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LD 1744 (SP 643)

"An Act To Create the Hire American Tax Credit for Businesses That Hire Residents of the United States"

Sponsored by President Troy Jackson

Date	Chamber	Action
12/19/2017	Senate	Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 19, 2017 and REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2
3/22/2018	Senate	Reports READ Senator DOW of Lincoln moved to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report . On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator DOW of Lincoln to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report . Roll Call Ordered Unfinished Business
3/27/2018	Senate	Unfinished Business
3/28/2018	Senate	Unfinished Business
3/29/2018	Senate	Unfinished Business
4/2/2018	Senate	Taken from the table by the President Subsequently The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report FAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 572 Yeas 13 - Nays 20 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (S-395) READ On motion by Senator JACKSON of Aroostook Senate Amendment "A" (S-412) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-395) READ and ADOPTED Committee Amendment "A" (S-395) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-412) thereto ADOPTED Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-395) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-412) thereto Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
4/3/2018	House	Reports READ. On motion of Representative ESPLING of New Gloucester, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report. Later today assigned.
4/3/2018	House	Unfinished Business
4/4/2018	House	Speaker laid before the House On motion of Representative TIPPING of Orono, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED. ROLL CALL NO. 566 (Yeas 96 - Nays 49 - Absent 6 - Excused 0) The Bill was READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (S-395) was READ. Senate Amendment "A" (S-412) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-395) was READ and ADOPTED. Committee Amendment "A" (S-395) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-412) thereto was ADOPTED. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-395) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-412) thereto. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
4/5/2018	House	PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
4/9/2018	Senate	On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
5/2/2018	Senate	CARRIED OVER to any Special Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 748.
6/20/2018	Senate	On Motion by Senator KATZ of Kennebec taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE. On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence Roll Call Ordered Taken from the table by the President Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 686 Yeas 24 - Nays 9 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
7/9/2018	Senate	LD 1744 In Senate, July 9, 2018, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 26 IN FAVOR and 8 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN. Sent down for concurrence
7/9/2018	House	This Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to Article IV, Part Third, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the House proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" ROLL CALL NO. 728V 77 having voted in the affirmative and 65 in the negative, with 9 being absent, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill not become a law and the veto was sustained. In non concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)