---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Provide Required Funding For The Reimbursement Of Assigned Counsel And To Develop The Public Defender Office For Cumberland County"
description: "An Act To Provide Required Funding For The Reimbursement Of Assigned Counsel And To Develop The Public Defender Office For Cumberland County"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 2059"
citation: "Maine LD 2059 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["APPOINTED COUNSEL", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "PUBLIC DEFENSE SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-12-15"
last_action: "2026-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3646002-7389-4510-9d05-addfb8631cb4"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100972"
source_hash: "7ac7b4acbfc08de634a03840176cba199054f296edd4a68d052b8ba8528f034a"
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 2059 (132) — An Act To Provide Required Funding For The Reimbursement Of Assigned Counsel And To Develop The Public Defender Office For Cumberland County

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment C-A (S-506)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0852&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment C-B (S-507)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0852&item=3&snum=132)
3. **Amendment H-A to C-A (H-824)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0852&item=5&snum=132)
4. **Chapter 581** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0852&item=4&snum=132)
5. **LD 2059 SP 852** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0852&item=1&snum=132)

## Votes

- OTP-AM BY CA "A" — **77–67** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)
- David SINCLAIR — cosponsor (person)
- Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)
- Matt MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — 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 JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Reports READ
- **2026-02-24** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland, the Majority OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED BY COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" (S-506) Report ACCEPTED.
- **2026-02-24** Bill READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** Committee Amendment "A" (S-506) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-02-24** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2026-02-26** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2026-02-26** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-506) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2026-03-03** Reports READ.
- **2026-03-03** On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-03** ROLL CALL NO. 628
- **2026-03-03** (Yeas 77 - Nays 67 - Absent 5 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
- **2026-03-03** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-03** Committee Amendment "A" (S-506) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-03** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2026-03-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-506). `reading-3`
- **2026-03-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-05** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2026-03-05** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
- **2026-03-05** Later today assigned.
- **2026-03-12** Speaker laid before the House
- **2026-03-12** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2026-03-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-17** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required.
- **2026-03-18** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2026-03-18** Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-03-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3646002-7389-4510-9d05-addfb8631cb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).