Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Bills referred (100+)

1. Resolve, to Direct the Department of Corrections to Study Alternative Methods for Operat…
2. An Act to Increase County Jail Funding
3. An Act to Change Supervisory Authority over the Capitol Police
4. An Act to Increase Funding for Construction Plan Reviews and Clarify Rule-making Authori…
5. An Act to Prohibit the Unauthorized Use of Drones on or over the Premises of Correctiona…
6. An Act to Clarify the Requirement That Municipal and County Jails Be Available at All Ti…
7. An Act to Amend the Law Governing the Authority of the Governor to Set Salary Rates for …
8. An Act to Modify Probationary Periods for Dispatchers
9. An Act to Add Positions to the Maine State Police Executive Protection Unit
10. An Act to Provide Health Care Cost Reimbursement for Retired Law Enforcement Canines
11. An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Reporting of Incidents by Municipal Fire Chiefs
12. An Act to Update the Laws Regarding Fuel Gas Detector Requirements
13. An Act to Amend the Maine Emergency Medical Services Act of 1982 to Modify Penalties for…
14. An Act to Modify Certain Statutes Governing Revocation of Probation, Victim Confidential…
15. Resolve, to Study Pathways for Tribal Law Enforcement Officers to Receive a Waiver for t…
16. An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Carbon Monoxide Detectors
17. An Act to Increase Legislative Access to Department of Corrections Facilities and to Dir…
18. An Act to Update Juvenile Justice System Reporting Requirements and to Direct the Depart…
19. An Act to Authorize the Inclusion of Additional Counties in the Lincoln and Sagadahoc Mu…
20. An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Emergency Medical Services' Board and the…
21. An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Stakeholder Group to Examine and Improve …
22. Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Convene a Working Group to Examine t…
23. An Act to Eliminate the Thermal Imaging Camera Program
24. An Act to Expand the State's Workforce by Supporting the Transition from Incarceration t…
25. An Act to Automatically Seal Criminal History Record Information for Class D and Class E…
26. An Act to Allow the Sealing of Criminal History Record Information Related to Conviction…
27. An Act to Clarify the Criminal History Record Information Act with Respect to Criminal C…
28. An Act to Implement the Recommendation of the Maine Commission on Public Defense Service…
29. An Act to Require a Blood Test for Drugs for Drivers Involved in a Motor Vehicle Acciden…
30. An Act to Expand the Types of Convictions Eligible for Sealing Through a Post-judgment M…
31. Resolve, to Study the Establishment of a New Crime of Racketeering for Drug Offenses and…
32. An Act to Include Serious Bodily Injury in the Law Governing Motor Vehicle Violations Re…
33. An Act to Establish a Minimum Age at Which Conduct Constitutes a Juvenile Crime and to C…
34. An Act to Implement Recommendations for Improved Dam Safety
35. Resolve, to Provide a Comprehensive Analysis of Criminal Legal System Data
36. An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Sex Offender Management and Risk Assessme…
37. An Act to Implement Additional Criteria and Processes for the Supervised Community Confi…
38. An Act to Require Reporting Regarding County Jail Boards of Visitors
39. Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Study Achieving Gender Equality
40. An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Ph…
41. An Act to Require Law Enforcement Agencies to Adopt Written Policies Regarding Sex Traff…
42. An Act to Establish a Sustainable Housing Development Prison Work Program
43. An Act to Require Police Departments to Publish and Make Accessible Their Policies and P…
44. An Act to Make the Possession of Under 2 Grams of Certain Schedule W Drugs a Class D Crime
45. An Act to Criminalize Certain Offenses Related to Gift Card Thefts
46. An Act to Establish the Maine Emergency Medical Services Commission
47. An Act to Provide Regional Support Funding for Municipal Police Departments to Support S…
48. An Act to Require Law Enforcement Agencies to Adopt Written Policies Regarding Complianc…
49. An Act to Amend Maine's Good Samaritan Laws Regarding Suspected Drug-related Overdoses
50. An Act to Establish Disclosure Requirements Regarding Law Enforcement Officer Credibilit…
51. Resolve, to Study Ways to Improve Recruitment and Retention of Rural Emergency Medical S…
52. An Act to Establish Statutory Deadlines for Processing Applications for Emergency Medica…
53. An Act to Change the Permissible Hours and Penalities Pertaining to the Use of Consumer …
54. An Act to Allow the Emergency Medical Services' Board to Assess Civil Penalties for the …
55. An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Bail
56. An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of the Drug Laws Related to Cocaine Base
57. An Act Regarding Dam Repair
58. An Act to Waive Basic Law Enforcement Training Requirements for Full-time Law Enforcemen…
59. An Act Regarding Residency Restrictions for Sex Offenders
60. An Act Regarding Penalties for Fentanyl Trafficking When That Trafficking Results in an …
61. An Act to Amend Certain Provisions of Maine's Drug Laws Regarding Heroin, Fentanyl and C…
62. An Act to Include Certain Mental Health Assessment Data in Firearm Fatalities and Hospit…
63. An Act Regarding the Required State of Mind Relating to Robbery
64. An Act to Require Reporting of Sheltering or Aiding Missing Children
65. An Act to Prohibit the Sale of Items Intended to Be Used to Inhale Nitrous Oxide for Rec…
66. An Act Regarding the Required State of Mind Relating to the Threatening Display or Carry…
67. An Act to Provide That Spouses and Children of Corrections Officers Who Die in the Line …
68. Resolve, to Convene a Working Group to Study the Use of Oral Fluid Testing in Determinin…
69. An Act to Remove the Limit on the Length of Probation That May Be Served for Aggravated …
70. An Act to Establish the Offense of Aggravated Operating Under the Influence Resulting in…
71. An Act to Facilitate the Establishment of an Automated Crime Victim Notification System
72. An Act to Require Correctional Facilities and Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilitie…
73. An Act to Require First Responder Training for Mental Health Crisis and Critical Inciden…
74. An Act to Expand the List of Crimes That Do Not Qualify for Immunity Under Maine's Good …
75. Resolve, to Study Authorization for Municipal Fire Departments with Trained Personnel to…
76. An Act to Decriminalize Personal Possession of Therapeutic Amounts of Psilocybin for Adu…
77. An Act to Amend the Law Governing Items Identified as Prison Contraband
78. An Act to Reduce the Property Tax Burden by Adequately Funding County Jail Operations
79. An Act to Protect Communication with Providers of Critical Incident Stress Management an…
80. Resolve, to Study the Delivery of Emergency Medical Services to and Ferry Service Effect…
81. An Act to Amend the Law Allowing Individuals Subject to Pretrial or Presentence Incarcer…
82. Resolve, to Study Methods for Improving Youth Community Supervision and Increasing Juven…
83. Resolve, to Direct the Maine Criminal Justice Academy to Study the Feasibility of Establ…
84. An Act to Protect Municipalities' Investment in Law Enforcement Officers
85. An Act to Promote Public Safety and Retain Essential First Responders by Converting the …
86. An Act to Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths by Allowing Municipalities to Approve the Estab…
87. An Act to End the Collection of Certain Probation Fees
88. An Act to Include Possession of Compounds, Mixtures or Substances Containing a Detectabl…
89. An Act to Expand the Supervised Community Confinement Program
90. Resolve, to Direct the County Corrections Professional Standards Council to Examine Fund…
91. An Act Regarding Telephone and Video Call Access in Detention and Correctional Facilitie…
92. An Act to Amend the Maine Criminal Code Governing Restitution to Include the Costs of Al…
93. An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers
94. An Act to Increase the Funding to the Live Fire Service Training Facilities Fund
95. An Act to Prevent Domestic Violence by Providing Adequate Funding Support for Court-orde…
96. An Act to Explicitly Allow the Department of Corrections to Charge Room and Board to Res…
97. An Act to Remove the Duty of an Individual Exercising Self-defense to Safely Retreat or …
98. An Act to Authorize Certain Emergency Medical Services Providers to Procure, Possess, Ad…
99. An Act Regarding Criminal Justice
100. An Act to Clarify the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Regarding Professional Inves…

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1. 2026-05-24 · received referral of Resolve, to Direct the Department of Corrections to Study Alternative Methods for Operating County Jails · me-leg
   HP 1511
2. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Increase County Jail Funding · me-leg
   HP 1507
3. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Increase Funding for Construction Plan Reviews and Clarify Rule-making Authority for Municipal Reviews of Development · me-leg
   HP 1498
4. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Change Supervisory Authority over the Capitol Police · me-leg
   HP 1454
5. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Modify Certain Statutes Governing Revocation of Probation, Victim Confidentiality and the Commissioner of Corrections · me-leg
   HP 1450
6. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Prohibit the Unauthorized Use of Drones on or over the Premises of Correctional Facilities and Jails · me-leg
   HP 1446
7. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Amend the Maine Emergency Medical Services Act of 1982 to Modify Penalties for Unauthorized Operation or Practice of Emergency Medical Services, to Direct Maine Emergency Medical Services to Evaluate Improvements to Maine's Trauma System Reporting and to Make Certain Technical Changes · me-leg
   SP 826
8. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Update the Laws Regarding Fuel Gas Detector Requirements · me-leg
   HP 1415
9. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Modify Probationary Periods for Dispatchers · me-leg
   HP 1405
10. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Amend the Law Governing the Authority of the Governor to Set Salary Rates for State Police Command Staff · me-leg
    HP 1401
11. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Provide Health Care Cost Reimbursement for Retired Law Enforcement Canines · me-leg
    HP 1396
12. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Reporting of Incidents by Municipal Fire Chiefs · me-leg
    HP 1389
13. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Add Positions to the Maine State Police Executive Protection Unit · me-leg
    HP 1386
14. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Clarify the Requirement That Municipal and County Jails Be Available at All Times for Detention of Arrested Persons · me-leg
    SP 845
15. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Eliminate the Thermal Imaging Camera Program · me-leg
    HP 1346
16. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Carbon Monoxide Detectors · me-leg
    HP 1342
17. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Emergency Medical Services' Board and the Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Emergency Medical Services in the State · me-leg
    SP 776
18. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Stakeholder Group to Examine and Improve the Recruitment, Retention and Wellness of Law Enforcement Officers · me-leg
    SP 775
19. 2026-05-24 · received referral of Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Convene a Working Group to Examine the Establishment of a Program to Award Earned Time Credit for Educational Achievement to Persons Who Are Incarcerated · me-leg
    HP 1322
20. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Increase Legislative Access to Department of Corrections Facilities and to Direct the Commissioner to Establish Rules Regarding Legislator Access to Correctional and Detention Facilities · me-leg
    SP 769
21. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Authorize the Inclusion of Additional Counties in the Lincoln and Sagadahoc Multicounty Jail Authority · me-leg
    SP 757
22. 2026-05-24 · received referral of Resolve, to Study Pathways for Tribal Law Enforcement Officers to Receive a Waiver for the Maine Criminal Justice Academy Basic Law Enforcement Training Requirement · me-leg
    HP 1294
23. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Update Juvenile Justice System Reporting Requirements and to Direct the Department of Corrections and the Department of Health and Human Services to Study Modifying the Long Creek Youth Development Center · me-leg
    HP 1284
24. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Expand the Types of Convictions Eligible for Sealing Through a Post-judgment Motion to Seal Criminal History Record Information · me-leg
    HP 1280
25. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Clarify the Criminal History Record Information Act with Respect to Criminal Charges Dismissed as the Result of a Plea Agreement and to Clarify Dissemination of Sealed Criminal History Record Information to the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation · me-leg
    HP 1279
26. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Allow the Sealing of Criminal History Record Information Related to Convictions for Conduct That Is No Longer a Crime in the State and to Clarify Dissemination of Sealed Criminal History Record Information to the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation · me-leg
    HP 1278
27. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Automatically Seal Criminal History Record Information for Class D and Class E Crimes Relating to Marijuana Possession and Cultivation · me-leg
    HP 1277
28. 2026-05-24 · received referral of Resolve, to Provide a Comprehensive Analysis of Criminal Legal System Data · me-leg
    SP 750
29. 2026-05-24 · received referral of Resolve, to Study the Establishment of a New Crime of Racketeering for Drug Offenses and Sex Trafficking · me-leg
    HP 1259
30. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Include Serious Bodily Injury in the Law Governing Motor Vehicle Violations Resulting in Death · me-leg
    HP 1257
31. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Establish a Minimum Age at Which Conduct Constitutes a Juvenile Crime and to Confer Jurisdiction to the Juvenile Courts Over Any Criminal Offense Under Maine Law Committed by a Juvenile · me-leg
    HP 1233
32. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Implement Recommendations for Improved Dam Safety · me-leg
    HP 1232
33. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Expand the State's Workforce by Supporting the Transition from Incarceration to Employment · me-leg
    HP 1228
34. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Sex Offender Management and Risk Assessment Advisory Commission Regarding Tier II Offenses · me-leg
    SP 718
35. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Implement the Recommendation of the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services to Eliminate the Crime of Violation of Condition of Release · me-leg
    SP 709
36. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Require a Blood Test for Drugs for Drivers Involved in a Motor Vehicle Accident That Results in Serious Bodily Injury or Death · me-leg
    SP 703
37. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Require Police Departments to Publish and Make Accessible Their Policies and Procedures and Require Training of Officers · me-leg
    HP 1195
38. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Make the Possession of Under 2 Grams of Certain Schedule W Drugs a Class D Crime · me-leg
    HP 1190
39. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Criminalize Certain Offenses Related to Gift Card Thefts · me-leg
    SP 691
40. 2026-05-24 · received referral of Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections to Study Achieving Gender Equality · me-leg
    HP 1167
41. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Require Reporting Regarding County Jail Boards of Visitors · me-leg
    HP 1152
42. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act Regarding the Authority to Transport Prisoners Confined in Jail and the Use of Physical Force with Respect to Prisoners and Persons Who Have Been Arrested · me-leg
    HP 1145
43. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Require Law Enforcement Agencies to Adopt Written Policies Regarding Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation · me-leg
    HP 1130
44. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Establish a Sustainable Housing Development Prison Work Program · me-leg
    HP 1128
45. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Implement Additional Criteria and Processes for the Supervised Community Confinement Program · me-leg
    HP 1119
46. 2026-05-24 · received referral of Resolve, to Study Ways to Improve Recruitment and Retention of Rural Emergency Medical Services Personnel Through Access to Health Insurance · me-leg
    HP 1111
47. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Establish Disclosure Requirements Regarding Law Enforcement Officer Credibility Information · me-leg
    HP 1106
48. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Amend Maine's Good Samaritan Laws Regarding Suspected Drug-related Overdoses · me-leg
    SP 643
49. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Require Law Enforcement Agencies to Adopt Written Policies Regarding Compliance with Certain Constitutional Obligations Related to Disclosure of Evidence · me-leg
    HP 1061
50. 2026-05-24 · received referral of An Act to Provide Regional Support Funding for Municipal Police Departments to Support Special Response Teams · me-leg
    HP 1058