An Act to Provide a Court Authority to Issue Proximity Restrictions in Protection from Abuse Orders

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An Act to Provide a Court Authority to Issue Proximity Restrictions in Protection from Abuse Orders

An Act to Provide a Court Authority to Issue Proximity Restrictions in Protection from Abuse Orders Sponsor: Senator Joseph Rafferty Reference committee: Judiciary Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

• An Act to Provide a Court Authority to Issue Proximity Restrictions in Protection from Abuse Orders Sponsor: Senator Joseph Rafferty Reference committee: Judiciary Governor action: Signed by the Governor

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Official Summary Text

An Act to Provide a Court Authority to Issue Proximity Restrictions in Protection from Abuse Orders
Sponsor:
Senator Joseph Rafferty
Reference committee:
Judiciary
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

Page 1 - 132LR0807(02)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 269 - L.D. 586
An Act to Provide a Court Authority to Issue Proximity Restrictions in
Protection from Abuse Orders
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §4110, sub-§3, ¶E-1 is enacted to read:
E-1. Directing the defendant to refrain from knowingly being within a specified
distance of the plaintiff or prohibiting the defendant from being present at a specific
location;
Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.
APPROVED
APRIL 11, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
22
PUBLIC LAW