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LD422 • 2025

An Act to Require the State to Obtain Municipal Approval Before Placing Noncitizens in the Municipality

An Act to Require the State to Obtain Municipal Approval Before Placing Noncitizens in the Municipality

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Sponsor
Representative Gregory Swallow
Last action
2025-05-14
Official status
Reports Read On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED . in concurrence PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 165 Yeas 27 - Nays 7 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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An Act to Require the State to Obtain Municipal Approval Before Placing Noncitizens in the Municipality

An Act to Require the State to Obtain Municipal Approval Before Placing Noncitizens in the Municipality Sponsor: Representative Gregory Swallow Reference committee: State and Local Government Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Require the State to Obtain Municipal Approval Before Placing Noncitizens in the Municipality Sponsor: Representative Gregory Swallow Reference committee: State and Local Government Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1017(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1017(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 422 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 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. 2025-05-14 Senate

    Reports Read On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED . in concurrence PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 165 Yeas 27 - Nays 7 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-05-13 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . ROLL CALL NO. 128 (Yeas 75 - Nays 65 - Absent 10 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-12 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-03-19 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-03-19 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-02-04 Committee

    Referred to Committee on State and Local Government.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Require the State to Obtain Municipal Approval Before Placing Noncitizens in the Municipality
Sponsor:
Representative Gregory Swallow
Reference committee:
State and Local Government
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. 422
H.P. 276 House of Representatives, February 4, 2025
An Act to Require the State to Obtain Municipal Approval Before
Placing Noncitizens in the Municipality
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative SWALLOW of Houlton.
Cosponsored by Senator STEWART of Aroostook and
Representatives: ARDELL of Monticello, CHAPMAN of Auburn, GREENWOOD of Wales,
LANCE of Paris, MORRIS of Turner, QUINT of Hodgdon, SIMMONS of Waldoboro.

Page 1 - 132LR1017(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §3112 is enacted to read:
3§3112. Placement of noncitizens by the State
41. Noncitizen; defined. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates,
5 "noncitizen" has the same meaning as in Title 22, section 4099-I, subsection 1, paragraph
6 E.
72. Placement of noncitizens by the State. The State may not place a noncitizen within
8 a municipality without prior authorization from the municipality. A municipality may
9 designate the number of noncitizens the State is allowed to place within that municipality,
10 and the State may not exceed the number of noncitizens designated by the municipality.
11SUMMARY
12 This bill prohibits the State from placing noncitizens within a municipality without the
13 municipality's prior authorization and allows the municipality to limit the number of
14 noncitizens the State places within the municipality.
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