---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Protect Residents Of Mobile Home Parks By Amending The Real Estate Transfer Tax"
description: "An Act To Protect Residents Of Mobile Home Parks By Amending The Real Estate Transfer Tax"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1768"
citation: "Maine LD 1768 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOBILE HOMES", "PROPERTY TAX", "TRANSFER TAX"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna BAILEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-23"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/437e34af-f899-4c0c-87a5-26708e7181d5"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098756"
source_hash: "56974d13a0ec86adaef330cd218da3e47d3c7b48658deffa22531ff33f30764a"
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 1768 (132) — An Act To Protect Residents Of Mobile Home Parks By Amending The Real Estate Transfer Tax

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-216)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0686&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 484** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0686&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 1768 SP 686** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0686&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **79–69** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **23–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donna BAILEY — primary (person)
- Cameron RENY — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph BALDACCI — cosponsor (person)
- Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy NANGLE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-23** Committee on TAXATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TAXATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-04-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** Reports READ
- **2025-06-02** On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
- **2025-06-02** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 302 Yeas 23 - Nays 11 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-02** Bill READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-06-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-216) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-216) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-02** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-03** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-03** On motion of Representative CLOUTIER of Lewiston, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-03** ROLL CALL NO. 297
- **2025-06-03** (Yeas 79 - Nays 69 - Absent 3 - Excused 0)
- **2025-06-03** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-216) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-03** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-216). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-04** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-04** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-05** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence.
- **2025-06-25** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-07-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-02T04:00:00+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/437e34af-f899-4c0c-87a5-26708e7181d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).