---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Direct Wine Shippers To Comply With Maine Beverage Container Laws"
description: "An Act To Require Direct Wine Shippers To Comply With Maine Beverage Container Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 846"
citation: "Maine LD 846 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOTTLES", "CONTAINERS - RETURNABLE", "DIRECT SHIPPER BOTTLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lori GRAMLICH"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b059664-e752-49a5-96eb-d6ec446e99d8"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086621"
source_hash: "e9da3cd1fdc2ae5b2181eb04adb7e61822cebb94e9697f708bd0f748ff3c71b6"
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 846 (131) — An Act To Require Direct Wine Shippers To Comply With Maine Beverage Container Laws

## 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=HP0535&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0535&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0535&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Lori GRAMLICH — primary (person)
- Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- John ANDREWS — cosponsor (person)
- Karen MONTELL — cosponsor (person)
- Stacy BRENNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-02-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-02-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-12** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-06-12** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-06-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-430). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2023-06-13** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-430) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-430), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2023-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b059664-e752-49a5-96eb-d6ec446e99d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).