republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-653.md

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Bill	An Act To Support Constitutionally Required Public Defense By Creating The Maine Office Of Public Defense Services	An Act To Support Constitutionally Required Public Defense By Creating The Maine Office Of Public Defense Services	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 653	Maine LD 653 (131)	bill	APPOINTED COUNSEL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PUBLIC DEFENSE SERVICES	enacted	Lisa KEIM	3	26	0	2023-02-14	2024-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/cffb7e3b-ebe3-4f6d-a136-c9580f62a38b	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086241	8a862f87add71159372cbd30992eb91730f9979deddfe6b9ed3deae30a3edada	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 653 (131) — An Act To Support Constitutionally Required Public Defense By Creating The Maine Office Of Public Defense Services

Version chain

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

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

Sponsors

• Lisa KEIM — primary (person)
• Adam LEE — cosponsor (person)
• David HAGGAN — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer POIRIER — cosponsor (person)
• John ANDREWS — cosponsor (person)
• Lois RECKITT — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
• Peter LYFORD — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel HENDERSON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-14 Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2023-02-14 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. referral-committee
• 2023-02-14 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-03-30 CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
• 2023-07-26 CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 847.
• 2024-03-19 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2024-03-19 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2024-03-19 Committee Amendment "A" (S-579) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2024-03-19 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-579). reading-2, reading-3
• 2024-03-19 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2024-03-20 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2024-03-20 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2024-03-20 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-579). reading-3
• 2024-03-20 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-03-21 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2024-03-21 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2024-03-21 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2024-03-21 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2024-03-21 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-04-18T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2023-06-01T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Requested
• 2023-07-25T04:00:00+00:00 Carry Over Approved
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2024-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cffb7e3b-ebe3-4f6d-a136-c9580f62a38b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).