Proposed Maine Firearm Legislation LD60
Legislation Overview
Title: An Act to Require a 72-hour Waiting Period After the Sale of a Firearm
Subject: Weapons: Sales
Description: An Act to Require a 72-hour Waiting Period After the Sale of a Firearm
Session: 131st Legislature
Last Action: Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Last Action Date: June 15, 2023
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'.
6 sponsors: Margaret Craven (D); Poppy Arford (D); Lydia Crafts (D); Janice Dodge (D); Lori Gramlich (D); Bruce White (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (6 of 151)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jun 15, 2023 | Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) |
| Senate | Jun 15, 2023 | Subsequently The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence |
| Senate | Jun 15, 2023 | Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 354 Yeas 11 - Nays 24 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 FAILED |
| Senate | Jun 15, 2023 | Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox moved to Accept The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report |
| Senate | Jun 15, 2023 | Taken from the table by the President |
| Senate | Jun 14, 2023 | Reports READ |
| Senate | Jun 14, 2023 | On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT |
| Senate | Jun 14, 2023 | Unfinished Business |
| House | Jun 13, 2023 | ROLL CALL NO. 201 (Yeas 69 - Nays 73 - Absent 7 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1) |
| House | Jun 13, 2023 | Reports READ. |
| House | Jun 13, 2023 | Motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED. |
| House | Jun 13, 2023 | Subsequently, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED. |
| House | Jun 13, 2023 | Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Reported Out: OTP-AM/ONTP | |
| May 17, 2023 | Voted: Divided Report | |
| May 17, 2023 | Work Session Held | |
| House | Mar 30, 2023 | Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594. |
| House | Jan 4, 2023 | The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. |
| Senate | Jan 4, 2023 | The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence |
| House | Jan 4, 2023 | Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. |
| House | Jan 4, 2023 | Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety 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 |
| 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 |
| Acc Maj Otp As Amended Rep RC #201 | 06/13/2023 | 69 | 73 | 0 | 8 | No |
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| Accept Majority Ought To Pass As Amended Report RC #354 | 06/15/2023 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | No |
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Link: link to state bill page
