---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Reduce Regulations For Small Nonalcoholic Beverage Producers"
description: "An Act To Reduce Regulations For Small Nonalcoholic Beverage Producers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1409"
citation: "Maine LD 1409 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PUBLIC HEALTH", "INSPECTIONS", "REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CHIPMAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-04-11"
last_action: "2017-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1573cf14-a4eb-4f41-8300-0f2a5517962e"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064717"
source_hash: "863ce21d70c3882d025f1789e887cfbb0f4f543f21799f40ba9b2b88201f0ce1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 1409 (128) — An Act To Reduce Regulations For Small Nonalcoholic Beverage Producers

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP048701.asp)

## Sponsors

- CHIPMAN — primary (person)
- FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- MASTRACCIO — cosponsor (person)
- STETKIS — cosponsor (person)
- SYLVESTER — cosponsor (person)
- VACHON — cosponsor (person)
- VOLK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-11** Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-04-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on LABOR, COMMERCE, RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-23** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-23** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-23** Committee Amendment "A" (S-110) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-23** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-110). `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-05-24** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-24** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-24** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-110).
- **2017-05-24** In concurrence.
- **2017-05-30** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2017-05-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-31** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1573cf14-a4eb-4f41-8300-0f2a5517962e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).