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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1062H.P. 691House of Representatives, March 14, 2025
An Act to Eliminate Background Checks for Private Sales of
Firearms
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 12, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Judiciary pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative POIRIER of Skowhegan.
Cosponsored by Representatives: ARDELL of Monticello, HAGGAN of Hampden, MORRIS
of Turner, NUTTING of Oakland, RUDNICKI of Fairfield, SMITH of Palermo, THORNE of
Carmel, WADSWORTH of Hiram. Page 1 - 132LR1318(01)
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2 as enacted by PL 2023, c. 675, §6, is repealed.
3 as enacted by PL 2023, c. 675, §6, is repealed and
4 the following enacted in its place:
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6 which a dealer sells to a buyer at a gun show.
7 as enacted by PL 2023, c. 675, §6, is amended to
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10 federally licensed firearms dealer may not complete a transaction to which this section
11 applies unless the seller facilitates the transaction through a federally licensed firearms
12 dealer. The dealer shall perform a background check of the putative buyer in a transaction
13 to which this section applies by using the Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Instant
14 Criminal Background Check System in the same manner as if the dealer were the seller of
15 the firearm that is the subject of the transaction. If the background check reveals that the
16 putative buyer is prohibited from purchasing a firearm, the dealer shall notify the seller of
17 that fact and of the fact that the transaction may not proceed. The dealer may charge a
18 reasonable fee for serving as the facilitator.
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20 This bill amends the law governing background checks of firearms buyers to eliminate
21 background checks for private sales of firearms.
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