An Act to Eliminate the 72-hour Waiting Period on Firearm Purchases

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Roll Call Votes

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1. On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland the Senate INSISTED on The Minority Ought to Pass Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

   4/9/2026Senate

2. Speaker FECTEAU of Biddeford MOVED to INSIST.Motion of Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor, to RECEDE and CONCUR to ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report FAILED.ROLL CALL NO. 804(Yeas 72 - Nays 76 - Absent 2 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)Subsequently, the House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-1032) ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

   4/9/2026House

3. Reports READ.Motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 934 Yeas 17 - Nays 18 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 Subsequently, The Minority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED in NON-CONCURRENCE. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 935 Yeas 18 - Nays 17 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 READ ONCE. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED In NON-CONCURRENCE. Sent down for concurrence

   4/9/2026Senate

4. Reports READ.On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.ROLL CALL NO. 793(Yeas 77 - Nays 72 - Absent 1 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-1032) was READ and ADOPTED.Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-1032). Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

   4/9/2026House

5. Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.

   6/25/2025House

6. Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.

   3/21/2025House

7. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY in concurrence

   1/14/2025Senate

8. Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

   1/14/2025House

Bill Text

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• Introduced

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