---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Facilitate The Continued Operation Of The Department Of Corrections Intensive Mental Health Unit"
description: "An Act To Facilitate The Continued Operation Of The Department Of Corrections Intensive Mental Health Unit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 1223"
citation: "Maine LD 1223 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CORRECTIONS DEPT", "PROCEDURES", "INTENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH UNIT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROSEN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-03-30"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ae8a951-81f5-4dbb-97ed-43ef657c66fd"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280064382"
source_hash: "90716df062fa64e075c9d21247269b647a8ffc10fbd7fed7947b73e9298aec4b"
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 1223 (128) — An Act To Facilitate The Continued Operation Of The Department Of Corrections Intensive Mental Health Unit

## 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/SP041401.asp)

## Sponsors

- ROSEN — primary (person)
- GERRISH — cosponsor (person)
- LONGSTAFF — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-30** Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-03-30** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-05-25** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2017-05-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-05-25** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-25** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2017-05-30** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2017-05-30** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2017-05-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.
- **2017-05-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-01** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2017-06-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-06-01** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-06-05** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2017-06-08** 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/0ae8a951-81f5-4dbb-97ed-43ef657c66fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).