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LD262 • 2025

An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Taste Testing of Wine and Malt Liquor to Facilitate Marketing by Wholesalers

An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Taste Testing of Wine and Malt Liquor to Facilitate Marketing by Wholesalers

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative W. Crockett
Last action
2025-03-21
Official status
Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Taste Testing of Wine and Malt Liquor to Facilitate Marketing by Wholesalers

An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Taste Testing of Wine and Malt Liquor to Facilitate Marketing by Wholesalers Sponsor: Representative W.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Taste Testing of Wine and Malt Liquor to Facilitate Marketing by Wholesalers Sponsor: Representative W.
  • Crockett Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Governor action: Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure)

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.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-21 Governor

    Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure)

  2. 2025-03-20 House

    This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary. PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-03-20 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.

  4. 2025-03-12 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP

  5. 2025-03-05 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-03-05 Committee

    Voted; OTP

  7. 2025-01-23 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Taste Testing of Wine and Malt Liquor to Facilitate Marketing by Wholesalers
Sponsor:
Representative W. Crockett
Reference committee:
Veterans and Legal Affairs
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor (Emergency Measure)

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0800(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 165 - L.D. 262
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Taste Testing of Wine and Malt
Liquor to Facilitate Marketing by Wholesalers
Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
Whereas, in response to the economic hardship facing the State's restaurants, bars,
grocery stores and beverage retailers; in response to the diversity and new product
innovation in the beverage industry; and in support of local craft manufacturers' ability to
showcase their products at taste-testing events, it is necessary to amend statutory language
to allow wholesalers of wine and malt liquor products to hold taste-testing events at a
greater number of locations; and
Whereas, unless this legislation is enacted as an emergency, interested parties will
not be able to take advantage of this legislation until after the majority of the busy summer
season has concluded; and
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now,
therefore,
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §1402, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2021, c. 658, §236, is
further amended to read:
2. Taste testing on retail licensee's premises or other venue. With the bureau's
written permission, a wholesale licensee may rent or lease an area or room from an on-
premises retail licensee or from any unlicensed venue for the purpose of inviting retail
licensees to taste test wine or malt liquor products.
Sec. 2. 28-A MRSA §1402, sub-§3, ¶D, as amended by PL 2021, c. 658, §237, is
further amended to read:
APPROVED
MARCH 21, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
8
PUBLIC LAW
Page 2 - 132LR0800(03)
D. After the taste-testing event is concluded, the wholesale licensee shall remove all
products supplied for the taste-testing event from the premises of the retail licensee's
premises licensee or unlicensed venue.
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation
takes effect when approved.