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LD1074 • 2025

An Act to Remove the Limit on the Length of Probation That May Be Served for Aggravated Attempted Murder

An Act to Remove the Limit on the Length of Probation That May Be Served for Aggravated Attempted Murder

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Michel Lajoie
Last action
2025-06-09
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Remove the Limit on the Length of Probation That May Be Served for Aggravated Attempted Murder

An Act to Remove the Limit on the Length of Probation That May Be Served for Aggravated Attempted Murder Sponsor: Representative Michel Lajoie Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Remove the Limit on the Length of Probation That May Be Served for Aggravated Attempted Murder Sponsor: Representative Michel Lajoie Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1350(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1350(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1074 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-09 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-02 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  3. 2025-05-29 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-05-27 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-04-09 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-09 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-03-14 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Remove the Limit on the Length of Probation That May Be Served for Aggravated Attempted Murder
Sponsor:
Representative Michel Lajoie
Reference committee:
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1350(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 696 - L.D. 1074
An Act to Remove the Limit on the Length of Probation That May Be Served
for Aggravated Attempted Murder
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §152-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §58,
is further amended to read:
2. Aggravated attempted murder is a Class A crime except that, notwithstanding
section 1604, subsection 1, paragraph A, the sentence for aggravated attempted murder is
imprisonment for life or a definite period of imprisonment for any term of years. The
existence of an aggravating circumstance serves only as a precondition for the court to
consider a life sentence. The court also may impose as part of the sentence a period of
probation of any term of years pursuant to section 1804, subsection 4-A.
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §1804, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2, is
amended to read:
1. Limit on length of probation. Except as provided in subsections 2, 3, 4, 4-A, 5
and 6, the period of probation for a person may not exceed:
A. For a Class A crime, 4 years;
B. For a Class B crime, 3 years;
C. For a Class C crime, 2 years; and
D. For a Class D or Class E crime, one year.
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §1804, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2, is
amended to read:
4. Exception to limits when person sentenced as repeat sexual assault offender.
The period of probation for a person sentenced as a repeat sexual assault offender pursuant
to section 253‑A, subsection 1 is may be any term of years.
Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §1804, sub-§4-A is enacted to read:
APPROVED
JUNE 9, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
207
PUBLIC LAW
Page 2 - 132LR1350(03)
4-A. Exception to limits when person sentenced for aggravated attempted
murder. The period of probation for a person sentenced for aggravated attempted murder
pursuant to section 152-A, subsection 2 may be any term of years.