---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Return Funds To Maine Property Tax Payers"
description: "An Act To Return Funds To Maine Property Tax Payers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1713"
citation: "Maine LD 1713 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY TAX PROCEDURES", "PAYMENT", "PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara GIDEON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-05-09"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0835120-cbce-410d-97b5-8179c4cb89a2"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073847"
source_hash: "a1740daa9544b39d76638b5240914fa6e92ec7b7c8e8a423592101e63943d15e"
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 1713 (129) — An Act To Return Funds To Maine Property Tax Payers

## 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=HP1223&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1223&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1223&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **93–51** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sara GIDEON — primary (person)
- Bruce BICKFORD — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
- Seth BERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria MORALES — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-09** Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-05-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-18** On motion of Representative TIPPING of Orono, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-18** ROLL CALL NO. 289
- **2019-06-18** (Yeas 93 - Nays 51 - Absent 6 - Excused 1)
- **2019-06-18** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-620) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-620).
- **2019-06-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** Reports READ
- **2019-06-18** On motion by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2019-06-18** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-620) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-18** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-620) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 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/d0835120-cbce-410d-97b5-8179c4cb89a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).