To Pass Report.
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD 217: An Act to Support Manufacturers Whose Products Contain
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (Rep. Campbell of Orrington) This bill was enacted in both bodies and signed by the Governor.
LD 1214: An Act to Clarify the Laws to Combat Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Contamination (Rep. Baldacci of Penobscot) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not To Pass report.
LD 1537: An Act to Amend the Laws Relating to the Prevention of
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Pollution and to
Provide Additional Funding (Sen. Ingwersen of York) This bill was enacted by both bodies and signed by the Governor.
LD: 1960 An Act to Support Farming in Maine by Extending the Deadline for
Manufacturers of Products Containing Perfluoroalkyl and
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances to Report on Those Products (Sen. Pres. Jackson of Aroostook) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s divided majority report of Ought Not To Pass.
LD 2261: An Act Designating New Motor Vehicle Emissions Rules as Major
Substantive Rules (Rep. Soboleski of Phillips) This bill was enacted by both bodies and signed by the Governor.
LD 2266: An Act Regarding Offshore Wind Terminals Located in Coastal
Sand Dune Systems (Rep. Runte of York) This bill was enacted in the House and sent to the Appropriations Table by the Senate.
Legislation MERI Opposes
LD 1009: An Act Regarding the Reduction and Recycling of Food Waste (Rep. Zeigler of Montville) This bill was has Roll Calls in both bodies. It was enacted in the House and sent to the Appropriations Table by the Senate.
LD 1418: An Act Concerning Single-use Disposable Water Bottles and Water
Refill Stations (Rep. Gramlich of Old Orchard Beach) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not To Pass Report.
LD 1645: An Act to Reduce Plastic Packaging Waste (Rep. Gramlich of Old Orchard Beach) This bill has Roll Calls in both bodies and failed.
LD 1660: An Act to Provide That Advanced Recycling Facilities Are Subject
to Solid Waste Regulation and That Advanced Recycling Does Not
Constitute Recycling (Sen. Carney of Cumberland) This bill has Roll Calls and was enacted in both bodies.
LD 1908: An Act to Enact the Safe Cosmetics Act (Rep. Warren of Scarborough) This bill was enacted in the House and placed on the Appropriations table by the Senate.
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Legislation MERI Opposes
LD 132: An Act to Require Health Insurance Carriers to Provide Coverage for Blood Testing for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (Rep. Brenner of Cumberland) This bill has a Roll Call in both bodies. It was enacted in the House and placed on the Appropriations Table by the Senate.
LD 329: An Act to Ensure Health Care for All Maine Residents (Rep. Tipping of Penobscot) This bill has a Roll Call in both bodies. The bill passed in the House and was placed on a Study Table by the Senate. The bill died on adjournment.
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD 451: An Act to Ensure Transparent and Accountable Temporary Nurse Agencies (Rep. Baldacci of Penobscot) This bill was enacted by the House and Senate.
LD 1726: An Act to Build Maine’s Economy by Supporting Child Care for
Working Families (Sen. Pres. Jackson of Aroostook) This bill has a Roll Call in the Senate. The bill was enacted by the House and placed on the Appropriations Table by the Senate. The bill died on adjournment but was fulfilled by the budget.
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD 1918: An Act to Modernize Maine’s Business Incentive Programs by
Creating the Dirigo Business Incentives Program and Eliminating
Certain Other Tax Incentive Programs (Sen. Pres. Jackson of Aroostook) This bill was enacted by the House and placed on the Appropriations Table by the Senate. The bill died on adjournment.
Legislation MERI Opposes
LD 524: An Act Requiring the Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in New Commercial and Multifamily Parking Lot Construction (Rep. Runte of York) This bill has Roll Calls in the House and Senate. This bill failed as the House accepted the committee’s Majority Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 1487: An Act to Ensure That Residents of the State Have the Right to
Repair Their Own Electronic Devices (Sen. Tipping of Penobscot) This bill has Roll Calls in the Senate. The bill was engrossed by the Senate and is left as unfinished business in the House.
LD 1716: An Act to Establish a Repairability Index for Consumer Electronic
Products (Rep. Crafts of Newcastle) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 1815: An Act to Protect Maine’s Consumers by Establishing an Abuse of
Dominance Right of Action and Requiring Notification of Mergers (Rep. Millett of Cape Elizabeth) This bill was enacted by both bodies.
LD 1977: An Act to Create the Data Privacy and Protection Act (Rep. O’Neil of Saco) This bill has Roll Calls in both bodies. The bill died as the Senate accepted the committee’s Minority Ought Not to Pass report.
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Legislation MERI Opposes
LD 676: An Act to Protect Financial Privacy (Rep. Andrews of Paris) This bill has a Roll Call in the Senate. The bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 934: An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Damages Awarded for Wrongful Death (Rep. Moonen of Portland) This bill has a Roll Call in the House and Senate and was enacted in both bodies.
LD 1423: An Act to Increase the Limits on Awards for Compensatory and Punitive Damages Under the Maine Human Rights Act (Rep. Talbot Ross of Portland) This bill has a Roll Call in the Senate and was enacted in both bodies.
LD 1973: An Act to Enact the Maine Consumer Privacy Act (Sen. Keim of Oxford) This bill has a Roll Call in both bodies and failed as the House and Senate accepted the committee’s Majority Ought Not to Pass report.
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD 301: An Act to Exempt Employers from Providing Earned Paid Leave for Certain Employees (Rep. Poirier of Skowhegan) This bill had a Roll Call in the House and Senate. The bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Majority Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 559: An Act to Increase the Number of Hours Certain Minor Students May Work Under Certain Circumstances (Rep. Costain of Plymouth) This bill had a Roll Call in the House and Senate. The bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Majority Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 855: An Act to Provide That the Minimum Wage Increases by the
Rolling Average of the Cost of Living of the Previous 3 Years (Rep. Bradstreet of Vassalboro) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Majority Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 998: An Act to Remove the Cost-of-living Adjustment from the Minimum
Wage Laws (Rep. Foster of Dexter) This bill had a Roll Call in the House and Senate. The bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Majority Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 1403: An Act to Promote Minimum Wage Consistency by Limiting the
Authority of Municipalities Regarding Minimum Hourly Pay (Rep. Morris of Turner) This bill had a Roll Call in the House. The bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Majority Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 1580: An Act to Help Maine Small Businesses with Increasing Costs by
Removing the Annual Cost-of-living Adjustment for the Minimum
Wage (Rep. Morris of Turner) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 2280: An Act to Strengthen Maine’s Workforce Through
Preapprenticeship Training Programs (Sen. Tipping of Penobscot) This bill was enacted in the House and put on the Appropriations Table by the Senate.
Legislation MERI Opposes
LD 12: An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Severance Pay to Cover More Types of Employers and Include More Workers (Rep. Roeder of Bangor) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate and was enacted by both bodies.
LD 53: An Act to Ensure Accountability for Workplace Harassment and Assault by Removing Intentional Acts and Omissions from Workers’ Compensation Exemptions (Rep. Lee of Auburn) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate and was enacted by both bodies.
LD 321: An Act to Create a Bill of Rights for Temporary Workers (Rep. Tipping of Penobscot) This bill was withdrawn.
LD 322: An Act to Improve the Unemployment Insurance System (Sen. Tipping of Penobscot) This bill was withdrawn.
LD 324: An Act to Prevent the Wrongful Firing of Maine Workers (Rep. Tipping of Penobscot) This bill was withdrawn.
LD 372: An Act to Increase Enforcement and Accountability for Wage and Hour Violations (Rep. Tipping of Penobscot) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate and was enacted by both bodies.
LD 373: An Act to Improve Labor Conditions for Maine Workers (Rep. Tipping of Penobscot) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate and was enacted by both bodies.
LD 513: An Act Regarding Overtime Protections for Certain Maine Workers (Rep. Tipping of Penobscot) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill was enacted by the House and placed on the Appropriations Table by the Senate.
LD 525: An Act to Protect Farm Workers by Allowing Them to Organize for
the Purposes of Collective Bargaining (Spkr. Talbot Ross of Portland) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. It was enacted by both bodies.
LD 719: An Act to Support Maine Industry (Rep. Daughtry of Cumberland) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 738: An Act to Establish a Paid Family and Medical Leave System (Rep. Daughtry of Cumberland) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 741: An Act to Prohibit Training Repayment Agreements by Employers (Rep. Tipping of Penobscot) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill was carried as enacted by the House and left as unfinished business in the Senate.
LD 767: An Act to Provide Uniform Protections from Retaliation for Maine Workers in Connection with the Exercise of Rights Protected Under the Laws Governing Employment Practice (Rep. Carney of Cumberland) This bill had a Roll Call in the Senate. The bill was enacted as both bodies accepted the committee’s Majority Ought to Pass as Amended report.
LD 827: An Act to Allow Employees to Request Flexible Work Schedules (Rep. Roeder of Bangor) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill was carried as enacted by the House and left as unfinished business in the Senate.
LD 856: An Act to Reduce Recurring Workplace Harassment and Provide Consequences for Serial Offenders (Rep. Osher of Orono) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 936: An Act to Require Disclosure of Pay Ranges and Record Keeping of Pay History (Rep. Roeder of Bangor) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill was carried as enacted by the House and left as unfinished business in the Senate.
LD 949: An Act to Protect Workers from Employer Surveillance (Rep. Roeder of Bangor) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill was carried as enacted by the House and left as unfinished business in the Senate.
LD 961: An Act Regarding the Right to Request Flexible Working Arrangements for Employees (Rep. Warren of Scarborough) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 1190: An Act to Ensure a Fair Workweek by Requiring Notice of Work Schedules (Rep. Tipping of Penobscot) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill was carried as enacted by the House and left as unfinished business in the Senate.
LD 1368: An Act to Ensure Fairness in Unemployment Benefits by Clarifying Laws Regarding Labor Organizations (Rep. Roeder of Bangor) This bill had a Roll Call in the House and Senate. The bill was enacted in both bodies.
LD 1376: An Act to Create a Livable Wage by Increasing the Minimum
Hourly Wage (Rep. Collings of Portland) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill was carried as enacted by the House and carried on the Appropriations Table in the Senate.
LD 1385: An Act to Amend the Maine Workers’ Compensation Act of 1992 Regarding Employee Liability (Rep. Libby of Cumberland) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 1464: An Act to Remove the Waiting Period for Benefits Under Maine’s
Unemployment Insurance System (Sen. Daughtry of Cumberland) This bill had a Roll Call in the Senate. The Senate accepted the committee’s Minority Ought Not to Pass report and was left as unfinished business in the House.
LD 1483: An Act to Protect the Rights of Agricultural Workers (Sen. Hickman of Kennebec) The bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 1496: An Act to Prohibit Noncompete Clauses (Rep. Warren of Scarborough) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill was enacted in both bodies.
LD 1639: An Act to Address Unsafe Staffing of Nurses and Improve Patient
Care (Sen. Brenner of Cumberland) This bill had a Roll Call in the Senate. It was engrossed as amended in the Senate and left as unfinished business in the House.
LD 1756: An Act to Protect Employee Freedom of Speech (Sen. Daughtry of Cumberland) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill was enacted by both bodies.
LD 1794: An Act to Enhance the Predictability of Mandated Overtime for
Pulp or Paper Manufacturing Facility Employees (Sen. Pres. Jackson of Aroostook) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. It was passed by the House and placed on a Study Table by the Senate.
LD 1896: An Act to Index Workers’ Compensation Benefits to the Rate of
Inflation (Sen. Nangle of Cumberland) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill was passed in both bodies.
LD 1964: An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Commission to
Develop a Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Program (Sen. Daughtry of Cumberland) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill was enacted in the House and placed on the Appropriations Table by the Senate. The bill died on adjournment.
LD 2176: An Act to Ensure the Workers’ Compensation Board’s Allocations
Are Properly Funded (Sen. Tipping of Penobscot) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill was enacted in the House and placed on the Appropriations Table by the Senate.
LD 2184: Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Chapter 9: Rules
Governing Administrative Civil Money Penalties for Labor Law
Violations, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Standards (Rep. Roeder of Bangor) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill passed both bodies.
LD 2273: An Act to Establish a State Minimum Hourly Wage for Agricultural
Workers (Spkr. Talbot Ross of Portland) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill was enacted in both bodies.
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD 894: An Act to Preserve Heating and Energy Choice by Prohibiting a Municipality from Prohibiting a Particular Energy System or Energy Distributor (Rep. Harrington of York) This bill had a Roll Call in the House and Senate. The bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Minority Ought Not to Pass Report.
LD 2167: An Act to Develop Maine’s Economy and Strengthen Its Workforce
by Establishing an Office of New Americans (Rep. Dhalac of South Portland)
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Legislation MERI Supports
LD 643: An Act to Promote Research and Development in the State by Increasing the Research Expense Tax Credit (Rep. Terry of Gorham) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 802: An Act to Increase the Maine Exclusion Amount for Estate Tax Exemptions (Rep. Ducharme of Madison) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not to Pass Report.
LD 1222: An Act to Expand Child Care Services Through an Employer Supported Tax Credit (Rep. Stewart of Aroostook) The bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not to Pass Report.
LD 1313: An Act to Amend the Tax Credit for Major Business Headquarters
Expansions Regarding Employees’ Location and Time of Hire for
Purposes of the Credit (Sen. Grohoski of Hancock) This bill was enacted in both bodies.
LD 1475: An Act to Promote Biomanufacturing and Biotechnology
Development by Establishing a Tax Credit (Sen. Pres. Jackson of Aroostook)
LD 1891: An Act to Support Maine Businesses Through a Child Care Tax
Credit and a Pass-through Entity Tax (Rep. Terry of Gorham) This bill passed both bodies.
Legislation MERI Opposes
LD 667: An Act to Impose a Tax Surcharge on Certain Incomes (Rep. Collings of Portland) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 843: An Act to Improve Income Tax Progressivity by Establishing a New Top Individual Income Tax Rate (Rep. Osher of Orono) This bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 854: An Act to Fund the Protection and Restoration of Riparian and
Estuarine Ecosystems and to Impose an Excise Tax on Certain
Bottled Water Operators (Rep. Sayer of Kennebunk) This bill had a Roll Call in the House and Senate. The bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Majority Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 996: An Act to Allow a Municipality to Establish a Local Option Sales Tax (Rep. Gramlich of Old Orchard Beach) This bill was withdrawn.
LD 1010: An Act to Provide Tax Relief for Working Families (Rep. Terry of Gorham) This bill was withdrawn.
LD 1231: An Act to Bring Fairness in Income Taxes to Maine Families by
Adjusting the Tax Brackets (Rep. Carmichael of Greenbush) This bill had Roll Calls and was enacted in both bodies. The bill was vetoed by the Governor.
LD 1298: An Act to Allow a Local Option Sales Tax on Short-term Lodging to Fund Affordable Housing (Rep. Skold of Portland) This bill had a Roll Call in both bodies. The bill failed as the House and Senate accepted the committee’s Minority Ought Not to Pass report.
LD 1337: An Act to Require a Corporation That Files a Tax Return in the State to File a Tax Disclosure Statement (Rep. Matlack of St. George) This bill had Roll Calls in the House and Senate. The bill was enacted by both bodies.
LD 1338: An Act to Amend the Maine Exclusion Amount in the Estate Tax (Rep. Collings of Portland) This bill had a Roll Call in the House. The bill failed as both bodies accepted the committee’s Ought Not to Pass report.
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