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Legislative Scorecard

LD2212 - State Budget

(2026)

An Act Making Supplemental Appropriations and Allocations from the General Fund and Other Funds for the Expenditures of State Government and Changing Certain Provisions of the Law Necessary to the Proper Operations of State Government for the Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2027

LD2212 bill text Maine AFL-CIO Supported

Sponsored by Representative Drew Gattine (D-Westbrook)

What is the bill?

Before this supplemental budget passed, a nurse or a firefighter was in the same tax bracket as a multi-millionaire. That changed when legislators required millionaires to pay an additional 2 percent tax on annual income over $1 million, bringing some much-needed fairness to our tax code. The budget also added $10 million in annual funding to the Child Care Affordability Program to help working families pay for child care and improved retirement security for mental health crisis workers and workers in the Office of Chief Medical Examiner.

What happened?

Enacted into law (Passed by the Legislature, Signed by the Governor)

Votes

Senate

18 Pro-labor 16 Anti-labor

House

76 Pro-labor 71 Anti-labor