---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Create Tax Equity Among Renewable Energy Investments"
description: "An Act To Create Tax Equity Among Renewable Energy Investments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1430"
citation: "Maine LD 1430 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY TAX PROCEDURES", "ABATEMENTS", "RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan TIPPING"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d622e34-fac5-43dd-944b-1bc2fb8d8509"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072802"
source_hash: "acf39b82bafdf501674869c3aa19f856b3d9c84997e90639451f94fceecb2df3"
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 1430 (129) — An Act To Create Tax Equity Among Renewable Energy Investments

## 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=HP1040&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1040&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1040&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Ryan TIPPING — primary (person)
- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce BICKFORD — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
- Ralph TUCKER — cosponsor (person)
- Russell BLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Seth BERRY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-28** Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-507).
- **2019-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-07** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-507) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-507), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-07** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-19** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-19** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d622e34-fac5-43dd-944b-1bc2fb8d8509`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).