Less than six months after a gunman in Lewiston killed 18 people, Democrats in the Maine Legislature passed several gun control reforms this week.

But whether all or some of them become law is up to Gov. Janet Mills, who has 10 days to decide whether to sign, veto or let them become law without her signature.

The votes are a culmination of an effort that started shortly after the Oct. 25 shootings at a bowling alley and a bar. The Maine Gun Safety Coalition and others rallied in Capitol Park in early November to call for reforms, placing small red flags on the lawn with the State House dome behind them.

And while they are now praising lawmakers for the work that did get done, the effort to have Maine adopt a full red flag law is unlikely to move forward.

The late-session bill from House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross (D-Portland) proposed an extreme risk protection order system designed to help family and police more easily seize weapons from those considered dangerous.

A spokeswoman for Talbot Ross said the Legislature — which adjourned just before 6 a.m. Thursday after working through the night — ran out of time to consider the red flag bill.

“Given the contentious debate over the budget and the late hour, Speaker Talbot Ross believed the legislation couldn’t receive the attention it deserves,” said Mary Erin Casale. “However, the Legislature was able to pass some of the most significant and effective gun safety reforms in decades.”

Casale also said Talbot Ross, who is running for the Senate, is “committed to the further work ahead.”

The bills that passed include a 72-hour waiting period between when a gun is purchased and picked up; a ban on bump stocks that make it easier to fire more bullets more quickly and an expansion of background checks for private advertised firearm sales.

The expansion of background checks is one of the proposals from Mills, who also put forward changes to the state’s current yellow flag law to allow police to go directly to a judge to get a warrant if they suspect someone with weapons is a danger to themselves or others.

She also called for an expansion of the state’s mental health system and investments in violence prevention programs.

The Maine Gun Safety Coalition released a statement early Thursday saying they believe the reforms will make the state safer.

“Maine has taken significant steps forward in preventing gun violence and protecting Maine lives,” Nacole Palmer, coalition executive director, said in a statement. “We are now hopeful that Gov. Mills will sign these important reforms into law.”

During House and Senate debates, Republicans argued that none of the reforms would have stopped Lewiston shooter Robert Card, 40, of Bowdoin, who used a legally obtained rifle to kill 18 people and wound 13 others in the state’s deadliest mass shooting.

An interim report by an independent commission investigating the shootings found that the state’s existing yellow flag law should have been used by the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office to take Card into protective custody and remove his firearms before the massacre.

Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine Executive Director David Trahan made similar arguments — that the shootings happened because of a failure by law enforcement — throughout the debates on whether new gun control legislation is needed.

He said Thursday that he was disappointed the Legislature limited citizen input on the bills to two or three minutes, met late at night and used parliamentary rules in the Senate to pass the 72-hour waiting period bill.

He said SAM has worked with the governor on other gun safety legislation and he hopes she will use her veto pen.

“We have a good relationship with the governor,” Trahan said. “We feel we have the best chance to remedy this with the governor.”

On the other side, local chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action are praising the Legislature for its work and hoping the governor will sign the bills into law.

“After the devastating mass shooting in Lewiston last year, Mainers called for real progress on gun violence prevention and our legislators delivered,” Kathleen McFadden, a volunteer with the Maine chapter of Moms Demand Action said in a statement. “The tragedy in Lewiston awoke something in all of us to fight to keep guns out of the hands of those who could be a danger to themselves or others.”