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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Ensure Access To Medical Cannabis For Visiting Qualifying Patients"
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description: "An Act To Ensure Access To Medical Cannabis For Visiting Qualifying Patients"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "129"
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identifier: "LD 538"
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citation: "Maine LD 538 (129)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["HEALTH CARE SERVICES", "DELIVERY", "MEDICAL MARIJUANA USE"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lydia BLUME"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2019-01-31"
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last_action: "2019-06-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f5eb4fd-fd0f-4e58-93c6-a448a9c8ca77"
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source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280071415"
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source_hash: "024aa31b958eb14babd194e4cba381a9e44f32baff23f1080d6d1e119bd717f0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 538 (129) — An Act To Ensure Access To Medical Cannabis For Visiting Qualifying Patients
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0395&item=2&snum=129)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0395&item=1&snum=129)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0395&item=3&snum=129)
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## Sponsors
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- Lydia BLUME — primary (person)
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- Deane RYKERSON — cosponsor (person)
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- Diane DENK — cosponsor (person)
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- Joyce McCREIGHT — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-31** Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
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- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-01-31** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-28** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
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- **2019-05-28** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
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- **2019-05-28** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-347).
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- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-05-28** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
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- **2019-05-28** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-28** Committee Amendment "A" (H-347) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **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`
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- **2019-05-28** Ordered sent down forthwith.
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- **2019-05-29** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
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- **2019-05-29** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2019-05-29** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2019-05-30** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2019-06-06** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f5eb4fd-fd0f-4e58-93c6-a448a9c8ca77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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