republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/128/ld-449.md

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Bill	An Act Regarding Imposition Of An Automatic Life Sentence In The Case Of Domestic Abuse Resulting In Murder	An Act Regarding Imposition Of An Automatic Life Sentence In The Case Of Domestic Abuse Resulting In Murder	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 449	Maine LD 449 (128)	bill	SENTENCES ENHANCED LIFE SENTENCE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE	enacted	JACKSON	1	23	0	2017-02-07	2018-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/45c08473-b2a6-4c53-bd0a-cde896f7dd6a	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063109	13e1558c62ebef96859fc43126ad27b4cad72d4c2d9b76ee52850d9cad6cd043	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 449 (128) — An Act Regarding Imposition Of An Automatic Life Sentence In The Case Of Domestic Abuse Resulting In Murder

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• JACKSON — primary (person)
• MARTIN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-07 Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed
• 2017-02-07 REFERENCE to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY
• 2017-02-07 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2017-02-07 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-11 Report READ and ACCEPTED
• 2017-05-11 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2017-05-11 Committee Amendment "A" (S-79) READ and ADOPTED
• 2017-05-11 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2017-05-16 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY, Senator Saviello, Senate Chair. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2017-05-16 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-79) reading-2
• 2017-05-16 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2017-05-17 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2017-05-17 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2017-05-17 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-79).
• 2017-05-17 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-23 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2017-05-23 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-24 On motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT
• 2017-08-02 CARRIED OVER to any Special or Regular Session of the 128th Legislature pursuant to Joint Order SP 601.
• 2018-04-09 On Motion by Senator HAMPER of Oxford taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
• 2018-04-09 PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence passage
• 2018-04-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/45c08473-b2a6-4c53-bd0a-cde896f7dd6a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).