---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Encourage New Major Investments In Shipbuilding Facilities And The Preservation Of Jobs"
description: "An Act To Encourage New Major Investments In Shipbuilding Facilities And The Preservation Of Jobs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1781"
citation: "Maine LD 1781 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INCOME TAX", "CREDITS", "SHIPBUILDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeCHANT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7678460-cd1b-43ce-bc41-6a3bcc91f116"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280067362"
source_hash: "e338571048e37a5bec59bc187358e325e651fb94daefafcc02c23ed19b3c06e1"
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 1781 (128) — An Act To Encourage New Major Investments In Shipbuilding Facilities And The Preservation Of Jobs

## Version chain

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

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP122701.asp)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **117–31** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **25–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeCHANT — primary (person)
- ESPLING — cosponsor (person)
- FREDETTE — cosponsor (person)
- GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
- GOLDEN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- MASON — cosponsor (person)
- PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
- THIBODEAU — cosponsor (person)
- VITELLI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
- **2018-01-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-01-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Reports READ.
- **2018-03-27** On motion of Representative TIPPING of Orono, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2018-03-27** ROLL CALL NO. 538
- **2018-03-27** (Yeas 117 - Nays 31 - Absent 3 - Excused 0)
- **2018-03-27** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-27** Committee Amendment "A" (H-685) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2018-03-27** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-685).
- **2018-03-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-03-28** Reports Read
- **2018-03-28** On motion by Senator DOW of Lincoln the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2018-03-28** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 556 Yeas 25 - Nays 9 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2018-03-28** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2018-03-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-685) READ
- **2018-03-28** On motion by Senator DOW of Lincoln Senate Amendment "A" (S-425) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-685) READ and ADOPTED
- **2018-03-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-685) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-425) thereto ADOPTED
- **2018-03-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-685) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-425) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-2`
- **2018-03-28** Sent down for concurrence
- **2018-03-28** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-685) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-425) thereto.
- **2018-03-28** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Representative CHAPMAN of Brooksville REQUESTED a Roll Call. Less than one-fifth of the members present expressed a desire for a roll call, which was NOT ORDERED.
- **2018-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-03-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7678460-cd1b-43ce-bc41-6a3bcc91f116`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).