# Maine LD 337: An Act to Repeal the Sunday Amateur Sports Law, the Law Allowing Municipalities to Permit the Operation of Movie Theaters on Sundays and the Law Imposing a Fine or Imprisonment for Playing Games and Sports with Admission Charges on Memorial Day

Maine LD 337, An Act to Repeal the Sunday Amateur Sports Law, the Law Allowing Municipalities to Permit the Operation of Movie Theaters on Sundays and the Law Imposing a Fine or Imprisonment for Playing Games and Sports with Admission Charges on Memorial Day, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joshua Morris (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-25 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 43) (as of 2026-10-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maine LD 337
- State: Maine
- Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to Repeal the Sunday Amateur Sports Law, the Law Allowing Municipalities to Permit the Operation of Movie Theaters on Sundays and the Law Imposing a Fine or Imprisonment for Playing Games and Sports with Admission Charges on Memorial Day
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-30
- Last action: 2025-04-25, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 43
- Sponsor: Joshua Morris (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Subjects: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Maine repeals Sunday and holiday recreation rules: benefit, low. Maine repeals specified parts of its Sunday amateur sports law. It also ends the law letting towns permit movie theaters to open on Sundays. The repeal does not spell out what other rules apply to these Sunday activities. Games and sports with paid admission on Memorial Day no longer carry the repe…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joshua Morris (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David Boyer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Donald Ardell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Laurel Libby (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Michael Lance (Republican), House

## Actions (7)

- 2025-04-25: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 43
- 2025-04-23: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)
- 2025-04-17: Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCEUnder suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith. (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)
- 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. (House)
- 2025-01-30: Received by the Clerk of the House on January 30, 2025.The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. (House)

## Bill text

- Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0237&item=2&snum=132)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0237&item=1&snum=132)

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## Sources
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0237&item=2&snum=132)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0237&item=1&snum=132)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD337-132 (as of 2026-10-18).