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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Strengthen Public Safety By Improving Maine'S Firearm Laws And Mental Health System"
+description: "An Act To Strengthen Public Safety By Improving Maine'S Firearm Laws And Mental Health System"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "131"
+identifier: "LD 2224"
+citation: "Maine LD 2224 (131)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["POSSESSION", "PROHIBITED PERSONS", "WEAPONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Margaret ROTUNDO"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2024-02-22"
+last_action: "2024-04-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66b3afbe-7408-443c-a3b4-cda8f14c2f04"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280092080"
+source_hash: "67bf4e46efea34d78ac1f804c8ffd8224af77fb3d6281960f8e59cf3bcb1bf4d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 2224 (131) — An Act To Strengthen Public Safety By Improving Maine'S Firearm Laws And Mental Health System
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0953&item=2&snum=131)
+2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0953&item=6&snum=131)
+3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0953&item=1&snum=131)
+4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0953&item=4&snum=131)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **19–15** (pass) · upper
+- Enactment — **75–68** (pass) · lower
+- ENACTMENT — **18–15** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED — **73–66** (pass) · lower
+- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **73–66** (pass) · lower
+- REFERENCE — **20–12** (pass) · upper
+- Reference in Concurrence — **74–65** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Margaret ROTUNDO — primary (person)
+- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
+- Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
+- Matthea DAUGHTRY — cosponsor (person)
+- Maureen TERRY — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
+- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-22** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2024-02-22** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 540 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
+- **2024-02-27** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-27** ROLL CALL NO. 375
+- **2024-02-27** (Yeas 74 - Nays 65 - Absent 11 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
+- **2024-02-27** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2024-04-11** Reports READ
+- **2024-04-11** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
+- **2024-04-12** Taken from the table by the President
+- **2024-04-12** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
+- **2024-04-12** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 707 Yeas 19 - Nays 15 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
+- **2024-04-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-12** Committee Amendment "A" (S-687) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-12** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland Senate Amendment "A" (S-695) READ and ADOPTED
+- **2024-04-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-687) AND Senate Amendment "A" (S-695) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2024-04-12** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2024-04-15** Reports READ.
+- **2024-04-15** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2024-04-15** ROLL CALL NO. 515
+- **2024-04-15** (Yeas 73 - Nays 66 - Absent 11 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
+- **2024-04-15** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2024-04-15** Committee Amendment "A" (S-687) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2024-04-15** Senate Amendment "A" (S-695) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2024-04-15** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2024-04-15** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-687) and Senate Amendment "A" (S-695) `reading-3`
+- **2024-04-15** ROLL CALL NO. 516
+- **2024-04-15** (Yeas 73 - Nays 66 - Absent 11 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
+- **2024-04-15** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2024-04-16** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2024-04-16** ROLL CALL NO. 520
+- **2024-04-16** (Yeas 75 - Nays 68 - Absent 7 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
+- **2024-04-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2024-04-16** On motion by Senator DUSON of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
+- **2024-04-18** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
+- **2024-04-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
+- **2024-04-18** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 783 Yeas 18 - Nays 15 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
+- **2024-04-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2024-03-21T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
+- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2024-03-27T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66b3afbe-7408-443c-a3b4-cda8f14c2f04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
+