---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Ban The Purchase Of Retail Marijuana And Retail Marijuana Products With Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Program Benefits"
description: "An Act To Ban The Purchase Of Retail Marijuana And Retail Marijuana Products With Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Program Benefits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1418"
citation: "Maine LD 1418 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MARIJUANA", "COMMERCIAL", "TANF PURCHASES PROHIBITED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COREY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-11"
last_action: "2017-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50af38ad-8c59-4572-bf78-9c8bd905db56"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064749"
source_hash: "07fd49acc005b16dbcf2df7169363459d1ebd6747085db7267acb1444ca7fd70"
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 1418 (128) — An Act To Ban The Purchase Of Retail Marijuana And Retail Marijuana Products With Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Program Benefits

## 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/HP097601.asp)

## Votes

- Acc Ought to Pass Rep — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- ENACTMENT — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COREY — primary (person)
- DIAMOND — cosponsor (person)
- GERRISH — cosponsor (person)
- GROHMAN — cosponsor (person)
- HERRICK — cosponsor (person)
- MALABY — cosponsor (person)
- MAREAN — cosponsor (person)
- RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
- ROSEN — cosponsor (person)
- SANDERSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-11** Joint Select Committee on MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION IMPLEMENTATION suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-04-11** On motion of Representative ESPLING of New Gloucester, TABLED pending REFERENCE.
- **2017-04-11** Later today assigned.
- **2017-04-13** Speaker laid before the House
- **2017-04-13** Subsequently, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-18** On motion by Senator Brakey of Androscoggin, REFERRED to the Committee on Health and Human Services, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-16** On OBJECTION of Representative HERBIG of Belfast REMOVED.
- **2017-05-16** The Committee Report was READ.
- **2017-05-16** On motion of Representative HERBIG of Belfast, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of the Committee Report.
- **2017-05-16** Later today assigned.
- **2017-06-07** Speaker laid before the House
- **2017-06-07** Subsequently, the Committee Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2017-06-07** ROLL CALL NO. 261
- **2017-06-07** (Yeas 147 - Nays 0 - Absent 3 - Excused 1)
- **2017-06-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2017-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2017-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-09** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2017-06-09** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-06-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-09** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2017-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-13** On motion by Senator CUSHING of Penobscot Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ENACTMENT
- **2017-06-13** Taken from the table by the President ProTem
- **2017-06-13** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-13** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 299 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2017-06-14** 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/50af38ad-8c59-4572-bf78-9c8bd905db56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).