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An Act to Expand the Membership of the Homeland Security Advisory Council

An Act to Expand the Membership of the Homeland Security Advisory Council

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Senator Scott Cyrway
Last action
2025-06-09
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act to Expand the Membership of the Homeland Security Advisory Council

An Act to Expand the Membership of the Homeland Security Advisory Council Sponsor: Senator Scott Cyrway Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Expand the Membership of the Homeland Security Advisory Council Sponsor: Senator Scott Cyrway Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0184(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0184(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 120 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-09 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-02 House

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

  3. 2025-06-02 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-05-27 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-02-12 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-02-12 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-01-08 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Expand the Membership of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
Sponsor:
Senator Scott Cyrway
Reference committee:
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Page 1 - 132LR0184(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 36 - L.D. 120
An Act to Expand the Membership of the Homeland Security Advisory
Council
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 37-B MRSA §708, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2011, c. 529, §1 and amended
by c. 657, Pt. W, §6, is further amended to read:
1. Membership. The council is composed of the following 9 11 members:
A. The director or the director's designee;
B. The Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management or the
commissioner's designee;
C. The Commissioner of Public Safety or the commissioner's designee;
D. The Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention within the
Department of Health and Human Services or the director's designee;
E. The Chief of the State Police within the Department of Public Safety or the chief's
designee;
F. A representative of the Governor;
G. The Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife or the commissioner's designee;
H. The Commissioner of Marine Resources or the commissioner's designee; and
I. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or the commissioner's
designee.;
J. The Chief Information Officer of the Office of Information Technology within the
Department of Administrative and Financial Services or the officer's designee; and
K. The director of the Maine School Safety Center established within the Department
of Education or the director's designee.
The director is the chair of the council. The Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and
Emergency Management is the advisor of the council. Commissioner designees must be
uniformed law enforcement personnel.
APPROVED
JUNE 9, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
195
PUBLIC LAW