---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Prohibit Excessive Telephone, Video And Commissary Charges In Maine Jails And Prisons"
description: "An Act To Prohibit Excessive Telephone, Video And Commissary Charges In Maine Jails And Prisons"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 1175"
citation: "Maine LD 1175 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS", "MANAGEMENT", "PHONE", "VIDEO", "COMMISSARY CHARGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MaryAnne KINNEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2022-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/500a5cf8-44ad-4d7a-93df-89848f9920a0"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079776"
source_hash: "31d8513a9d76d3eb544d84654c5e08a32a5180e1387c3b773e6972bdc5ff9665"
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 1175 (130) — An Act To Prohibit Excessive Telephone, Video And Commissary Charges In Maine Jails And Prisons

## 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=HP0853&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0853&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0853&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- MaryAnne KINNEY — primary (person)
- Ralph TUCKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** Received by the Clerk of the House on March 18, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-03-18** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-07-19** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order HP 1302.
- **2022-04-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2022-04-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2022-04-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-936). `reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2022-04-11** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2022-04-11** Committee Amendment "A" (H-936) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2022-04-11** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-936), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2022-04-11** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2022-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2022-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2022-04-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2022-04-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2021-06-03T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2022-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2022-04-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/500a5cf8-44ad-4d7a-93df-89848f9920a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).