---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Allow Municipalities To Establish Ordinances Banning Or Restricting Marijuana Caregivers Within 500 Feet Of A School"
description: "An Act To Allow Municipalities To Establish Ordinances Banning Or Restricting Marijuana Caregivers Within 500 Feet Of A School"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1636"
citation: "Maine LD 1636 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MARIJUANA", "COMMERCIAL", "MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES BANNING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BERRY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-06-08"
last_action: "2017-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2859204-9241-4b04-a221-8dd6d9ef6148"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280065943"
source_hash: "893b8571b855e0abacdc6d53248091aa75ec93e8f520930c7e8a20c38217c9f2"
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 1636 (128) — An Act To Allow Municipalities To Establish Ordinances Banning Or Restricting Marijuana Caregivers Within 500 Feet Of A School

## Version chain

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

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP112901.asp)

## Sponsors

- BERRY — primary (person)
- CUSHING — cosponsor (person)
- HANLEY — cosponsor (person)
- HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
- VITELLI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-08** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-06-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-08** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-15** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-15** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-509).
- **2017-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-15** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2017-06-15** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-15** Committee Amendment "A" (H-509) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-15** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-509), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-15** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2017-06-16** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2017-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-23** 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/d2859204-9241-4b04-a221-8dd6d9ef6148`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).