---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Expand Opportunities To Invest Municipal Tax Increment Financing Revenues"
description: "An Act To Expand Opportunities To Invest Municipal Tax Increment Financing Revenues"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 185"
citation: "Maine LD 185 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GOVERNMENT FACILITIES", "TAX INCREMENT FINANCING", "USES EXPANDED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4c885d6-e738-476f-9d34-b0e8add70a48"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095800"
source_hash: "5096c414393bc2ba3f7761651f225f875db4620fc367fc9ea34954f171b9429f"
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 185 (132) — An Act To Expand Opportunities To Invest Municipal Tax Increment Financing Revenues

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (H-255)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0118&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 310** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0118&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 185 HP 118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0118&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Ann FREDERICKS — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel ANKELES — cosponsor (person)
- David ROLLINS — cosponsor (person)
- Drew GATTINE — cosponsor (person)
- Mark BLIER — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne SALISBURY — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy NANGLE — cosponsor (person)
- William BRIDGEO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-01-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-01-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence `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.
- **2025-05-27** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-27** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-27** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-255). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-05-28** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-255) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-28** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-255), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-05-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-06-15** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+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/e4c885d6-e738-476f-9d34-b0e8add70a48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).