---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Change The Number Of Agency Liquor Stores Allowed In Certain Municipalities"
description: "An Act To Change The Number Of Agency Liquor Stores Allowed In Certain Municipalities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2088"
citation: "Maine LD 2088 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCY STORES", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "NUMBER OF STORES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthea DAUGHTRY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b970a73-4d21-4bc4-8928-4ed52bc03742"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091482"
source_hash: "dbf57d73a6fffe230fe52799b648053fc8af266b1b5d6efec865613fe3a41b78"
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 (131) — An Act To Change The Number Of Agency Liquor Stores Allowed In Certain Municipalities

## 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=SP0881&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0881&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0881&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Matthea DAUGHTRY — primary (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph RAFFERTY — cosponsor (person)
- Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
- Melanie SACHS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2024-01-03** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-05** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2024-03-05** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-551) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-05** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-03-06** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-06** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-551) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2024-03-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2024-03-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2024-03-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-551). `reading-3`
- **2024-03-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-12** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2024-03-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-03-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2024-02-29T05:00:00+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/9b970a73-4d21-4bc4-8928-4ed52bc03742`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).