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An Act to Further Protect Victims from Contact Prohibited by Probation Conditions

An Act to Further Protect Victims from Contact Prohibited by Probation Conditions

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Sponsor
Representative Tavis Hasenfus
Last action
2025-02-25
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Further Protect Victims from Contact Prohibited by Probation Conditions

An Act to Further Protect Victims from Contact Prohibited by Probation Conditions Sponsor: Representative Tavis Hasenfus Reference committee: Judiciary Latest committee action: Reported Out; LTW

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Further Protect Victims from Contact Prohibited by Probation Conditions Sponsor: Representative Tavis Hasenfus Reference committee: Judiciary Latest committee action: Reported Out; LTW

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-25 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-02-12 Committee

    LTW Approved by Chairs; LTW

  3. 2025-02-12 Committee

    Reported Out; LTW

  4. 2025-01-06 House

    Received by the Clerk of the House on January 6, 2025. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.

  5. 2025-01-06 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Further Protect Victims from Contact Prohibited by Probation Conditions
Sponsor:
Representative Tavis Hasenfus
Reference committee:
Judiciary
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; LTW

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 43
H.P. 7 House of Representatives, January 8, 2025
An Act to Further Protect Victims from Contact Prohibited by
Probation Conditions
Submitted by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Joint Rule 204.
Received by the Clerk of the House on January 6, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Judiciary pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative HASENFUS of Readfield.

Page 1 - 132LR0178(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1805, sub-§1, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. A, §2,
3 is amended to read:
4 D. The court may revoke probation if, during an any unsuspended portion of the term
5 of imprisonment:
6 (1) The individual has contact with a victim with whom the individual has been
7 ordered not to have contact as a condition of probation;
8 (1-A) The individual has contact with a victim of another crime with whom the
9 individual has been ordered not to have contact as a condition of probation attached
10 to a sentence concurrent with or consecutive to the split sentence;
11 (1-B) The individual has contact with a victim of another crime with whom the
12 individual had been ordered not to have contact as a condition of probation attached
13 to a sentence concurrent with the split sentence or to which the split sentence is
14 consecutive, but the probation had already been revoked prior to the time of the
15 contact;
16 (2) In the case of an individual who has been committed to the Department of
17 Corrections, the individual has contact with any victim with whom the individual
18 has been prohibited to have contact by the Department of Corrections; or
19 (3) In the case of an individual who has been committed to a county or regional
20 jail, the individual has contact with any victim with whom the individual has been
21 prohibited to have contact by the county or regional jail.
22SUMMARY
23 This bill allows a court to revoke the probation of an individual who contacts a victim
24 in violation of probation conditions not just if the contact is with a victim of the crime for
25 which the individual is currently serving an unsuspended portion of a split sentence, as
26 allowed under current law, but also if the contact is with a victim of another crime for which
27 the individual received either a concurrent or consecutive sentence related to the current
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