---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish Equal Tax Treatment For The Mi'Kmaq Nation"
description: "An Act To Establish Equal Tax Treatment For The Mi'Kmaq Nation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 982"
citation: "Maine LD 982 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MI'KMAQ NATION", "PROVISIONS REVISED", "SALES AND USE TAX"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43b60fbb-1588-4244-b035-19f708591b77"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097238"
source_hash: "9cd4d74069a579bb7dd36cee4e81a328c2660adb13c1773367495d47671227b2"
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 982 (132) — An Act To Establish Equal Tax Treatment For The Mi'Kmaq Nation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment C-A (S-330)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0412&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 470** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0412&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 982 SP 412** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0412&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
- Daniel SAYRE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** Committee on TAXATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TAXATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-03-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-06-10** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-10** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-330) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-330). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-06-10** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-06-10** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-06-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-330). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-11** On motion by Senator BERNARD of Aroostook PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence.
- **2025-06-25** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-07-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-06-10T04:00:00+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/43b60fbb-1588-4244-b035-19f708591b77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).