DATE CREATED: March 29, 2023
LAST ACTION DATE: 06/20/2023
LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 03/29/2023
PROGRESS: Dead
BILL ID: LD1451
CATEGORIES: Justice
REGION: ME
This bill prohibits all state and local government entities, the employees of these entities and all other state and local government officials from: 1. Enforcing or assisting federal agencies in the enforcement of federal laws that restrict a person's right to own, possess and purchase a firearm or firearm ammunition or obtain a related firearms certification without prohibiting these state and local government officials from enforcing state laws that do the same; 2. Restricting, revoking, suspending or otherwise infringing on a person's right to own, purchase or possess a firearm or firearm ammunition or to obtain any related firearms certification based on the person's purchase, possession or use of cannabis; and 3. Providing information to a federal agency or official of a federal agency relating to a person's ownership, possession or purchase of a firearm or firearm ammunition or the person's obtaining of any related firearms certification based solely on the person's purchase, possession or use of cannabis.
SESSION: 131st Legislature
VERSIONS: 1
VOTES: 1
LAST ACTION: Placed in the Legislative Files. (DEAD)
ACTIONS: 17
SPONSORS: David Boyer (R) , Chad Perkins (R) , Eric Brakey (R)* , John Andrews (R) , Barbara Bagshaw (R) , Irene Gifford (R) , Timmy Guerrette (R) , Thomas Lavigne (R) , Tracy Quint (R) , Katrina Smith (R)
KEYWORDS: Assisting Federal Agencies, Local Government Officials, Related Firearms Certification, Federal Agency Related, Federal Agency Relating, Local Government Entity, Local Government Entities, Federal Government, Federal Agency, Government Entity