---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Prohibit Unauthorized Paramilitary Training"
description: "An Act To Prohibit Unauthorized Paramilitary Training"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2130"
citation: "Maine LD 2130 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MILITARY FORCES", "TRAINING", "UNAUTHORIZED PROHIBITED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laurie OSHER"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2e93499-4ab3-4f20-8068-ff00ea61142c"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091539"
source_hash: "ea19d7c92a804550bb58db6cbb880f7b232c98abb07087cb7593e4807fceb6ec"
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 2130 (131) — An Act To Prohibit Unauthorized Paramilitary Training

## 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=HP1354&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1354&item=5&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1354&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1354&item=3&snum=131)
5. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1354&item=4&snum=131)

## Votes

- RECONSIDER — **16–18** (fail) · upper
- TABLE UNTIL LATER — **74–68** (pass) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **18–14** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **66–60** (pass) · lower
- ENACTMENT — **20–14** (pass) · upper
- Enactment — **72–71** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laurie OSHER — primary (person)
- Amanda COLLAMORE — cosponsor (person)
- Amy ARATA — cosponsor (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Eloise VITELLI — cosponsor (person)
- James DILL — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
- Michael TIPPING — cosponsor (person)
- Richard CAMPBELL — cosponsor (person)
- Valli GEIGER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-03** Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.
- **2024-01-03** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-01-09** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21** Reports READ.
- **2024-02-21** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-21** ROLL CALL NO. 372
- **2024-02-21** (Yeas 66 - Nays 60 - Absent 24 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2024-02-21** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-757) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-02-21** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-02-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-757). `reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-22** Reports Read
- **2024-02-22** On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2024-02-22** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 541 Yeas 18 - Nays 14 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2024-02-22** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** Committee Amendment "A" (H-757) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-02-27** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-27** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-757), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2024-02-29** On motion of Representative TERRY of Gorham, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2024-02-29** On motion of Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Bill was TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2024-02-29** Subsequently, the Bill was TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2024-02-29** ROLL CALL NO. 389
- **2024-02-29** (Yeas 74 - Nays 68 - Absent 8 - Excused 0 - Vacant - 1)
- **2024-02-29** Later today assigned. (Roll Call Ordered)
- **2024-04-03** Speaker laid before the House
- **2024-04-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** ROLL CALL NO. 460
- **2024-04-03** (Yeas 72 - Nays 71 - Absent 8 - Excused 0)
- **2024-04-03** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-09** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2024-04-09** Taken from the table by the President
- **2024-04-09** On motion by Senator BENNETT of Oxford for RECONSIDERATION
- **2024-04-09** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 670 Yeas 16 - Nays 18 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 FAILED
- **2024-04-09** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2024-04-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2024-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-02-20T05:00:00+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/b2e93499-4ab3-4f20-8068-ff00ea61142c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).