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Proposed Maine Firearm Legislation LD525

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Legislation Overview

Title: An Act to Strengthen Maine Citizens' Second Amendment Rights by Allowing the Discharge of Firearms on Private Property That Is Within 500 Feet of School Property in Certain Circumstances

Subject: Firearms: Possession

Description: An Act to Strengthen Maine Citizens' Second Amendment Rights by Allowing the Discharge of Firearms on Private Property That Is Within 500 Feet of School Property in Certain Circumstances

Session: 132nd Legislature

Last Action: Unfinished Business

Last Action Date: May 29, 2025

Sponsors

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10 sponsors: Joshua Morris (R); Donald Ardell (R); Quentin Chapman (R); Marygrace Cimino (R); William Faulkingham (R); David Haggan (R); Robert Nutting (R); Reagan Paul (R); Katrina Smith (R); James White (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 7% (10 of 151)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate May 29, 2025 Unfinished Business
Senate May 28, 2025 Reports Read
Senate May 28, 2025 Unfinished Business
Senate May 28, 2025 On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE The Minority Ought to Pass Report in NON-CONCURRENCE.
Senate May 28, 2025 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 234 Yeas 17 - Nays 17 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
Senate May 28, 2025 Motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.
House May 27, 2025 Reports READ.
House May 27, 2025 On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
House May 27, 2025 ROLL CALL NO. 189 (Yeas 70 - Nays 69 - Absent 12 - Excused 0)
House May 27, 2025 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
May 20, 2025 Reported Out: ONTP/OTP
May 14, 2025 Work Session Held
May 14, 2025 Voted: Divided Report
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.
Senate Feb 11, 2025 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
House Feb 11, 2025 Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed.
House Feb 11, 2025 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
House Feb 11, 2025 On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS.
Senate Feb 11, 2025 In 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
05/27/2025 70 69 0 12 Yes
  • Abdi, Mana (D) Yea
  • Adams, Jeffrey (R) Absent
  • Albert, Roger (R) Nay
  • Ankeles, Daniel (D) Yea
  • Arata, Amy (R) Nay
  • Archer, Marshall (D) Nay
  • 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) Nay
  • 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) Yea
  • Collamore, Amanda (R) Nay
  • Collins, Alicia (R) Nay
  • Cooper, Mark (R) Nay
  • Copeland, Lynn (D) Nay
  • Crafts, Lydia (D) Yea
  • Cray, Dean (R) Nay
  • Crockett, Edward (D) Yea
  • Daigle, Lucien (R) Nay
  • DeBrito, Flavia (D) Yea
  • 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) Yea
  • Eder, John (R) Nay
  • Faircloth, Sean (D) Yea
  • 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) Absent
  • Friedmann, Gary (D) Yea
  • Frost, Sharon (I) Nay
  • Gattine, Andrew (D) Yea
  • Geiger, Valli (D) Yea
  • Gere, Traci (D) Yea
  • Gifford, Irene (R) Nay
  • Golek, Cheryl (D) Yea
  • Graham, Anne (D) Absent
  • Gramlich, Lori (D) Yea
  • Greenwood, Randall (R) Nay
  • Griffin, Abigail (R) Nay
  • 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) Absent
  • Javner, Kathy (R) Nay
  • Julia, Cassie (D) Yea
  • Kessler, Christopher (D) Yea
  • Kuhn, Amy (D) Yea
  • Lajoie, Michel (D) Yea
  • Lance, Michael (R) Absent
  • Lanigan, Lucas (R) Absent
  • Lavigne, Thomas (R) Nay
  • Lee, Adam (D) Yea
  • Lemelin, Michael (R) Nay
  • Libby, Laurel (R) Nay
  • Lookner, Grayson (D) Absent
  • Lyman, Sheila (R) Nay
  • Macias, Rafael (D) Yea
  • Malon, Marc (D) Absent
  • Mason, Richard (R) Nay
  • Mastraccio, Anne-Marie (D) Yea
  • Mathieson, Kristi (D) Yea
  • Matlack, Ann (D) Yea
  • McCabe, Julia (D) Yea
  • McIntyre, Mathew (R) Nay
  • Meyer, Michele (D) Yea
  • Milliken, Nina (D) Yea
  • 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) Yea
  • 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) Yea
  • Quint, Tracy (R) Nay
  • Rana, Ambureen (D) Yea
  • Ray, D. (D) Yea
  • Rielly, Morgan (D) Yea
  • Roberts-Lovell, Tiffany (D) Absent
  • Roeder, Amy (D) Yea
  • Rollins, David (D) Yea
  • Rudnicki, Shelley (R) Nay
  • Runte, Walter (D) Yea
  • Sachs, Melanie (D) Yea
  • Salisbury, Suzanne (D) Yea
  • Sargent, Holly (D) Yea
  • Sato, Eleanor (D) Yea
  • Sayre, Daniel (D) Yea
  • Schmersal-Burgess, Tammy (R) Nay
  • Shagoury, Daniel (D) Yea
  • Simmons, Abden (R) Nay
  • Sinclair, David (D) Yea
  • Skold, Charles (D) Absent
  • Smith, Katrina (R) Nay
  • Soboleski, Michael (R) Nay
  • Stover, Holly (D) Yea
  • Strout, Tiffany (R) Nay
  • 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) Nay
  • Walker, Mark (R) Nay
  • Warren, Sophia (I) Yea
  • Webb, Kilton (D) Yea
  • 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
05/28/2025 17 17 0 1 No
  • Bailey, Donna (D) Yea
  • Baldacci, Joseph (D) Nay
  • Beebe-Center, Pinny (D) Yea
  • Bennett, Richard (R) Nay
  • Bernard, Susan (R) Nay
  • Bickford, Bruce (R) Nay
  • Black, Russell (R) Absent
  • Bradstreet, Richard (R) Nay
  • Brenner, Stacy (D) Yea
  • Carney, Anne (D) Yea
  • Curry, Glenn (D) Nay
  • Cyrway, Scott (R) Nay
  • Duson, Jill (D) Yea
  • Farrin, Bradlee (R) Nay
  • Grohoski, Nicole (D) Yea
  • Guerin, Stacey (R) Nay
  • Haggan, David (R) Nay
  • Harrington, Matthew (R) Nay
  • Hickman, Craig (D) Nay
  • Ingwersen, Henry (D) Yea
  • Larsen Daughtry, Matthea (D) Yea
  • Lawrence, Mark (D) Yea
  • Libby, James (R) Nay
  • Martin, Joseph (R) Nay
  • Moore, Marianne (R) Nay
  • Nangle, Timothy (D) Yea
  • Pierce, Teresa (D) Yea
  • Rafferty, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Reny, Cameron (D) Yea
  • Rotundo, Margaret (D) Yea
  • Stewart, Harold (R) Nay
  • Talbot Ross, Rachel (D) Yea
  • Tepler, Denise (D) Yea
  • Timberlake, Jeffrey (R) Nay
  • Tipping, Michael (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

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