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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Establish The Corrections Ombudsman"
description: "An Act To Establish The Corrections Ombudsman"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 1962"
citation: "Maine LD 1962 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATION", "CORRECTIONS DEPT", "CORRECTIONS OMBUDSMAN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill DUSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-13"
last_action: "2026-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39df0a4c-6ead-4c09-bdd0-6b7666556f97"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280099214"
source_hash: "581eeb4a500628d60fabac80a6eed97bcfd530ee8255c59042ccdf4fd13eb31b"
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 1962 (132) — An Act To Establish The Corrections Ombudsman
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment C-A (S-577)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0769&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Amendment C-B (S-578)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0769&item=3&snum=132)
3. **Chapter 765** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0769&item=5&snum=132)
4. **LD 1962 SP 769** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0769&item=1&snum=132)
## Votes
- ACCEPT REPORT 'A' OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED — **2114** (pass) · upper
- acc report "a" otp-am by ca "a" — **6969** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jill DUSON — primary (person)
- Nina MILLIKEN — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)
- Tavis HASENFUS — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-13** 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
- **2025-05-13** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-06-25** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
- **2026-03-25** Reports READ.
- **2026-03-25** Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox moved to ACCEPT The Report A Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-577) Report.
- **2026-03-25** On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending Motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox to ACCEPT The Report A Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-577) Report. Roll Call Ordered
- **2026-03-26** Taken from the table by the President
- **2026-03-26** ACCEPTANCE of The Report A Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-577) Report PREVAILED.
- **2026-03-26** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 803 Yeas 21 - Nays 14 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2026-03-26** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2026-03-26** Committee Amendment "A" (S-577) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-26** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-577) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2026-03-26** Sent down for concurrence
- **2026-03-30** Reports READ.
- **2026-03-30** Motion of Representative HASENFUS of Readfield to ACCEPT REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended FAILED.
- **2026-03-30** ROLL CALL NO. 696
- **2026-03-30** (Yeas 69 - Nays 69 - Absent 12 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)
- **2026-03-30** On motion of Representative HASENFUS of Readfield, REPORT C Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.
- **2026-03-30** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-30** Committee Amendment "B" (S-578) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2026-03-30** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2026-03-30** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (S-578). `reading-3`
- **2026-03-30** In NON-CONCURRENCE and sent for concurrence.
- **2026-03-30** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-03-31** On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland the Senate RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "B" (S-578) `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2026-04-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2026-04-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2026-04-19** Became Law without Governor's Signature `became-law`
- **2025-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2025-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Requested
- **2025-05-19T04:00:00+00:00** Carry Over Approved
- **2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2026-01-28T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP/OTP-AM
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39df0a4c-6ead-4c09-bdd0-6b7666556f97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).