---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify The Laws Governing Financial Relationships Between Entities Within The Three-Tier System For Distribution Of Alcohol"
description: "An Act To Clarify The Laws Governing Financial Relationships Between Entities Within The Three-Tier System For Distribution Of Alcohol"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 2088"
citation: "Maine LD 2088 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "REGULATION", "THREE-TIER SYSTEM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis LUCHINI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2020-01-28"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef65ac6e-7c5e-4cca-b946-46f2aec84904"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280076248"
source_hash: "c21b4009ba023bbcd332110d6f83874ffd20affec1f634e00d77ca49dd3f6b77"
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 2088 (129) — An Act To Clarify The Laws Governing Financial Relationships Between Entities Within The Three-Tier System For Distribution Of Alcohol

## 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=SP0737&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0737&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0737&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Louis LUCHINI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-28** Reported by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock for the Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs pursuant to Resolve 2019, chapter 15, section 3.
- **2020-01-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2020-01-28** REFERRED to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2020-01-28** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2020-01-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-12** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2020-03-12** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-426) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-426). `reading-2`
- **2020-03-12** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2020-03-17** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-03-17** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2020-03-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-426).
- **2020-03-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-18** 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/ef65ac6e-7c5e-4cca-b946-46f2aec84904`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).