---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Municipal And County Jails To Be Available At All Times For Detention Of Persons Arrested On Criminal Charges By Maine Law Enforcement Officers"
description: "An Act To Require Municipal And County Jails To Be Available At All Times For Detention Of Persons Arrested On Criminal Charges By Maine Law Enforcement Officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2058"
citation: "Maine LD 2058 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATORS", "CAPACITY", "JAILS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-15"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e011153c-bb7d-4b88-bb8d-df31a4a104f1"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100951"
source_hash: "5269257cbae41184bbab2a59485258b523048cc81b1e6059ad7a9c5cbe7319c8"
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 2058 (132) — An Act To Require Municipal And County Jails To Be Available At All Times For Detention Of Persons Arrested On Criminal Charges By Maine Law Enforcement Officers

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-594)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0845&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 671** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0845&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 2058 SP 845** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0845&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **20–12** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **75–70** (pass) · lower
- Enactment — **77–71** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
- Glenn CURRY — cosponsor (person)
- Tavis HASENFUS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-15** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 15, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Reports READ.
- **2026-03-30** On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-30** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 824 Yeas 20 - Nays 12 - Excused 3 - Absent 0
- **2026-03-30** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Committee Amendment "A" (S-594) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-30** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-594) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-03-30** Sent down for 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. 703
- **2026-03-31** (Yeas 75 - Nays 70 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2026-03-31** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-31** Committee Amendment "A" (S-594) 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" (S-594). `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-02** ROLL CALL NO. 730
- **2026-04-02** (Yeas 77 - Nays 71 - Absent 2 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2026-04-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-13** 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
- **2026-03-27T04:00:00+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/e011153c-bb7d-4b88-bb8d-df31a4a104f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).