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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 548
S.P. 195 In Senate, February 11, 2025
An Act Regarding Intoxicating Hemp Products
Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland.
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1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2CONCEPT DRAFT
3SUMMARY
4 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.
5 This bill proposes to amend the laws governing hemp to establish a mechanism for the
6 State to regulate the sale of intoxicating hemp products. The bill would require that
7 intoxicating hemp products sold in the State be produced by a licensed adult use cannabis
8 products manufacturing facility and sold within the State at licensed adult use cannabis
9 stores. The bill would define intoxicating hemp products as hemp-derived inhalable or
10 consumable products containing one or more intoxicating cannabinoids, including, but not
11 limited to, delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol,
12 tetrahydrocannabinol-O-acetate and tetrahydrocannabiphorol in concentrations in the
13 aggregate of 2.5 milligrams or greater per package, regardless of the number of servings,
14 except for beverages containing one or more intoxicating cannabinoids, including, but not
15 limited to, delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol,
16 tetrahydrocannabinol-O-acetate and tetrahydrocannabiphorol in concentrations of 5
17 milligrams or less per 16 ounce or greater bottle or can to be sold only as an individual
18 bottle or can. The bill would prohibit the sale of intoxicating hemp products and beverages
19 containing one or more intoxicating cannabinoids, including, but not limited to, delta-8
20 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, tetrahydrocannabinol-O-acetate and
21 tetrahydrocannabiphorol in concentrations in the aggregate of 5 milligrams or less per 16
22 ounce or greater bottle or can to be sold as an individual bottle or can, to persons under 21
23 years of age and require that such products meet certain testing, packaging and labeling
24 standards to protect public health and safety.
25 The bill would remove the restriction on manufacturing hemp products contained in
26 the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 28-B, section 502, subsection 1-A and would expressly
27 authorize licensed adult use cannabis products manufacturing facilities to ship intoxicating
28 hemp products outside of the State for sale in other markets, subject to all other applicable
29 laws, including federal law, in the jurisdiction where those products are sold.
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