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LD1334 • 2025

An Act to Require Retailers to Place Any Liquor That Is Accessible to Customers at Least 48 Inches from the Payment Terminal

An Act to Require Retailers to Place Any Liquor That Is Accessible to Customers at Least 48 Inches from the Payment Terminal

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Sponsor
Representative Steven Bishop
Last action
2025-04-29
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Require Retailers to Place Any Liquor That Is Accessible to Customers at Least 48 Inches from the Payment Terminal

An Act to Require Retailers to Place Any Liquor That Is Accessible to Customers at Least 48 Inches from the Payment Terminal Sponsor: Representative Steven Bishop Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Require Retailers to Place Any Liquor That Is Accessible to Customers at Least 48 Inches from the Payment Terminal Sponsor: Representative Steven Bishop Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-29 Senate

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

  2. 2025-04-28 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-04-23 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-04-23 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-03-27 House

    Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. 2025-03-27 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Require Retailers to Place Any Liquor That Is Accessible to Customers at Least 48 Inches from the Payment Terminal
Sponsor:
Representative Steven Bishop
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. 1334
H.P. 869 House of Representatives, March 27, 2025
An Act to Require Retailers to Place Any Liquor That Is Accessible
to Customers at Least 48 Inches from the Payment Terminal
Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative BISHOP of Bucksport.
Cosponsored by Representatives: FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor, MCINTYRE of
Lowell, SIMMONS of Waldoboro, WHITE of Ellsworth.

Page 1 - 132LR0503(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §16 is enacted to read:
3§16. Display of liquor
4 A retailer shall display liquor that is not placed in a display case or behind the counter
5 at least 48 inches from a cash register or payment terminal. For purposes of this section,
6 "payment terminal" means a device that facilitates the payment for a product by a retail
7 customer.
8SUMMARY
9 This bill requires a liquor retailer to display liquor that is not placed in a display case
10 or behind the counter at least 48 inches from a cash register or payment terminal.
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