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LD639 • 2025

An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers

An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Representative W. Crockett
Last action
2025-05-27
Official status
On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending CONSIDERATION. Taken from the table by the President Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moved the Senate INSIST on ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-162) Report. Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook to RECEDE and CONCUR. FAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 226 Yeas 14 - Nays 20 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Subsequently, the Senate INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-162) Report. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers

An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers Sponsor: Representative W.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers Sponsor: Representative W.
  • Crockett Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1249(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1249(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 639 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

  1. 2025-05-27 Senate

    On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending CONSIDERATION. Taken from the table by the President Senator PIERCE of Cumberland moved the Senate INSIST on ACCEPTANCE of The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-162) Report. Motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook to RECEDE and CONCUR. FAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 226 Yeas 14 - Nays 20 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Subsequently, the Senate INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-162) Report. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-05-22 House

    The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-162) ROLL CALL NO. 164 (Yeas 76 - Nays 68 - Absent 7 - Excused 0) On motion of Representative LIBBY of Auburn, the House RECONSIDERED its action to RECEDE and CONCUR . ROLL CALL NO. 165 (Yeas 78 - Nays 67 - Absent 6 - Excused 0) Subsequently, the motion to RECEDE and CONCUR FAILED . ROLL CALL NO. 166 (Yeas 66 - Nays 78 - Absent 7 - Excused 0) Subsequently, the House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought Not to Pass Report. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-15 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  4. 2025-03-19 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-03-19 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-02-20 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement Officers
Sponsor:
Representative W. Crockett
Reference committee:
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 639
H.P. 407 House of Representatives, February 25, 2025
An Act to Improve Training Opportunities for Law Enforcement
Officers
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 20, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Criminal Justice and Public Safety pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to
Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative CROCKETT of Portland.
Cosponsored by Representative SARGENT of York.

Page 1 - 132LR1249(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2804-C, sub-§4, ¶B, as amended by PL 2005, c. 331, §22, is
3 further amended to read:
4 B. Provide a structured residential program that balances the goals of professional
5 policing with public services emphasis; and
6SUMMARY
7 This bill removes the requirement that the structured law enforcement training program
8 provided by the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy must be a
9 residential law enforcement training program.
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