Maine 131st Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Passed House 1 D cosponsors

LD 40 — An Act To Amend The Cannabis Laws

Last action — Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 761 Yeas 27 - Nays 6 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 131st Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

Signed by Governor Janet Mills (Democratic) on April 17, 2024.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 761 Yeas 27 - Nays 6 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED

  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  5. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-709) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-717) thereto.

  7. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

  8. Committee Amendment "A" (S-709) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-717) thereto was ADOPTED.

  9. Senate Amendment "A" (S-717) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-709) was READ and ADOPTED.

  10. Committee Amendment "A" (S-709) was READ.

  11. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  12. (Yeas 96 - Nays 47 - Absent 7 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)

  13. ROLL CALL NO. 538

  14. On motion of Representative SUPICA of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  15. Reports READ.

  16. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  17. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-709) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-717) thereto

  18. Committee Amendment "A" (S-709) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-717) thereto ADOPTED

  19. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 748 Yeas 31 - Nays 2 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED

  20. On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec Senate Amendment "A" (S-717) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-709) READ and ADOPTED

  21. Committee Amendment "A" (S-709) READ

  22. READ ONCE

  23. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 747 Yeas 26 - Nays 6 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 PREVAILED

  24. Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  25. Taken from the table by the President

  26. Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

  27. On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending his motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report,

  28. Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.

  29. Reports READ

  30. Voted - Divided Report

  31. Work Session Held

  32. Work Session Held - TABLED

  33. Work Session Held - TABLED

  34. CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.

  35. Carry Over Approved

  36. Carry Over Requested

  37. Work Session Held - TABLED

  38. CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.

  39. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  40. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS.

  41. Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 185 not signed on · 40 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (185)

185 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

ENACTMENT

Passed 27 Yea · 6 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 17001
Independent 1000
Republican 5400
Unaffiliated 4201
Total 27602
% of votes cast 77%17%0%6%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Yea
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Nay
LAFOUNTAIN of Kennebec — Not Voting
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
POULIOT of Kennebec — Yea
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Yea
Cameron D. Reny Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Yea
Jill C. Duson Democrat Yea
Joseph E. Rafferty Democrat Yea
Joseph M. Baldacci Democrat Yea
Margaret "Peggy" R. Rotundo Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Yea
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Michael Tipping Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Yea
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Yea
Stacy F. Brenner Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Not Voting
Timothy E. Nangle Democrat Yea
Richard A. Bennett Independent Yea
Bradlee T. Farrin Republican Nay
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Nay
James D. Libby Republican Nay
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Yea
Marianne Moore Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Nay

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ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP

Passed 96 Yea · 47 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 391403
Republican 342101
Unaffiliated 221202
Unenrolled 0001
Independent 1000
Total 964707
% of votes cast 64%31%0%5%
How each member voted (150)
Member Party Vote
ANDREWS of Paris — Yea
BOYLE of Gorham — Yea
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Nay
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Yea
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Nay
DAVIS of East Machias — Nay
DUNPHY of Embden — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Yea
GALLETTA of Durham — Yea
HOBBS of Wells — Yea
JAUCH of Topsham — Not Voting
JAVNER of Chester — Nay
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LaROCHELLE of Augusta — Yea
MADIGAN of Waterville — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Not Voting
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Nay
NESS of Fryeburg — Nay
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Yea
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Yea
POLEWARCZYK of Wiscasset — Nay
PRINGLE of Windham — Nay
RISEMAN of Harrison — Yea
RUSSELL of Verona Island — Yea
SAMPSON of Alfred — Yea
SHAW of Auburn — Yea
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WORTH of Ellsworth — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Yea
Adam Lee Democrat Yea
Allison Hepler Democrat Not Voting
Ambureen Rana Democrat Yea
Amy Kuhn Democrat Yea
Amy Roeder Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
Anne Graham Democrat Nay
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Nay
Arthur Bell Democrat Nay
Charles Skold Democrat Yea
Cheryl Golek Democrat Yea
Christopher Kessler Democrat Yea
Daniel Ankeles Democrat Yea
Daniel Sayre Democrat Nay
Daniel Shagoury Democrat Nay
David Sinclair Democrat Yea
Deqa Dhalac Democrat Yea
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Yea
Holly Eaton Democrat Yea
Holly Sargent Democrat Yea
Holly Stover Democrat Yea
James Dill Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Yea
Karen Montell Democrat Nay
Kelly Murphy Democrat Nay
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Nay
Laura Supica Democrat Yea
Laurie Osher Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Yea
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Yea
Mana Abdi Democrat Yea
Marc Malon Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Yea
Matthew Beck Democrat Yea
Melanie Sachs Democrat Nay
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michel Lajoie Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Nay
Morgan Rielly Democrat Yea
Nina Milliken Democrat Yea
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Poppy Arford Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Sally Cluchey Democrat Yea
Samuel Zager Democrat Nay
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Yea
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Not Voting
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Not Voting
Traci Gere Democrat Yea
Valli Geiger Democrat Nay
Victoria Doudera Democrat Nay
Walter Runte Democrat Yea
William Bridgeo Democrat Nay
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abden Simmons Republican Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Nay
Amanda Collamore Republican Yea
Amy Arata Republican Nay
Ann Fredericks Republican Yea
Barbara Bagshaw Republican Yea
Benjamin Hymes Republican Yea
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
David Boyer Republican Yea
David G. Haggan Republican Nay
David Woodsome Republican Yea
Dean Cray Republican Yea
Donald Ardell Republican Yea
Gary Drinkwater Republican Nay
Gregory Swallow Republican Yea
Irene Gifford Republican Nay
James Thorne Republican Yea
James White Republican Nay
Jeffrey Adams Republican Not Voting
Jennifer Poirier Republican Yea
John Ducharme Republican Yea
Joseph Underwood Republican Yea
Joshua Morris Republican Yea
Katrina Smith Republican Nay
Kimberly Pomerleau Republican Nay
Laurel Libby Republican Yea
Lucas Lanigan Republican Yea
Mark Babin Republican Yea
Mark Blier Republican Yea
Mark Walker Republican Nay
Michael Lemelin Republican Nay
Michael Soboleski Republican Yea
Nancy Theriault Republican Yea
Nathan Carlow Republican Nay
Rachel Henderson Republican Yea
Randall Greenwood Republican Nay
Randall Hall Republican Yea
Reagan Paul Republican Nay
Richard Campbell Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Robert Nutting Republican Nay
Roger Albert Republican Yea
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Sheila Lyman Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Yea
Stephen Wood Republican Yea
Steven Foster Republican Nay
Tammy Schmersal-Burgess Republican Yea
Thomas Lavigne Republican Yea
Tiffany Strout Republican Yea
Timothy Guerrette Republican Yea
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Yea
W. Crockett Unenrolled Not Voting

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ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

Passed 26 Yea · 6 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 17001
Independent 1000
Republican 5400
Unaffiliated 3202
Total 26603
% of votes cast 74%17%0%9%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Yea
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Nay
LAFOUNTAIN of Kennebec — Not Voting
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
POULIOT of Kennebec — Not Voting
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Yea
Cameron D. Reny Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Yea
Jill C. Duson Democrat Yea
Joseph E. Rafferty Democrat Yea
Joseph M. Baldacci Democrat Yea
Margaret "Peggy" R. Rotundo Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Yea
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Michael Tipping Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Yea
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Yea
Stacy F. Brenner Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Not Voting
Timothy E. Nangle Democrat Yea
Richard A. Bennett Independent Yea
Bradlee T. Farrin Republican Nay
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Nay
James D. Libby Republican Nay
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Yea
Marianne Moore Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Nay

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ADOPT SAS-717

Passed 31 Yea · 2 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 17100
Independent 1000
Republican 8100
Unaffiliated 5002
Total 31202
% of votes cast 89%6%0%6%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Yea
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Yea
LAFOUNTAIN of Kennebec — Not Voting
LYFORD of Eddington — Yea
POULIOT of Kennebec — Not Voting
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Yea
Cameron D. Reny Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Yea
Jill C. Duson Democrat Yea
Joseph E. Rafferty Democrat Yea
Joseph M. Baldacci Democrat Yea
Margaret "Peggy" R. Rotundo Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Yea
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Michael Tipping Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Yea
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Yea
Stacy F. Brenner Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Timothy E. Nangle Democrat Nay
Richard A. Bennett Independent Yea
Bradlee T. Farrin Republican Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Yea
James D. Libby Republican Nay
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Yea
Marianne Moore Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea

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LD 40 is sponsored by Craig V. Hickman (Democrat).
What is the current status of LD 40?
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