---
type: "Bill"
title: "Resolve, Directing The Office Of Tax Policy To Study Maine'S Mining Excise Tax"
description: "Resolve, Directing The Office Of Tax Policy To Study Maine'S Mining Excise Tax"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1855"
citation: "Maine LD 1855 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MINING EXCISE TAX", "MISCELLANEOUS TAXES", "TAX POLICY OFFICE STUDY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph PERRY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-05-02"
last_action: "2023-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1831e6e-dc33-4160-8b7a-7f62c94c400c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089116"
source_hash: "9b7fae6a0eeba8554098363c198cd4c2499e348bcbc3780c4e7f79c771a5282f"
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 1855 (131) — Resolve, Directing The Office Of Tax Policy To Study Maine'S Mining Excise Tax

## 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=HP1185&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1185&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1185&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Joseph PERRY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-02** Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-05-02** The Resolve was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-03** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-16** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-06-16** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-06-16** The Resolve was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-572). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-16** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-06-16** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (H-572) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-16** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-572), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-16** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-06-20** FINALLY PASSED. `passage`
- **2023-06-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-20** FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-30T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-06-15T04:00:00+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/b1831e6e-dc33-4160-8b7a-7f62c94c400c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).