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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Promote Major Business Headquarters Expansions In Maine, Promote The Commercialization Of Research And Development In Maine And Create Jobs"
description: "An Act To Promote Major Business Headquarters Expansions In Maine, Promote The Commercialization Of Research And Development In Maine And Create Jobs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1639"
citation: "Maine LD 1639 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INCOME TAX", "CREDITS", "CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS CREDIT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JACKSON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-06-09"
last_action: "2017-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a8fc4b1-df76-4e5f-96b8-b811026c6795"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280065975"
source_hash: "ccf093b94be22b6805c18b1cc839187be3bf6a9167ac02ef9bde4b47ca70a612"
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 1639 (128) — An Act To Promote Major Business Headquarters Expansions In Maine, Promote The Commercialization Of Research And Development In Maine And Create Jobs
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP059101.asp)
## Sponsors
- JACKSON — primary (person)
- BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- DOW — cosponsor (person)
- FREDETTE — cosponsor (person)
- GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
- HILLIARD — cosponsor (person)
- VOLK — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-06-09** Committee on TAXATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TAXATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-06-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-09** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-21** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2017-06-21** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-294) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-294). `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-06-22** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-22** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-294).
- **2017-06-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-27** On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
- **2017-07-20** On Motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2017-07-20** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-07-24** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a8fc4b1-df76-4e5f-96b8-b811026c6795`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).