Proposed Maine Firearm Legislation LD1560
Legislation Overview
Title: An Act to Remove the Duty of an Individual Exercising Self-defense to Safely Retreat or Abstain from Performing Certain Acts upon Demand
Subject: Crimes: Trespass
Description: An Act to Remove the Duty of an Individual Exercising Self-defense to Safely Retreat or Abstain from Performing Certain Acts upon Demand
Session: 131st Legislature
Last Action: Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Last Action Date: June 15, 2023
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
9 sponsors: Chad Perkins (R); John Andrews (R); Donald Ardell (R); William Faulkingham (R); Matthew Harrington (R); Benjamin Hymes (R); Daniel Newman (R); Michael Soboleski (R);James White (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 6% (9 of 151)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jun 15, 2023 | Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) |
| Senate | Jun 15, 2023 | Taken from the table by the President |
| Senate | Jun 15, 2023 | Subsequently The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence |
| Senate | Jun 14, 2023 | Unfinished Business |
| Senate | Jun 13, 2023 | Unfinished Business |
| Senate | Jun 12, 2023 | Unfinished Business |
| Senate | Jun 8, 2023 | Unfinished Business |
| Senate | Jun 7, 2023 | On further motion by same Senator TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending her motion to ACCEPT the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report, in concurrence |
| Senate | Jun 7, 2023 | Unfinished Business |
| Senate | Jun 7, 2023 | Reports READ |
| Senate | Jun 7, 2023 | Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report. |
| House | Jun 6, 2023 | Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. |
| House | Jun 6, 2023 | Reports READ. |
| House | Jun 6, 2023 | On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED. |
| House | Jun 6, 2023 | ROLL CALL NO. 116 (Yeas 74 - Nays 66 - Absent 10 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1) |
| May 31, 2023 | Reported Out: ONTP/OTP-AM | |
| May 16, 2023 | Work Session Held | |
| May 16, 2023 | Voted: Divided Report | |
| Senate | Apr 12, 2023 | The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence |
| House | Apr 11, 2023 | The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. |
| House | Apr 11, 2023 | Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed. |
| House | Apr 11, 2023 | Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | not available | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Acc Maj Ought Not To Pass Rep RC #116 | 06/6/2023 | 74 | 66 | 0 | 10 | Yes |
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| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
Link: link to state bill page
