---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Equitable Tax Treatment To State-Licensed Cannabis Businesses"
description: "An Act To Provide Equitable Tax Treatment To State-Licensed Cannabis Businesses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1063"
citation: "Maine LD 1063 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CANNABIS BUSINESSES", "DEDUCTIONS", "INCOME TAX"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teresa PIERCE"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5224456-ee49-4a1a-b8d4-4e7f9466daac"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280087007"
source_hash: "b8fb936bc8516d7c99698a6b96fd87a2603292d644eca12b77b2a22a5979708d"
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 1063 (131) — An Act To Provide Equitable Tax Treatment To State-Licensed Cannabis Businesses

## 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=SP0432&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0432&item=5&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0432&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0432&item=4&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **29–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Teresa PIERCE — primary (person)
- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Committee on TAXATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TAXATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-03-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-21** Reports READ
- **2023-06-21** On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-21** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 424 Yeas 29 - Nays 5 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-06-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-22** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-22** On motion of Representative PERRY of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-22** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-22** Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-22** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-400). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-22** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-22** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2023-07-25** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-470) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-470) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-470) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-07-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-400) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-470) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2023-07-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-07-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-07-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+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/a5224456-ee49-4a1a-b8d4-4e7f9466daac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).