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LD1034 • 2025

An Act to Decriminalize Personal Possession of Therapeutic Amounts of Psilocybin for Adults

An Act to Decriminalize Personal Possession of Therapeutic Amounts of Psilocybin for Adults

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Grayson Lookner
Last action
2025-06-10
Official status
FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 433 Yeas 16 - Nays 16 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Decriminalize Personal Possession of Therapeutic Amounts of Psilocybin for Adults

An Act to Decriminalize Personal Possession of Therapeutic Amounts of Psilocybin for Adults Sponsor: Representative Grayson Lookner Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM/OTP/ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Decriminalize Personal Possession of Therapeutic Amounts of Psilocybin for Adults Sponsor: Representative Grayson Lookner Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM/OTP/ONTP

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1426(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1426(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1034 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-10 Senate

    FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 433 Yeas 16 - Nays 16 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-06-09 House

    Speaker laid before the House Subsequently, the Bill FAILED PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED . ROLL CALL NO. 381 (Yeas 72 - Nays 74 - Absent 3 - Excused 2) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-28 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/OTP/ONTP

  4. 2025-04-09 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-04-09 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-03-12 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Decriminalize Personal Possession of Therapeutic Amounts of Psilocybin for Adults
Sponsor:
Representative Grayson Lookner
Reference committee:
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; OTP-AM/OTP/ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1034
H.P. 663 House of Representatives, March 14, 2025
An Act to Decriminalize Personal Possession of Therapeutic
Amounts of Psilocybin for Adults
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 12, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Criminal Justice and Public Safety pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to
Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative LOOKNER of Portland.
Cosponsored by Senator BAILEY of York and
Representatives: BOYER of Poland, CHAPMAN of Auburn, EDER of Waterboro,
GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach, JULIA of Waterville, MILLIKEN of Blue Hill, Senator:
HICKMAN of Kennebec.

Page 1 - 132LR1426(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1107-A, sub-§1, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 383, §127
3 and affected by §156, is amended to read:
4 D. A schedule X drug. Violation of this paragraph is a Class D crime, except that it is
5 not a violation of this paragraph if the drug possessed is psilocybin, the amount
6 possessed is one ounce or less and the person is 21 years of age or older;
7SUMMARY
8 This bill decriminalizes the possession of one ounce or less of psilocybin for persons
9 21 years of age or older.
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