---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Reduce The Annual License Fee For High-Stakes Beano And To Allow The Passamaquoddy Tribe To Operate 50 Slot Machines In The Tribe'S High-Stakes Beano Facility"
description: "An Act To Reduce The Annual License Fee For High-Stakes Beano And To Allow The Passamaquoddy Tribe To Operate 50 Slot Machines In The Tribe'S High-Stakes Beano Facility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1077"
citation: "Maine LD 1077 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GAMBLING", "BINGO", "ANNUAL FEE REDUCED", "PASSAMAQUODDY T"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DANA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46a98f19-4517-4a92-9ab7-085fdf0c04af"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064121"
source_hash: "44f2e66061af354dcf7f476e2e2e65a235cc25607cdfb36cfdce2641f7571c03"
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 1077 (128) — An Act To Reduce The Annual License Fee For High-Stakes Beano And To Allow The Passamaquoddy Tribe To Operate 50 Slot Machines In The Tribe'S High-Stakes Beano Facility

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP075501.asp)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **85–55** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MIN ONTP RPT — **17–18** (fail) · upper
- ENACTMENT — **16–17** (fail) · upper
- ENACTMENT — **20–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DANA — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-16** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-03-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-03-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01** Reports READ.
- **2017-06-01** On motion of Representative LUCHINI of Ellsworth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2017-06-01** ROLL CALL NO. 212
- **2017-06-01** (Yeas 85 - Nays 55 - Absent 10 - Excused 1)
- **2017-06-01** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Committee Amendment "A" (H-366) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-01** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2017-06-01** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-366).
- **2017-06-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-05** Reports READ Senator MASON of Androscoggin moved to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report.
- **2017-06-05** On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending his motion to ACCEPT the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report, In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2017-06-07** Taken from the table by the President
- **2017-06-07** Motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin to ACCEPT The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report FAILED
- **2017-06-07** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 251 Yeas 17 - Nays 18 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2017-06-07** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2017-06-07** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-366) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-06-07** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-366) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2017-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-08** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-09** On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
- **2017-06-12** Taken from the table by the President
- **2017-06-12** Subsequently FAILED ENACTMENT In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2017-06-12** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 280 Yeas 16 - Nays 17 - Excused 2 - Absent 0
- **2017-06-12** HELD at the Request of Senator JACKSON of Aroostook.
- **2017-06-13** On motion by Senator DESCHAMBAULT of York The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Bill FAILED ENACTMENT In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2017-06-13** On motion by Same Senator Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ENACTMENT
- **2017-06-16** Taken from the table by the President ProTem
- **2017-06-16** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-06-16** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 323 Yeas 20 - Nays 15 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2017-06-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46a98f19-4517-4a92-9ab7-085fdf0c04af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).