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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Improve Maine'S Tax Laws By Providing A Property Tax Exemption For Central Labor Councils"
description: "An Act To Improve Maine'S Tax Laws By Providing A Property Tax Exemption For Central Labor Councils"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 198"
citation: "Maine LD 198 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CENTRAL LABOR COUNCILS", "EXEMPTIONS", "PROPERTY TAX"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benjamin CHIPMAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8b4e7c1-bca0-4614-bd2a-6882e38c8364"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280078260"
source_hash: "a66e5f82793dfd8e18e9784d07fc7761ec9d7347464f5c9f3b5e0cb043588a67"
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 198 (130) — An Act To Improve Maine'S Tax Laws By Providing A Property Tax Exemption For Central Labor Councils
## 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=SP0086&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0086&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0086&item=3&snum=130)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **2311** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Benjamin CHIPMAN — primary (person)
- Ann MATLACK — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce BICKFORD — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
- Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen TERRY — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 25, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Reports READ
- **2021-03-30** On motion by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-36) Report ACCEPTED
- **2021-03-30** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 71 Yeas 23 - Nays 11 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2021-03-30** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-36) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-36) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-04-28** Reports READ.
- **2021-04-28** On motion of Representative TERRY of Gorham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-04-28** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Committee Amendment "A" (S-36) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-04-28** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-04-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-36). `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-04-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-04-28** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-07-02** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2021-07-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2021-07-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-03-26T04:00:00+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/e8b4e7c1-bca0-4614-bd2a-6882e38c8364`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).