LD1960
FailedMEAn Act to Exempt Electronic Smoking Devices or Other Tobacco Products Containing Ingestible Hemp from the Tax Imposed on Tobacco Products
Maine · Session 2025
Status
Failed
As of Jun 18, 2025
Last Action
Speaker FECTEAU of Biddeford MOVED to INSIST.
Official Source
Official Full Bill TextSummary
A Maine bill that would exempt electronic smoking devices and tobacco products containing ingestible hemp from tobacco product taxes has stalled, with the Speaker moving to insist after the bill failed to advance. Without the exemption, hemp-containing ingestible products sold through tobacco-adjacent retail channels remain subject to tobacco product tax rates in Maine.
What
A Maine bill that would exempt electronic smoking devices and tobacco products containing ingestible hemp from tobacco product taxes has stalled, with the Speaker moving to insist after the bill failed to advance.
Who
retailers and cultivators
Why
Without the exemption, hemp-containing ingestible products sold through tobacco-adjacent retail channels remain subject to tobacco product tax rates in Maine.
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