---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Surplus Lines Insurance Tax"
description: "An Act Regarding Surplus Lines Insurance Tax"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1979"
citation: "Maine LD 1979 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INSURANCE TAX", "MISCELLANEOUS TAXES", "SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph PERRY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-05-23"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b45c31b4-3a47-43a1-be1f-07d11109a03e"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089671"
source_hash: "6339eb18954e7a80734394f700cdcc1d19109a2b821ef2821294520559c199f5"
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 1979 (131) — An Act Regarding Surplus Lines Insurance Tax

## 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=HP1272&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1272&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1272&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Joseph PERRY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-23** Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-05-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-05-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-06-22** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-06-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-689). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-22** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-22** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-06-22** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-22** Committee Amendment "A" (H-689) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-22** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-689), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-06-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - OTP-AM
- **2023-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-06-21T04:00:00+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/b45c31b4-3a47-43a1-be1f-07d11109a03e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).