# Maine LD 1743: An Act to Allow Municipalities to Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings and Voting Places and at Their Municipal Public Proceedings Maine LD 1743, An Act to Allow Municipalities to Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings and Voting Places and at Their Municipal Public Proceedings, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Poppy Arford (Democratic); status failed, last action 2025-06-16 (Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moves The Senate INSIST on ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought to Pass Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook to RECEDE and CONCUR FAILED Roll Call Ordered Subsequently, the Senate INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1743-132 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maine LD 1743 - State: Maine - Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to Allow Municipalities to Prohibit Firearms Within Their Municipal Buildings and Voting Places and at Their Municipal Public Proceedings - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-04-22 - Last action: 2025-06-16, Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moves The Senate INSIST on ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought to Pass Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook to RECEDE and CONCUR FAILED Roll Call Ordered Subsequently, the Senate INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) - Sponsor: Poppy Arford (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 9 - Subjects: MUNICIPALITIES, MUNICIPALITIES - ORDINANCES - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (192 yes, 196 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Poppy Arford (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Amy Kuhn (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Anne M. Carney (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: David Rollins (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Jill C. Duson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kristen Cloutier (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Matt Moonen (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Matthew Beck (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Rachel Talbot Ross (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: William Bridgeo (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-06-16 | Senate | RECEDE AND CONCUR | fail | 15 | 17 | | | 2025-06-16 | House | RECEDE AND CONCUR | fail | 70 | 71 | | | 2025-06-12 | Senate | ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS REPORT | pass | 18 | 17 | | | 2025-06-12 | House | ACC MAJ OUGHT TO PASS REP | fail | 69 | 77 | | | 2025-04-30 | Senate | REFERENCE | pass | 20 | 14 | | ## Actions (9) - 2025-06-16: Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moves The Senate INSIST on ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought to Pass Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook to RECEDE and CONCUR FAILED Roll Call Ordered Subsequently, the Senate INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) (Senate) - 2025-06-16: Motion of Speaker FECTEAU of Biddeford, to RECEDE and CONCUR to ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED FAILED.ROLL CALL NO. 509(Yeas 70 - Nays 71 - Absent 8 - Excused 2)Subsequently, the House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-06-12: Reports READ.Motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass Report FAILED.ROLL CALL NO. 461(Yeas 69 - Nays 77 - Absent 3 - Excused 2)On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-06-12: Reports ReadOn motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 518 Yeas 18 - Nays 17 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 Report READ Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in NON-CONCURRENCE. (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Taken from the table by the President On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 134 Yeas 20 - Nays 14 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Unfinished Business (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Unfinished Business (Senate) - 2025-04-23: On motion by Senator HARRINGTON of York Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending REFERENCE Unfinished Business (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT suggested and ordered printed. On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) ## Bill text - Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1161&item=1&snum=132) ## Related bills - LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program (failed) - LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families (failed) - LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (failed) - LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (failed) - LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State Employees (failed) - LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (failed) ## Sources - [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1161&item=1&snum=132) ## Related - [LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1522-132) - [LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1665-132) - [LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retiremen…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1872-132) - [LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2067-132) - [LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1611-132) - [LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1294-132) - [Maine bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine/bills) - [Maine state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1743-132 (as of 2026-10-19).