---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify The Property Tax Exemption For Air Pollution Control Facilities"
description: "An Act To Clarify The Property Tax Exemption For Air Pollution Control Facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2027"
citation: "Maine LD 2027 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EXEMPTIONS", "NUCLEAR FUEL & WASTE FACILITIES", "PROPERTY TAX"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cameron RENY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11cd22cf-e568-40e4-a4bc-6e63972210ab"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091308"
source_hash: "9e3ac6672c436d1c86707fdd02a214fa8b15d0b1a63d6c0a0bc2cab668037efd"
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 2027 (131) — An Act To Clarify The Property Tax Exemption For Air Pollution Control Facilities

## 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=SP0855&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0855&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0855&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **118–25** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **28–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cameron RENY — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Edward POLEWARCZYK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 11, 2023 and REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** Reports READ
- **2024-03-25** On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
- **2024-03-26** Taken from the table by the President
- **2024-03-26** On motion by Senator GROHOSKI of Hancock The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2024-03-26** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 622 Yeas 28 - Nays 6 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2024-03-26** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-03-26** Committee Amendment "A" (S-602) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-602) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Sent down for concurrence
- **2024-03-27** Reports READ.
- **2024-03-27** On motion of Representative PERRY of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-27** ROLL CALL NO. 426
- **2024-03-27** (Yeas 118 - Nays 25 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
- **2024-03-27** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-27** Committee Amendment "A" (S-602) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-27** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-03-27** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-602). `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-28** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2024-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2024-03-22T04:00:00+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/11cd22cf-e568-40e4-a4bc-6e63972210ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).