republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-523.md

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Bill	An Act To Permit The Indoor Production Of Industrial Hemp	An Act To Permit The Indoor Production Of Industrial Hemp	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 523	Maine LD 523 (129)	bill	PRODUCTS HEMP INDUSTRIAL HEMP	enacted	Chris JOHANSEN	3	18	0	2019-01-31	2019-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/43952acc-24df-473c-96e0-8292ef7875be	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071367	9438189f358884f8f66f28f88d84fca490977290168bd5ab1bd2b0801151509a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 523 (129) — An Act To Permit The Indoor Production Of Industrial Hemp

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Chris JOHANSEN — primary (person)
• Danny COSTAIN — cosponsor (person)
• Dustin WHITE — cosponsor (person)
• John ANDREWS — cosponsor (person)
• John DeVEAU — cosponsor (person)
• Joshua MORRIS — cosponsor (person)
• Justin FECTEAU — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa KEIM — cosponsor (person)
• Sheldon HANINGTON — cosponsor (person)
• Stephen STANLEY — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-31 Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-01-31 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY. referral-committee
• 2019-01-31 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-01-31 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-05-07 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2019-05-07 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2019-05-07 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-193).
• 2019-05-07 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-08 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2019-05-08 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-05-08 Committee Amendment "A" (H-193) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-05-08 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-193), in concurrence. reading-2
• 2019-05-08 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2019-05-09 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2019-05-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-05-09 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-05-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43952acc-24df-473c-96e0-8292ef7875be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).