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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Make Permanent The Ability Of Certain Retailers And Distilleries To Sell Liquor For Off-Premises Consumption And Cocktails For On-Premises Consumption"
description: "An Act To Make Permanent The Ability Of Certain Retailers And Distilleries To Sell Liquor For Off-Premises Consumption And Cocktails For On-Premises Consumption"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 201"
citation: "Maine LD 201 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER SALES", "LIQUOR SALES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradlee FARRIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ababa70-4505-45f8-a27e-ebc8eccfef54"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085402"
source_hash: "032e2bed3c7d655b89f95e2654e760040b58bfe114e21aaea0e40fe239b2d66a"
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 201 (131) — An Act To Make Permanent The Ability Of Certain Retailers And Distilleries To Sell Liquor For Off-Premises Consumption And Cocktails For On-Premises Consumption
## 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=SP0101&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0101&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0101&item=3&snum=131)
## Sponsors
- Bradlee FARRIN — primary (person)
- David BOYER — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer POIRIER — cosponsor (person)
- Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
- Lynne WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen TERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan RIELLY — cosponsor (person)
- Shelley RUDNICKI — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria DOUDERA — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-17** 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
- **2023-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-04-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2023-04-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-04-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-19) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-04-12** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-04-12** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-19) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-04-13** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-04-13** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-04-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-19). `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-04-18** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2023-04-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-04-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-04-06T04:00:00+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/1ababa70-4505-45f8-a27e-ebc8eccfef54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).