An Act To Authorize Certain Off-premises Sales of Adult Use Marijuana
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1927
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
Sponsors: DILLINGHAM
Amends: 28-B MRSA §504-A, 28-B MRSA §505

Legislative Document
No. 1927
H.P. 1434
House of Representatives, January 20, 2022
An Act To Authorize Certain Off-premises Sales of Adult Use 
Marijuana
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203.
Received by the Clerk of the House on January 18, 2022.  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 DILLINGHAM of Oxford.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  28-B MRSA §504-A is enacted to read:
§504-A.  Off-premises sales
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the department may issue a 
permit to a marijuana store licensee to sell adult use marijuana or adult use marijuana 
products at a specified event located outside the licensed premises in accordance with the 
requirements of this section. Transportation of adult use marijuana and adult use marijuana 
products between the licensed premises and the specified event is subject to the 
requirements of section 505.
1. Limitations on off-premises sales. A permit issued by the department under this 
section for a specified event may not authorize:
A.  Sales at the specified event for a period greater than 3 days;
B.  Sales anywhere other than the specified event; or
C.  The consumption of adult use marijuana or adult use marijuana products at the 
location of sale at the specified event.
2. Municipal approval.  A marijuana store licensee applying for a permit under this 
section must obtain approval from the municipality in which the specified event is located 
to sell adult use marijuana or adult use marijuana products at the specified event before the 
department may issue a permit under this section.
3. Guidance. The department shall develop guidance documents to assist marijuana 
store licensees in applying for and complying with permits under this section and lawfully 
engaging in the off-premises sale of adult use marijuana or adult use marijuana products.
4. Rulemaking. The department shall adopt rules to administer this section. Rules 
adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 
375, subchapter 2-A.
Sec. 2.  28-B MRSA §505, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6, is amended to 
read:
§505.  Transportation of adult use marijuana and adult use marijuana products
A licensee and its employees may transport adult use marijuana and adult use marijuana 
products between the licensed premises of the licensee and the licensed premises of any 
other marijuana establishment and may transport adult use marijuana and adult use 
marijuana products between the licensed premises of the licensee and the location at which 
the licensee is authorized to sell adult use marijuana and adult use marijuana products under 
a permit issued under section 504-A.  All transportation of adult use marijuana and adult 
use marijuana products must be documented by the licensee or an employee of the licensee 
in accordance with rules adopted by the department.  The department shall adopt rules 
regarding the transportation of adult use marijuana and adult use marijuana products by 
licensees under this chapter.
SUMMARY
This bill authorizes the Department of Administrative and Financial Services to issue 
permits to marijuana store licensees for the off-premises sale of adult use marijuana or adult 
use marijuana products and provides certain limitations on those permits. The bill also 
requires the department to develop guidance documents for compliance with such permits 
and to adopt routine technical rules for the administration of the permits.