---
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).