DATE CREATED: January 11, 2023
LAST ACTION DATE: 07/06/2023
LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 01/11/2023
PROGRESS: Dead
BILL ID: LD168
CATEGORIES: Justice
REGION: ME
This bill requires criminal background checks of buyers of firearms for private sales, transfers or exchanges at gun shows or private sales, transfers or exchanges resulting from advertising or marketing subject to certain exceptions. The bill provides that the first offense for knowingly selling, transferring or exchanging a firearm in violation of the criminal background check required by this bill is a civil violation for which the penalty is a fine of up to $1,000. The bill designates subsequent offenses as Class D crimes.
SESSION: 131st Legislature
VERSIONS: 1
VOTES: 5
LAST ACTION: Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
ACTIONS: 43
SPONSORS: Rachel Ross (D)* , Sue Salisbury (D)
KEYWORDS: Criminal Background Check, Criminal Background Checks, Proprietary Security Organization, Relics License Issued, Firearms Offer Firearms, Private Seller Offers, Private Sales, Security Guard, Seller Offers, Gun Shows
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