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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Increase The Betting Limit On Games Of Chance At Fairs And Festivals And To Expand Allowed Operation"
description: "An Act To Increase The Betting Limit On Games Of Chance At Fairs And Festivals And To Expand Allowed Operation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1154"
citation: "Maine LD 1154 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GAMBLING", "GAMES OF CHANCE", "BETTING LIMIT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James HANDY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3180f45e-7804-4463-a3c8-79f38edc8a16"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280072302"
source_hash: "60ebe97041b1c66432762c2cc0bc6333077b47764487902d543d33a55e8dd914"
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 1154 (129) — An Act To Increase The Betting Limit On Games Of Chance At Fairs And Festivals And To Expand Allowed Operation
## 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=HP0843&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0843&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0843&item=3&snum=129)
## Sponsors
- James HANDY — primary (person)
- Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret CRAVEN — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-03-07** Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-03-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-03-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-04-30** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-04-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-162).
- **2019-04-30** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-02** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-02** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Committee Amendment "A" (H-162) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-162), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-07** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-05-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-16** 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/3180f45e-7804-4463-a3c8-79f38edc8a16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).