KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to Maine

LD1960 • 2025

An Act to Exempt Electronic Smoking Devices or Other Tobacco Products Containing Ingestible Hemp from the Tax Imposed on Tobacco Products

An Act to Exempt Electronic Smoking Devices or Other Tobacco Products Containing Ingestible Hemp from the Tax Imposed on Tobacco Products

Taxes
Active

The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor
Senator Rachel Talbot Ross
Last action
2025-06-18
Official status
On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland The Senate INSISTED on PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-231) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-430) thereto. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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 Exempt Electronic Smoking Devices or Other Tobacco Products Containing Ingestible Hemp from the Tax Imposed on Tobacco Products

An Act to Exempt Electronic Smoking Devices or Other Tobacco Products Containing Ingestible Hemp from the Tax Imposed on Tobacco Products Sponsor: Senator Rachel Talbot Ross Reference committee: Taxation Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Exempt Electronic Smoking Devices or Other Tobacco Products Containing Ingestible Hemp from the Tax Imposed on Tobacco Products Sponsor: Senator Rachel Talbot Ross Reference committee: Taxation Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

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 Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR2333(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR2333(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1960 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3TAXATION 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 Talbot Ross of Cumberland , Adopted by Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR2333(04) SENATE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR2333(04) SENATE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1960 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 S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-18 House

    Speaker FECTEAU of Biddeford MOVED to INSIST . Motion of Representative CLOUTIER of Lewiston to RECEDE and CONCUR to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-231) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-430) FAILED . ROLL CALL NO. 572 (Yeas 38 - Nays 110 - Absent 1 - Excused 2) Subsequently, the House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  2. 2025-06-18 Senate

    On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland The Senate INSISTED on PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-231) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-430) thereto. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  3. 2025-06-02 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  4. 2025-05-22 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-05-22 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Taxation.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Exempt Electronic Smoking Devices or Other Tobacco Products Containing Ingestible Hemp from the Tax Imposed on Tobacco Products
Sponsor:
Senator Rachel Talbot Ross
Reference committee:
Taxation
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Printed on recycled paper
132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1960
S.P. 767 In Senate, May 7, 2025
An Act to Exempt Electronic Smoking Devices or Other Tobacco
Products Containing Ingestible Hemp from the Tax Imposed on
Tobacco Products
Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland.
Cosponsored by Representative BOYER of Poland and
Senators: BAILEY of York, BENNETT of Oxford, HICKMAN of Kennebec, TIMBERLAKE
of Androscoggin, Representatives: CHAPMAN of Auburn, FAIRCLOTH of Bangor,
FREDERICKS of Sanford, SUPICA of Bangor.

Page 1 - 132LR2333(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §4403-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 441, Pt. E, §20 and
3 affected by §28, is amended to read:
42. Tobacco products containing cannabis or ingestible consumer products
5containing hemp. The tax imposed on tobacco products does not apply to the sale of an
6 electronic smoking device or other tobacco product containing adult use cannabis subject
7 to tax under chapter 723 or , an electronic smoking device or other tobacco product
8 containing cannabis or cannabis products subject to control under Title 22, chapter 558‑C
9 or an electronic smoking device or other tobacco product containing ingestible consumer
10 products containing hemp or cannabidiol derived from hemp. For the purposes of this
11 subsection, "hemp" has the same meaning as in Title 7, section 2231, subsection 1-A,
12 paragraph D.
13SUMMARY
14 This bill exempts from the tax imposed on tobacco products an electronic smoking
15 device or other tobacco product containing ingestible consumer products containing hemp
16 or cannabidiol derived from hemp.
14
15
16