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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Ensure An Incarcerated Individual'S Right To Make Free Telephone Calls Protected By Attorney-Client Privilege"
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description: "An Act To Ensure An Incarcerated Individual'S Right To Make Free Telephone Calls Protected By Attorney-Client Privilege"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "131"
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identifier: "LD 609"
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citation: "Maine LD 609 (131)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ACCESS TO ATTORNEYS", "OTHER", "PRISONERS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tavis HASENFUS"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2023-02-14"
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last_action: "2023-06-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53c44b76-c5a5-4112-869f-bbcd3f8c9d68"
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source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086182"
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source_hash: "f31f8483db399183527c77fcdfa521dea4cc8ea115ce01c13ecbc5a4363810cd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 609 (131) — An Act To Ensure An Incarcerated Individual'S Right To Make Free Telephone Calls Protected By Attorney-Client Privilege
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0386&item=2&snum=131)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0386&item=1&snum=131)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0386&item=3&snum=131)
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## Sponsors
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- Tavis HASENFUS — primary (person)
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- Ambureen RANA — cosponsor (person)
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- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
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- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-14** Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY suggested and ordered printed.
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- **2023-02-14** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2023-02-14** On motion by Senator Vitelli of Sagadahoc, REFERRED to the Committee on Judiciary, in concurrence. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
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- **2023-05-23** Reports READ.
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- **2023-05-23** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.
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- **2023-05-23** Later today assigned.
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- **2023-06-07** Speaker laid before the House
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- **2023-06-07** Subsequently, on motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2023-06-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-192) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2023-06-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2023-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-192). `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2023-06-07** Reports READ
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- **2023-06-07** Senator BAILEY of York moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report in Concurrence.
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- **2023-06-07** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator BAILEY of York to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report in Concurrence.
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- **2023-06-08** Taken from the table by the President
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- **2023-06-08** Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
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- **2023-06-08** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-192) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-192) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2023-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2023-06-12** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2023-06-12** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2023-06-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
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- **2023-04-26T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
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- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53c44b76-c5a5-4112-869f-bbcd3f8c9d68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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