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Maine · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

LD 1609: An Act To Prevent The Participation Of Individuals And Companies Linked To Federally Recognized Criminal Organizations In The Medical And Adult Use Cannabis Programs

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

LD 1609 is a bill introduced in the Maine House on April 11, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act To Prevent The Participation Of Individuals And Companies Linked To Federally Recognized Criminal Organizations In The Medical And Adult Use Cannabis Programs. Primary sponsor: Ann Fredericks (Republican). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 3, 2026): Signed by Governor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ann FredericksPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse143
Donald ArdellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
David BoyerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Rachel HendersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Chad PerkinsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Mike SoboleskiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Trey StewartCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by Governor
  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  4. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
  5. Ordered sent down forthwith.
  6. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-874), in concurrence.
  7. Committee Amendment "A" (H-874) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.
  8. READ ONCE.
  9. Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
  10. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  11. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-874).
  12. Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source