republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-179.md

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Bill	An Act To Make Creating A Police Standoff A Class E Crime	An Act To Make Creating A Police Standoff A Class E Crime	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 179	Maine LD 179 (128)	bill	LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES STANDOFFS	enacted	LONGSTAFF	1	20	0	2017-01-26	2017-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/4a8b170d-346b-4f13-919b-9f1d59d9d8a3	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062735	424832d75ac1354d133e6fad590cadf3b104caee6e9e9c6acef41bcbc765111c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 179 (128) — An Act To Make Creating A Police Standoff A Class E Crime

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• LONGSTAFF — primary (person)
• DILLINGHAM — cosponsor (person)
• GOLDEN — cosponsor (person)
• HANINGTON — cosponsor (person)
• KATZ — cosponsor (person)
• LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
• MASON — cosponsor (person)
• NADEAU — cosponsor (person)
• PERKINS — cosponsor (person)
• SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-26 Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.
• 2017-01-26 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-01-26 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence referral-committee
• 2017-05-17 Reports READ.
• 2017-05-17 On motion of Representative WARREN of Hallowell, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2017-05-17 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2017-05-17 Committee Amendment "A" (H-163) was READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2017-05-17 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2017-05-17 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-163).
• 2017-05-17 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-18 Reports Read
• 2017-05-18 On motion by Senator ROSEN of Hancock the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence
• 2017-05-18 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Committee Amendment "A" (H-163) READ and ADOPTED
• 2017-05-18 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME AND PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-163) in concurrence reading-2
• 2017-05-23 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2017-05-23 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-24 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-05-26 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a8b170d-346b-4f13-919b-9f1d59d9d8a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).