---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Make Creating A Police Standoff A Class E Crime"
description: "An Act To Make Creating A Police Standoff A Class E Crime"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 179"
citation: "Maine LD 179 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PROCEDURES", "STANDOFFS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LONGSTAFF"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a8b170d-346b-4f13-919b-9f1d59d9d8a3"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062735"
source_hash: "424832d75ac1354d133e6fad590cadf3b104caee6e9e9c6acef41bcbc765111c"
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 179 (128) — An Act To Make Creating A Police Standoff A Class E Crime

## Version chain

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

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/HP013501.asp)

## Sponsors

- LONGSTAFF — primary (person)
- DILLINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
- GOLDEN — cosponsor (person)
- HANINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- KATZ — cosponsor (person)
- LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
- MASON — cosponsor (person)
- NADEAU — cosponsor (person)
- PERKINS — cosponsor (person)
- SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.
- **2017-01-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-01-26** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** Reports READ.
- **2017-05-17** On motion of Representative WARREN of Hallowell, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-17** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-17** Committee Amendment "A" (H-163) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-17** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2017-05-17** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-163).
- **2017-05-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-18** Reports Read
- **2017-05-18** On motion by Senator ROSEN of Hancock the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
- **2017-05-18** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Committee Amendment "A" (H-163) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-05-18** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-163) in concurrence `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-24** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-05-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a8b170d-346b-4f13-919b-9f1d59d9d8a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).