---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Extend The Duration Of Temporary Licenses For Sale And Consumption Of Liquor"
description: "An Act To Extend The Duration Of Temporary Licenses For Sale And Consumption Of Liquor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 116"
citation: "Maine LD 116 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "LICENSING", "TEMPORARY LICENSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nathan WADSWORTH"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eac34a8f-8208-4289-9001-fa7ae3a70d3c"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070855"
source_hash: "e41fff3d77f4e2780e685e3a07dedb0970f26b30a004447830cf1fc52f819450"
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 116 (129) — An Act To Extend The Duration Of Temporary Licenses For Sale And Consumption Of Liquor

## 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=HP0098&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0098&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0098&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Nathan WADSWORTH — primary (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- James HAMPER — cosponsor (person)
- John ANDREWS — cosponsor (person)
- Kent ACKLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
- Mark BRYANT — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- Scott STROM — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-03-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-03-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-5).
- **2019-03-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-12** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2019-03-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Committee Amendment "A" (H-5) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-03-12** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-03-14** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-14** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-5), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-03-19** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-03-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-21** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-03-25** 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/eac34a8f-8208-4289-9001-fa7ae3a70d3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).