---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Tax Incentives For Broadband Service"
description: "An Act To Improve Tax Incentives For Broadband Service"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 854"
citation: "Maine LD 854 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TAX INCREMENT FINANCING", "REVISED", "BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kent ACKLEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b89d5e38-bd2e-4bc6-a57a-7c8c7d37c48d"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071882"
source_hash: "af8f8d280dc1f39504a1bdac560011b177150aab8dd179282e4f763c33151420"
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 854 (129) — An Act To Improve Tax Incentives For Broadband Service

## 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=HP0628&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0628&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0628&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Kent ACKLEY — primary (person)
- Deane RYKERSON — cosponsor (person)
- Mark BRYANT — cosponsor (person)
- Norman HIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
- Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas SKOLFIELD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-30** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-385).
- **2019-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-30** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-30** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Committee Amendment "A" (H-385) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-385), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-03** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-10** 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/b89d5e38-bd2e-4bc6-a57a-7c8c7d37c48d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).