Maine 131st Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

LD 1625 — An Act To Update Criminal Indictment Procedures And Expand The Provision Of Counsel To Certain Indigent Defendants

Last action — Signed by Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 12, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Janet Mills (Democratic) on July 31, 2023.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    0 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by Governor

  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  3. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  5. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-486) thereto.

  7. Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  8. PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-486) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE

  9. Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-486) thereto ADOPTED

  10. On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-486) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) READ and ADOPTED

  11. Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) was ADOPTED

  12. Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-221)

  13. On Motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.

  14. On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

  15. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  16. PASSED TO BE ENACTED.

  17. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  18. The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-221).

  19. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.

  20. Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) was READ and ADOPTED.

  21. The Bill was READ ONCE.

  22. On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.

  23. Reports READ.

  24. Sent down for concurrence

  25. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-221)

  26. Committee Amendment "A" (S-221) READ and ADOPTED

  27. READ ONCE

  28. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 308 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 PREVAILED

  29. Subsequently The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED

  30. Taken from the table by the President

  31. Reported Out - OTP-AM/ONTP

  32. On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc TABLED until Later in Today's Session pending motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report .

  33. Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report .

  34. Reports READ

  35. On motion by Senator VITELLI of Sagadahoc Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT

  36. Reports READ

  37. Voted - Divided Report

  38. Work Session Held

  39. In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  40. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

  41. On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland REFERENCE to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence

  42. Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 184 not signed on · 8 voted No

Sponsors (0)

None.

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (184)

184 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT

Passed 21 Yea · 13 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 18000
Independent 0100
Republican 1701
Unaffiliated 2500
Total 211301
% of votes cast 60%37%0%3%
How each member voted (35)
Member Party Vote
BRAKEY of Androscoggin — Nay
CHIPMAN of Cumberland — Yea
KEIM of Oxford — Nay
LAFOUNTAIN of Kennebec — Nay
LYFORD of Eddington — Nay
POULIOT of Kennebec — Nay
VITELLI of Sagadahoc — Yea
 Henry L. Ingwersen Democrat Yea
Anne M. Carney Democrat Yea
Cameron D. Reny Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Yea
Donna Bailey Democrat Yea
Glenn "Chip" Curry Democrat Yea
Jill C. Duson Democrat Yea
Joseph E. Rafferty Democrat Yea
Joseph M. Baldacci Democrat Yea
Margaret "Peggy" R. Rotundo Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Yea
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Yea
Michael Tipping Democrat Yea
Nicole C. Grohoski Democrat Yea
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Yea
Stacy F. Brenner Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Timothy E. Nangle Democrat Yea
Richard A. Bennett Independent Nay
Bradlee T. Farrin Republican Not Voting
Caldwell Jackson Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Nay
James D. Libby Republican Nay
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Nay
Marianne Moore Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Nay
Russell J. Black Republican Nay
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Nay

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Subjects

public-safety civil-rights
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 1625?
LD 1625 is sponsored by David LAFOUNTAIN and Jill C. Duson (Democrat).
What is the current status of LD 1625?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced April 12, 2023. Enacted.
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