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IntroducedFeb 06, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
HP 315, An Act To Remove The Duty Of An Individual Exercising Self-Defense To Safely Retreat Or Abstain From Performing Certain Acts Upon Demand
Last Action See all actions
Senate • May 20, 2025: Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary/Bill Text
Comments on LD 486
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Elizabeth Carusocosponsor
- Scott Cyrwaycosponsor
- John Edercosponsor
- Mathew Mcintyrecosponsor
- Arthur Mingocosponsor
- Robert Nuttingcosponsor
- James Whitecosponsor
Votes
NO: 8
- Anne Beebe-Center
- Tavis Hasenfus
- Mana Abdi
- Stephan Bunker
- Chip Curry
- Michel Lajoie
- Grayson Lookner
- Nina Milliken
OTHER: 0
YES: 72
- ABDI
- ANKELES
- ARCHER
- ARFORD
- BECK
- BELL
- BOYER
- BRENNAN
- BRIDGEO
- BUNKER
- CLOUTIER
- CLUCHEY
- COPELAND
- CRAFTS
- CROCKETT
- DEBRITO
- DHALAC
- DILL
- DODGE
- EATON
- FAIRCLOTH
- FARRIN
- FECTEAU
- FRIEDMANN
- FROST
- GATTINE
- GEIGER
- GERE
- GOLEK
- GRAHAM
- GRAMLICH
- HASENFUS
- KESSLER
- KUHN
- LAJOIE
- LEE
- LOOKNER
- MACIAS
- MALON
- MASTRACCIO
- MATHIESON
- MATLACK
- MCCABE
- MEYER
- MILLIKEN
- MITCHELL
- MONTELL
- MOONEN
- MURPHY
- OSHER
- PUGH
- RANA
- RAY
- RIELLY
- ROBERTS
- ROEDER
- ROLLINS
- RUNTE
- SALISBURY
- SARGENT
- SATO
- SAYRE
- SHAGOURY
- SINCLAIR
- SKOLD
- STOVER
- SUPICA
- TERRY
- WARREN
- WEBB
- YUSUF
- ZAGER
NO: 68
- ADAMS
- ALBERT
- ARATA
- ARDELL
- BABIN
- BAGSHAW
- BISHOP
- BLIER
- CAMPBELL
- CARLOW
- CARUSO
- CHAPMAN
- CIMINO
- COLLAMORE
- COLLINS
- CRAY
- DAIGLE
- DRINKWATER
- DUCHARME
- EDER
- FAULKINGHAM
- FLYNN
- FOLEY
- FOSTER
- FREDERICKS
- FREDETTE
- GIFFORD
- GREENWOOD
- GRIFFIN
- GUERRETTE
- HAGGAN
- HALL
- HENDERSON
- HYMES
- JAVNER
- LANCE
- LAVIGNE
- LEMELIN
- LYMAN
- MASON
- MCINTYRE
- MINGO
- MORRIS
- NUTTING
- OLSEN
- PARRY
- PAUL
- PERKINS
- POIRIER
- POMERLEAU
- QUINT
- RUDNICKI
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS
- SIMMONS
- SMITH
- SOBOLESKI
- STROUT
- SWALLOW
- THORNE
- TUELL
- UNDERWOOD
- WADSWORTH
- James Lee White
- WHITE
- WOOD
- WOODSOME
OTHER: 1
Actions
- May 20, 2025 | Senate
- Taken from the table by the President
- On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook ACCEPTANCE of The Minority Ought to Pass Report FAILED
- Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 185 Yeas 15 - Nays 17 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- Subsequently, The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence
- Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
- May 07, 2025 | Senate
- On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
- May 06, 2025 | House
- Reports READ.
- On motion of Representative HASENFUS of Readfield, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- ROLL CALL NO. 108
- (Yeas 72 - Nays 68 - Absent 10 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- May 02, 2025 | legislature
- Reported Out - ONTP/OTP
- Apr 24, 2025 | legislature
- Work Session (State House, Room 436)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - Divided Report
- Mar 21, 2025 | House
- Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- Mar 17, 2025 | legislature
- Public Hearing (State House, Room 436)
- Feb 06, 2025 | House
- Received by the Clerk of the House on February 6, 2025.
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
Bill Texts
Documents
- Fiscal StatusHTML
- Fiscal StatusPDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Katherine Ahrens (YARMOUTH)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Gun Owners of Maine Amadon Amadon (Skowhegan)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Bruce Andrews (Kennebunk)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by James Andrews (Sidney)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Jeanie Barnard (Yarmouth)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Faith Barnes (Brunswick)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Art Blank (Bar Harbor)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Allen Browne (Falmouth)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Caleb Burgess (BATH)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Richard CarpenterPDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Simon Cavill (Skowhegan)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Argia Charles (Bath)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Richard Coshow (Bridgton)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Monique Culbertson (Durham)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Brenda Daly-Weiss (Cape Elizabeth)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Jonathan Danel (Saco)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Jonathan Danel (Saco)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Madeleine DesFosses (Maine Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Shawn Doil (Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Margo Donnis (South Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Margaret Duhamel (Woolwich)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Lynn Ellis (Brunswick)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Danny Emerson (South Berwick)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Jeanne Fiorini (South Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by David Fitz (Cumberland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Michelle Fortier-Oosterman (Lyman)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Aileen Freeman (Brunswick)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Peter Fromuth (Yarmouth)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Anne Gallaudet (Scarborough)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Margaret Groban (South Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Margaret Groban (South Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Roy Hitchings (Camden)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by roy hitchings (Camden)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Gregory Hunnewell (Belgrade Lakes Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Katia Johnstone (Belfast)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Michael Kebede (ACLU of Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Susan Kistenmacher (Farmingdale)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Fernand LaRochelle (Criminal Law Advisory Commission (CLAC))PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Grace Leavitt (Raymond)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Heide Lester (EqualityMaine)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Ethan Lewis (Cambridge )PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Peggy McGehee (Falmouth)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by David Moltz (Maine Association of Psychiatric Physicians)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Peter Morgan (Raymond)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Deborah Murray (Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Peter Murray (Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Peter O'Connell (South Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Mary OConnell (South Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Nacole Palmer (Maine Gun Safety Coalition)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Deborah Patten (Bath)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Susan Payne (Cape Elizabeth)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Chad Perkins (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Patricia Peterson (Falmouth)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Richard J Ples (Mt Vernon Maine )PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Karen Prieto (Brunswick)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Ann Sawchuck (Cumberland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Molly Schen (South Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Anne Sedlack (Maine Medical Association)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Mark Segar (Freeport)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Hillary Shende (Brunswick)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by David Souers (Friendship)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by David Souers (Friendship)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Sue Stableford (Brunswick)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Tamre Steinhauer (South Berwick)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Thomas Tieman (Auburn)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Janice Vance (Kennebunk)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by James Waite (OLD ORCHARD BEACH)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Nikki Williams (PORTLAND)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Gail Witherill (Cumberland)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 17, 2025 by Heather Wyman (Appleton)PDF
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=486&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280096401
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280096401
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=486&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096401