---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Increase County Jail Funding"
description: "An Act To Increase County Jail Funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2232"
citation: "Maine LD 2232 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTY JAILS", "JAILS", "STATE FUNDING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tavis HASENFUS"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-03-10"
last_action: "2026-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78c39acf-ae42-45f9-9f65-1d1d23dd38c7"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280101881"
source_hash: "66faaa4ff0ce63c0a01d0c2b215b612f24f3448583eb65c5da82274c388f0050"
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 2232 (132) — An Act To Increase County Jail Funding

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment C-A (H-924)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1507&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment S-A to C-A (S-692)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1507&item=4&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 721** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1507&item=5&snum=132)
4. **LD 2232 HP 1507** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1507&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **129–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tavis HASENFUS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-10** Representative HASENFUS for the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety pursuant to Resolve 2025, chapter 73, section 2 reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-10** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-10** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2026-03-10** On motion by Senator Beebe-Center of Knox REFERRED to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, in concurrence.
- **2026-03-31** Reports READ.
- **2026-03-31** On motion of Representative HASENFUS of Readfield, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-31** ROLL CALL NO. 706
- **2026-03-31** (Yeas 129 - Nays 17 - Absent 4 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2026-03-31** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-31** Committee Amendment "A" (H-924) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-31** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2026-03-31** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-924). `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-02** Reports READ
- **2026-04-02** On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2026-04-02** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2026-04-02** Committee Amendment "A" (H-924) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-924) in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-04-06** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2026-04-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-06** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2026-04-13** On motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-924) in concurrence. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** On further motion by Same Senator the Senate SUSPENDED THE RULES to RECONSIDER their actions whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-924) was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-692) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-924) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-04-13** Committee Amendment "A" (H-924) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-692) thereto ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-13** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-924) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-692) thereto in NON-CONCURRENCE. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** Sent down for concurrence.
- **2026-04-13** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-924) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-692) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2026-04-13** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-14** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2026-04-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-14** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-03-18T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2026-03-30T04:00:00+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/78c39acf-ae42-45f9-9f65-1d1d23dd38c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).