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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Allow Gun Shops To Hold Firearms For Veterans Of The United States Armed Forces And First Responders"
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description: "An Act To Allow Gun Shops To Hold Firearms For Veterans Of The United States Armed Forces And First Responders"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "132"
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identifier: "LD 1174"
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citation: "Maine LD 1174 (132)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["FIREARM STORAGE", "FIREARMS", "SALES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stephen WOOD"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-03-20"
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last_action: "2025-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9450978-f353-401b-a44f-51b8dbb0295f"
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source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097670"
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source_hash: "d147cd32d1b73fbfd371cb57494fca53458313288b6a556a461f6a716fc69519"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 1174 (132) — An Act To Allow Gun Shops To Hold Firearms For Veterans Of The United States Armed Forces And First Responders
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment C-A (H-661)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0779&item=2&snum=132)
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2. **Chapter 357** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0779&item=3&snum=132)
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3. **LD 1174 HP 779** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0779&item=1&snum=132)
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## Votes
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- ACC MAJ OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP — **55–93** (fail) · lower
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- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT NOT TO PASS REPORT — **11–24** (fail) · upper
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- REFERENCE — **19–16** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Stephen WOOD — primary (person)
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- Chad PERKINS — cosponsor (person)
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- David HAGGAN — cosponsor (person)
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- Donald ARDELL — cosponsor (person)
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- James WHITE — cosponsor (person)
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- Kimberly POMERLEAU — cosponsor (person)
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- Matthew HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
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- Michel LAJOIE — cosponsor (person)
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- Randall GREENWOOD — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-20** Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed.
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- **2025-03-20** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-03-20** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY In concurrence. PREVAILED `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 61 Yeas 19 - Nays 16 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
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- **2025-03-21** Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
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- **2025-06-12** Motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland to ACCEPT The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report FAILED
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- **2025-06-12** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 517 Yeas 11 - Nays 24 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
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- **2025-06-12** Subsequently, The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
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- **2025-06-12** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (H-661) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-12** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-661) in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-12** Reports READ.
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- **2025-06-12** Motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth to ACCEPT the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.
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- **2025-06-12** ROLL CALL NO. 460
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- **2025-06-12** (Yeas 55 - Nays 93 - Absent 1 - Excused 2)
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- **2025-06-12** On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2025-06-12** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-12** Committee Amendment "A" (H-661) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2025-06-12** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2025-06-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-661). `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2025-06-13** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2025-06-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2025-06-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
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- **2025-05-07T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
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- **2025-06-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9450978-f353-401b-a44f-51b8dbb0295f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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