---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Maine Tax Laws"
description: "An Act To Amend The Maine Tax Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1805"
citation: "Maine LD 1805 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["REVENUE SERVICES BUREAU", "PROCEDURES", "TAX CODE REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DOW"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/811a81f5-bb66-4e55-b382-dd3db22d32e1"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280067631"
source_hash: "17d3c37cee397462fec40968e894fe9792bf08ec6865fd21c9825ad093e727a8"
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 1805 (128) — An Act To Amend The Maine Tax Laws

## 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/SP067601.asp)

## Sponsors

- DOW — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** Committee on TAXATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TAXATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2018-01-30** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-04-04** Reports Read
- **2018-04-04** On motion by Senator DOW of Lincoln the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2018-04-04** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2018-04-04** Committee Amendment "A" (S-439) READ and ADOPTED
- **2018-04-04** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-439) `reading-2`
- **2018-04-04** Sent down for concurrence
- **2018-04-05** Reports READ.
- **2018-04-05** On motion of Representative TIPPING of Orono, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2018-04-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-439) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2018-04-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-439).
- **2018-04-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-04-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2018-04-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2018-04-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2018-04-10** 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/811a81f5-bb66-4e55-b382-dd3db22d32e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).