republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-253.md

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Bill	An Act To Remove The Bet Limit For Winner-Take-All Hands In Games Of Chance Tournament Games	An Act To Remove The Bet Limit For Winner-Take-All Hands In Games Of Chance Tournament Games	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 253	Maine LD 253 (129)	bill	GAMBLING GAMES OF CHANCE VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS	enacted	Shenna BELLOWS	3	16	0	2019-01-22	2019-05-16	openstates	ocd-bill/e43c1813-f00a-4df1-b8ae-840566a6393f	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070965	f3cc69e72796849856bbf2cb6a85b3e5c14da54ba57a8eba85e00d9f83e76197	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 253 (129) — An Act To Remove The Bet Limit For Winner-Take-All Hands In Games Of Chance Tournament Games

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Shenna BELLOWS — primary (person)
• Bettyann SHEATS — cosponsor (person)
• Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
• Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
• John SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
• Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
• Scott CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-22 Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2019-01-22 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2019-01-22 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-04-30 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2019-04-30 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-04-30 Committee Amendment "A" (S-64) READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2019-04-30 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-64). reading-2
• 2019-04-30 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2019-05-02 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2019-05-02 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2019-05-02 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-64).
• 2019-05-02 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-07 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-05-07 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-05-08 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-05-16 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e43c1813-f00a-4df1-b8ae-840566a6393f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).