LD636 • 2025

An Act to Remove the Limit on Free Promotional Merchandise Bars and Restaurants May Accept from Vendors

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Sponsor: Representative Donald Ardell
Last action: 2025-04-08
Official status: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act to Remove the Limit on Free Promotional Merchandise Bars and Restaurants May Accept from Vendors

An Act to Remove the Limit on Free Promotional Merchandise Bars and Restaurants May Accept from Vendors Sponsor: Representative Donald Ardell Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

An Act to Remove the Limit on Free Promotional Merchandise Bars and Restaurants May Accept from Vendors Sponsor: Representative Donald Ardell Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

2025-04-08 Senate
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
2025-04-07 Committee
Reported Out; ONTP
2025-04-02 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-04-02 Committee
Voted; ONTP
2025-03-21 House
Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
2025-03-12 Committee
Work Session Held; TABLED
2025-02-20 Committee
Referred to Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Remove the Limit on Free Promotional Merchandise Bars and Restaurants May Accept from Vendors
Sponsor:
Representative Donald Ardell
Reference committee:
Veterans and Legal Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 636
H.P. 404 House of Representatives, February 25, 2025
An Act to Remove the Limit on Free Promotional Merchandise Bars
and Restaurants May Accept from Vendors
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 20, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Veterans and Legal Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint
Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative ARDELL of Monticello.

Page 1 - 132LR1203(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §708, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2021, c. 658, §100, is further
3 amended to read:
42. Wholesale licensees. A wholesale licensee may not offer to retail licensees any
5 special discounts, volume discounts, depletion allowances, other reduced prices or
6 discounts, or refunds except bona fide price reductions under section 1408 offered to all
7 retail licensees. A Except as provided in this section, a wholesale licensee may not offer
8 any free merchandise, rebate, refund or gift to a purchaser of malt liquor or wine.
9Sec. 2. 28-A MRSA §708, 2nd ¶, as amended by PL 2021, c. 658, §100, is further
10 amended to read:
11 This section does not prohibit the unconditional distribution of merchandise to an
12 on-premises retail licensee from a licensed in-state or out-of-state manufacturer or
13 wholesaler of malt liquor or wine, a certificate of approval holder or a wholesale licensee
14 or to the patrons of an on-premises establishment.
15SUMMARY
16 This bill allows the unconditional distribution of merchandise to an on-premises retail
17 licensee from a licensed in-state or out-of-state manufacturer or wholesaler of malt liquor
18 or wine, a certificate of approval holder or a wholesale licensee.
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