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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Permit A Veterans Organization To Lease Its Facility To An Organization That Is Registered To Operate Beano Or Bingo Games Without Obtaining A Commercial Beano Hall Permit"
description: "An Act To Permit A Veterans Organization To Lease Its Facility To An Organization That Is Registered To Operate Beano Or Bingo Games Without Obtaining A Commercial Beano Hall Permit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 131"
citation: "Maine LD 131 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GAMBLING", "BINGO", "VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark BRYANT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/194e1c8a-e3fb-4f50-b0ef-594ea12fefa3"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070879"
source_hash: "a494ff89b191f0f8e7c6dfa8ac1a02469491c0293165f99e98b86c4c46a19c6d"
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 131 (129) — An Act To Permit A Veterans Organization To Lease Its Facility To An Organization That Is Registered To Operate Beano Or Bingo Games Without Obtaining A Commercial Beano Hall Permit
## 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=HP0113&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0113&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0113&item=3&snum=129)
## Sponsors
- Mark BRYANT — primary (person)
- Catherine NADEAU — cosponsor (person)
- Donna DOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey EVANGELOS — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan WADSWORTH — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick COREY — cosponsor (person)
- Roland MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Susan DESCHAMBAULT — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-17** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-03-19** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-03-19** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-16).
- **2019-03-19** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-21** Report READ and ACCEPTED in concurrence
- **2019-03-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-16) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-03-21** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2019-03-26** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2019-03-26** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-16), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-03-28** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-04-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** 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/194e1c8a-e3fb-4f50-b0ef-594ea12fefa3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).