republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-854.md

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Bill	An Act To Improve Tax Incentives For Broadband Service	An Act To Improve Tax Incentives For Broadband Service	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 854	Maine LD 854 (129)	bill	TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REVISED BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE	enacted	Kent ACKLEY	3	17	0	2019-02-14	2019-06-10	openstates	ocd-bill/b89d5e38-bd2e-4bc6-a57a-7c8c7d37c48d	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071882	af8f8d280dc1f39504a1bdac560011b177150aab8dd179282e4f763c33151420	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 854 (129) — An Act To Improve Tax Incentives For Broadband Service

Version chain

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

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

Sponsors

• Kent ACKLEY — primary (person)
• Deane RYKERSON — cosponsor (person)
• Mark BRYANT — cosponsor (person)
• Norman HIGGINS — cosponsor (person)
• Shenna BELLOWS — cosponsor (person)
• Thomas SKOLFIELD — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-14 Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-02-14 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. referral-committee
• 2019-02-14 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-02-14 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-05-30 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2019-05-30 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2019-05-30 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-385).
• 2019-05-30 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-30 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2019-05-30 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-05-30 Committee Amendment "A" (H-385) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-05-30 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-385), in concurrence. reading-2
• 2019-05-30 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2019-06-03 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-06-03 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-04 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-06-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b89d5e38-bd2e-4bc6-a57a-7c8c7d37c48d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).