LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S CHAPTER
SIGNATURE
220
JUNE 18, 2023 PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
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H.P. 360 - L.D. 555
An Act to Increase the Number of Mature Plants Allowed for the Home
Cultivation of Cannabis
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,
3 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.
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 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.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 555, HP 360: 28-B.1501, 28-B.1502
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 220: 28-B.1501, 28-B.1502