---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Promote An Innovation-Driven Economy By Increasing Research And Development Spending"
description: "An Act To Promote An Innovation-Driven Economy By Increasing Research And Development Spending"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 788"
citation: "Maine LD 788 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "INNOVATION", "PLANNING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teresa PIERCE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b4aa996-a718-4ab7-824b-a75c5ac01995"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096924"
source_hash: "f44e71a2de0259c5d970ebe3f8ea26c7e0111b4a61c0e1c5df289453fa2e3409"
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 788 (132) — An Act To Promote An Innovation-Driven Economy By Increasing Research And Development Spending

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-120)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0348&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 146** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0348&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 788 SP 348** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0348&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Teresa PIERCE — primary (person)
- Harold STEWART — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 27, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-05-21** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2025-05-21** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-120) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-120). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2025-05-22** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-22** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-120). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-20T04:00:00+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/1b4aa996-a718-4ab7-824b-a75c5ac01995`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).