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IntroducedFeb 25, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
HP 488, An Act To Authorize A Local Option Sales Tax On Short-Term Lodging To Fund Municipalities And Affordable Housing
Last Action See all actions
House • Jun 17, 2025: Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary/Bill Text
Comments on LD 746
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Daniel Sayrecosponsor
- Michael Tippingcosponsor
Votes
YES: 8
- Kristen Cloutier
- Nicole Grohoski
- Ed Crockett
- Gary Friedmann
- Ann Matlack
- Dan Sayre
- Michael Tipping
- Russell White
NO: 4
- Bruce Bickford
- Tracy Quint
- Shelley Rudnicki
- Gregg Swallow
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Jun 17, 2025 | House
- Reports READ.
- Motion of Representative CLOUTIER of Lewiston to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED.
- ROLL CALL NO. 568
- (Yeas 70 - Nays 77 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)
- On motion of Representative CLOUTIER of Lewiston, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Jun 17, 2025 | legislature
- Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
- Mar 27, 2025 | legislature
- Work Session (State House, Room 127)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - Divided Report
- Mar 21, 2025 | House
- Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- Mar 12, 2025 | legislature
- Public Hearing (State House, Room 127)
- Feb 25, 2025 | Senate
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION in concurrence
- Feb 25, 2025 | House
- Committee on Taxation suggested and ordered printed.
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Documents
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (H-774) ()HTML
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (H-774) ()PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Adele and Rudy Abolafia (Bar Harbor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Enoch Albert (Bar Harbor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Heather Allen (Harpswell)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Michael Allen (Department of Administrative and Financial Services)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Earl Brechlin (Bar Harbor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Amanda Campbell (Maine Municipal Association)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Linda Caprara (Maine State Chamber of Commerce)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Linda Caprara (Maine State Chamber of Commerce)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Carol Chappell (Bar Harbor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Nate Cloutier (HospitalityMaine)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Peter Connell (Ocean Properties)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Elizabeth Cooke (Newcastle)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Phillip Crowell, Jr. (Maine Service Centers Coalition)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Anne Damm (Bar Harbor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Ed Damm (Bar Harbor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Anna Durand (Bar Harbor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Anna Durand (Bar Harbor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Gary Friedmann (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Mary Galperin (Bar Harbor )PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by John and Lori Guertin (New England Hospitality)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by John and Lori Guertin (New England Hospitality)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Debra Hart (Maine Campground Owners Association)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Gary Jennings (Bar Harbor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Gary Jennings (Bar Harbor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Sharon Knopp (Bar Harbor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Erica LaCroix (Farmington)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Jacqueline Levesque (Bar Harbor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Alexis Miller (Cottage Connection)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Audrey Miller (Cottage Connection)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Laura Mitchell (Maine Affordable Housing Coalition)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Scott Morelli (South Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by D. Gordon Mott (Lakeville)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Curtis Picard (Retail Assoc of Maine / ME Grocers & Food Producers)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Maura Pillsbury (Maine Center for Economic Policy)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Clare Potter (Brooksville)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Cynthia Robbins (Poland Spring Resort)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Cara Ryan (Bar Harbor )PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by James Smith (Town of Bar Harbor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Greg Soutiea (SPRUCE HEAD)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Judith Sproule (Trenton)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 12, 2025 by Harris Van Pate (Maine Policy Institute)PDF
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=746&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280096816
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280096816
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=746&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096816