Maine 131st Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Passed House 7 R cosponsors

LD 582 — An Act To Enhance Certain Penalties For Possession Of Firearms By Prohibited Persons

Last action — HELD BY GOVERNOR

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

This bill died with 131st Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “Passed House” 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.

Signed by Governor Janet Mills (Democratic) on July 25, 2023.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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

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Action History

  1. HELD BY GOVERNOR

  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence

  3. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 490 Yeas 21 - Nays 5 - Excused 9 - Absent 0 PREVAILED

  4. On motion by Senator BENNETT of Oxford The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENACTED

  5. PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence

  6. On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.

  7. On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  8. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  9. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  10. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  11. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-318).

  12. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

  13. Committee Amendment "A" (S-318) was READ and ADOPTED.

  14. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  15. Subsequently, on motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  16. Speaker laid before the House

  17. Later today assigned.

  18. On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.

  19. Reports READ.

  20. Sent down for concurrence

  21. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-318)

  22. Committee Amendment "A" (S-318) READ and ADOPTED

  23. READ ONCE

  24. On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  25. Taken from the table by the President

  26. Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

  27. On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT

  28. Reports READ

  29. Voted - Divided Report

  30. Work Session Held

  31. CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.

  32. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

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

  34. Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 177 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Peter LYFORD

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (177)

177 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.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

ENACTMENT

Passed 21 Yea · 5 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 11304
Independent 1000
Republican 5103
Unaffiliated 4102
Total 21509
% of votes cast 60%14%0%26%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Nay
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Yea
LAFOUNTAIN of Kennebec — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Not Voting
POULIOT of Kennebec — Not Voting
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Nay
Cameron D. Reny Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Nay
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Not Voting
Jill C. Duson Democrat Not Voting
Joseph E. Rafferty Democrat Yea
Joseph M. Baldacci Democrat Yea
Margaret "Peggy" R. Rotundo Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Not Voting
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Michael Tipping Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Not Voting
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Yea
Stacy F. Brenner Democrat Nay
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Timothy E. Nangle Democrat Yea
Richard A. Bennett Independent Yea
Bradlee T. Farrin Republican Yea
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Not Voting
James D. Libby Republican Yea
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Yea
Marianne Moore Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Not Voting
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

public-safety
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 582?
LD 582 is sponsored by Stephen Wood (Republican), Jeffrey L. Timberlake (Republican), James Thorne (Republican), Matthew POULIOT, Stacey K. Guerin (Republican), Gary Drinkwater (Republican), Richard Campbell (Republican), Russell J. Black (Republican), and Peter LYFORD.
What is the current status of LD 582?
This bill died with 131st Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “Passed House” 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.
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