---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Promote Major Food Processing And Manufacturing Facility Expansion And To Create Jobs In Maine"
description: "An Act To Promote Major Food Processing And Manufacturing Facility Expansion And To Create Jobs In Maine"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1586"
citation: "Maine LD 1586 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INCOME TAX", "CORPORATIONS", "RURAL MAINE INVESTMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-16"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdf021f7-a3c3-4f95-9bae-557a0ec90441"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073405"
source_hash: "85b1b55550436632a965732cb1cc06bb5bcbcf2cf9beaed98f8e286d04e19fc3"
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 1586 (129) — An Act To Promote Major Food Processing And Manufacturing Facility Expansion And To Create Jobs In Maine

## 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=SP0505&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0505&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0505&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Dana DOW — cosponsor (person)
- David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- Erin HERBIG — cosponsor (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
- Michael CARPENTER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-16** Committee on TAXATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TAXATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-04-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-07** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-07** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (S-228) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-228). `reading-2`
- **2019-06-07** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-06-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-228).
- **2019-06-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **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 - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-18** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-18** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-19** 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/cdf021f7-a3c3-4f95-9bae-557a0ec90441`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).