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LD213 • 2025

An Act to Increase the Sales Commission of Retailers Selling Lottery Tickets

An Act to Increase the Sales Commission of Retailers Selling Lottery Tickets

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Sponsor
Representative Quentin Chapman
Last action
2025-06-02
Official status
On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland the Senate INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought Not To Pass Report. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 273 Yeas 19 - Nays 15 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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An Act to Increase the Sales Commission of Retailers Selling Lottery Tickets

An Act to Increase the Sales Commission of Retailers Selling Lottery Tickets Sponsor: Representative Quentin Chapman Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Increase the Sales Commission of Retailers Selling Lottery Tickets Sponsor: Representative Quentin Chapman Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

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Amendments

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Adopted by House

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0518(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0518(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 213 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-02 Senate

    On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland the Senate INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought Not To Pass Report. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 273 Yeas 19 - Nays 15 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-05-29 House

    The House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-184) ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-15 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  4. 2025-04-23 Committee

    Work Session Reconsidered

  5. 2025-04-23 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-03-05 Committee

    Work Session Held

  7. 2025-03-05 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  8. 2025-02-26 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  9. 2025-01-16 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Increase the Sales Commission of Retailers Selling Lottery Tickets
Sponsor:
Representative Quentin Chapman
Reference committee:
Veterans and Legal Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 213
H.P. 136 House of Representatives, January 21, 2025
An Act to Increase the Sales Commission of Retailers Selling Lottery
Tickets
Received by the Clerk of the House on January 16, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Veterans and Legal Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative CHAPMAN of Auburn.

Page 1 - 132LR0518(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §374, sub-§1, ¶K, as amended by PL 2011, c. 310, §7, is further
3 amended to read:
4 K. The manner and amount of compensation to be paid to persons licensed to sell
5 lottery tickets or shares necessary to provide for the adequate availability of tickets or
6 shares to prospective buyers and for the convenience of the general public. Rules
7 adopted by the commission must provide that a person licensed to sell lottery tickets
8 or shares is entitled to a minimum 10% sales commission for each instant lottery game
9 ticket sold and each draw or other terminal-generated game ticket sold;
10SUMMARY
11 This bill provides that rules adopted by the Department of Administrative and Financial
12 Services, State Liquor and Lottery Commission must provide that a person licensed to sell
13 lottery tickets is entitled to a minimum 10% sales commission for each instant lottery game
14 ticket sold and each draw or other terminal-generated game ticket sold.
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