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An Act to Amend the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act

An Act to Amend the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act

Healthcare
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Craig Hickman
Last action
2026-01-11
Official status
Became Law without Governor's Signature
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act to Amend the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act

An Act to Amend the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act Sponsor: Senator Craig Hickman Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Amend the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act Sponsor: Senator Craig Hickman Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0989(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0989(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1840 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.
Sponsored By Senator Hickman of Kennebec , Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0989(04) SENATE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0989(04) SENATE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1840 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 4STATE OF MAINE 5SENATE 6132ND LEGISLATURE 7FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 8 SENATE AMENDMENT “ ” to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “A” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-11 Governor

    Became Law without Governor's Signature

  2. 2025-07-08 Senate

    HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.

  3. 2025-06-16 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-06-12 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-05-22 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-22 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-04-30 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Amend the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act
Sponsor:
Senator Craig Hickman
Reference committee:
Veterans and Legal Affairs
Governor action:
Became Law without Governor's Signature

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
Page 1 - 132LR0989(05)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 723 - L.D. 1840
An Act to Amend the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis Act
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2423-A, sub-§2, ¶O, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 452, §4 and
amended by PL 2021, c. 669, §5, is further amended to read:
O. Transport Sell, offer to sell, furnish or transport cannabis plants or harvested
cannabis for authorized conduct in accordance with this chapter on the property or
premises owned, leased or rented by the caregiver, subject to the terms of any lease or
rental agreement; at trade shows or other industry-related events regarding cannabis
for medical use; or through delivery to or private arrangement with a qualifying patient
or registrant as long as the delivery or private arrangement occurs on property or at
premises owned, leased or rented, subject to the terms of any lease or rental agreement,
by the caregiver, qualifying patient or registrant or on public property that is not
designated as a safe zone by a municipality pursuant to Title 30-A, section 3253 or in
any other public space where the sale, furnishing or transport of cannabis plants or
harvested cannabis is prohibited in law;
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §2430-N, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 365, §25, is amended
to read:
8. Sales Gross sales; sales tax revenue. The gross sales of cannabis for medical use
for the current and prior fiscal years and the sales tax revenue from the sale of cannabis for
medical use deposited into the General Fund for the current and prior fiscal years.
Sec. 3. Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of
Cannabis Policy; medical cannabis research grant program rulemaking. On
or before January 9, 2026, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office
of Cannabis Policy shall provisionally adopt and submit for legislative review rules
necessary to implement the medical cannabis research grant program in accordance with
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 2430, subsection 5. Rules adopted by the
office pursuant to this section are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375,
subchapter 2-A.
LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE

JANUARY 11, 2026
CHAPTER
512
PUBLIC LAW
Page 2 - 132LR0989(05)
Sec. 4. Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of
Cannabis Policy; availability of medical use of cannabis registration and
renewal forms. The Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of
Cannabis Policy shall as expeditiously as possible make available on the office's publicly
accessible website all registration and renewal forms in their entirety as a portable
document file or similar file format that does not require the use of independent software,
hardware or operating systems. The office shall also make available registration and
renewal forms in their entirety in paper form available at the office.