republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-1625.md

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Bill	An Act To Update Criminal Indictment Procedures And Expand The Provision Of Counsel To Certain Indigent Defendants	An Act To Update Criminal Indictment Procedures And Expand The Provision Of Counsel To Certain Indigent Defendants	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 1625	Maine LD 1625 (131)	bill	APPOINTED COUNSEL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE INDICTMENT PROCEDURES	enacted		4	42	1	2023-04-12	2023-07-31	openstates	ocd-bill/3bff2846-2365-42de-a3c1-ee63af590321	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280088623	b6d46b526905da1928ef7336308fd95ee02a353c91ac9aff1c8d13a52d3fb705	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 1625 (131) — An Act To Update Criminal Indictment Procedures And Expand The Provision Of Counsel To Certain Indigent Defendants

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Chaptered Law (committee substitute) — source
3. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
4. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — 21–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David LAFOUNTAIN — cosponsor (person)
• Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-12 Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed
• 2023-04-12 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland REFERENCE to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2023-04-12 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. referral-committee
• 2023-04-12 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-08 Reports READ
• 2023-06-08 On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
• 2023-06-08 Reports READ
• 2023-06-08 Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report .
• 2023-06-08 On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report .
• 2023-06-13 Taken from the table by the President
• 2023-06-13 Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
• 2023-06-13 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 308 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
• 2023-06-13 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2023-06-13 Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-13 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-06-13 Sent down for concurrence
• 2023-06-14 Reports READ.
• 2023-06-14 On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2023-06-14 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2023-06-14 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2023-06-14 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-221). reading-3
• 2023-06-14 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-15 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2023-06-15 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-06-15 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
• 2023-07-25 On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
• 2023-07-25 Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) reading-3
• 2023-07-25 Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) was ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-25 On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-486) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-25 Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-486) thereto ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-07-25 PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-486) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE reading-3
• 2023-07-25 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2023-07-25 The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-486) thereto. reading-3
• 2023-07-25 ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-07-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2023-07-25 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-07-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-07-31 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-05-10T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2023-06-08T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3bff2846-2365-42de-a3c1-ee63af590321. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).