---
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).