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LD648 • 2025

An Act to Expand the Supervised Community Confinement Program

An Act to Expand the Supervised Community Confinement Program

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Sponsor
Representative Nina Milliken
Last action
2026-04-29
Official status
Died in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES . (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Expand the Supervised Community Confinement Program

An Act to Expand the Supervised Community Confinement Program Sponsor: Representative Nina Milliken Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Latest committee action: Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Expand the Supervised Community Confinement Program Sponsor: Representative Nina Milliken 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 - 132LR0400(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0400(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 648 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. 2026-04-29 Senate

    Died in Possession of the Senate when the Legislature adjourned Sine Die and was PLACED IN THE LEGISLATIVE FILES . (DEAD)

  2. 2026-02-10 House

    RELEASED .

  3. 2025-06-11 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  4. 2025-05-08 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-05-08 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-05-02 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  7. 2025-02-20 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Expand the Supervised Community Confinement Program
Sponsor:
Representative Nina Milliken
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. 648
H.P. 416 House of Representatives, February 25, 2025
An Act to Expand the Supervised Community Confinement
Program
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 MILLIKEN of Blue Hill.
Cosponsored by Senator TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland and
Representatives: HASENFUS of Readfield, MATHIESON of Kittery, SARGENT of York,
SAYRE of Kennebunk, WARREN of Scarborough, WEBB of Durham.

Page 1 - 132LR0400(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §3036-A, sub-§10-A is enacted to read:
310-A. Prisoner served at least 15 years and crime committed prior to 26 years of
4age. With the consent of the prisoner, the commissioner may transfer a prisoner committed
5 to the department from a correctional facility to supervised community confinement
6 without meeting the eligibility requirements of subsection 2, paragraphs B, C and D if:
7 A. The prisoner is serving a term of imprisonment of at least 15 years;
8 B. The prisoner has served at least 15 years of the term of imprisonment imposed;
9 C. The crime or crimes for which the prisoner is serving the term of imprisonment
10 were committed before the prisoner attained 26 years of age; and
11 D. The prisoner has continuously maintained a custody classification level of medium,
12 medium trustee status or minimum for the 5 years preceding the prisoner's
13 consideration for the supervised community confinement program.
14SUMMARY
15 This bill establishes an exception to the standard eligibility criteria of the Department
16 of Corrections’ supervised community confinement program by allowing a prisoner to be
17 eligible if the prisoner is serving a term of imprisonment of at least 15 years, the prisoner
18 has served at least 15 years of the term of imprisonment, the prisoner has continuously
19 maintained a custody classification of medium, medium trustee status or minimum for the
20 5 years preceding the prisoner's consideration for the supervised community confinement
21 program and the crime or crimes for which the prisoner is serving the term of imprisonment
22 were committed before the prisoner attained 26 years of age.
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