Proposed Maine Firearm Legislation LD1299
Legislation Overview
Title: An Act to Prohibit the Unsecured Storage of Handguns in Motor Vehicles
Subject: Firearms: Possession
Description: An Act to Prohibit the Unsecured Storage of Handguns in Motor Vehicles
Session: 132nd Legislature
Last Action: Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
Last Action Date: June 16, 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'.
10 sponsors: Rachel Talbot Ross (D); Mana Abdi (D); Anne Carney (D); Kristen Cloutier (D); Matthea Larsen Daughtry (D); Victoria Doudera (D); Ryan Fecteau (D); Amy Kuhn (D); Adam Lee (D); Margaret Rotundo (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 29% (10 of 35)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jun 16, 2025 | Reports READ. |
| House | Jun 16, 2025 | Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD) |
| House | Jun 16, 2025 | In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. |
| House | Jun 16, 2025 | On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED. |
| House | Jun 16, 2025 | ROLL CALL NO. 516 (Yeas 64 - Nays 79 - Absent 6 - Excused 2) |
| House | Jun 16, 2025 | Motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED. |
| Senate | Jun 12, 2025 | Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 490 Yeas 13 - Nays 21 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 |
| Senate | Jun 12, 2025 | Motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland to ACCEPT The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-361) Report FAILED |
| Senate | Jun 12, 2025 | Subsequently, the Minority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED. |
| Senate | Jun 12, 2025 | Sent down for concurrence. |
| Jun 11, 2025 | Reported Out: OTP-AM/ONTP | |
| May 7, 2025 | Voted: Divided Report | |
| May 7, 2025 | Work Session Held | |
| Senate | Mar 25, 2025 | Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 71 Yeas 19 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 1 |
| House | Mar 25, 2025 | In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. |
| Senate | Mar 25, 2025 | Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence PREVAILED |
| House | Mar 25, 2025 | The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. |
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 |
| Reference RC #71 | 03/25/2025 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 2 | Yes |
|
||||||
| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
| Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #490 | 06/12/2025 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 1 | No |
|
||||||
| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
| Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #516 | 06/16/2025 | 64 | 79 | 0 | 8 | No |
|
||||||
| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
Link: link to state bill page
