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LD1598 • 2025

An Act to Provide Relocation Assistance to Crime Victims

An Act to Provide Relocation Assistance to Crime Victims

Crime
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative Holly Stover
Last action
2025-05-30
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Provide Relocation Assistance to Crime Victims

An Act to Provide Relocation Assistance to Crime Victims Sponsor: Representative Holly Stover Reference committee: Judiciary Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Provide Relocation Assistance to Crime Victims Sponsor: Representative Holly Stover Reference committee: Judiciary 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 - 132LR2014(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR2014(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1598 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3JUDICIARY 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. 2025-05-30 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-27 House

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

  3. 2025-05-27 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-05-19 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-04-10 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Provide Relocation Assistance to Crime Victims
Sponsor:
Representative Holly Stover
Reference committee:
Judiciary
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR2014(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 1056 - L.D. 1598
An Act to Provide Relocation Assistance to Crime Victims
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3360, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2009, c. 79, §2, is further
amended to read:
4. Eligible expenses and losses. "Eligible expenses and losses" means expenses and
losses resulting from a personal injury sustained by an individual as a direct result of a
crime specified in subsection 3 and may include medical and medically related expenses,
psychological or mental health counseling expenses, lost wages, funeral, burial and other
homicide-related expenses and travel expenses and loss of income of a claimant or family
member for providing or obtaining care for the personal injury of a minor or incapacitated
victim. "Eligible expenses and losses" may include costs of eyeglasses, hearing aids,
dentures or other prosthetic devices taken, lost, destroyed or damaged as a result of the
crime, costs to repair, replace or install locks or security devices, costs of crime scene
cleanup and security deposits relocation expenses. Expenses and losses claimed under this
subsection must be expenses or losses actually and reasonably incurred.
APPROVED
MAY 30, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
171
PUBLIC LAW