LD1725 • 2025

An Act to Require Reporting Regarding County Jail Boards of Visitors

Crime

Enacted

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Sponsor: Representative Robert Nutting
Last action: 2025-06-17
Official status: Signed by the Governor
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act to Require Reporting Regarding County Jail Boards of Visitors

An Act to Require Reporting Regarding County Jail Boards of Visitors Sponsor: Representative Robert Nutting Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

An Act to Require Reporting Regarding County Jail Boards of Visitors Sponsor: Representative Robert Nutting Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Signed by the Governor

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Amendments

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C-A (H-573)

Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1136(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

Page 1 - 132LR1136(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
1725 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

2025-06-17 Governor
Signed by the Governor
2025-06-11 Senate
PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.
2025-06-10 House
PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-06-06 Committee
Reported Out; OTP-AM
2025-05-08 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-05-08 Committee
Voted; OTP-AM
2025-04-17 Committee
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Require Reporting Regarding County Jail Boards of Visitors
Sponsor:
Representative Robert Nutting
Reference committee:
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1136(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 1152 - L.D. 1725
An Act to Require Reporting Regarding County Jail Boards of Visitors
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1651, sub-§4, ¶F, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 383, §1, is
amended to read:
F. Each board of visitors shall share copies of that board's annual report with the other
boards of visitors of that sheriff's office each other board of visitors appointed pursuant
to this section.
Sec. 2. Board of visitors report. By December 3, 2025, the sheriff for each county
shall submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
regarding the status of board of visitors vacancies for each jail or other county correctional
facility under the sheriff's supervision. The report must include, at a minimum, for each jail
or other county correctional facility, what actions the sheriff is taking to ensure that the
board of visitors of the jail or facility is meeting its statutory membership requirements;
what current difficulties the jail or facility is facing in meeting board of visitors membership
requirements; how many members are currently appointed to the board of visitors; and
whether the board of visitors is inactive and, if so, for how long it has been inactive. The
committee may submit legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the
132nd Legislature.
APPROVED
JUNE 17, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
345
PUBLIC LAW