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ME LD1463

Bill

Status

Failed

5/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Melanie Sachs

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Origin

House of Representatives

132nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Prohibits Maine from selling surplus or forfeited firearms through private or public sale, requiring all such firearms to be destroyed instead

  • Creates an exception allowing state employees to purchase at fair market value firearms that were assigned to them or that they were the principal user of during their employment

  • Requires the Director of the Bureau of General Services to update rules for both the Department of Administrative and Financial Services and the Department of Public Safety to reflect the new destruction requirement

  • Mandates the Department of Public Safety to contract with a specialized vendor for the destruction of all forfeited and surplus firearms in the state

Legislative Description

An Act to Prohibit the Auctioning of State Surplus or Forfeited Firearms

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Last Action

Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

5/13/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary4/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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