The Maine Senate voted 19-16 to pass an increase in the state earned-income tax credit.

Portland Democrat Rep. Peter Stuckey’s bill, LD 455, An Act to Increase the State Earned Income Credit, would double the state earned income tax credit for low-income individuals and families to 10 percent of the federal earned income tax credit and make it fully refundable at the state level.

The Maine House passed the bill 91-52 Tuesday. It now goes to Gov. Paul LePage.

Information from the Bangor Daily News.