An Act to Support Small Adult Use Cannabis Businesses by
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1831
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs
Sponsors: BOYER
Amends: 28-B MRSA §102-A, 28-B MRSA §201, 28-B MRSA §207, 28-B MRSA §504-B

Legislative Document
No. 1831
H.P. 1226
House of Representatives, April 30, 2025
An Act to Support Small Adult Use Cannabis Businesses by 
Establishing a Micro Cannabis Facility License
Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative BOYER of Poland.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  28-B MRSA §102-A, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 679, Pt. B, §3, is 
amended to read:
10.  Cannabis establishment.  "Cannabis establishment" means a cultivation facility, 
a products manufacturing facility, a testing facility, a cannabis store or, a sample collector 
or a micro cannabis facility licensed under this chapter.
Sec. 2.  28-B MRSA §102-A, sub-§41-A is enacted to read:
41-A.  Micro cannabis facility.  "Micro cannabis facility" means a facility licensed 
under this chapter to cultivate adult use cannabis, manufacture adult use cannabis and adult 
use cannabis products and sell adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products and other 
products to consumers in accordance with section 504-B.
Sec. 3.  28-B MRSA §201, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2019, c. 676, §5 and PL 
2021, c. 669, §5, is further amended to read:
4.  Cannabis store.  Consistent with the restrictions of section 205, subsection 2, 
paragraph C, a A cannabis store license; or
Sec. 4.  28-B MRSA §201, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 676, §5, is amended 
to read:
5.  Sample collector.  Consistent with the requirements and restrictions of section 205, 
subsection 2, paragraph B and section 503‑A, a sample collector license.; or
Sec. 5.  28-B MRSA §201, sub-§6 is enacted to read:
6.  Micro cannabis facility.  Consistent with the requirements and restrictions of 
section 504-B, a micro cannabis facility license.
Sec. 6.  28-B MRSA §207, sub-§3-B is enacted to read:
3-B.  Fees for micro cannabis facilities.  For a micro cannabis facility license, the 
office shall require payment of an application fee of $500 and a license fee of not more 
than $2,500.
Sec. 7.  28-B MRSA §504-B is enacted to read:
§504-B.  Operation of micro cannabis facilities
A micro cannabis facility must be operated in accordance with the provisions of this 
section and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
1.  Cultivation of adult use cannabis, immature cannabis plants and seedlings.  
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a micro cannabis facility 
license allows for cultivation of not more than 1,000 square feet of plant canopy.  A micro 
cannabis facility may, without obtaining a separate cultivation facility license or nursery 
cultivation facility license:
A.  Sell and distribute cultivated adult use cannabis to products manufacturing 
facilities, cannabis stores, cultivation facilities and other micro cannabis facilities 
subject to the same requirements and restrictions applicable to cultivation facilities 
pursuant to section 501 and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter regarding the 
operation of cultivation facilities;
B.  Sell cultivated immature cannabis plants and seedlings to consumers subject to the 
same requirements and restrictions applicable to nursery cultivation facilities pursuant 
to section 501, subsection 3 and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter regarding 
the operation of nursery cultivation facilities; and
C.  Sell cultivated adult use cannabis, immature cannabis plants and seedlings to 
consumers subject to the same requirements and restrictions applicable to cannabis 
stores pursuant to section 504 and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter regarding 
the operation of cannabis stores.
2.  Manufacture of adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products.  
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a micro cannabis facility 
may, without obtaining a separate products manufacturing facility license, manufacture 
adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products for:
A.  Sale and distribution to cannabis stores, products manufacturing facilities and other 
micro cannabis facilities subject to the same requirements and restrictions applicable 
to products manufacturing facilities pursuant to section 502 and the rules adopted 
pursuant to this chapter regarding the operation of products manufacturing facilities; 
and
B.  Sale to consumers subject to the same requirements and restrictions applicable to 
cannabis stores pursuant to section 504 and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter 
regarding the operation of cannabis stores.
3.  Retail sale of adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products.  
Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a micro cannabis facility 
may, without obtaining a separate cannabis store license, sell adult use cannabis, immature 
cannabis plants, seedlings and adult use cannabis products to consumers subject to the same 
requirements and restrictions applicable to cannabis stores pursuant to section 504 and the 
rules adopted pursuant to this chapter regarding the operation of cannabis stores.
4.  Tracking.  In accordance with the requirements of section 105, a micro cannabis 
facility licensee shall track:
A.  All adult use cannabis the licensee cultivates from immature cannabis plant to the 
point at which the cannabis plant or the cannabis produced by the cannabis plant is 
delivered or transferred by the licensee to a cultivation facility, a products 
manufacturing facility, a testing facility, a cannabis store or another micro cannabis 
facility, is sold directly to a consumer or is disposed of or destroyed;
B.  All adult use cannabis the licensee uses in the licensee's manufacturing processes 
from the point at which the cannabis is delivered or transferred to the micro cannabis 
facility, if applicable, by a cultivation facility or another micro cannabis facility to the 
point at which the cannabis or cannabis concentrate or an adult use cannabis product 
produced using the cannabis or cannabis concentrate is delivered or transferred to a 
products manufacturing facility, a testing facility, a cannabis store or another micro 
cannabis facility, is sold directly to a consumer or is disposed of or destroyed; and
C.  All adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products from the point at which the 
cannabis or cannabis products are delivered or transferred to the micro cannabis 
facility, if applicable, by a cultivation facility, a products manufacturing facility or 
another micro cannabis facility to the point at which the cannabis or cannabis products 
are sold to a consumer, are delivered or transferred to a testing facility, are returned to 
a cultivation facility, a products manufacturing facility or another micro cannabis 
facility from which the cannabis or cannabis products were received or are disposed of 
or destroyed.  
If a micro cannabis facility licensee receives a return of a cannabis plant, cannabis flower, 
cannabis trim or an adult use cannabis product from a cultivation facility, a products 
manufacturing facility, a cannabis store or another micro cannabis facility, the licensee 
shall track the returned cannabis plant, cannabis flower, cannabis trim or adult use cannabis 
product to the point at which the return is transferred to a cultivation facility, a products 
manufacturing facility, a testing facility, a cannabis store or another micro cannabis facility, 
is sold directly to a consumer or is disposed of or destroyed.  
5.  Excise tax; sales tax.  Notwithstanding Title 36, chapter 723 or any other provision 
of law to the contrary, adult use cannabis sold by a micro cannabis facility licensee that 
cultivates and sells adult use cannabis pursuant to subsection 1 is not subject to the tax 
imposed on the sale of adult use cannabis pursuant to Title 36, chapter 723.  A micro 
cannabis facility licensee that sells adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products to a 
consumer pursuant to subsection 3 shall ensure that the tax imposed on the sale of adult use 
cannabis and adult use cannabis products to a consumer pursuant to Title 36, section 1811 
is collected and remitted in accordance with the requirements of Title 36, Part 3 and the 
rules adopted pursuant to Title 36, Part 3.   
6.  Rules.  The office shall adopt rules regulating the licensure and operation of micro 
cannabis facilities under this chapter.  Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are major 
substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
SUMMARY
This bill amends the Cannabis Legalization Act to establish the micro cannabis facility 
license, which is a new category of cannabis establishment license.  A micro cannabis 
facility licensee may cultivate up to 1,000 square feet of plant canopy and may sell 
cultivated adult use cannabis subject to the same requirements and restrictions applicable 
to cultivation facilities; may manufacture and sell adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis 
products subject to the same requirements and restrictions applicable to products 
manufacturing facilities; and may sell adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products 
to consumers subject to the same requirements and restrictions applicable to cannabis 
stores.  
The application fee for a micro cannabis facility license is $500 and the annual license 
fee is not more than $2,500.  Adult use cannabis cultivated and sold by a micro cannabis 
facility is not subject to the otherwise applicable excise tax on adult use cannabis.  A micro 
cannabis facility that sells adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products to consumers 
must collect and pay to the State Tax Assessor the applicable sales tax on adult use cannabis 
and adult use cannabis products.  The Department of Administrative and Financial 
Services, Office of Cannabis Policy is directed to adopt major substantive rules regulating 
the licensure, operation and oversight of micro cannabis facilities.