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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Amend The Maine Medical Use Of Cannabis Act"
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description: "An Act To Amend The Maine Medical Use Of Cannabis Act"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "132"
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identifier: "LD 1840"
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citation: "Maine LD 1840 (132)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CANNABIS", "MEDICAL CANNABIS", "REGULATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Craig HICKMAN"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2025-04-30"
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last_action: "2026-01-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72d1deb2-4154-4681-a712-9a41568597fd"
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source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280098941"
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source_hash: "bc17bd3738f7f35341bf0611b059912aaf76aeef4ea7547c6ccdbf641032ad84"
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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 1840 (132) — An Act To Amend The Maine Medical Use Of Cannabis Act
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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. **Amendment C-A (S-374)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0723&item=2&snum=132)
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2. **Amendment S-A to C-A (S-398)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0723&item=4&snum=132)
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3. **Chapter 512** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0723&item=5&snum=132)
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4. **LD 1840 SP 723** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0723&item=1&snum=132)
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## Votes
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- ACCEPT OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **24–8** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Craig HICKMAN — primary (person)
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- Ann FREDERICKS — cosponsor (person)
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- Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
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- David BOYER — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
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- Laura SUPICA — cosponsor (person)
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- Laurie OSHER — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
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- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-04-30** 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
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- **2025-04-30** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-06-12** On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec Tabled until Later in Today's Session pending Acceptance of Report
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- **2025-06-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED PREVAILED
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- **2025-06-13** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 535 Yeas 24 - Nays 8 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
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- **2025-06-13** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-374) READ
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- **2025-06-13** Senate Amendment "A" (S-398) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-374) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-374)AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-398) . ADOPTED thereto `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-374)AS AMENDED BYSenate Amendment "A" (S-398) thereto. `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
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- **2025-06-16** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
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- **2025-06-16** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-374) was READ.
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- **2025-06-16** Senate Amendment "A" (S-398) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-374) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2025-06-16** Committee Amendment "A" (S-374) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-398) thereto ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-16** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2025-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-374) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-398) thereto. `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2025-06-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-06-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2025-07-08** HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.
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- **2026-01-11** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
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- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
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- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
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- **2025-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM
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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/72d1deb2-4154-4681-a712-9a41568597fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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