---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Transfers Of Liquor Between Licensed Manufacturers' Facilities"
description: "An Act Regarding Transfers Of Liquor Between Licensed Manufacturers' Facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 579"
citation: "Maine LD 579 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "LICENSING", "BREWERY TRANSFERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAVIELLO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2dd4692-db27-4027-b664-5413631be7db"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063339"
source_hash: "5efa06a8034700cb52422212a9ca0b845449b331b4125df6f532658826a04625"
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 579 (128) — An Act Regarding Transfers Of Liquor Between Licensed Manufacturers' Facilities

## 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/SP019401.asp)

## Sponsors

- SAVIELLO — primary (person)
- LANGLEY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-02-16** REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS
- **2017-02-16** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-02-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-24** Reports Read
- **2017-05-24** On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-24** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Committee Amendment "A" (S-137) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-05-24** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-137) `reading-2`
- **2017-05-24** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-05-25** Reports READ.
- **2017-05-25** On motion of Representative LUCHINI of Ellsworth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-25** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-137) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-25** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2017-05-25** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-137).
- **2017-05-25** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-31** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-02** 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/e2dd4692-db27-4027-b664-5413631be7db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).