An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Concealed Firearms Permits
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0874
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: CEBRA, VAUGHAN, BERUBE, CRESSEY, FLETCHER, HAMPER, LANSLEY, ROBINSON, SNOWE-MELLO
Amends: 25 MRSA §2001-A, 25 MRSA §2003

Legislative Document 
No. 874 
H.P.624 
House of Representatives, February 22,2005 
An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Concealed Firearms Permits 
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative CEBRA of Naples. 
Cosponsored by Representative VAUGHAN of Durham and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: BERUBE of Lisbon, CRESSEY of Com ish, FLETCHER of Winslow, 
HAMPER of Oxford, LANSLEY of Sabattus, ROBINSON of Raymond, Senator: SNOWE-
MELLO of Androscoggin. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2001-A, sub-§2, V, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 
452, Pt. N, §2 and affected by Pt. X, §2, is amended to read: 
F. 
A firearm carried by a person to whom a valid permit to 
carry a concealed firearm has been issued by another state 
if a permit to carry a concealed firearm issued from that 
state has been granted reciprocity. 
The Chief of the State 
Police Rlay shall enter into reeipreeiEY agreements with 6 
other 
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to 
grant 
reciprocity to a permit to carry a concealed firearm issued 
from another state if: 
(1) 
The other state that issued the permit to carry a 
concealed 
firearm 
has 
substantially 
equivalent 
or 
stricter requirements for the issuance of a permit to 
carry a concealed firearm; and 
(2) 
The other state that issued the permit to carry a 
concealed 
firearm 
observes 
the 
same 
rules 
of 
reciproci ty in regards to a person issued a permit to 
carry a concealed firearm under this chapter. 
Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§I, as amended by PL 2003, c. 341, 
§§3 and 4 and c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is further amended by amending 
the first paragraph to read: 
1. 
Criteria for issuing permit. 
The 
issuing authority 
shall, 
upon 
written 
application, 
issue 
a 
permit 
to 
carry 
concealed firearms 
to an applicant over whom it has 
issuing 
authority and who 
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meets the following requirements: 
Sec. 3. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§2, 1fA-2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 
341, §6, is amended to read: 
A-2. 
That the applicant understands that an affirmative 
answer 
to 
subsection 
1, 
paragraph 
D, 
subparagraph 
(5), 
division (p) is cause for refusal if the order of the court 
meets the preconditions contained in Title 15, section 393, 
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Sec. 4. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§2, 1fB, as amended by PL 2003, c. 
341, §7, is further amended to read: 
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B. 
That 
the 
applicant 
understands 
that 
an 
affirmative 
answer to one or more of the questions in subsection 1, 
paragraph D, 
subparagraph ( 5) , 
divisions (a) , 
(k), 
(n) or 
(q) to (x) is cause for refusal; and 
Sec. 5. 25 MRS A §2003, sub-§2, 'B-l, as amended by PL 2003, c. 
341, §8, is repealed. 
Sec. 6. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1995, c. 694, 
Pt. D, §51 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is repealed. 
Sec. 7. 25 MRSA §2003, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1995, c. 694, 
Pt. D, §52 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is further amended to read: 
5. 
Access to confidential records. 
Notwithstanding that 
certain records retained by governmental entities are by law made 
confidential, 
the records pertaining to patient committals to 
A\'\C3\'\s,"a-Me-nt.-a-J-~.1-t;h.-Ias,"~,"\'\,"e Riveryiew Psychiatric Center and 
Bangor Mental Health Institute, and records compiled pursuant to 
Title 19-A, section 4012, subsection 1, that are necessary to the 
issuing authority I s determination of the applicant I s C399a.-ffi9£a± 
eRa~ae~e~-aaa compliance with the additional requirements of this 
section and of section 2005 must, at the request of the issuing 
authority, be made available for inspection by and dissemination 
to the issuing authority. 
SUMMARY 
This bill amends the concealed firearms permit requirements 
in the following ways. 
1. 
Under current law, 
the Chief of the State Police is 
permitted to enter into a 
reciprocity agreement with 2 other 
states regarding the carrying of a concealed firearm. 
This bill 
removes the limit and requires the Chief of the State Police to 
enter into a reciprocity agreement with another state if that 
other state has 
equal or stricter concealed firearms 
permit 
requirements and the other state grants reciprocity to concealed 
firearms permits issued in the State. 
2. 
This bill removes the requirement that the applicant for 
a concealed firearms permit be of "good moral character."