Maine / State / 132nd Legislature, Second Regular Session
Public Law 2025, chapter 578 (LD 305, 2026 session) Extended the disabled veteran excise tax exemption to leased automobiles
Enacted 36 M.R.S. 1483(12-A): up to three automobiles leased by a veteran receiving compensation for total, service-connected disability from a line-of-duty injury or disease are exempt from excise tax, with the veteran named on the lease. An emergency act effective July 1, 2026. Not yet in the Revisor’s online statutes.
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done, House
- In committee Done, Transportation, carried over twice and reported out as amended on February 25, 2026
- Passed one chamber Done, House, passed to be enacted as an emergency measure by two-thirds
- Passed both chambers Done, Senate, in concurrence
- Signed by the governor Done, Emergency measure
- In effect Done,
Sponsors
- Lydia Crafts
What it touches
- 36 M.R.S. § 1483(12-A)
Catalog entry
Official record
Read Public Law 2025, chapter 578 (LD 305, 2026 session) on the jurisdiction's own record