---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Support Maine Craft Distillers"
description: "An Act To Support Maine Craft Distillers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1015"
citation: "Maine LD 1015 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MISCELLANEOUS TAXES", "ALCOHOL TAXES", "DISTILLED SPIRITS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis LUCHINI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-26"
last_action: "2019-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bef0610-e3a1-4c28-92a4-f7700d9aca73"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072096"
source_hash: "a9c88ecb8e6dcfcb1a386952b22b9e980a41f1d95eac0651c613a3278dcbf52b"
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 1015 (129) — An Act To Support Maine Craft Distillers

## Version chain

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

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0294&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0294&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0294&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- ENACT-EMER 2/3 ELECT — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Louis LUCHINI — primary (person)
- Colleen MADIGAN — cosponsor (person)
- Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-26** 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
- **2019-02-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-05-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-93) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-93). `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-05-16** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-16** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-16** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-93).
- **2019-05-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-21** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-05-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-30** 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/4bef0610-e3a1-4c28-92a4-f7700d9aca73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).