---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Continue Allowing The Department Of Corrections To Accept Placement Of Certain Defendants Found Incompetent To Stand Trial"
description: "An Act To Continue Allowing The Department Of Corrections To Accept Placement Of Certain Defendants Found Incompetent To Stand Trial"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2046"
citation: "Maine LD 2046 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONS DEPT", "DEFENDANTS INCOMPETENT FOR TRIAL", "PROCEDURES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Suzanne SALISBURY"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-12-11"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3df75ebf-7872-4fe5-883e-7b951f5b6e7f"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091376"
source_hash: "86068062dd0bba0e6a32cb9978fddd765d03feeb231d69358813c56c2ccf727d"
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 2046 (131) — An Act To Continue Allowing The Department Of Corrections To Accept Placement Of Certain Defendants Found Incompetent To Stand Trial

## 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=HP1308&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1308&item=7&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1308&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1308&item=6&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACC MIN OTP AS AMENDED REP — **49–88** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Suzanne SALISBURY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-11** Received by the Clerk of the House on December 11, 2023. `receipt`
- **2023-12-11** 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`
- **2024-03-13** Reports READ.
- **2024-03-13** Motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook to ACCEPT the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED.
- **2024-03-13** ROLL CALL NO. 403
- **2024-03-13** (Yeas 49 - Nays 88 - Absent 14 - Excused 0)
- **2024-03-13** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-13** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-13** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-03-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-13** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-14** Reports READ
- **2024-03-14** On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
- **2024-03-26** Taken from the table by the President
- **2024-03-26** On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox The Minority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2024-03-26** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-03-26** Committee Amendment "A" (H-817) READ
- **2024-03-26** On motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-597) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-817) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Committee Amendment "A" (H-817) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-597) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-817) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-597) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-26** Sent down for concurrence
- **2024-03-27** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-817) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-597) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3df75ebf-7872-4fe5-883e-7b951f5b6e7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).