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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Increase The Total Amount Of Credits Authorized Under The Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program"
+description: "An Act To Increase The Total Amount Of Credits Authorized Under The Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "132"
+identifier: "LD 125"
+citation: "Maine LD 125 (132)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CREDITS", "INCOME TAX", "SEED CAPITAL TAX CREDIT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Teresa PIERCE"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-08"
+last_action: "2025-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8c29f3b-3cd4-4636-ade3-067711f82ea6"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095563"
+source_hash: "4875cff1a05a2c244343aed0074ea2428e798d5915cf4cc3359e29d93fbd6d0d"
+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 125 (132) — An Act To Increase The Total Amount Of Credits Authorized Under The Maine Seed Capital Tax Credit Program
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment C-A (S-75)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0052&item=2&snum=132)
+2. **Chapter 442** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0052&item=3&snum=132)
+3. **LD 125 SP 52** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0052&item=1&snum=132)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACC MAJ OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP — **42–104** (fail) · lower
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT NOT TO PASS REPORT — **14–20** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Teresa PIERCE — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-08** Committee on TAXATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TAXATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2025-01-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-08** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **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.
+- **2025-05-13** Reports READ On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report FAILED
+- **2025-05-13** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 148 Yeas 16 - Nays 18 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
+- **2025-05-13** Subsequently, the Senate ACCEPTED the Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-75) Report
+- **2025-05-13** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-75) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-13** Senator BENNETT of Oxford OBJECTED to suspension of the Rules to give this Bill it's Second Reading at this time
+- **2025-05-13** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
+- **2025-05-14** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
+- **2025-05-14** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-75) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
+- **2025-05-20** Reports READ.
+- **2025-05-20** On motion of Representative CLOUTIER of Lewiston, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
+- **2025-05-20** Later today assigned.
+- **2025-06-09** Speaker laid before the House
+- **2025-06-09** Subsequently, motion of Representative CLOUTIER of Lewiston to ACCEPT the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.
+- **2025-06-09** ROLL CALL NO. 383
+- **2025-06-09** (Yeas 42 - Nays 104 - Absent 3 - Excused 2)
+- **2025-06-09** On motion of Representative CLOUTIER of Lewiston, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2025-06-09** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2025-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-75) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2025-06-09** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-75). `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2025-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2025-06-10** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
+- **2025-06-25** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
+- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2025-07-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8c29f3b-3cd4-4636-ade3-067711f82ea6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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