---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide An Immediate Opportunity To Appeal For A Juvenile Bound Over Into Criminal Court"
description: "An Act To Provide An Immediate Opportunity To Appeal For A Juvenile Bound Over Into Criminal Court"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 27"
citation: "Maine LD 27 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPEALS", "DETENTION", "JUVENILE OFFENDERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna BAILEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f745940b-3c4c-46ab-b054-20f851b804a6"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280077948"
source_hash: "d8864d1c674a3f31db3c2030abca519d383714634c513d5489233e4a5e92e84d"
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 27 (130) — An Act To Provide An Immediate Opportunity To Appeal For A Juvenile Bound Over Into Criminal Court

## 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=SP0035&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0035&item=1&snum=130)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0035&item=3&snum=130)

## Sponsors

- Donna BAILEY — primary (person)
- Charlotte WARREN — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey EVANGELOS — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Thom HARNETT — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria MORALES — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 11, 2021 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2021-03-10** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-15) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-03-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-15). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2021-03-11** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2021-03-11** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2021-03-11** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-15). `reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-03-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-03-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-03-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2021-03-09T05:00:00+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/f745940b-3c4c-46ab-b054-20f851b804a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).