An Act to Clarify Certain Laws Governing Licenses for the Sale of Liquor by
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 2155
Committee Amendment CA_A_HA_A_H965 (House)
Amends: 28-A MRSA §1355-A

HOUSE AMENDMENT "f\ " to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S,P. 874,
L.D. 2155, "An Act to Clarify Certain Laws Governing Licenses for the Sale of Liquor by
Manufacturers"
Amend the amendment by striking out the substitute title and msertmg the following:
'An Act to Exempt, for Licenses Issued Prior to May 23, 2025, Persons Holding a
IVIajority Ownership Interest from the Restriction on the Number of Manufacturing
Facility Licenses and On-premises Retail Licenses'
Amend the amendment by striking out all of the 2nd instructional paragraph (page 1,
Imes 14 and 15 in amendment) and inserting the following:
'Amend the bill by striking out all of the emergency preamble.'
Amend the amendment by striking out all of the 2nd and 3rd indented paragraphs after
the substitute title (page 1, lines 16 to 21 in amendment).
Amend the amendment in the 3 rd instructional paragraph in the first and 2nd lines (page
1, lines 22 and 23 in amendment) by striking out the following: "and before the emergency
clause"
Amend the amendment by striking out all of section 1 and mserting the following:
'See. 1. 28-A MRSA §1355-A, sub-§2-C is enacted to read:
2-C. Grandfatherine of certain licenses issued prior to May 23, 2025. The bureau
may not suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a license issued under this section or chapter
43 that was mitially issued prior to May 23, 2025 solely on the basis that the person or
persons holdine a majority ownershb mterest m the licensed manufacturm& facilitv•were
determined by the bureau after the license was initially issued^to hold a majority ownership
interest in more than the allowable number of on-premises retail Jjcenses issued under
chapter 43 if the on-premises retail licenses issued under chapter 43 were also imtiallY
issued prior to May 23.2025,
3 A license erandfathered pursuant to this subsection may not be sold. transferred or
otherwise conveyed.'
5 Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or
section number to read consecutively.
HOUSE AMENDMENT
HOUSE AMENDMENT " i
HOUSE AMENDMENT "M " to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 874, L.D.2155
SUMMARY
This amendment changes the title and replaces the provision of Committee
Amendment "A" that temporarily suspended the ability of the Bureau of Alcoholic
Beverages and Lottery Operations, within the Department ofAdmmistrative and Financial
Services, to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a manufacturing facility license or an on-
premises retail license issued to a manufacturmg facility licensee that was issued prior to
May 23, 2025 solely on the basis that the person or persons holding a majority ownership
mterest in more than the allowable number of on-premises retail licenses that may be issued
per licensed manufacturing facility as long as the on-premises retail licenses were also
initially issued prior to May 23,2025. Instead, this amendment grandfathers those licenses
permanently and prohi|iits"t|ie sale^-tr-ansfer or other conveyance of those licenses.
SPONSORED BY:
(Representative SUFICA, L.)
TOWN: Bangor
HOUSE AMENDMENT