An Act to Increase the Number of Mature Plants Allowed for the Home Cultivation of Cannabis
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0555
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
Sponsors: BOYER, HARRINGTON, ANDREWS, COLLINGS, HYMES, RUDNICKI, SUPICA, BAILEY, BRENNER, HICKMAN
Amends: 28-B MRSA §1501, 28-B MRSA §1502

Legislative Document
No. 555
H.P. 360
House of Representatives, February 9, 2023
An Act to Increase the Number of Mature Plants Allowed for the 
Home Cultivation of Cannabis
Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative BOYER of Poland.
Cosponsored by Senator HARRINGTON of York and
Representatives: ANDREWS of Paris, COLLINGS of Portland, HYMES of Waldo, 
RUDNICKI of Fairfield, SUPICA of Bangor, Senators: BAILEY of York, BRENNER of 
Cumberland, HICKMAN of Kennebec.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  28-B MRSA §1501, sub-§1, ¶E, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 
and amended by PL 2021, c. 669, §5, is amended to read:
E.  Subject to the requirements and restrictions of section 1502, possess, cultivate or 
transport at any one time up to 3 6 mature cannabis plants, 12 immature cannabis plants 
and an unlimited number of seedlings and possess all the cannabis produced by such 
plants at the person's place of residence or at the location where the cannabis was 
cultivated;
Sec. 2.  28-B MRSA §1502, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 and 
amended by PL 2021, c. 669, §5, is further amended to read:
1.  Cultivation of up to 3 6 mature cannabis plants per person for personal adult 
use authorized.  Subject to the applicable requirements and restrictions of subsections 2, 
and 4, a person 21 years of age or older may cultivate up to 3 6 mature cannabis plants, 
up to 12 immature cannabis plants and an unlimited number of seedlings for personal adult 
use:
A.  On a parcel or tract of land on which the person is domiciled;
B.  On a parcel or tract of land owned by the person on which the person is not 
domiciled; or
C.  On a parcel or tract of land not owned by the person and on which the person is not 
domiciled so long as the owner of the parcel or tract of land by written agreement 
permits the cultivation and care of the cannabis plants on the parcel or tract of land by 
that person.
A person may cultivate the cannabis plants and seedlings authorized under this subsection 
at multiple locations so long as such cultivation activities otherwise meet all requirements 
and restrictions of this section.
Sec. 3.  28-B MRSA §1502, sub-§3, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 
and amended by PL 2021, c. 669, §5, is further amended to read:
A.  A municipality may adopt an ordinance or other regulation limiting the total number 
of mature cannabis plants that may be cultivated on any one parcel or tract of land 
within the municipality so long as that ordinance or regulation allows for the cultivation 
of 3 6 mature cannabis plants, 12 immature cannabis plants and an unlimited number 
of seedlings by each person 21 years of age or older who is domiciled on a parcel or 
tract of land.
Sec. 4.  28-B MRSA §1502, sub-§4, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 
and amended by PL 2021, c. 669, §5, is further amended to read:
A.  The Maine Land Use Planning Commission may limit the total number of mature 
cannabis plants that may be cultivated on any one parcel or tract of land within a town, 
plantation or township in the unorganized and deorganized areas so long as that 
limitation allows for the cultivation of 3 6 mature cannabis plants, 12 immature 
cannabis plants and an unlimited number of seedlings by each person 21 years of age 
or older who is domiciled on a parcel or tract of land.
SUMMARY
This bill increases the number of mature cannabis plants allowed for home cultivation 
from 3 to 6.