---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Incarcerated Individuals And Legislative Apportionment"
description: "An Act Regarding Incarcerated Individuals And Legislative Apportionment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1704"
citation: "Maine LD 1704 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS", "LEGISLATURE", "REDISTRICTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-18"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da3310ea-f0bc-431f-92df-b7ea841ae8f5"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088795"
source_hash: "4c92e9ab82d81ffbe3b3416e19ccea77fbbbbaeb513898b40165a69dfe44b4a8"
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 1704 (131) — An Act Regarding Incarcerated Individuals And Legislative Apportionment

## 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=HP1093&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1093&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1093&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **16–11** (pass) · upper
- ACCEPT MINORITY OUGHT NOT TO PASS REPORT — **20–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
- Holly STOVER — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy NANGLE — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-18** Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-04-18** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-04-20** On motion by Senator Nangle of Cumberland, REFERRED to the Committee on State and Local Government, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-14** On motion of Representative STOVER of Boothbay, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-14** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-446) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-14** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-446). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-14** Reports READ
- **2023-06-14** On motion by Senator NANGLE of Cumberland The Minority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED In NON-CONCURRENCE
- **2023-06-14** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 343 Yeas 20 - Nays 15 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2023-06-14** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-16** On motion of Representative STOVER of Boothbay, TABLED pending FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
- **2023-06-16** Later today assigned.
- **2023-06-23** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-06-23** Subsequently, The House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-446). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-23** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-23** On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc The Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED With Acceptance of The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-446) Report ACCEPTED AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-446) in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2023-06-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-09T04:00:00+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/da3310ea-f0bc-431f-92df-b7ea841ae8f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).