republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-1781.md

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Bill	An Act To Encourage New Major Investments In Shipbuilding Facilities And The Preservation Of Jobs	An Act To Encourage New Major Investments In Shipbuilding Facilities And The Preservation Of Jobs	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 1781	Maine LD 1781 (128)	bill	INCOME TAX CREDITS SHIPBUILDERS	enacted	DeCHANT	1	29	2	2018-01-11	2018-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/a7678460-cd1b-43ce-bc41-6a3bcc91f116	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280067362	e338571048e37a5bec59bc187358e325e651fb94daefafcc02c23ed19b3c06e1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1781 (128) — An Act To Encourage New Major Investments In Shipbuilding Facilities And The Preservation Of Jobs

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 117–31 (pass) · lower
• ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — 25–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• DeCHANT — primary (person)
• ESPLING — cosponsor (person)
• FREDETTE — cosponsor (person)
• GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
• GOLDEN — cosponsor (person)
• JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
• MASON — cosponsor (person)
• PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
• THIBODEAU — cosponsor (person)
• VITELLI — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-11 Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
• 2018-01-11 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. referral-committee
• 2018-01-11 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-01-16 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence referral-committee
• 2018-03-27 Reports READ.
• 2018-03-27 On motion of Representative TIPPING of Orono, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2018-03-27 ROLL CALL NO. 538
• 2018-03-27 (Yeas 117 - Nays 31 - Absent 3 - Excused 0)
• 2018-03-27 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2018-03-27 Committee Amendment "A" (H-685) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2018-03-27 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2018-03-27 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-685).
• 2018-03-27 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-03-28 Reports Read
• 2018-03-28 On motion by Senator DOW of Lincoln the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
• 2018-03-28 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 556 Yeas 25 - Nays 9 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
• 2018-03-28 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2018-03-28 Committee Amendment "A" (H-685) READ
• 2018-03-28 On motion by Senator DOW of Lincoln Senate Amendment "A" (S-425) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-685) READ and ADOPTED
• 2018-03-28 Committee Amendment "A" (H-685) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-425) thereto ADOPTED
• 2018-03-28 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-685) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-425) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE reading-2
• 2018-03-28 Sent down for concurrence
• 2018-03-28 The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-685) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-425) thereto.
• 2018-03-28 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-03-28 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2018-03-28 Representative CHAPMAN of Brooksville REQUESTED a Roll Call. Less than one-fifth of the members present expressed a desire for a roll call, which was NOT ORDERED.
• 2018-03-28 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2018-03-29 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2018-04-04 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7678460-cd1b-43ce-bc41-6a3bcc91f116. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).