---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Assist Small Beer Manufacturers"
description: "An Act To Assist Small Beer Manufacturers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1761"
citation: "Maine LD 1761 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "BEER", "BREWING LIMITS EXPANDED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis LUCHINI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-05-21"
last_action: "2019-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d737a43-bfcd-4772-8d9f-c6193e30ac6f"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280074103"
source_hash: "86029b5dfea3a55e108d74f2f1ba33adeee6fa10a58881e0e4ab3e880ed60f6f"
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 1761 (129) — An Act To Assist Small Beer Manufacturers

## 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=SP0593&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0593&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0593&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Louis LUCHINI — primary (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- John SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
- Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-21** 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
- **2019-05-21** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-13** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-281) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-281). `reading-2`
- **2019-06-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-06-13** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-13** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-281).
- **2019-06-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-14** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2019-06-14** Later today assigned.
- **2019-06-17** Speaker laid before the House
- **2019-06-17** Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-20** Taken from the table by the President
- **2019-06-20** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-07-02** 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/0d737a43-bfcd-4772-8d9f-c6193e30ac6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).