---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Facilitate The Creation Of An Aroostook County Drug Treatment Court"
description: "An Act To Facilitate The Creation Of An Aroostook County Drug Treatment Court"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1596"
citation: "Maine LD 1596 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AROOSTOOK COUNTY", "COURTS", "DRUG COURT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Troy JACKSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-11"
last_action: "2024-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d9433c4-d64f-4db8-a1a8-a4e0543ed9f4"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088549"
source_hash: "0ce3a856f9496031c16d003a53d4b8d5a21126d8ca6598d0502637701672f20b"
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 1596 (131) — An Act To Facilitate The Creation Of An Aroostook County Drug Treatment Court

## 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=SP0627&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0627&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0627&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Troy JACKSON — primary (person)
- Anne CARNEY — cosponsor (person)
- Austin THERIAULT — cosponsor (person)
- Mark BABIN — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
- Roger ALBERT — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy GUERRETTE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-11** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-04-11** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-07-26** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
- **2024-02-20** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2024-02-20** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** Committee Amendment "A" (S-526) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2024-02-21** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2024-02-21** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-526) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2024-02-22** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2024-02-22** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2024-02-22** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-526). `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-02-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-05-23T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-06-06T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2023-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2024-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d9433c4-d64f-4db8-a1a8-a4e0543ed9f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).