---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Permit Municipalities To Provide Assistance To Veterans In Paying Property Taxes"
description: "An Act To Permit Municipalities To Provide Assistance To Veterans In Paying Property Taxes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 191"
citation: "Maine LD 191 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EXEMPTIONS", "PROPERTY TAX", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna BAILEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-05-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50afa5bb-1490-4655-9f6c-15bab8124644"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078253"
source_hash: "77bbe932745efb4dbe552dfcd39c8f7435298b496006306866775999b339a350"
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 191 (130) — An Act To Permit Municipalities To Provide Assistance To Veterans In Paying Property Taxes

## 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=SP0079&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0079&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0079&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Donna BAILEY — primary (person)
- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 25, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-04-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-04-28** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-47) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-47). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-04-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-04-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-47). `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-04-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-05-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50afa5bb-1490-4655-9f6c-15bab8124644`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).