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An Act to Prevent Illicit Cultivation and Trafficking Within Maine's Regulated Cannabis Industry

An Act to Prevent Illicit Cultivation and Trafficking Within Maine's Regulated Cannabis Industry

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Sponsor
Senator Jeffrey Timberlake
Last action
2025-05-14
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act to Prevent Illicit Cultivation and Trafficking Within Maine's Regulated Cannabis Industry

An Act to Prevent Illicit Cultivation and Trafficking Within Maine's Regulated Cannabis Industry Sponsor: Senator Jeffrey Timberlake Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Prevent Illicit Cultivation and Trafficking Within Maine's Regulated Cannabis Industry Sponsor: Senator Jeffrey Timberlake Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-14 Senate

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

  2. 2025-05-12 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-05-08 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-05-08 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-03-27 House

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS . In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. 2025-03-27 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Prevent Illicit Cultivation and Trafficking Within Maine's Regulated Cannabis Industry
Sponsor:
Senator Jeffrey Timberlake
Reference committee:
Veterans and Legal Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1320
S.P. 550 In Senate, March 27, 2025
An Act to Prevent Illicit Cultivation and Trafficking Within Maine's
Regulated Cannabis Industry
Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin.
Cosponsored by Representative MORRIS of Turner and
Senator: BLACK of Franklin, Representatives: BOYER of Poland, PERKINS of Dover-
Foxcroft.

Page 1 - 132LR2354(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2421-A, sub-§19, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 679, Pt. A, §3, is
3 amended by enacting at the end a new blocked paragraph to read:
4 Notwithstanding paragraphs B or C, "disqualifying drug offense" includes a conviction that
5 has occurred within the 3-year period prior to the date of application for or renewal of a
6 license under this chapter for a crime related to the cultivation or distribution of cannabis
7 that is not authorized in this chapter, in the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter or in Title
8 28-B.
9Sec. 2. 28-B MRSA §102-A, sub-§28, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 679, Pt. B, §3, is
10 amended by enacting at the end a new blocked paragraph to read:
11 Notwithstanding paragraph C, "disqualifying drug offense" includes a conviction that has
12 occurred within the 3-year period prior to the date of application for or for renewal of a
13 registry identification card or a registration certificate under this chapter for a crime related
14 to the cultivation or distribution of cannabis that is not authorized in this chapter, in the
15 rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, in chapter 3 or in the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis
16 Act.
17SUMMARY
18 This bill amends the definition of "disqualifying drug offense" in the Maine Medical
19 Use of Cannabis Act and in the Cannabis Legalization Act to provide that a conviction
20 within the 3-year period prior to an application for licensure or registration for a crime,
21 related to the cultivation or distribution of cannabis that is not authorized in the Maine
22 Medical Use of Cannabis Act or in the Cannabis Legalization Act, is a disqualifying drug
23 offense.
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