CRIMINAL JUSTICE
- LD 48 -- SP0038
- An Act to Amend the Definition of "Traffick" in the Drug Laws.
- LD 49 -- SP0039
- An Act to Amend the Drug Laws Related to Possession of a Firearm.
- LD 65 -- HP0051
- An Act to Increase the Length of Probation for Domestic Violence from one Year to 2 Years.
- LD 78 -- HP0065
- Original Title: An Act to Ensure Funding for a Replacement Correctional Facility in Washington County.
New Title Resolve, Establishing the Replacement Simultaneously of State Correctional Facilities in Cumberland and Washington Counties as the First Priority If Additional General Obligation Bond Issues or Lease Appropriation Bonds are Authorized by the Legislature.
- LD 82 -- HP0069
- An Act to Amend the Laws Prohibiting Terrorizing.
- LD 84 -- HP0071
- Original Title: An Act to Make It a Crime to Solicit a Child by Means of Computer to Commit an Unlawful Sexual Act.
New Title An Act to Make It a Crime to Solicit a Child by Means of Computer to Commit a Prohibited Act.
- LD 99 -- HP0086
- An Act to Require Auctions for Confiscated Firearms.
- LD 111 -- HP0098
- An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Penalties for the Purchase of Cigarettes by a Minor.
- LD 130 -- SP0060
- An Act to Prevent Children from Acquiring Gunpowder.
- LD 144 -- HP0113
- An Act to Make Corrections to the Laws Governing the County Jail Prisoner Support and Community Corrections Fund.
- LD 153 -- HP0122
- An Act to Increase the Fee Charged by Bail Commissioners.
- LD 195 -- SP0092
- An Act to Prohibit Sex Offenders from Being near Schools or Day Care Facilities.
- LD 201 -- HP0139
- Original Title: An Act to Repeal the Maine Criminal Justice Academy Certification Requirements for Sheriffs.
New Title An Act to Amend the Maine Criminal Justice Academy Requirements for Candidates for Sheriff.
- LD 211 -- HP0149
- An Act to Criminalize the Negligent or Purposeful Transmission of HIV.
- LD 224 -- HP0162
- Original Title: An Act to Prohibit the Taking of Another Person's Legal Identification.
New Title An Act to Prohibit the Misuse of Identification.
- LD 244 -- SP0105
- An Act to Permit the Release and Publication of the Name of a Juvenile 14 Years of Age or Older Who Commits a Crime.
- LD 258 -- HP0180
- An Act to Make Purposeful Misrepresentation and Stolen Identity of Another Person a Class C Crime.
- LD 266 -- HP0188
- An Act to Require Records Checks for Persons Providing Direct Care to Clients of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services.
- LD 268 -- HP0190
- An Act to Prohibit the Misuse of Laser Pointers.
- LD 272 -- HP0194
- Original Title: Resolve, Establishing a Commission to Study High-speed Chases.
New Title Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study High-speed Chases and Emergency Responses.
- LD 300 -- HP0222
- An Act to Require Life Imprisonment for Habitual Violent Offenders.
- LD 307 -- SP0110
- An Act to Establish the Crime of Aggravated Criminal Trespass.
- LD 308 -- SP0111
- An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the 118th Legislative Joint Select Committee to Implement a Program for the Control, Care and Treatment of Sexually Violent Predators.
- LD 322 -- SP0125
- An Act to Amend the OUI Laws Related to License Suspensions.
- LD 338 -- HP0234
- An Act to Strengthen Manslaughter and Homicide Penalties When the Victim is Under 16 Years of Age.
- LD 344 -- HP0240
- An Act to Make a Traffic Infraction That Results in Bodily Injury to the Offending Driver or Another Person a Class E Crime.
- LD 353 -- HP0249
- An Act Regarding the Administration of Polygraph Tests to Prospective Law Enforcement Personnel.
- LD 354 -- HP0250
- An Act to Establish Certain Crimes of Domestic Violence.
- LD 384 -- HP0276
- An Act to Establish Victims' Rights for the Victims of Juvenile Crimes.
- LD 390 -- HP0282
- An Act Defining Witness, Informant and Victim for the Crime of Tampering with a Witness, Informant or Victim Under the Criminal Code.
- LD 398 -- HP0290
- An Act to Require the Revocation of Probation for a Person Convicted of Domestic Violence if the Person Fails to Attend a Certified Batterers' Intervention Program.
- LD 433 -- HP0317
- An Act to Treat All Assaults on Law Enforcement Officers as Class C Crimes.
- LD 436 -- HP0320
- An Act to Establish an Appeal Process for Concealed Firearms Permit Applications and to Grant Reciprocity to Other States.
- LD 454 -- HP0338
- An Act to Establish the Crime of Rendering a Telephone Inoperable during a Domestic Violence Incident.
- LD 457 -- HP0341
- An Act to Increase the Sanctions for Criminal Mischief Within a Correctional Facility.
- LD 466 -- HP0350
- An Act Concerning Payment of Medical Costs for Prisoners in County Correctional Facilities.
- LD 474 -- SP0154
- An Act Relating to the Crime of Murder and to the Murder of Children.
- LD 512 -- HP0381
- An Act to Increase the Length of Probation for a Person Convicted of Domestic Violence.
- LD 530 -- SP0176
- An Act to Require the State to Pay the Salaries of Sheriffs and County Jail Employees.
- LD 532 -- SP0178
- An Act to Limit Children's Access to Firearms.
- LD 546 -- HP0404
- An Act to Exempt Certain Law Enforcement Officers from the Full Course of Training at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy.
- LD 550 -- HP0408
- An Act to Ensure a Continuum of Proper Medical Care for Prisoners with Mental Disabilities or Mental Illness.
- LD 557 -- HP0415
- Original Title: An Act to Prohibit the Surveillance of the Interior of Dressing Rooms.
New Title An Act to Prohibit Surveillance of Dressing Rooms, Bathrooms and Similar Places.
- LD 562 -- HP0420
- An Act Concerning Consecutive Sentencing.
- LD 607 -- HP0444
- An Act Making It a Crime for Failure of a Junk Dealer to Keep Certain Records.
- LD 616 -- HP0453
- An Act Relating to the Forfeiture of Bail.
- LD 629 -- HP0466
- An Act to Create a Seamless Treatment Plan for the Juvenile Offender with Substance Abuse Problems.
- LD 637 -- SP0215
- An Act to Amend the Law Enforcement Officer Certification Standards.
- LD 650 -- SP0228
- An Act to Amend the Crime of Theft by Deception to Include False Impressions as to Identity.
- LD 651 -- SP0229
- An Act to Prohibit Leaving a Child Alone in a Motor Vehicle.
- LD 678 -- HP0471
- An Act to Require Completion of an Ambulance Operator Course.
- LD 684 -- HP0477
- Original Title: An Act to Give the Commissioner of Public Safety Law Enforcement Powers.
New Title An Act to Allow for Continuing Law Enforcement Certification of the Commissioner of Public Safety and the Assistant to the Commissioner.
- LD 696 -- HP0489
- An Act to Provide for Sentence Reform.
- LD 738 -- HP0531
- An Act to Revise Maine's Trespass Laws.
- LD 741 -- HP0534
- An Act to Assist the Department of Public Safety in Implementing the Requirements of Fingerprint-based Background Checks.
- LD 761 -- SP0268
- An Act to Improve the Collection of Restitution.
- LD 765 -- HP0544
- An Act to Make Materiality a Jury Issue Relative to the Crime of Perjury.
- LD 766 -- HP0545
- An Act to Clarify the Criminal Code Relative to Strict Liability Crimes.
- LD 791 -- HP0570
- An Act to Clarify Sentencing Alternatives Involving Probation and Unconditional Discharge Under the Criminal Code.
- LD 811 -- HP0571
- An Act to Amend the Law Regarding the Evaluation of Juvenile Sex Offenders.
- LD 812 -- HP0572
- An Act to Allow the State Police to Accept Revenue for Providing Services to Municipalities and Counties.
- LD 839 -- HP0599
- An Act to Ensure Proper Identification of Nonresident Concealed Firearms Permit Applicants.
- LD 856 -- HP0616
- Original Title: An Act to Create Minimum Education Requirements for Prisoners in the Department of Corrections System.
New Title Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Educational Needs of Offenders in the State's Correctional System.
- LD 861 -- HP0621
- An Act to Create a Seamless Treatment Plan for the Adult Offender with Substance Abuse Problems.
- LD 877 -- HP0627
- An Act to Clarify Public Nuisance Descriptions.
- LD 903 -- HP0653
- An Act to Amend the Concealed Weapons Permit Laws.
- LD 936 -- HP0680
- An Act to Amend the Bail Code to Imprison Violators of Bail.
- LD 961 -- HP0694
- An Act to Strengthen the State's Drug Laws.
- LD 1021 -- HP0731
- An Act to Allow a Movie Rental Company Restitution if a Person Fails to Return a Movie.
- LD 1044 -- HP0754
- An Act to Require Notification by Law Enforcement Officers Before Tape-recording Certain Conversations.
- LD 1075 -- SP0374
- An Act to Continue Restorative Justice.
- LD 1095 -- HP0772
- An Act to Expand the Geographic Availability of the Supervised Community Confinement Program.
- LD 1140 -- HP0817
- An Act to Protect Cemeteries.
- LD 1145 -- HP0822
- An Act to Increase the Penalties for Persons in Possession of Crack Cocaine in Conformity with the Penalties for Similarly Dangerous Drugs.
- LD 1153 -- HP0830
- An Act to Require Counties to be Reimbursed 100% for all Prisoners Incarcerated in Jail From Other Jurisdictions From Arrival Until Departure.
- LD 1202 -- SP0413
- An Act to Ensure Just Sentences.
- LD 1220 -- HP0863
- An Act to Provide for Resident State Police Officers for Municipalities Without a Police Force.
- LD 1221 -- HP0864
- An Act Requiring a Mandatory Jail Sentence for a Person Convicted Twice of Sexual Abuse Against a Minor.
- LD 1245 -- HP0888
- An Act to Modify the Laws on Negotiating a Worthless Instrument.
- LD 1260 -- SP0423
- An Act to Offer Reciprocity Concerning Concealed Firearms Permits.
- LD 1280 -- HP0902
- An Act to Provide Funding for School Drug Awareness and Education Programs.
- LD 1281 -- HP0903
- An Act to Raise Penalties for Cases of Cruelty to Animals or Birds.
- LD 1282 -- HP0904
- An Act to Make It a Class E Crime to Write a Check on a Closed Account.
- LD 1293 -- HP0915
- An Act Concerning the Responsibility of County Sheriffs to Transport Juvenile Detainees.
- LD 1320 -- SP0445
- An Act to Create a Penalty for the Intentional Transmission of a Sexually Transmitted Disease.
- LD 1330 -- SP0455
- An Act Concerning Corrections Employees.
- LD 1334 -- SP0459
- An Act Concerning the Distribution of Certain Fines and Forfeitures.
- LD 1347 -- HP0950
- An Act Addressing an Allegation of Prior Conviction When the Sentence Is Enhanced.
- LD 1361 -- HP0963
- Original Title: An Act to Increase the Requirement that Drugs be Confiscated from 48 Hours to One Year.
New Title An Act to Increase the Requirement that Drugs be Confiscated from 48 Hours to 6 Months.
- LD 1362 -- HP0964
- An Act to Allow the State to Initiate Default Proceedings in Order to Obtain Forfeited Assets When the Defendant Fails to Appear in a Court Proceeding.
- LD 1369 -- HP0971
- An Act to Transfer Responsibility for Youth Corrections from the Department of Corrections to the Department of Human Services.
- LD 1382 -- HP0984
- An Act to Require That Both the Northern Maine Regional Juvenile Detention Facility and the Maine Youth Center Receive Detainees.
- LD 1386 -- HP0988
- Original Title: Resolve, to Establish a Police Cadet Program for the State Police.
New Title Resolve, to Establish a Police Cadet Program for the State, Municipal and County Law Enforcement Agencies.
- LD 1400 -- HP1002
- An Act to Amend Juvenile Corrections Laws and to Establish a Juvenile Records Repository.
- LD 1421 -- HP1010
- An Act to Amend the Definition of Firearms to Include Paint Guns.
- LD 1428 -- HP1017
- Original Title: Resolve, to Enhance Fire Protection Services throughout the State.
New Title Resolve, to Create the Commission to Study the Enhancement of Fire Protection Services throughout the State.
- LD 1433 -- HP1022
- An Act to Repeal the Requirement That a Person Have a Permit to Carry a Concealed Weapon.
- LD 1443 -- SP0483
- An Act to Set Aside a Portion of Juvenile Justice Block Grant Money for Quality Child and After-school Care Programs.
- LD 1473 -- HP1051
- An Act to Amend the Maine Emergency Medical Services Act of 1982.
- LD 1539 -- HP1092
- An Act to Require More Timely Court-ordered Psychological Evaluations.
- LD 1566 -- HP1107
- An Act to Clarify the Definition of Terms Relating to Scheduled Drugs.
- LD 1572 -- HP1113
- An Act to Establish Lifetime Probation for Multiple Sex Offenders.
- LD 1575 -- HP1116
- An Act to Criminalize Internet Dissemination of Child Pornography.
- LD 1583 -- HP1124
- An Act to Amend the Definition of Sex Offender and to Require Sheriffs to Notify the State Bureau of Identification of a Sex Offender's Release from Jail for Purposes of Registration and Notification.
- LD 1588 -- HP1129
- An Act to Increase the Penalties for Persons in Possession of Methamphetamine in Conformity with the Penalties for Similarly Dangerous Drugs.
- LD 1589 -- HP1130
- An Act to Require an Assessment Evaluation of Juveniles Entering the Juvenile Justice System.
- LD 1610 -- SP0548
- An Act to Require Prior Agreement by Both the Sender and the Receiver for a Recording to Take Place.
- LD 1632 -- SP0565
- An Act to Increase Penalties for Certain Drug-related Crimes Committed In or Near Low-income Housing.
- LD 1658 -- SP0578
- An Act to Release Juvenile Crime Records to School Personnel.
- LD 1671 -- HP1160
- An Act to Broaden Victim Notification of Release of Defendant Placed in Institutional Confinement Following a Verdict of Not Criminally Responsible by Reason of Insanity.
- LD 1679 -- HP1168
- An Act Regarding Supervised Community Confinement.
- LD 1685 -- HP1174
- An Act Governing Privileged Communications between Victims of Crimes and Governmental Victim Witness Advocates.
- LD 1698 -- HP1188
- An Act to Amend the Restitution Law for Prisoners.
- LD 1708 -- HP1198
- An Act to Amend the Home-release Monitoring Program.
- LD 1721 -- SP0597
- An Act to Create the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 1999.
- LD 1758 -- HP1229
- An Act to Amend the Victims' Compensation Fund Law.
- LD 1782 -- SP0617
- An Act to Amend the Maine Criminal Code Regarding Improper Gifts.
- LD 1803 -- SP0636
- An Act to Revoke Probation and Require Incarceration for Repeated Domestic Abuse.
- LD 1821 -- HP1267
- Original Title: An Act to Expressly Treat Voluntary Conduct as a Defense in the Maine Criminal Code.
New Title An Act to Expressly Treat Involuntary Conduct as a Defense in the Maine Criminal Code.
- LD 1858 -- HP1297
- An Act to Amend the Possession of Firearms by Felons.
- LD 1871 -- HP1310
- An Act to Revise Procedures for Probation Revocation.
- LD 1878 -- SP0656
- An Act to Make More Uniform the Training of Firefighters.
- LD 1892 -- SP0670
- An Act to Refine Certain Theft Provisions in the Law.
- LD 1899 -- HP1316
- Resolve, to Require the Department of Public Safety to Study the Security and Protection of State Government Employees.
- LD 1909 -- HP1326
- An Act to Provide Continuing Financial Support for the Maine Community Policing Institute at the University of Maine at Augusta.
- LD 1912 -- HP1329
- An Act to Provide for Tougher Treatment of Drunk Drivers.
- LD 1925 -- SP0675
- An Act to Deter Environmental Terrorism in the State.
- LD 1933 -- SP0687
- An Act to Promote Sharing of Information Between Schools and Criminal Justice Agencies.
- LD 1936 -- SP0690
- An Act to Modify the Juvenile Code with Regard to the Service of Juvenile Summonses.
- LD 1937 -- SP0691
- An Act to Allow the State to Obtain a Defendant's Medical Records in Cases Involving OUI.
- LD 1944 -- HP1344
- An Act to Establish the Crime of Assault Against Sports Officials.
- LD 1996 -- HP1391
- An Act to Allow the Forfeiture of Firearms Seized during a Lawful Search for Scheduled Drugs.
- LD 2003 -- HP1398
- An Act to Allow A Municipal Officer to Accept Forfeited Assets to Expedite the Administration of Drug Case Prosecution.
- LD 2009 -- HP1404
- An Act to Redefine Trafficking and Furnishing of Heroin in Terms of the Amount of the Drug Possessed.
- LD 2011 -- HP1406
- An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Asset Forfeiture.
- LD 2012 -- HP1407
- An Act to More Accurately Describe the Criminal Conduct Committed When a Person Grows or Cultivates Marijuana.
- LD 2018 -- HP1411
- An Act to Simplify the Rule of Reasonable Belief in the Maine Criminal Code.
- LD 2019 -- HP1412
- An Act to Remove the Statute of Limitations for Unlawful Sexual Contact and Sexual Abuse of Minors.
- LD 2021 -- HP1414
- Original Title: An Act to Establish the Commission to Propose an Alternative Process for the Payment of Forensic Examinations for Sexual Assault Victims.
New Title Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Propose an Alternative Process for Forensic Examinations for Sexual Assault Victims.
- LD 2031 -- HP1424
- An Act to Amend the Laws Relating to Issuance of a Warrant in the Name of the District Court.
- LD 2069 -- HP1448
- An Act to Establish a Critical Incident Review Panel Regarding Physical Force Used by Officers Causing Serious Bodily Injury or Death to Another Person.
- LD 2070 -- HP1449
- Original Title: An Act to Protect Library Materials in Circulation and to Designate Secure Archival Repositories.
New Title An Act to Protect Library Materials in Circulation.
- LD 2093 -- HP1461
- An Act to Authorize the Disposition of Forfeited Firearms.
- LD 2098 -- HP1466
- An Act to Improve the Safety of Firefighters.
- LD 2118 -- HP1478
- Original Title: Resolve, to Establish the Study Commission to Create and Submit a Master Plan for the Future Use of the Existing Land and Buildings at the Maine Youth Center.
New Title Resolve, to Establish the Commission to Study Alternative Uses for Unused Maine Youth Center Land and Buildings.
- LD 2129 -- HP1491
- An Act to Bring Certain Criminal Code Provisions Addressing Fines Into Conformity with Recently Amended Criminal Code Provisions Addressing Restitution.
- LD 2160 -- HP1512
- An Act to Stop the Construction of the Prison at Warren.
- LD 2174 -- SP0775
- An Act to Protect the Citizens of Maine from the Dangers of Counterfeit Consumer Goods.
- LD 2196 -- HP1542
- An Act Concerning the Formation of the Central Maine Regional Public Safety Communication Center.
- LD 2214 -- HP1558
- An Act to Reinstate the Death Penalty.