Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD256: An Act to Establish a Sales Tax Holiday for Purchases of Certain School Supplies for the Month of August
Status: Failed, March 20, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Establish a Sales Tax Holiday for Purchases of Certain School Supplies for the Month of August Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 23, 2025. Referred to the Committee on Taxation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed. DAREK M. GRANT Secretary of the Senate Presented by Senator MARTIN of Oxford. Cosponsored by Representative LANCE of Paris and Senators: BICKFORD of Androscoggin, BRADSTREET of Kennebec, HAGGAN of Penobscot, LIBBY of Cumberland, MOORE of Washington, Representatives: HENDERSON of Rumford, SOBOLESKI of Phillips, WOOD of Norway…
From the engrossed text:
An Act to Establish a Sales Tax Holiday for Purchases of Certain School Supplies for the Month of August Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 23, 2025. Referred to the Committee on Taxation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed. DAREK M. GRANT Secretary of the Senate Presented by Senator MARTIN of Oxford. Cosponsored by Representative LANCE of Paris and Senators: BICKFORD of Androscoggin, BRADSTREET of Kennebec, HAGGAN of Penobscot, LIBBY of Cumberland, MOORE of Washington, Representatives: HENDERSON of Rumford, SOBOLESKI of Phillips, WOOD of Norway. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §1760, sub-§116 is enacted to read: 116. School supplies and electronic devices during August. Beginning August 1, 2026, sales of school supplies having a taxable value of $50 or less per item and one electronic device per purchaser having a taxable value of $700 or less during the month of August of each year. For the purposes of this subsection, "school supplies" includes, but is not limited to, books, paper, notebooks, writing implements and other supplies specifically intended for use in school. For purposes of this subsection, "electronic device" means a desktop computer, laptop computer or tablet that is specifically intended for use for school. "Electronic device" does not …