Proposed Maine Firearm Legislation LD1743
Legislation Overview
Title: An Act to Allow Municipalities to Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings and Voting Places and at Their Municipal Public Proceedings
Subject: Municipalities: Ordinances
Description: An Act to Allow Municipalities to Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings and Voting Places and at Their Municipal Public Proceedings
Session: 132nd Legislature
Last Action: Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Last Action Date: June 12, 2025
Sponsors
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10 sponsors: Poppy Arford (D); Matthew Beck (D); William Bridgeo (D); Anne Carney (D); Kristen Cloutier (D); Jill Duson (D); Amy Kuhn (D); Matthew Moonen (D); David Rollins (D); Rachel Talbot Ross (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 7% (10 of 151)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jun 12, 2025 | Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. |
| Senate | Jun 12, 2025 | Reports Read |
| House | Jun 12, 2025 | On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED. |
| House | Jun 12, 2025 | ROLL CALL NO. 461 (Yeas 69 - Nays 77 - Absent 3 - Excused 2) |
| House | Jun 12, 2025 | Motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report FAILED. |
| House | Jun 12, 2025 | Reports READ. |
| Senate | Jun 12, 2025 | Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in NON-CONCURRENCE. |
| Senate | Jun 12, 2025 | Report READ |
| Senate | Jun 12, 2025 | Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 518 Yeas 18 - Nays 17 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 |
| Senate | Jun 12, 2025 | On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Reported Out: OTP/ONTP | |
| May 22, 2025 | Voted: Divided Report | |
| May 22, 2025 | Work Session Held | |
| Senate | Apr 30, 2025 | Taken from the table by the President |
| Senate | Apr 30, 2025 | Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 134 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 |
| Senate | Apr 30, 2025 | On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence PREVAILED |
| Senate | Apr 29, 2025 | Unfinished Business |
| Senate | Apr 24, 2025 | Unfinished Business |
| Senate | Apr 23, 2025 | On motion by Senator HARRINGTON of York Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending REFERENCE |
| Senate | Apr 23, 2025 | Unfinished Business |
| House | Apr 22, 2025 | On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. |
| House | Apr 22, 2025 | Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. |
| House | Apr 22, 2025 | Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed. |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | not available | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Reference RC #134 | 04/30/2025 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Acc Maj Ought To Pass Rep RC #461 | 06/12/2025 | 69 | 77 | 0 | 5 | No |
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| Accept Majority Ought To Pass Report RC #518 | 06/12/2025 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
