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LD1092 • 2025

An Act to Ensure That Dual Distribution Prohibitions Are Not Violated by Direct Shippers of Wine

An Act to Ensure That Dual Distribution Prohibitions Are Not Violated by Direct Shippers of Wine

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Sponsor
Representative Quentin Chapman
Last action
2025-04-15
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act to Ensure That Dual Distribution Prohibitions Are Not Violated by Direct Shippers of Wine

An Act to Ensure That Dual Distribution Prohibitions Are Not Violated by Direct Shippers of Wine Sponsor: Representative Quentin Chapman Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Ensure That Dual Distribution Prohibitions Are Not Violated by Direct Shippers of Wine Sponsor: Representative Quentin Chapman Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-15 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-04-14 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-04-09 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-04-09 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-03-21 House

    Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.

  6. 2025-03-14 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Ensure That Dual Distribution Prohibitions Are Not Violated by Direct Shippers of Wine
Sponsor:
Representative Quentin Chapman
Reference committee:
Veterans and Legal Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1092
H.P. 714 House of Representatives, March 18, 2025
An Act to Ensure That Dual Distribution Prohibitions Are Not
Violated by Direct Shippers of Wine
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 14, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Veterans and Legal Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint
Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative CHAPMAN of Auburn.
Cosponsored by Representatives: BOYER of Poland, HYMES of Waldo, LANCE of Paris.

Page 1 - 132LR1578(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §1403-A, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:
32-A. Direct shipment of wine prohibited. Notwithstanding subsection 2, a winery
4 or small winery may not obtain a wine direct shipper license under this section if the winery
5 or small winery has an agreement with a wholesale licensee as provided under chapter 57.
6SUMMARY
7 This bill provides that a winery or small winery may not obtain a wine direct shipper
8 license if the winery or small winery has an agreement with a wholesale licensee under the
9 Maine Revised Statutes, Title 28-A, chapter 57.
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