---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Support Municipalities By Repealing The Law Limiting The Municipal Property Tax Levy"
description: "An Act To Support Municipalities By Repealing The Law Limiting The Municipal Property Tax Levy"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2102"
citation: "Maine LD 2102 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MUNICIPAL TAX LEVY", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PROPERTY TAX PROCEDURES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teresa PIERCE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9311cb0-e4b1-49a0-856d-64724ad074e3"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091496"
source_hash: "9c8c91da0af3a72387b24fda35d06ef874180516d580b4bb5979d4d8ddd64d96"
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 2102 (131) — An Act To Support Municipalities By Repealing The Law Limiting The Municipal Property Tax Levy

## 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=SP0895&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0895&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0895&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **74–69** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **19–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Teresa PIERCE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Committee on TAXATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TAXATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2024-01-03** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-01-30** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2024-01-30** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Sent down for concurrence
- **2024-02-01** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-01** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-07** Reports READ
- **2024-03-07** Senator NANGLE of Cumberland moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report .
- **2024-03-07** On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator NANGLE of Cumberland to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report . Roll Call Ordered
- **2024-03-13** Taken from the table by the President
- **2024-03-13** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2024-03-13** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 586 Yeas 19 - Nays 16 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2024-03-13** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-03-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-560) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-560) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-13** Sent down for concurrence
- **2024-03-14** Reports READ.
- **2024-03-14** On motion of Representative TERRY of Gorham, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
- **2024-03-14** Later today assigned.
- **2024-03-27** Speaker laid before the House
- **2024-03-27** Subsequently, on motion of Representative STOVER of Boothbay, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-27** ROLL CALL NO. 430
- **2024-03-27** (Yeas 74 - Nays 69 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
- **2024-03-27** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-27** Committee Amendment "A" (S-560) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-27** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-03-27** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-560). `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2024-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - REF TO SLG
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - ANT. DIV. REP
- **2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9311cb0-e4b1-49a0-856d-64724ad074e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).