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ME LD337

Bill

Status

Passed

4/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Joshua Morris

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Origin

House of Representatives

132nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Repeals Maine's Sunday amateur sports law (17 MRSA §3205), which previously regulated amateur sporting events on Sundays

  • Eliminates the law requiring municipalities to permit movie theater operations on Sundays (17 MRSA §3207)

  • Removes criminal penalties of fines or imprisonment for playing games and sports with admission charges on Memorial Day (17 MRSA §3241)

  • Amends 17 MRSA §3204 by repealing a related blocked paragraph concerning Sunday activities

  • Signed into law by the Governor on April 25, 2025, as Public Law Chapter 43

Legislative Description

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

Economic Development

Last Action

PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

4/23/2025

Committee Referrals

Housing1/30/2025

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