---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Permit The Indoor Production Of Industrial Hemp"
description: "An Act To Permit The Indoor Production Of Industrial Hemp"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 523"
citation: "Maine LD 523 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PRODUCTS", "HEMP", "INDUSTRIAL HEMP"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris JOHANSEN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43952acc-24df-473c-96e0-8292ef7875be"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071367"
source_hash: "9438189f358884f8f66f28f88d84fca490977290168bd5ab1bd2b0801151509a"
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 523 (129) — An Act To Permit The Indoor Production Of Industrial Hemp

## 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=HP0380&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0380&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0380&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Chris JOHANSEN — primary (person)
- Danny COSTAIN — cosponsor (person)
- Dustin WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- John ANDREWS — cosponsor (person)
- John DeVEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua MORRIS — cosponsor (person)
- Justin FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
- Sheldon HANINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen STANLEY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-193).
- **2019-05-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-08** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-08** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-193) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-193), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-09** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** 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/43952acc-24df-473c-96e0-8292ef7875be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).