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Maine · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

LD 863: An Act To Exempt Internet Raffles Conducted By Certain Organizations With Prizes Of $2,500 Or Less From Registration And Licensing Requirements

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

LD 863 is a bill introduced in the Maine House on March 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act To Exempt Internet Raffles Conducted By Certain Organizations With Prizes Of $2,500 Or Less From Registration And Licensing Requirements. Primary sponsor: Jim White (Republican). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 10, 2025): Became Law without Governor's Signature.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jim WhitePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Dan AnkelesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse100
Steve BishopCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Brad FarrinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate3
Rick MasonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Karen MontellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Wayne ParryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse140
D. RAYCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Shelley RudnickiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Russ WhiteCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Became Law without Governor's Signature
  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  4. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
  5. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-226) in concurrence.
  6. Committee Amendment "A" (H-226) READ and ADOPTED.
  7. Bill READ ONCE.
  8. On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
  9. Reports Read
  10. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  11. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-226).
  12. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source