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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 208H.P. 128House of Representatives, January 14, 2025
An Act to Eliminate the 72-hour Waiting Period on Firearm
Purchases
Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor.
Cosponsored by Senators: HAGGAN of Penobscot, HARRINGTON of York, Senator
TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin and
Representatives: LYMAN of Livermore Falls, PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft, WHITE of
Guilford. Page 1 - 132LR0038(01)
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2 as enacted by PL 2023, c. 678, §1 and reallocated by RR
3 2023, c. 2, Pt. A, §40, is repealed.
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5 This bill repeals the requirement that a seller of firearms wait 72 hours before
6 delivering a purchased firearm to the buyer.
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