republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-2059.md

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Bill	An Act To Provide Required Funding For The Reimbursement Of Assigned Counsel And To Develop The Public Defender Office For Cumberland County	An Act To Provide Required Funding For The Reimbursement Of Assigned Counsel And To Develop The Public Defender Office For Cumberland County	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 2059	Maine LD 2059 (132)	bill	APPOINTED COUNSEL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PUBLIC DEFENSE SERVICES	enacted	Anne CARNEY	5	36	1	2025-12-15	2026-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/f3646002-7389-4510-9d05-addfb8631cb4	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100972	7ac7b4acbfc08de634a03840176cba199054f296edd4a68d052b8ba8528f034a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 2059 (132) — An Act To Provide Required Funding For The Reimbursement Of Assigned Counsel And To Develop The Public Defender Office For Cumberland County

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (S-506) (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment C-B (S-507) (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment H-A to C-A (H-824) (committee substitute) — source
4. Chapter 581 (committee substitute) — source
5. LD 2059 SP 852 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• OTP-AM BY CA "A" — 77–67 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anne CARNEY — primary (person)
• David SINCLAIR — cosponsor (person)
• Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)
• Matt MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
• Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-15 Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 15, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 receipt, referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Reports READ
• 2026-02-24 On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland, the Majority OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED BY COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" (S-506) Report ACCEPTED.
• 2026-02-24 Bill READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2026-02-24 Committee Amendment "A" (S-506) READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2026-02-24 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2026-02-26 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2026-02-26 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-506) reading-2, reading-3
• 2026-02-26 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2026-03-03 Reports READ.
• 2026-03-03 On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
• 2026-03-03 ROLL CALL NO. 628
• 2026-03-03 (Yeas 77 - Nays 67 - Absent 5 - Excused 1 - Vacant 1)
• 2026-03-03 The Bill was READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2026-03-03 Committee Amendment "A" (S-506) was READ and ADOPTED. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2026-03-03 Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
• 2026-03-03 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-506). reading-3
• 2026-03-03 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-05 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2026-03-05 On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED.
• 2026-03-05 Later today assigned.
• 2026-03-12 Speaker laid before the House
• 2026-03-12 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2026-03-12 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2026-03-12 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-03-17 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required.
• 2026-03-18 On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
• 2026-03-18 Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2026-03-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2026-02-10T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held - TABLED
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - Divided Report
• 2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3646002-7389-4510-9d05-addfb8631cb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).