republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-863.md

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Bill	An Act To Exempt Internet Raffles Conducted By Certain Organizations With Prizes Of $2,500 Or Less From Registration And Licensing Requirements	An Act To Exempt Internet Raffles Conducted By Certain Organizations With Prizes Of $2,500 Or Less From Registration And Licensing Requirements	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 863	Maine LD 863 (132)	bill	GAMBLING INTERNET RAFFLES RAFFLES	enacted	James WHITE	3	24	0	2025-03-04	2025-06-10	openstates	ocd-bill/6d9e4032-4b42-4400-98fd-400c9da813ea	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097145	2f0c3e4eeb008a58966a74153f80a98c6d3ac0f2706a090c26148ceafe3ec53d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 863 (132) — An Act To Exempt Internet Raffles Conducted By Certain Organizations With Prizes Of $2,500 Or Less From Registration And Licensing Requirements

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-226) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 222 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 863 HP 549 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• James WHITE — primary (person)
• Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel ANKELES — cosponsor (person)
• Karen MONTELL — cosponsor (person)
• Richard MASON — cosponsor (person)
• Russell WHITE — cosponsor (person)
• Shelley RUDNICKI — cosponsor (person)
• Steven BISHOP — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne PARRY — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-04 Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
• 2025-03-04 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-04 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-03-04 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence referral-committee
• 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.
• 2025-05-22 Reports READ.
• 2025-05-22 On motion of Representative SUPICA of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2025-05-22 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-05-22 Committee Amendment "A" (H-226) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-05-22 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2025-05-22 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-226). reading-3
• 2025-05-22 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-27 Reports Read
• 2025-05-27 On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
• 2025-05-27 Bill READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-05-27 Committee Amendment "A" (H-226) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-05-27 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-226) in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-05-28 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-05-28 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-28 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-06-10 Became Law without Governor's Signature became-law
• 2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2025-05-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d9e4032-4b42-4400-98fd-400c9da813ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).