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An Act to Allow Children to Participate in Beano Games Conducted by Nonprofit Charitable Organizations

An Act to Allow Children to Participate in Beano Games Conducted by Nonprofit Charitable Organizations

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Sponsor
Senator Susan Bernard
Last action
2025-05-22
Official status
Reports READ On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
Effective date
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An Act to Allow Children to Participate in Beano Games Conducted by Nonprofit Charitable Organizations

An Act to Allow Children to Participate in Beano Games Conducted by Nonprofit Charitable Organizations Sponsor: Senator Susan Bernard Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Allow Children to Participate in Beano Games Conducted by Nonprofit Charitable Organizations Sponsor: Senator Susan Bernard Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1941(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1941(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 835 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-22 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative SUPICA of Bangor, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. Placed in the Legislative Files. ( DEAD )

  2. 2025-05-20 Senate

    Reports READ On motion by Senator HICKMAN of Kennebec The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  3. 2025-05-15 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-04-28 Committee

    Work Session Reconsidered

  5. 2025-04-28 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-03-26 Committee

    Work Session Held

  7. 2025-03-26 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  8. 2025-03-04 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Allow Children to Participate in Beano Games Conducted by Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
Sponsor:
Senator Susan Bernard
Reference committee:
Veterans and Legal Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 835
S.P. 368 In Senate, March 4, 2025
An Act to Allow Children to Participate in Beano Games Conducted
by Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BERNARD of Aroostook.
Cosponsored by Senator: TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin.

Page 1 - 132LR1941(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §313-D, sub-§5 is enacted to read:
35. Nonprofit charitable organizations; no fee. A bona fide nonprofit charitable,
4 educational, political, civic, recreational, fraternal, patriotic, religious or veterans'
5 organization when:
6 A. Games are offered exclusively to a club, group or organization composed of
7 individuals at least 90% of whom are under 18 years of age or to an incorporated
8 community organization, agency or institution;
9 B. Games are offered exclusively on the premises of the bona fide nonprofit charitable,
10 educational, political, civic, recreational, fraternal, patriotic, religious or veterans'
11 organization conducting beano; and
12 C. No fee is charged to participate in a beano game.
13Sec. 2. 17 MRSA §313-D, 2nd ¶, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. JJJJJ, §7, is
14 amended to read:
15 Notwithstanding section 319, persons under the age of 16 years of age may take part
16 in a game of beano conducted under subsection 2, 3 or , 4 or 5.
17SUMMARY
18 This bill authorizes bona fide nonprofit charitable, educational, political, civic,
19 recreational, fraternal, patriotic, religious or veterans' organizations to conduct beano
20 without a license or without registering with the Department of Public Safety, Gambling
21 Control Unit when beano games are offered exclusively to a club, group or organization
22 composed of individuals at least 90% of whom are under 18 years of age or to an
23 incorporated community organization, agency or institution, games are offered exclusively
24 on the premises of the organization conducting beano and there is no fee charged to
25 participate in a beano game.
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