---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations Of The Commission To Examine Reestablishing Parole"
description: "An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations Of The Commission To Examine Reestablishing Parole"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 720"
citation: "Maine LD 720 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "PAROLE", "SENTENCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig HICKMAN"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ca7a528-014d-465d-927b-80dd3392eddf"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086370"
source_hash: "6b273c2923a1a0fe96fa3e89c1cea14a067344545d1017f2cf78e9657fdb4fcf"
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 720 (131) — An Act To Implement Certain Recommendations Of The Commission To Examine Reestablishing Parole

## 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=SP0278&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0278&item=5&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0278&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0278&item=4&snum=131)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **73–60** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craig HICKMAN — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
- Scott CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-02-16** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-21** Reports READ
- **2023-06-21** On motion by Senator BAILEY of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-21** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "A" (S-388) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-388) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-21** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-23** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-23** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
- **2023-06-23** Later today assigned.
- **2023-06-26** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-06-26** Subsequently, on motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-26** ROLL CALL NO. 333
- **2023-06-26** (Yeas 73 - Nays 60 - Absent 18 - Excused 0)
- **2023-06-26** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-26** Committee Amendment "A" (S-388) was READ.
- **2023-06-26** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, House Amendment "A" (H-715) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-388) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-26** Committee Amendment "A" (S-388) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-715) thereto was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-26** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-26** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-388) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-715) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2023-06-26** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2023-06-26** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-27** On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-388) AS AMENDED BY House Amendment "A" (H-715) thereto in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2023-06-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-07-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-24T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+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/8ca7a528-014d-465d-927b-80dd3392eddf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).