---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Authorize The Use Of Tax Increment Financing Funds For Constructing Or Renovating Municipal Offices And Other Municipal Buildings"
description: "An Act To Authorize The Use Of Tax Increment Financing Funds For Constructing Or Renovating Municipal Offices And Other Municipal Buildings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 286"
citation: "Maine LD 286 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MUNI OFFICES", "TAX INCREMENT FINANCING", "USES EXPANDED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathan CARLOW"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-31"
last_action: "2023-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89e9e994-d67e-497a-8779-64e0ce95e32e"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085573"
source_hash: "da23348ff2127f47abfa4956580943f2484d1b68f39f11e0283a594676ba1c03"
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 286 (131) — An Act To Authorize The Use Of Tax Increment Financing Funds For Constructing Or Renovating Municipal Offices And Other Municipal Buildings

## 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=HP0184&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0184&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0184&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **84–58** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **19–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nathan CARLOW — primary (person)
- Daniel ANKELES — cosponsor (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Henry INGWERSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Mark BLIER — cosponsor (person)
- Meldon CARMICHAEL — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
- Richard CAMPBELL — cosponsor (person)
- Tavis HASENFUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31** Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-23** Reports READ.
- **2023-05-23** On motion of Representative PERRY of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-23** ROLL CALL NO. 95
- **2023-05-23** (Yeas 84 - Nays 58 - Absent 8 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2023-05-23** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (H-180) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-05-23** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-05-23** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-180). `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-25** Reports READ
- **2023-05-25** On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2023-05-25** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 183 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-05-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-25** Committee Amendment "A" (H-180) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-30** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-30** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-180), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-06-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-04-04T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-05-19T04:00:00+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/89e9e994-d67e-497a-8779-64e0ce95e32e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).