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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1320S.P. 550 In Senate, March 27, 2025
An Act to Prevent Illicit Cultivation and Trafficking Within Maine's
Regulated Cannabis Industry
Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin.
Cosponsored by Representative MORRIS of Turner and
Senator: BLACK of Franklin, Representatives: BOYER of Poland, PERKINS of Dover-
Foxcroft. Page 1 - 132LR2354(01)
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2 as enacted by PL 2023, c. 679, Pt. A, §3, is
3 amended by enacting at the end a new blocked paragraph to read:
4 Notwithstanding paragraphs B or C, "disqualifying drug offense" includes a conviction that
5 has occurred within the 3-year period prior to the date of application for or renewal of a
6 license under this chapter for a crime related to the cultivation or distribution of cannabis
7 that is not authorized in this chapter, in the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter or in Title
8 28-B.
9 as enacted by PL 2023, c. 679, Pt. B, §3, is
10 amended by enacting at the end a new blocked paragraph to read:
11 Notwithstanding paragraph C, "disqualifying drug offense" includes a conviction that has
12 occurred within the 3-year period prior to the date of application for or for renewal of a
13 registry identification card or a registration certificate under this chapter for a crime related
14 to the cultivation or distribution of cannabis that is not authorized in this chapter, in the
15 rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, in chapter 3 or in the Maine Medical Use of Cannabis
16 Act.
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18 This bill amends the definition of "disqualifying drug offense" in the Maine Medical
19 Use of Cannabis Act and in the Cannabis Legalization Act to provide that a conviction
20 within the 3-year period prior to an application for licensure or registration for a crime,
21 related to the cultivation or distribution of cannabis that is not authorized in the Maine
22 Medical Use of Cannabis Act or in the Cannabis Legalization Act, is a disqualifying drug
23 offense.
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