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Bill	An Act To Prevent And Reduce Tobacco Use With Adequate Funding And By Raising The Tax On Tobacco Products	An Act To Prevent And Reduce Tobacco Use With Adequate Funding And By Raising The Tax On Tobacco Products	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 1028	Maine LD 1028 (129)	bill	MISCELLANEOUS TAXES CIGARETTE TAX INCREASE	enacted	Joyce McCREIGHT	4	36	6	2019-02-28	2019-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/7d10a8ed-8afa-4773-97bf-0713c9ada466	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072133	3310501ecf6fe0110fe9550a283a9ae47b836cf7745a58b9b2834bed17a0bfb6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1028 (129) — An Act To Prevent And Reduce Tobacco Use With Adequate Funding And By Raising The Tax On Tobacco Products

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Chaptered Law (committee substitute) — source
3. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — 21–14 (pass) · upper
• ADOPT HAH-656 — 24–11 (pass) · upper
• RECONSIDER — 43–98 (fail) · lower
• Enactment — 86–49 (pass) · lower
• ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — 85–57 (pass) · lower
• ENACTMENT — 23–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joyce McCREIGHT — primary (person)
• Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
• Dennis KESCHL — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberley ROSEN — cosponsor (person)
• Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
• Maureen TERRY — cosponsor (person)
• Nicole GROHOSKI — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
• Scott CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-28 Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-02-28 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. referral-committee
• 2019-02-28 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-02-28 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-06-19 PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
• 2019-06-19 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 361 Yeas 23 - Nays 12 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
• 2019-06-20 Reports READ.
• 2019-06-20 On motion of Representative TIPPING of Orono, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2019-06-20 ROLL CALL NO. 318
• 2019-06-20 (Yeas 85 - Nays 57 - Absent 8 - Excused 1)
• 2019-06-20 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-06-20 Committee Amendment "A" (H-622) was READ.
• 2019-06-20 On motion of Representative TIPPING of Orono, House Amendment "A" (H-656) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-622) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2019-06-20 Committee Amendment "A" (H-622) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-656) thereto was ADOPTED.
• 2019-06-20 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2019-06-20 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-622) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-656) thereto.
• 2019-06-20 On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
• 2019-06-20 ROLL CALL NO. 319
• 2019-06-20 (Yeas 43 - Nays 98 - Absent 9 - Excused 1)
• 2019-06-20 Subsequently, the motion to RECONSIDER FAILED.
• 2019-06-20 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-622) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-656) thereto.
• 2019-06-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-20 Reports Read
• 2019-06-20 On motion by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2019-06-20 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2019-06-20 Committee Amendment "A" (H-622) READ
• 2019-06-20 On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin House Amendment "A" (H-656) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-622) READ and ADOPTED
• 2019-06-20 Committee Amendment "A" (H-622) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-656) thereto ADOPTED
• 2019-06-20 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-622) House Amendment "A" (H-656) thereto in concurrence reading-2
• 2019-06-20 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-06-20 ROLL CALL NO. 320
• 2019-06-20 (Yeas 86 - Nays 49 - Absent 15 - Excused 1)
• 2019-06-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-20 PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence passage
• 2019-06-20 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 361 Yeas 23 - Nays 12 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
• 2019-07-02 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d10a8ed-8afa-4773-97bf-0713c9ada466. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).