Maine 128th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 2 R · 1 D cosponsors

LD 1744 — An Act To Create The Hire American Tax Credit For Businesses That Hire Residents Of The United States

Last action — Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 19, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 9 sponsors

    1 primary, 8 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (2 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    2 passed, 2 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)

  2. In non concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 77 having voted in the affirmative and 65 in the negative, with 9 being absent, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill not become a law and the veto was sustained.

  4. ROLL CALL NO. 728V

  5. This Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to Article IV, Part Third, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the House proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?"

  6. Sent down for concurrence

  7. LD 1744 In Senate, July 9, 2018, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 26 IN FAVOR and 8 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN.

  8. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 686 Yeas 24 - Nays 9 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

  9. Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence

  10. Taken from the table by the President

  11. On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence Roll Call Ordered

  12. On Motion by Senator KATZ of Kennebec taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.

  13. CARRIED OVER to any Special Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 748.

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

  15. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  16. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  17. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  18. as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-412) thereto.

  19. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-395)

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

  21. Committee Amendment "A" (S-395) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-412) thereto was ADOPTED.

  22. Senate Amendment "A" (S-412) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-395) was READ and ADOPTED.

  23. Committee Amendment "A" (S-395) was READ.

  24. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  25. (Yeas 96 - Nays 49 - Absent 6 - Excused 0)

  26. ROLL CALL NO. 566

  27. On motion of Representative TIPPING of Orono, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  28. Speaker laid before the House

  29. Later today assigned.

  30. On motion of Representative ESPLING of New Gloucester, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.

  31. Reports READ.

  32. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  33. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-395) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-412) thereto

  34. Committee Amendment "A" (S-395) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-412) thereto ADOPTED

  35. On motion by Senator JACKSON of Aroostook Senate Amendment "A" (S-412) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-395) READ and ADOPTED

  36. Committee Amendment "A" (S-395) READ

  37. READ ONCE

  38. Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  39. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 572 Yeas 13 - Nays 20 - Excused 2 - Absent 0

  40. Subsequently The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report FAILED

  41. Taken from the table by the President

  42. On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator DOW of Lincoln to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report . Roll Call Ordered

  43. Senator DOW of Lincoln moved to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report .

  44. Reports READ

  45. Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 19, 2017 and REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2

Sponsors

  • CARPENTER · Cosponsor
  • DAVIS · Cosponsor
  • HERBIG · Cosponsor
  • MIRAMANT · Cosponsor
  • SAVIELLO · Cosponsor
  • STANLEY · Cosponsor
  • Joseph E. Martin · Cosponsor
  • James Dill · Cosponsor
  • Caldwell Jackson · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 177 not signed on · 17 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (177)

177 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Reconsideration - Veto

Failed 77 Yea · 65 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 555108
Democrat 15100
Republican 71301
Total 776509
% of votes cast 51%43%0%6%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
RILEY of Jay — Yea
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Yea
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Nay
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BATES of Westbrook — Yea
BATTLE of South Portland — Nay
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Yea
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CASÁS of Rockport — Nay
CEBRA of Naples — Nay
CHACE of Durham — Nay
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
COREY of Windham — Nay
CRAIG of Brewer — Nay
DeCHANT of Bath — Yea
DENNO of Cumberland — Yea
DEVIN of Newcastle — Nay
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Nay
DOORE of Augusta — Yea
DUCHESNE of Hudson — Not Voting
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
ESPLING of New Gloucester — Nay
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Yea
FARRIN of Norridgewock — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Not Voting
FREY of Bangor — Yea
FULLER of Lewiston — Yea
GERRISH of Lebanon — Nay
GIDEON of Freeport — Yea
GILLWAY of Searsport — Nay
GINZLER of Bridgton — Nay
GOLDEN of Lewiston — Yea
GRANT of Gardiner — Nay
GRIGNON of Athens — Nay
GROHMAN of Biddeford — Yea
HAGGAN of Hampden — Yea
HAMANN of South Portland — Yea
HANDY of Lewiston — Yea
HANINGTON of Lincoln — Not Voting
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARLOW of Portland — Yea
HARVELL of Farmington — Not Voting
HAWKE of Boothbay Harbor — Nay
HEAD of Bethel — Nay
HERBIG of Belfast — Yea
HERRICK of Paris — Nay
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
HILLIARD of Belgrade — Nay
HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach — Yea
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Yea
JORGENSEN of Portland — Yea
KINNEY of Limington — Nay
KINNEY of Knox — Not Voting
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Yea
KUMIEGA of Deer Isle — Yea
LOCKMAN of Amherst — Nay
LONGSTAFF of Waterville — Nay
LUCHINI of Ellsworth — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MADIGAN of Rumford — Yea
MALABY of Hancock — Nay
MAREAN of Hollis — Nay
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McELWEE of Caribou — Yea
McLEAN of Gorham — Not Voting
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Yea
MONAGHAN of Cape Elizabeth — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PARKER of South Berwick — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Nay
PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield — Nay
PICKETT of Dixfield — Not Voting
POULIOT of Augusta — Nay
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Nay
RECKITT of South Portland — Nay
REED of Carmel — Nay
RYKERSON of Kittery — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SANBORN of Portland — Yea
SANDERSON of Chelsea — Nay
SCHNECK of Bangor — Yea
SEAVEY of Kennebunkport — Nay
SHEATS of Auburn — Nay
SHERMAN of Hodgdon — Nay
SIROCKI of Scarborough — Nay
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Nay
SPEAR of South Thomaston — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Nay
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
STROM of Pittsfield — Nay
SUTTON of Warren — Nay
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
TURNER of Burlington — Nay
VACHON of Scarborough — Nay
WALLACE of Dexter — Nay
WARD of Dedham — Nay
WHITE of Washburn — Nay
WINSOR of Norway — Not Voting
WOOD of Greene — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Yea
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Michael Tipping Democrat Yea
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Nay
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Abden Simmons Republican Not Voting
Bruce Bickford Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Yea
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Kenneth Fredette Republican Nay
Mark Cooper Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Yea
Quentin Chapman Republican Yea
Richard Campbell Republican Nay
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Robert Foley Republican Nay
Russell J. Black Republican Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Nay

Official roll call →

ENACTMENT

Passed 24 Yea · 9 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 20702
Republican 3200
Democrat 1000
Total 24902
% of votes cast 69%26%0%6%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BELLOWS of Kennebec — Yea
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Yea
BREEN of Cumberland — Yea
CARPENTER of Aroostook — Yea
CARSON of Cumberland — Yea
CHENETTE of York — Yea
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
CUSHING of Penobscot — Not Voting
DAVIS of Piscataquis — Yea
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Yea
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Yea
DION of Cumberland — Yea
DOW of Lincoln — Yea
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Yea
HAMPER of Oxford — Nay
KATZ of Kennebec — Nay
KEIM of Oxford — Nay
LANGLEY of Hancock — Yea
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Yea
MAKER of Washington — Nay
MILLETT of Cumberland — Yea
MIRAMANT of Knox — Yea
ROSEN of Hancock — Not Voting
SAVIELLO of Franklin — Yea
THIBODEAU of Waldo — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
VOLK of Cumberland — Nay
WHITTEMORE of Somerset — Yea
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Nay
James Dill Democrat Yea
Alicia Collins Republican Nay
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
David Woodsome Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Passed 96 Yea · 49 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 723705
Democrat 15100
Republican 91101
Total 964906
% of votes cast 64%32%0%4%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Yea
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Nay
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BATES of Westbrook — Yea
BATTLE of South Portland — Yea
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Yea
BLUME of York — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Yea
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CASÁS of Rockport — Yea
CEBRA of Naples — Nay
CHACE of Durham — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
COREY of Windham — Yea
CRAIG of Brewer — Nay
DeCHANT of Bath — Yea
DENNO of Cumberland — Yea
DEVIN of Newcastle — Yea
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Nay
DOORE of Augusta — Yea
DUCHESNE of Hudson — Yea
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
ESPLING of New Gloucester — Nay
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Yea
FARRIN of Norridgewock — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Yea
FREY of Bangor — Not Voting
FULLER of Lewiston — Yea
GERRISH of Lebanon — Nay
GIDEON of Freeport — Yea
GILLWAY of Searsport — Nay
GINZLER of Bridgton — Nay
GOLDEN of Lewiston — Yea
GRANT of Gardiner — Nay
GRIGNON of Athens — Nay
GROHMAN of Biddeford — Yea
HAGGAN of Hampden — Nay
HAMANN of South Portland — Yea
HANDY of Lewiston — Yea
HANINGTON of Lincoln — Yea
HANLEY of Pittston — Yea
HARLOW of Portland — Yea
HARVELL of Farmington — Nay
HAWKE of Boothbay Harbor — Nay
HEAD of Bethel — Nay
HERBIG of Belfast — Yea
HERRICK of Paris — Not Voting
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
HILLIARD of Belgrade — Yea
HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach — Yea
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Nay
JORGENSEN of Portland — Yea
KINNEY of Limington — Nay
KINNEY of Knox — Nay
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Yea
KUMIEGA of Deer Isle — Yea
LOCKMAN of Amherst — Nay
LONGSTAFF of Waterville — Yea
LUCHINI of Ellsworth — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MADIGAN of Rumford — Yea
MALABY of Hancock — Nay
MAREAN of Hollis — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McELWEE of Caribou — Nay
McLEAN of Gorham — Not Voting
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Yea
MONAGHAN of Cape Elizabeth — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Yea
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PARKER of South Berwick — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield — Nay
PICKETT of Dixfield — Yea
POULIOT of Augusta — Yea
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Nay
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
REED of Carmel — Nay
RILEY of Jay — Yea
RYKERSON of Kittery — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SANBORN of Portland — Yea
SANDERSON of Chelsea — Nay
SCHNECK of Bangor — Yea
SEAVEY of Kennebunkport — Nay
SHEATS of Auburn — Yea
SHERMAN of Hodgdon — Not Voting
SIROCKI of Scarborough — Nay
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Nay
SPEAR of South Thomaston — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Nay
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
STROM of Pittsfield — Nay
SUTTON of Warren — Yea
SYLVESTER of Portland — Not Voting
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
TURNER of Burlington — Nay
VACHON of Scarborough — Nay
WALLACE of Dexter — Nay
WARD of Dedham — Yea
WHITE of Washburn — Yea
WINSOR of Norway — Nay
WOOD of Greene — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Yea
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Michael Tipping Democrat Yea
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Nay
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Abden Simmons Republican Nay
Bruce Bickford Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Yea
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Kenneth Fredette Republican Nay
Mark Cooper Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Yea
Quentin Chapman Republican Yea
Richard Campbell Republican Nay
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Robert Foley Republican Not Voting
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Yea

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ACCEPT MIN ONTP RPT

Failed 13 Yea · 20 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 91901
Republican 4100
Democrat 0001
Total 132002
% of votes cast 37%57%0%6%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BELLOWS of Kennebec — Nay
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Nay
BREEN of Cumberland — Nay
CARPENTER of Aroostook — Not Voting
CARSON of Cumberland — Nay
CHENETTE of York — Nay
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Nay
CUSHING of Penobscot — Yea
DAVIS of Piscataquis — Nay
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Nay
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Nay
DION of Cumberland — Nay
DOW of Lincoln — Nay
GRATWICK of Penobscot — Nay
HAMPER of Oxford — Yea
HILL of York — Yea
KATZ of Kennebec — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Yea
LANGLEY of Hancock — Yea
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Nay
MAKER of Washington — Nay
MILLETT of Cumberland — Nay
MIRAMANT of Knox — Nay
ROSEN of Hancock — Yea
SAVIELLO of Franklin — Nay
THIBODEAU of Waldo — Yea
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Nay
VOLK of Cumberland — Yea
WHITTEMORE of Somerset — Nay
James Dill Democrat Not Voting
Alicia Collins Republican Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Nay
David Woodsome Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1744?
LD 1744 is sponsored by CARPENTER, DAVIS, HERBIG, MIRAMANT, SAVIELLO, STANLEY, Joseph E. Martin (Republican), James Dill (Democrat), and Caldwell Jackson (Republican).
What is the current status of LD 1744?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 19, 2017. Enacted.
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