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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Update Criminal Indictment Procedures And Expand The Provision Of Counsel To Certain Indigent Defendants"
+description: "An Act To Update Criminal Indictment Procedures And Expand The Provision Of Counsel To Certain Indigent Defendants"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "131"
+identifier: "LD 1625"
+citation: "Maine LD 1625 (131)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["APPOINTED COUNSEL", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "INDICTMENT PROCEDURES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-04-12"
+last_action: "2023-07-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bff2846-2365-42de-a3c1-ee63af590321"
+source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088623"
+source_hash: "b6d46b526905da1928ef7336308fd95ee02a353c91ac9aff1c8d13a52d3fb705"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 1625 (131) — An Act To Update Criminal Indictment Procedures And Expand The Provision Of Counsel To Certain Indigent Defendants
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0642&item=2&snum=131)
+2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0642&item=5&snum=131)
+3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0642&item=1&snum=131)
+4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0642&item=4&snum=131)
+
+## Votes
+
+- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **21–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David LAFOUNTAIN — cosponsor (person)
+- Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-12** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed
+- **2023-04-12** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland REFERENCE to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2023-04-12** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-08** Reports READ
+- **2023-06-08** On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
+- **2023-06-08** Reports READ
+- **2023-06-08** Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report .
+- **2023-06-08** On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report .
+- **2023-06-13** Taken from the table by the President
+- **2023-06-13** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
+- **2023-06-13** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 308 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
+- **2023-06-13** READ ONCE `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) `reading-2, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-13** Sent down for concurrence
+- **2023-06-14** Reports READ.
+- **2023-06-14** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
+- **2023-06-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
+- **2023-06-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
+- **2023-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-221). `reading-3`
+- **2023-06-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2023-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-06-15** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
+- **2023-07-25** On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
+- **2023-07-25** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) `reading-3`
+- **2023-07-25** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-07-25** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-486) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-07-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-486) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-486) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
+- **2023-07-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2023-07-25** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-486) thereto. `reading-3`
+- **2023-07-25** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2023-07-25** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2023-07-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2023-07-31** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
+- **2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
+- **2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bff2846-2365-42de-a3c1-ee63af590321`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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