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An Act to Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine

An Act to Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Senator Marianne Moore
Last action
2025-05-29
Official status
Taken from the table by the President Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moved to INSIST on ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) Motion by Senator HARRINGTON of York that the Senate INSIST and ASK for a COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE. FAILED. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 253 Yeas 14 - Nays 19 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 Subsequently, the Senate INSISTED to ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) in NON-CONCURRENCE. Sent down for concurrence
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine

An Act to Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine Sponsor: Senator Marianne Moore Reference committee: Judiciary Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine Sponsor: Senator Marianne Moore Reference committee: Judiciary Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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Amendments

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Adopted by Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0380(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0380(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 16 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3JUDICIARY 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. 2025-05-29 House

    The House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report Motion of Representative FAULKINGHAM or Winter Harbor to RECONSIDER FAILED . ROLL CALL NO. 226 (Yeas 68 - Nays 73 - Absent 10 - Excused 0) ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. Placed in the Legislative Files. ( DEAD )

  2. 2025-05-28 Senate

    Taken from the table by the President Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moved to INSIST on ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) Motion by Senator HARRINGTON of York that the Senate INSIST and ASK for a COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE. FAILED. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 253 Yeas 14 - Nays 19 - Excused 2 - Absent 0 Subsequently, the Senate INSISTED to ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-81) in NON-CONCURRENCE. Sent down for concurrence

  3. 2025-05-13 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-02-24 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-02-24 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-01-28 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  7. 2025-01-06 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast Maine
Sponsor:
Senator Marianne Moore
Reference committee:
Judiciary
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 16
S.P. 63 In Senate, January 8, 2025
An Act to Establish Separate Prosecutorial Districts in Downeast
Maine
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on January 6, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Judiciary pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator MOORE of Washington.
Cosponsored by Representative TUELL of East Machias and
Senator: GROHOSKI of Hancock, Representatives: DANA of the Passamaquoddy Tribe,
MCINTYRE of Lowell, MILLIKEN of Blue Hill, MINGO of Calais, STROUT of Harrington.

Page 1 - 132LR0380(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §254, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and
3 Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further
4 amended to read:
57. Prosecutorial District Number 7. There shall be is one district attorney for
6 Hancock and Washington Counties County, which shall is to be known as "Prosecutorial
7 District Number 7." The district attorney shall must be elected by the voters of Hancock
8 and Washington Counties County in the manner set forth in section 251.
9Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §254, sub-§9 is enacted to read:
109. Prosecutorial District Number 9. There is one district attorney for Washington
11 County, which is to be known as "Prosecutorial District Number 9." The district attorney
12 must be elected by the voters of Washington County in the manner set forth in section 251.
13SUMMARY
14 This bill reduces Prosecutorial District Number 7 to Hancock County and creates
15 Prosecutorial District Number 9 for Washington County.
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