republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-538.md

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Bill	An Act To Ensure Access To Medical Cannabis For Visiting Qualifying Patients	An Act To Ensure Access To Medical Cannabis For Visiting Qualifying Patients	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 538	Maine LD 538 (129)	bill	HEALTH CARE SERVICES DELIVERY MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE	enacted	Lydia BLUME	3	18	0	2019-01-31	2019-06-06	openstates	ocd-bill/3f5eb4fd-fd0f-4e58-93c6-a448a9c8ca77	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071415	024aa31b958eb14babd194e4cba381a9e44f32baff23f1080d6d1e119bd717f0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 538 (129) — An Act To Ensure Access To Medical Cannabis For Visiting Qualifying Patients

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

• Lydia BLUME — primary (person)
• Deane RYKERSON — cosponsor (person)
• Diane DENK — cosponsor (person)
• Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-31 Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
• 2019-01-31 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. referral-committee
• 2019-01-31 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-01-31 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence referral-committee
• 2019-05-28 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2019-05-28 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2019-05-28 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-347).
• 2019-05-28 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-28 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2019-05-28 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-05-28 Committee Amendment "A" (H-347) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-05-28 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-347), in concurrence. reading-2
• 2019-05-28 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2019-05-29 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2019-05-29 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-05-29 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-30 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-06-06 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f5eb4fd-fd0f-4e58-93c6-a448a9c8ca77. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).