What is the status of LD998?

Failed as of June 12, 2025. Latest action: Reports READ On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED in concurrence Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 510 Yeas 19 - Nays 16 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) (June 12, 2025).

Alicia Collins (R, 61), with 10 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for LD998?

On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=998&snum=132

Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature

Maine LD998: An Act Regarding an Employer's Authority to Prohibit an Employee from Storing a Firearm in the Employee's Vehicle

Q: What is LD998?

LD998 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act Regarding an Employer's Authority to Prohibit an Employee from Storing a Firearm in the Employee's Vehicle.

Q: What does LD998 do?

In its own words: An Act Regarding an Employer's Authority to Prohibit an Employee from Storing a Firearm in the Employee's Vehicle Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative COLLINS of Sidney. Cosponsored by Representative POIRIER of Skowhegan, Senator HAGGAN of Penobscot and Representatives: DAIGLE of Fort Kent, DRINKWATER of Milford, FLYNN of Albion, HAGGAN of Hampden, SMITH of Palermo, TUELL of East Machias, Senators: BRADSTREET of Kennebec, MOORE of Washington. Printed on recycled paper.

Status: Failed, June 12, 2025

What the bill says

An Act Regarding an Employer's Authority to Prohibit an Employee from Storing a Firearm in the Employee's Vehicle Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative COLLINS of Sidney. Cosponsored by Representative POIRIER of Skowhegan, Senator HAGGAN of Penobscot and Representatives: DAIGLE of Fort Kent, DRINKWATER of Milford, FLYNN of Albion, HAGGAN of Hampden, SMITH of Palermo, TUELL of East Machias, Senators: BRADSTREET of Kennebec, MOORE of Washington. Printed on recycled paper.

From the introduced text:

An Act Regarding an Employer's Authority to Prohibit an Employee from Storing a Firearm in the Employee's Vehicle Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative COLLINS of Sidney. Cosponsored by Representative POIRIER of Skowhegan, Senator HAGGAN of Penobscot and Representatives: DAIGLE of Fort Kent, DRINKWATER of Milford, FLYNN of Albion, HAGGAN of Hampden, SMITH of Palermo, TUELL of East Machias, Senators: BRADSTREET of Kennebec, MOORE of Washington. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 26 MRSA §600, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2011, c. 537, §1, is further amended to read: 1. Firearms in vehicles. An employer or an agent of an employer may not prohibit an employee who has a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm under Title 25, chapter 252 from keeping a firearm in the employee's vehicle as long as the vehicle is locked and the firearm is not visible. This subsection applies to the State as an employer when a state employee's vehicle is on property owned or leased by the State. This subsection does not authorize an employee or state employee to carry a firearm in a place where carrying a firearm is prohibited by law. For purposes …

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Maine LD998: An Act Regarding an Employer's Authority to Prohibit an Employee from Storing a Firearm in the Employee's Vehicle

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