Maine 130th Legislature (2021-2022) Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

LD 999 — An Act Regarding Background Checks For The Sale Of Firearms

Last action — Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 130th Legislature (2021-2022). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. On motion by Senator DESCHAMBAULT of York The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence

  3. Taken from the table by the President

  4. On motion by Senator DESCHAMBAULT of York Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT

  5. Reports READ

  6. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  7. Subsequently, on motion of Representative WARREN of Hallowell, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

  8. (Yeas 67 - Nays 77 - Absent 7 - Excused 0)

  9. ROLL CALL NO. 185

  10. Subsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass Report FAILED.

  11. (Yeas 64 - Nays 79 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)

  12. ROLL CALL NO. 184

  13. Motion of Representative ANDREWS of Paris to INDEFINITELY POSTPONE the Bill and accompanying papers FAILED.

  14. Speaker laid before the House

  15. Later today assigned.

  16. On further motion of same Representative TABLED pending her motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report.

  17. Representative WARREN of Hallowell moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report.

  18. Reports READ.

  19. Reported Out - OTP/ONTP

  20. Voted - Divided Report

  21. Work Session Held

  22. Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.

  23. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence

  24. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  25. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

  26. Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 185 not signed on · 65 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (185)

185 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

ACCEPT MIN ONTP RPT

Passed 28 Yea · 7 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 8200
Independent 1000
Republican 8000
Unaffiliated 11500
Total 28700
% of votes cast 80%20%0%0%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BREEN of Cumberland — Nay
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Nay
CLAXTON of Androscoggin — Yea
DAVIS of Piscataquis — Yea
DESCHAMBAULT of York — Yea
DIAMOND of Cumberland — Yea
FARRIN of Somerset — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Yea
LIBBY of Androscoggin — Nay
LUCHINI of Hancock — Yea
MAXMIN of Lincoln — Yea
MIRAMANT of Knox — Nay
POULIOT of Kennebec — Yea
ROSEN of Hancock — Yea
SANBORN of Cumberland — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Nay
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Nay
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Yea
James Dill Democrat Yea
Joseph E. Rafferty Democrat Yea
Joseph M. Baldacci Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Yea
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Stacy F. Brenner Democrat Yea
Richard A. Bennett Independent Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
David Woodsome Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Yea
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Yea
Marianne Moore Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea

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INDEFINITELY POSTPONE

Failed 64 Yea · 79 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 43101
Unaffiliated 304306
Republican 30301
Unenrolled 0100
Independent 0100
Total 647908
% of votes cast 42%52%0%5%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ALLEY of Beals — Nay
ANDREWS of Paris — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Yea
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Nay
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Nay
BLUME of York — Nay
BROOKS of Lewiston — Nay
BRYANT of Windham — Nay
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Nay
CARDONE of Bangor — Nay
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Nay
CEBRA of Naples — Not Voting
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Nay
COLLINGS of Portland — Nay
CONNOR of Lewiston — Yea
COREY of Windham — Yea
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Yea
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Nay
CUDDY of Winterport — Nay
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Nay
DOLLOFF of Milton Township — Yea
DOORE of Augusta — Nay
DOWNES of Bucksport — Yea
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Nay
EVANS of Dover-Foxcroft — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Nay
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HANLEY of Pittston — Yea
HARNETT of Gardiner — Nay
HEAD of Bethel — Yea
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Nay
JAVNER of Chester — Yea
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Yea
KINNEY of Knox — Yea
KRYZAK of Acton — Yea
LANDRY of Farmington — Yea
LIBBY of Auburn — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Yea
MADIGAN of Waterville — Nay
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Nay
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Nay
McDONALD of Stonington — Nay
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Yea
MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth — Nay
MORALES of South Portland — Nay
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Nay
NADEAU of Winslow — Nay
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Yea
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Nay
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Yea
O'NEIL of Saco — Nay
ORDWAY of Standish — Yea
PAULHUS of Bath — Not Voting
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Nay
PERRY of Calais — Nay
PERRY of Bangor — Nay
PICKETT of Dixfield — Yea
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Yea
RECKITT of South Portland — Nay
RISEMAN of Harrison — Nay
ROCHE of Wells — Not Voting
SAMPSON of Alfred — Yea
SHARPE of Durham — Not Voting
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Nay
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Yea
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
STETKIS of Canaan — Yea
SYLVESTER of Portland — Nay
TUCKER of Brunswick — Nay
TUTTLE of Sanford — Nay
WHITE of Waterville — Nay
WHITE of Mars Hill — Yea
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Nay
WOOD of Portland — Nay
ZEIGLER of Montville — Not Voting
Allison Hepler Democrat Nay
Amy Roeder Democrat Nay
Ann Matlack Democrat Nay
Arthur Bell Democrat Nay
Christopher Kessler Democrat Not Voting
Denise Tepler Democrat Nay
Donna Bailey Democrat Nay
Grayson Lookner Democrat Nay
Holly Stover Democrat Nay
Janice Dodge Democrat Nay
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Nay
Laura Supica Democrat Nay
Laurie Osher Democrat Nay
Lori Gramlich Democrat Nay
Lydia Crafts Democrat Nay
Lynn Copeland Democrat Nay
Melanie Sachs Democrat Nay
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Nay
Morgan Rielly Democrat Nay
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Yea
Parnell Terry Democrat Nay
Poppy Arford Democrat Nay
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Nay
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Nay
Samuel Zager Democrat Nay
Sophia Warren Democrat Nay
Sophia Warren Democrat Nay
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Nay
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Nay
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Nay
Traci Gere Democrat Nay
Valli Geiger Democrat Nay
Victoria Doudera Democrat Nay
William Pluecker Independent Nay
Abigail Griffin Republican Yea
Amanda Collamore Republican Yea
Amy Arata Republican Nay
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Yea
Bruce Bickford Republican Yea
Chad Perkins Republican Yea
David G. Haggan Republican Yea
Gary Drinkwater Republican Yea
Irene Gifford Republican Yea
James Thorne Republican Yea
Jennifer Poirier Republican Yea
John Ducharme Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph Underwood Republican Yea
Joshua Morris Republican Yea
Mark Blier Republican Yea
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Michael Lemelin Republican Yea
Nancy Theriault Republican Not Voting
Nathan Carlow Republican Yea
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Yea
Randall Greenwood Republican Yea
Randall Hall Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Yea
Sheila Lyman Republican Yea
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Yea
Steven Foster Republican Yea
Susan Bernard Republican Yea
Tracy Quint Republican Yea
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Nay
W. Crockett Unenrolled Nay

Official roll call →

ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP

Failed 67 Yea · 77 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 343906
Republican 03301
Democrat 31500
Unenrolled 1000
Independent 1000
Total 677707
% of votes cast 44%51%0%5%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ALLEY of Beals — Nay
ANDREWS of Paris — Nay
AUSTIN of Gray — Nay
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Nay
BLUME of York — Yea
BROOKS of Lewiston — Yea
BRYANT of Windham — Yea
CAIAZZO of Scarborough — Yea
CARDONE of Bangor — Yea
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Nay
CEBRA of Naples — Not Voting
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Yea
CONNOR of Lewiston — Nay
COREY of Windham — Nay
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Nay
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Yea
CUDDY of Winterport — Yea
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Nay
DOLLOFF of Milton Township — Nay
DOORE of Augusta — Yea
DOWNES of Bucksport — Nay
DUNPHY of Old Town — Nay
EVANGELOS of Friendship — Nay
EVANS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
FAY of Raymond — Nay
GRIGNON of Athens — Not Voting
HANLEY of Pittston — Nay
HARNETT of Gardiner — Yea
HEAD of Bethel — Nay
HUTCHINS of Penobscot — Nay
HYMANSON of York — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Nay
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Nay
KINNEY of Knox — Nay
KRYZAK of Acton — Nay
LANDRY of Farmington — Nay
LIBBY of Auburn — Nay
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Yea
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Yea
McDONALD of Stonington — Nay
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Yea
MILLETT of Waterford — Nay
MILLETT of Cape Elizabeth — Yea
MORALES of South Portland — Yea
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Yea
NADEAU of Winslow — Nay
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Nay
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Nay
PAULHUS of Bath — Not Voting
PEBWORTH of Blue Hill — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PERRY of Bangor — Yea
PICKETT of Dixfield — Nay
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Nay
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Yea
ROCHE of Wells — Not Voting
SAMPSON of Alfred — Nay
SHARPE of Durham — Not Voting
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Nay
STANLEY of Medway — Nay
STEARNS of Guilford — Nay
STETKIS of Canaan — Nay
SYLVESTER of Portland — Yea
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
TUTTLE of Sanford — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Yea
WHITE of Mars Hill — Nay
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Yea
WOOD of Portland — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Not Voting
Allison Hepler Democrat Yea
Amy Roeder Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
Arthur Bell Democrat Yea
Christopher Kessler Democrat Yea
Denise Tepler Democrat Nay
Donna Bailey Democrat Nay
Grayson Lookner Democrat Yea
Holly Stover Democrat Yea
Janice Dodge Democrat Yea
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Yea
Laura Supica Democrat Yea
Laurie Osher Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Yea
Lydia Crafts Democrat Yea
Lynn Copeland Democrat Yea
Melanie Sachs Democrat Yea
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michele Meyer Democrat Yea
Morgan Rielly Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Nay
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Poppy Arford Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Nay
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Samuel Zager Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Yea
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Nay
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Yea
Traci Gere Democrat Yea
Valli Geiger Democrat Yea
Victoria Doudera Democrat Yea
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Nay
Amanda Collamore Republican Nay
Amy Arata Republican Nay
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Nay
Bruce Bickford Republican Nay
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
David G. Haggan Republican Nay
Gary Drinkwater Republican Nay
Irene Gifford Republican Nay
James Thorne Republican Nay
Jennifer Poirier Republican Nay
John Ducharme Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joseph E. Martin Republican Nay
Joseph Underwood Republican Nay
Joshua Morris Republican Nay
Mark Blier Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Nay
Michael Lemelin Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Not Voting
Nathan Carlow Republican Nay
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Nay
Randall Greenwood Republican Nay
Randall Hall Republican Nay
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Sheila Lyman Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Nay
Steven Foster Republican Nay
Susan Bernard Republican Nay
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
William Tuell Republican Nay
W. Crockett Unenrolled Yea

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LD 999 is sponsored by Rachel Talbot Ross (Democrat).
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