Proposed Maine Firearm Legislation LD1062
Legislation Overview
Title: An Act to Eliminate Background Checks for Private Sales of Firearms
Subject: Firearms: Sales
Description: An Act to Eliminate Background Checks for Private Sales of Firearms
Session: 132nd Legislature
Last Action: Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Last Action Date: June 13, 2025
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
9 sponsors: Jennifer Poirier (R); Donald Ardell (R); Kimberly Haggan (R); Joshua Morris (R); Robert Nutting (R); Shelley Rudnicki (R); Katrina Smith (R); James Thorne (R); Nathan Wadsworth (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 6% (9 of 151)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jun 13, 2025 | On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE The Minority Ought to Pass Report. PREVAILED |
| Senate | Jun 13, 2025 | Reports Read |
| Senate | Jun 13, 2025 | Motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED. |
| Senate | Jun 13, 2025 | Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 511 Yeas 17 - Nays 18 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 |
| Senate | Jun 13, 2025 | On motion by Senator LAWRENCE of York, the Senate RECONSIDERED whereby it FAILED to ACCEPTthe Majority Ought Not to Pass Report. |
| Senate | Jun 13, 2025 | Taken from the table by the President |
| Senate | Jun 13, 2025 | Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 512 Yeas 19 - Nays 16 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 |
| Senate | Jun 13, 2025 | Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) |
| Senate | Jun 13, 2025 | Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 536 Yeas 18 - Nays 15 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 |
| Senate | Jun 13, 2025 | The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED |
| House | Jun 12, 2025 | Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. |
| House | Jun 12, 2025 | Reports READ. |
| House | Jun 12, 2025 | On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED. |
| House | Jun 12, 2025 | ROLL CALL NO. 456 (Yeas 76 - Nays 72 - Absent 1 - Excused 2) |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Reported Out: ONTP/OTP | |
| May 7, 2025 | Voted: Divided Report | |
| May 7, 2025 | Work Session Held | |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Work Session Held: TABLED | |
| House | Mar 21, 2025 | Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519. |
| House | Mar 12, 2025 | Received by the Clerk of the House on March 12, 2025. |
| House | Mar 12, 2025 | The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. |
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 |
| Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #456 | 06/12/2025 | 76 | 72 | 0 | 3 | Yes |
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| Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #511 | 06/12/2025 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | No |
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| Table Until Later RC #512 | 06/12/2025 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Accept Majority Ought Not To Pass Report RC #536 | 06/13/2025 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 2 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
