LD 2028 — An Act To Amend Certain State Tax Laws
Last action — PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed House
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✓Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 131st Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Signed by Governor Janet Mills (Democratic) on March 28, 2024.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
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Read LD 2028 on the official Maine source →Action History
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PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
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Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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(Yeas 78 - Nays 64 - Absent 9 - Excused 0)
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ROLL CALL NO. 433
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PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
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In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (S-596).
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Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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Committee Amendment "B" (S-596) was READ and ADOPTED.
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The Bill was READ ONCE.
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(Yeas 71 - Nays 62 - Absent 18 - Excused 0)
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ROLL CALL NO. 420
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On motion of Representative PERRY of Bangor, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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Reports READ.
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Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "B" (S-596)
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Committee Amendment "B" (S-596) READ and ADOPTED
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READ ONCE
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Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 615 Yeas 21 - Nays 11 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
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On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended By Committee Amendment "B" (S-596) Report ACCEPTED.
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Reports Read
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Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM
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Voted - Divided Report
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Work Session Held
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Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 11, 2023 and REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2
Sponsors
- Nicole C. Grohoski · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 185 not signed on · 63 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (185)
185 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 185 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 53 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 0 | 54 | 0 | 2 |
| Unaffiliated | 23 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Unenrolled | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 78 | 64 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 52% | 42% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (151)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS of Paris | — | Nay |
| BOYLE of Gorham | — | Yea |
| CARMICHAEL of Greenbush | — | Nay |
| CLOUTIER of Lewiston | — | Yea |
| COLLINGS of Portland | — | Yea |
| COSTAIN of Plymouth | — | Not Voting |
| CRAVEN of Lewiston | — | Yea |
| DAVIS of East Machias | — | Nay |
| DUNPHY of Embden | — | Nay |
| FAY of Raymond | — | Yea |
| GALLETTA of Durham | — | Nay |
| HOBBS of Wells | — | Yea |
| JAUCH of Topsham | — | Yea |
| JAVNER of Chester | — | Nay |
| LANDRY of Farmington | — | Not Voting |
| LaROCHELLE of Augusta | — | Yea |
| MADIGAN of Waterville | — | Yea |
| MILLETT of Waterford | — | Nay |
| MILLETT of Waterford | — | Yea |
| MORIARTY of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| NESS of Fryeburg | — | Nay |
| NEWMAN of Belgrade | — | Not Voting |
| O'CONNELL of Brewer | — | Yea |
| O'NEIL of Saco | — | Yea |
| PERRY of Calais | — | Yea |
| PERRY of Bangor | — | Yea |
| POLEWARCZYK of Wiscasset | — | Nay |
| PRINGLE of Windham | — | Yea |
| RISEMAN of Harrison | — | Yea |
| RUSSELL of Verona Island | — | Yea |
| SAMPSON of Alfred | — | Nay |
| SHAW of Auburn | — | Yea |
| SHEEHAN of Biddeford | — | Yea |
| WHITE of Waterville | — | Yea |
| WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor | — | Yea |
| WORTH of Ellsworth | — | Yea |
| ZEIGLER of Montville | — | Not Voting |
| Adam Lee | Democrat | Yea |
| Allison Hepler | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Ambureen Rana | Democrat | Yea |
| Amy Kuhn | Democrat | Yea |
| Amy Roeder | Democrat | Yea |
| Ann Matlack | Democrat | Yea |
| Anne Graham | Democrat | Yea |
| Anne-Marie Mastraccio | Democrat | Yea |
| Arthur Bell | Democrat | Yea |
| Charles Skold | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Cheryl Golek | Democrat | Yea |
| Christopher Kessler | Democrat | Yea |
| Daniel Ankeles | Democrat | Yea |
| Daniel Sayre | Democrat | Yea |
| Daniel Shagoury | Democrat | Yea |
| David Sinclair | Democrat | Yea |
| Deqa Dhalac | Democrat | Yea |
| Drew Gattine | Democrat | Yea |
| Grayson Lookner | Democrat | Yea |
| Holly Eaton | Democrat | Yea |
| Holly Sargent | Democrat | Yea |
| Holly Stover | Democrat | Yea |
| James Dill | Democrat | Yea |
| Janice Dodge | Democrat | Yea |
| Karen Montell | Democrat | Yea |
| Kelly Murphy | Democrat | Yea |
| Kristi Mathieson | Democrat | Yea |
| Laura Supica | Democrat | Yea |
| Laurie Osher | Democrat | Yea |
| Lori Gramlich | Democrat | Yea |
| Lydia Crafts | Democrat | Yea |
| Lynn Copeland | Democrat | Yea |
| Mana Abdi | Democrat | Yea |
| Marc Malon | Democrat | Yea |
| Matt Moonen | Democrat | Yea |
| Matthew Beck | Democrat | Yea |
| Melanie Sachs | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael Brennan | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Michel Lajoie | Democrat | Yea |
| Michele Meyer | Democrat | Yea |
| Morgan Rielly | Democrat | Yea |
| Nina Milliken | Democrat | Yea |
| Parnell Terry | Democrat | Yea |
| Poppy Arford | Democrat | Yea |
| Rachel Talbot Ross | Democrat | Yea |
| Sally Cluchey | Democrat | Yea |
| Samuel Zager | Democrat | Yea |
| Sophia Warren | Democrat | Yea |
| Suzanne Salisbury | Democrat | Yea |
| Tavis Hasenfus | Democrat | Yea |
| Tiffany Roberts | Democrat | Yea |
| Traci Gere | Democrat | Yea |
| Valli Geiger | Democrat | Yea |
| Victoria Doudera | Democrat | Yea |
| Walter Runte | Democrat | Yea |
| William Bridgeo | Democrat | Yea |
| William Pluecker | Independent | Yea |
| Abden Simmons | Republican | Nay |
| Abigail Griffin | Republican | Nay |
| Amanda Collamore | Republican | Nay |
| Amy Arata | Republican | Nay |
| Ann Fredericks | Republican | Nay |
| Barbara Bagshaw | Republican | Nay |
| Benjamin Hymes | Republican | Nay |
| Billy Bob Faulkingham | Republican | Nay |
| Caldwell Jackson | Republican | Nay |
| Chad Perkins | Republican | Nay |
| David Boyer | Republican | Nay |
| David G. Haggan | Republican | Nay |
| David Woodsome | Republican | Nay |
| Dean Cray | Republican | Nay |
| Donald Ardell | Republican | Nay |
| Gary Drinkwater | Republican | Nay |
| Gregory Swallow | Republican | Nay |
| Irene Gifford | Republican | Nay |
| James Thorne | Republican | Nay |
| James White | Republican | Nay |
| Jeffrey Adams | Republican | Nay |
| Jennifer Poirier | Republican | Nay |
| John Ducharme | Republican | Nay |
| Joseph Underwood | Republican | Nay |
| Joshua Morris | Republican | Nay |
| Katrina Smith | Republican | Nay |
| Kimberly Pomerleau | Republican | Nay |
| Laurel Libby | Republican | Nay |
| Lucas Lanigan | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mark Babin | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Blier | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Walker | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Lemelin | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Soboleski | Republican | Nay |
| Nancy Theriault | Republican | Nay |
| Nathan Carlow | Republican | Nay |
| Rachel Henderson | Republican | Nay |
| Randall Greenwood | Republican | Nay |
| Randall Hall | Republican | Nay |
| Reagan Paul | Republican | Nay |
| Richard Campbell | Republican | Nay |
| Richard Mason | Republican | Nay |
| Richard T. Bradstreet | Republican | Nay |
| Robert Nutting | Republican | Nay |
| Roger Albert | Republican | Nay |
| Scott W. Cyrway | Republican | Nay |
| Sheila Lyman | Republican | Nay |
| Shelley Rudnicki | Republican | Nay |
| Stephen Wood | Republican | Nay |
| Steven Foster | Republican | Nay |
| Tammy Schmersal-Burgess | Republican | Nay |
| Thomas Lavigne | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tiffany Strout | Republican | Nay |
| Timothy Guerrette | Republican | Nay |
| Tracy Quint | Republican | Nay |
| Wayne Parry | Republican | Nay |
| W. Crockett | Unenrolled | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 53 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 0 | 51 | 0 | 5 |
| Unaffiliated | 17 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Unenrolled | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 71 | 62 | 0 | 18 |
| % of votes cast | 47% | 41% | 0% | 12% |
How each member voted (151)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| ANDREWS of Paris | — | Nay |
| BOYLE of Gorham | — | Not Voting |
| CARMICHAEL of Greenbush | — | Not Voting |
| CLOUTIER of Lewiston | — | Yea |
| COLLINGS of Portland | — | Yea |
| COSTAIN of Plymouth | — | Not Voting |
| CRAVEN of Lewiston | — | Yea |
| DAVIS of East Machias | — | Nay |
| DUNPHY of Embden | — | Nay |
| FAY of Raymond | — | Yea |
| GALLETTA of Durham | — | Not Voting |
| HOBBS of Wells | — | Yea |
| JAUCH of Topsham | — | Yea |
| JAVNER of Chester | — | Nay |
| LANDRY of Farmington | — | Yea |
| LaROCHELLE of Augusta | — | Yea |
| MADIGAN of Waterville | — | Yea |
| MILLETT of Waterford | — | Nay |
| MILLETT of Waterford | — | Not Voting |
| MORIARTY of Cumberland | — | Nay |
| NESS of Fryeburg | — | Nay |
| NEWMAN of Belgrade | — | Nay |
| O'CONNELL of Brewer | — | Not Voting |
| O'NEIL of Saco | — | Yea |
| PERRY of Calais | — | Yea |
| PERRY of Bangor | — | Yea |
| POLEWARCZYK of Wiscasset | — | Nay |
| PRINGLE of Windham | — | Not Voting |
| RISEMAN of Harrison | — | Not Voting |
| RUSSELL of Verona Island | — | Not Voting |
| SAMPSON of Alfred | — | Nay |
| SHAW of Auburn | — | Yea |
| SHEEHAN of Biddeford | — | Yea |
| WHITE of Waterville | — | Yea |
| WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor | — | Not Voting |
| WORTH of Ellsworth | — | Yea |
| ZEIGLER of Montville | — | Yea |
| Adam Lee | Democrat | Yea |
| Allison Hepler | Democrat | Nay |
| Ambureen Rana | Democrat | Yea |
| Amy Kuhn | Democrat | Yea |
| Amy Roeder | Democrat | Yea |
| Ann Matlack | Democrat | Yea |
| Anne Graham | Democrat | Yea |
| Anne-Marie Mastraccio | Democrat | Yea |
| Arthur Bell | Democrat | Yea |
| Charles Skold | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Cheryl Golek | Democrat | Yea |
| Christopher Kessler | Democrat | Yea |
| Daniel Ankeles | Democrat | Yea |
| Daniel Sayre | Democrat | Yea |
| Daniel Shagoury | Democrat | Yea |
| David Sinclair | Democrat | Yea |
| Deqa Dhalac | Democrat | Yea |
| Drew Gattine | Democrat | Yea |
| Grayson Lookner | Democrat | Yea |
| Holly Eaton | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Holly Sargent | Democrat | Yea |
| Holly Stover | Democrat | Yea |
| James Dill | Democrat | Yea |
| Janice Dodge | Democrat | Yea |
| Karen Montell | Democrat | Yea |
| Kelly Murphy | Democrat | Yea |
| Kristi Mathieson | Democrat | Yea |
| Laura Supica | Democrat | Yea |
| Laurie Osher | Democrat | Yea |
| Lori Gramlich | Democrat | Yea |
| Lydia Crafts | Democrat | Yea |
| Lynn Copeland | Democrat | Yea |
| Mana Abdi | Democrat | Yea |
| Marc Malon | Democrat | Yea |
| Matt Moonen | Democrat | Yea |
| Matthew Beck | Democrat | Yea |
| Melanie Sachs | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael Brennan | Democrat | Yea |
| Michel Lajoie | Democrat | Yea |
| Michele Meyer | Democrat | Yea |
| Morgan Rielly | Democrat | Yea |
| Nina Milliken | Democrat | Yea |
| Parnell Terry | Democrat | Yea |
| Poppy Arford | Democrat | Yea |
| Rachel Talbot Ross | Democrat | Yea |
| Sally Cluchey | Democrat | Yea |
| Samuel Zager | Democrat | Yea |
| Sophia Warren | Democrat | Yea |
| Suzanne Salisbury | Democrat | Yea |
| Tavis Hasenfus | Democrat | Yea |
| Tiffany Roberts | Democrat | Yea |
| Traci Gere | Democrat | Yea |
| Valli Geiger | Democrat | Yea |
| Victoria Doudera | Democrat | Yea |
| Walter Runte | Democrat | Yea |
| William Bridgeo | Democrat | Yea |
| William Pluecker | Independent | Yea |
| Abden Simmons | Republican | Nay |
| Abigail Griffin | Republican | Nay |
| Amanda Collamore | Republican | Not Voting |
| Amy Arata | Republican | Nay |
| Ann Fredericks | Republican | Nay |
| Barbara Bagshaw | Republican | Not Voting |
| Benjamin Hymes | Republican | Nay |
| Billy Bob Faulkingham | Republican | Nay |
| Caldwell Jackson | Republican | Nay |
| Chad Perkins | Republican | Nay |
| David Boyer | Republican | Nay |
| David G. Haggan | Republican | Not Voting |
| David Woodsome | Republican | Nay |
| Dean Cray | Republican | Nay |
| Donald Ardell | Republican | Nay |
| Gary Drinkwater | Republican | Nay |
| Gregory Swallow | Republican | Nay |
| Irene Gifford | Republican | Nay |
| James Thorne | Republican | Nay |
| James White | Republican | Nay |
| Jeffrey Adams | Republican | Nay |
| Jennifer Poirier | Republican | Nay |
| John Ducharme | Republican | Nay |
| Joseph Underwood | Republican | Nay |
| Joshua Morris | Republican | Nay |
| Katrina Smith | Republican | Nay |
| Kimberly Pomerleau | Republican | Nay |
| Laurel Libby | Republican | Nay |
| Lucas Lanigan | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mark Babin | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Blier | Republican | Nay |
| Mark Walker | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Lemelin | Republican | Nay |
| Michael Soboleski | Republican | Nay |
| Nancy Theriault | Republican | Nay |
| Nathan Carlow | Republican | Nay |
| Rachel Henderson | Republican | Nay |
| Randall Greenwood | Republican | Nay |
| Randall Hall | Republican | Nay |
| Reagan Paul | Republican | Nay |
| Richard Campbell | Republican | Nay |
| Richard Mason | Republican | Nay |
| Richard T. Bradstreet | Republican | Nay |
| Robert Nutting | Republican | Nay |
| Roger Albert | Republican | Nay |
| Scott W. Cyrway | Republican | Nay |
| Sheila Lyman | Republican | Nay |
| Shelley Rudnicki | Republican | Nay |
| Stephen Wood | Republican | Nay |
| Steven Foster | Republican | Nay |
| Tammy Schmersal-Burgess | Republican | Nay |
| Thomas Lavigne | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tiffany Strout | Republican | Nay |
| Timothy Guerrette | Republican | Nay |
| Tracy Quint | Republican | Nay |
| Wayne Parry | Republican | Nay |
| W. Crockett | Unenrolled | Not Voting |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Democrat | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 21 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 60% | 31% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (35)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| BRAKEY of Androscoggin | — | Nay |
| CHIPMAN of Cumberland | — | Yea |
| KEIM of Oxford | — | Not Voting |
| LAFOUNTAIN of Kennebec | — | Not Voting |
| LYFORD of Eddington | — | Nay |
| POULIOT of Kennebec | — | Nay |
| VITELLI of Sagadahoc | — | Yea |
| Henry L. Ingwersen | Democrat | Yea |
| Anne M. Carney | Democrat | Yea |
| Cameron D. Reny | Democrat | Yea |
| Craig V. Hickman | Democrat | Yea |
| Donna Bailey | Democrat | Yea |
| Glenn "Chip" Curry | Democrat | Yea |
| Jill C. Duson | Democrat | Yea |
| Joseph E. Rafferty | Democrat | Yea |
| Joseph M. Baldacci | Democrat | Yea |
| Margaret "Peggy" R. Rotundo | Democrat | Yea |
| Mark W. Lawrence | Democrat | Yea |
| Matthea E.L. Daughtry | Democrat | Yea |
| Michael Tipping | Democrat | Yea |
| Nicole C. Grohoski | Democrat | Yea |
| Pinny H. Beebe-Center | Democrat | Yea |
| Stacy F. Brenner | Democrat | Yea |
| Teresa S. Pierce | Democrat | Yea |
| Timothy E. Nangle | Democrat | Yea |
| Richard A. Bennett | Independent | Nay |
| Bradlee T. Farrin | Republican | Nay |
| Caldwell Jackson | Republican | Not Voting |
| Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III | Republican | Nay |
| James D. Libby | Republican | Nay |
| Jeffrey L. Timberlake | Republican | Nay |
| Marianne Moore | Republican | Nay |
| Matthew A. Harrington | Republican | Nay |
| Russell J. Black | Republican | Nay |
| Stacey K. Guerin | Republican | Yea |
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Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors LD 2028?
- LD 2028 is sponsored by Nicole C. Grohoski (Democrat).
- What is the current status of LD 2028?
- This bill died with 131st Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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