---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Reduce The Cost Of Pretrial Detention"
description: "An Act To Reduce The Cost Of Pretrial Detention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 516"
citation: "Maine LD 516 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "OTHER CRIMINAL LAW", "PRETRIAL DETENTION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DION"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/453b6c7e-ff0d-404d-ae14-98fe0ec3ca4e"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063229"
source_hash: "5e221d408b420083e235348f8d3b7975a4a0493723dded8c19bb3f96bc219a28"
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 516 (128) — An Act To Reduce The Cost Of Pretrial Detention

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP017701.asp)

## Sponsors

- DION — primary (person)
- BRAKEY — cosponsor (person)
- CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- WARREN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-14** Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-02-14** REFERENCE to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY
- **2017-02-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-02-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2017-06-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (S-264) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-264). `reading-2`
- **2017-06-14** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-06-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-06-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-264).
- **2017-06-14** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/453b6c7e-ff0d-404d-ae14-98fe0ec3ca4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).