An Act to Allow On-premises Consumption of Adult Use Cannabis and Adult Use Cannabis Products on the Premises of Cannabis Store Licensees
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0839
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
Sponsors: WILLIAMS, HICKMAN, ANDREWS, BOYER, COLLINGS, CRAFTS, WARREN, GROHOSKI
Amends: 28-B MRSA §508

Legislative Document
No. 839
H.P. 528
House of Representatives, February 21, 2023
An Act to Allow On-premises Consumption of Adult Use Cannabis 
and Adult Use Cannabis Products on the Premises of Cannabis 
Store Licensees
Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor.
Cosponsored by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec and
Representatives: ANDREWS of Paris, BOYER of Poland, COLLINGS of Portland, CRAFTS 
of Newcastle, WARREN of Scarborough, Senator: GROHOSKI of Hancock.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  28-B MRSA §508, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 and 
amended by PL 2021, c. 669, §5, is further amended to read:
3.  Other use of adult use cannabis or adult use cannabis products.  Except as 
otherwise provided in this chapter:
A.  A Except as provided in paragraph C, a person may not consume adult use cannabis 
or adult use cannabis products within the licensed premises of a cannabis 
establishment; and
B.  A Except as provided in paragraph C, a licensee may not allow any person to 
consume adult use cannabis or adult use cannabis products within its licensed 
premises.; and
C.  A person may consume adult use cannabis or adult use cannabis products purchased 
from a cannabis store in a designated separate area in the same building as the cannabis 
store and that is part of the licensed premises of the cannabis store if:
(1)  The municipality in which the cannabis store is located approves on-premises 
consumption of adult use cannabis or adult use cannabis products in cannabis 
stores within that municipality;
(2)  The department approves the on-premises consumption at the cannabis store 
after determining that all criteria of this chapter are followed;
(3)  All adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products sold or offered for sale 
for on-premises consumption meet all applicable packaging, labeling and health 
and safety requirements of subchapter 7 and the rules adopted under subchapter 7;
(4)  An employee of the cannabis store engaged in the offering of adult use 
cannabis and adult use cannabis products for on-premises consumption or in the 
operations of the on-premises consumption area meets all the requirements for 
employees for cannabis stores under this chapter;
(5)  The age restrictions and state of intoxication of customers in the on-premises 
consumption area meet the same requirements for customers of cannabis stores 
under this chapter; and
(6)  The on-premises consumption area meets the same security requirements of 
cannabis stores under this chapter.
SUMMARY
This bill allows consumption of adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products in 
a designated separate area of a cannabis store if the municipality in which the cannabis 
store is located approves on-premises consumption of adult use cannabis and adult use 
cannabis products, the cannabis store obtains approval from the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services and the products sold or offered for sale for on-
premises consumption meet all the requirements for packing, labeling and health and safety 
requirements for the adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products and the restrictions 
and requirements on employees, customers and security for the on-premises area meet 
those of the cannabis stores.