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---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish The Criminal Records Review Commission In Statute"
description: "An Act To Establish The Criminal Records Review Commission In Statute"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 259"
citation: "Maine LD 259 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL HISTORIES", "CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS", "REVIEW COMMISSION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rachel TALBOT ROSS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2026-01-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffcc4c50-ff91-4dab-9969-0e18fd1c65fb"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095955"
source_hash: "54c25d19e9d461950b4a8f1c60ccf4904a0f1a0a96bca59870b32e12b3436689"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---
# Maine LD 259 (132) — An Act To Establish The Criminal Records Review Commission In Statute
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (S-326)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0126&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 526** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0126&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 259 SP 126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0126&item=1&snum=132)
## Votes
- ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT — **1915** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **7868** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — primary (person)
- Donna BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- Mana ABDI — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-28** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2025-01-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-03-21** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-06-09** Reports Read
- **2025-06-09** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
- **2025-06-09** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 420 Yeas 19 - Nays 15 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
- **2025-06-09** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Committee Amendment "A" (S-326) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-09** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-326) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-06-09** Sent down for concurrence
- **2025-06-10** Reports READ.
- **2025-06-10** On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2025-06-10** ROLL CALL NO. 402
- **2025-06-10** (Yeas 78 - Nays 68 - Absent 3 - Excused 2)
- **2025-06-10** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-326) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-06-10** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2025-06-10** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-326). `reading-3`
- **2025-06-10** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-06-10** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-11** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
- **2025-06-25** On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table
- **2025-06-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-07-08** HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.
- **2026-01-11** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-05-27T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2025-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffcc4c50-ff91-4dab-9969-0e18fd1c65fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).