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LD366 • 2025

An Act to Ensure Consistency of Income Tax Deductions for Retired Members of the Uniformed Services

An Act to Ensure Consistency of Income Tax Deductions for Retired Members of the Uniformed Services

Taxes
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Bradlee Farrin
Last action
2025-07-01
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act to Ensure Consistency of Income Tax Deductions for Retired Members of the Uniformed Services

An Act to Ensure Consistency of Income Tax Deductions for Retired Members of the Uniformed Services Sponsor: Senator Bradlee Farrin Reference committee: Taxation Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Ensure Consistency of Income Tax Deductions for Retired Members of the Uniformed Services Sponsor: Senator Bradlee Farrin Reference committee: Taxation Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0716(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0716(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 366 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3TAXATION 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-01 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-25 Senate

    On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence.

  3. 2025-06-03 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-06-02 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-03-18 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-03-18 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-03-13 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  8. 2025-01-30 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Taxation.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Ensure Consistency of Income Tax Deductions for Retired Members of the Uniformed Services
Sponsor:
Senator Bradlee Farrin
Reference committee:
Taxation
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0716(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 158 - L.D. 366
An Act to Ensure Consistency of Income Tax Deductions for Retired
Members of the Uniformed Services
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §5122, sub-§2, ¶M-2, as amended by PL 2023, c. 523, Pt. B,
§1, is further amended by amending subparagraph (2), division (c) to read:
(c) "Military retirement plan" means retirement plan benefits received as a
result of service in the active or reserve components of the United States Army,
Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard or Space Force. For tax years
beginning on or after January 1, 2026, "military retirement plan" means
retirement plan benefits received as a result of service in the active or reserve
components of the uniformed services of the United States as defined in 37
United States Code, Section 101(3).
APPROVED
JULY 1, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
452
PUBLIC LAW