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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Provide Equitable Tax Treatment To State-Licensed Cannabis Businesses"
+description: "An Act To Provide Equitable Tax Treatment To State-Licensed Cannabis Businesses"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "131"
+identifier: "LD 1063"
+citation: "Maine LD 1063 (131)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CANNABIS BUSINESSES", "DEDUCTIONS", "INCOME TAX"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Teresa PIERCE"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-07"
+last_action: "2023-07-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5224456-ee49-4a1a-b8d4-4e7f9466daac"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280087007"
+source_hash: "b8fb936bc8516d7c99698a6b96fd87a2603292d644eca12b77b2a22a5979708d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 1063 (131) — An Act To Provide Equitable Tax Treatment To State-Licensed Cannabis Businesses
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0432&item=2&snum=131)
+2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0432&item=5&snum=131)
+3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0432&item=1&snum=131)
+4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0432&item=4&snum=131)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **29–5** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Teresa PIERCE — primary (person)
+- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)
+- Joseph PERRY — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
+- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-07** Committee on TAXATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TAXATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2023-03-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
+- **2023-06-21** Reports READ
+- **2023-06-21** On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
+- **2023-06-21** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 424 Yeas 29 - Nays 5 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
+- **2023-06-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-21** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2023-06-22** Reports READ.
+- **2023-06-22** On motion of Representative PERRY of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-06-22** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-22** Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2023-06-22** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2023-06-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-400). `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2023-06-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-22** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
+- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
+- **2023-07-25** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) `reading-3`
+- **2023-07-25** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-07-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-470) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-07-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-470) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-470) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
+- **2023-07-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2023-07-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-470) thereto. `reading-3`
+- **2023-07-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2023-07-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2023-07-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5224456-ee49-4a1a-b8d4-4e7f9466daac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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