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Proposed Maine Firearm Legislation LD1147

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: An Act Regarding the Required State of Mind Relating to the Threatening Display or Carrying of a Concealed Weapon

Subject: Firearms: Possession

Description: An Act Regarding the Required State of Mind Relating to the Threatening Display or Carrying of a Concealed Weapon

Session: 132nd Legislature

Last Action: Unfinished Business

Last Action Date: June 3, 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'.

1 sponsors: David Sinclair (D)

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 151)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Jun 3, 2025 Unfinished Business
House Jun 2, 2025 ROLL CALL NO. 251 (Yeas 54 - Nays 81 - Absent 16 - Excused 0)
House Jun 2, 2025 The Bill was READ ONCE.
House Jun 2, 2025 Committee Amendment "A" (H-369) was READ and ADOPTED.
House Jun 2, 2025 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
House Jun 2, 2025 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-369)
House Jun 2, 2025 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Senate Jun 2, 2025 Report READ
Senate Jun 2, 2025 Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox moved to ACCEPT The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report.
Senate Jun 2, 2025 On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending Motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox to ACCEPT The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report In NON-CONCURRENCE
Senate Jun 2, 2025 Unfinished Business
House Jun 2, 2025 Reports READ.
House Jun 2, 2025 Motion of Representative HASENFUS of Readfield to ACCEPT the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.
House Jun 2, 2025 On motion of Representative HASENFUS of Readfield, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
May 29, 2025 Reported Out: ONTP/OTP-AM
Apr 30, 2025 Voted: Divided Report
Apr 30, 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 18, 2025 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
Senate Mar 18, 2025 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence
House Mar 18, 2025 Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.
House Mar 18, 2025 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced not available state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
06/2/2025 54 81 0 16 No
  • Abdi, Mana (D) Nay
  • Adams, Jeffrey (R) Absent
  • Albert, Roger (R) Nay
  • Ankeles, Daniel (D) Yea
  • Arata, Amy (R) Nay
  • Archer, Marshall (D) Absent
  • Ardell, Donald (R) Nay
  • Arford, Poppy (D) Yea
  • Babin, Mark (R) Nay
  • Bagshaw, Barbara (R) Nay
  • Beck, Matthew (D) Yea
  • Bell, Arthur (D) Yea
  • Bishop, Steven (R) Absent
  • Blier, Mark (R) Nay
  • Boyer, David (R) Nay
  • Boyer, Michelle (D) Yea
  • Brennan, Michael (D) Yea
  • Bridgeo, William (D) Yea
  • Bunker, Stephan (D) Yea
  • Campbell, Richard (R) Nay
  • Carlow, Nathan (R) Nay
  • Caruso, Elizabeth (R) Nay
  • Chapman, Quentin (R) Nay
  • Cimino, Marygrace (R) Nay
  • Cloutier, Kristen (D) Yea
  • Cluchey, Sally (D) Absent
  • Collamore, Amanda (R) Nay
  • Collins, Alicia (R) Nay
  • Cooper, Mark (R) Nay
  • Copeland, Lynn (D) Absent
  • Crafts, Lydia (D) Nay
  • Cray, Dean (R) Nay
  • Crockett, Edward (D) Absent
  • Daigle, Lucien (R) Nay
  • DeBrito, Flavia (D) Absent
  • Dhalac, Deqa (D) Yea
  • Dill, James (D) Yea
  • Dodge, Janice (D) Yea
  • Doudera, Victoria (D) Yea
  • Drinkwater, Gary (R) Nay
  • Ducharme, John (R) Nay
  • Eaton, Holly (D) Absent
  • Eder, John (R) Nay
  • Faircloth, Sean (D) Nay
  • Farrin, Wayne (D) Yea
  • Faulkingham, William (R) Nay
  • Fecteau, Ryan (D) Yea
  • Flynn, Paul (R) Nay
  • Foley, Robert (R) Nay
  • Foster, Steven (R) Nay
  • Fredericks, Ann (R) Nay
  • Fredette, Kenneth (R) Nay
  • Friedmann, Gary (D) Yea
  • Frost, Sharon (I) Yea
  • Gattine, Andrew (D) Yea
  • Geiger, Valli (D) Yea
  • Gere, Traci (D) Yea
  • Gifford, Irene (R) Nay
  • Golek, Cheryl (D) Yea
  • Graham, Anne (D) Yea
  • Gramlich, Lori (D) Yea
  • Greenwood, Randall (R) Nay
  • Griffin, Abigail (R) Absent
  • Guerrette, Timothy (R) Nay
  • Haggan, Kimberly (R) Nay
  • Hall, Randall (R) Absent
  • Hasenfus, Tavis (D) Yea
  • Henderson, Rachel (R) Nay
  • Hepler, Allison (D) Yea
  • Hymes, Benjamin (R) Nay
  • Jackson, Caldwell (R) Nay
  • Javner, Kathy (R) Nay
  • Julia, Cassie (D) Yea
  • Kessler, Christopher (D) Nay
  • Kuhn, Amy (D) Yea
  • Lajoie, Michel (D) Yea
  • Lance, Michael (R) Nay
  • Lanigan, Lucas (R) Absent
  • Lavigne, Thomas (R) Nay
  • Lee, Adam (D) Yea
  • Lemelin, Michael (R) Nay
  • Libby, Laurel (R) Nay
  • Lookner, Grayson (D) Yea
  • Lyman, Sheila (R) Absent
  • Macias, Rafael (D) Nay
  • Malon, Marc (D) Yea
  • Mason, Richard (R) Nay
  • Mastraccio, Anne-Marie (D) Nay
  • Mathieson, Kristi (D) Yea
  • Matlack, Ann (D) Yea
  • McCabe, Julia (D) Yea
  • McIntyre, Mathew (R) Nay
  • Meyer, Michele (D) Yea
  • Milliken, Nina (D) Absent
  • Mingo, Arthur (R) Nay
  • Mitchell, Christina (D) Yea
  • Montell, Karen (D) Yea
  • Moonen, Matthew (D) Yea
  • Morris, Joshua (R) Nay
  • Murphy, Kelly (D) Yea
  • Nutting, Robert (R) Nay
  • O'Halloran, Dani (D) Nay
  • Olsen, Rolf (R) Nay
  • Osher, Laurie (D) Yea
  • Parry, Wayne (R) Nay
  • Paul, Reagan (R) Nay
  • Perkins, Chad (R) Nay
  • Pluecker, William (I) Yea
  • Poirier, Jennifer (R) Nay
  • Pomerleau, Kimberly (R) Nay
  • Pugh, Dylan (D) Nay
  • Quint, Tracy (R) Nay
  • Rana, Ambureen (D) Nay
  • Ray, D. (D) Nay
  • Rielly, Morgan (D) Yea
  • Roberts-Lovell, Tiffany (D) Yea
  • Roeder, Amy (D) Nay
  • Rollins, David (D) Yea
  • Rudnicki, Shelley (R) Nay
  • Runte, Walter (D) Yea
  • Sachs, Melanie (D) Yea
  • Salisbury, Suzanne (D) Nay
  • Sargent, Holly (D) Nay
  • Sato, Eleanor (D) Nay
  • Sayre, Daniel (D) Yea
  • Schmersal-Burgess, Tammy (R) Nay
  • Shagoury, Daniel (D) Yea
  • Simmons, Abden (R) Nay
  • Sinclair, David (D) Nay
  • Skold, Charles (D) Yea
  • Smith, Katrina (R) Nay
  • Soboleski, Michael (R) Nay
  • Stover, Holly (D) Yea
  • Strout, Tiffany (R) Absent
  • Supica, Laura (D) Yea
  • Swallow, Gregory (R) Nay
  • Terry, Parnell (D) Yea
  • Thorne, James (R) Nay
  • Tuell, William (R) Nay
  • Underwood, Joseph (R) Absent
  • Wadsworth, Nathan (R) Absent
  • Walker, Mark (R) Nay
  • Warren, Sophia (I) Nay
  • Webb, Kilton (D) Nay
  • White, James (R) Nay
  • White, Russell (R) Nay
  • Wood, Peter (R) Nay
  • Wood, Stephen (R) Nay
  • Woodsome, David (R) Nay
  • Yusuf, Yusuf (D) Yea
  • Zager, Samuel (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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