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Bill	An Act To Increase Efficiency In The Enforcement Of Restitution And Bail Orders	An Act To Increase Efficiency In The Enforcement Of Restitution And Bail Orders	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	128	LD 983	Maine LD 983 (128)	bill	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE BAIL AND RECOGNIZANCE BAIL DEFAULT	enacted	CARPENTER	1	24	2	2017-03-14	2017-06-16	openstates	ocd-bill/d53b9c9b-7f54-4adc-809f-12b7ad6a6dad	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280063957	3f080b52ad73af77630c151e05918f2328e72b0878d711d052e37755ecc2384c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 983 (128) — An Act To Increase Efficiency In The Enforcement Of Restitution And Bail Orders

Version chain

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

1. Initial Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VETO OVERRIDE (2/3) — 34–1 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration - Veto — 99–42 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• CARPENTER — primary (person)
• MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
• McCREA — cosponsor (person)
• SHERMAN — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-14 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
• 2017-03-14 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. referral-committee
• 2017-03-14 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-23 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2017-05-23 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2017-05-23 Committee Amendment "A" (S-115) READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2017-05-23 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-115). reading-2
• 2017-05-23 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2017-05-24 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2017-05-24 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2017-05-24 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-115).
• 2017-05-24 In concurrence.
• 2017-05-30 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2017-05-30 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2017-05-31 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2017-06-14 On motion by Senator COLLINS of York Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending CONSIDERATION
• 2017-06-15 Taken from the table by the President ProTem
• 2017-06-15 Subsequently LD 983 In Senate, June 15, 2017, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 34 IN FAVOR and 1 AGAINST, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill become law and the VETO was OVERRIDDEN. veto-override-passage
• 2017-06-16 This Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to Article IV, Part Third, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the House proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?"
• 2017-06-16 ROLL CALL NO. 334V
• 2017-06-16 99 having voted in the affirmative and 42 in the negative, with 10 being absent, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, since two-thirds of the members of the House so voted.
• 2017-06-16 In concurrence.
• 2017-06-16 Sent to the Engrossing Department. became-law
• 2017-06-16 Ordered Sent Forthwith.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d53b9c9b-7f54-4adc-809f-12b7ad6a6dad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).