Even whilst Maryland’s statewide ban is being challenged in court (it will lose like 13 other attempted lawsuits), Maine’s Governor Janet Mills has moved the legislature’s 6 month old bill to law.
Our sister site Puppy Mill Free US reports extensively on the history of Maine’s ban, which could have been the first in the world back in 2015 in their article Maine’s Convoluted Path to a Ban.
Meanwhile, the Puppy Mill Free.US global tracking map has a new blue state!


Sources
- Maine’s Convoluted Path to Statewide Ban, Puppy Mill Free.US
- Landslide of Statewide Bans if OR, CO, WI, MA, PA, ME, & NY Pass Pending Bills, Puppy Mill Free.US