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LD719 • 2025

Resolve, to Direct the County Corrections Professional Standards Council to Examine Funding of and Compliance by County and Regional Jails

Resolve, to Direct the County Corrections Professional Standards Council to Examine Funding of and Compliance by County and Regional Jails

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Suzanne Salisbury
Last action
2025-06-12
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Resolve, to Direct the County Corrections Professional Standards Council to Examine Funding of and Compliance by County and Regional Jails

Resolve, to Direct the County Corrections Professional Standards Council to Examine Funding of and Compliance by County and Regional Jails Sponsor: Representative Suzanne Salisbury Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, to Direct the County Corrections Professional Standards Council to Examine Funding of and Compliance by County and Regional Jails Sponsor: Representative Suzanne Salisbury Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0852(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0852(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 719 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. 2025-06-12 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-09 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-09 Senate

    FINALLY PASSED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-06-04 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-02-20 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, to Direct the County Corrections Professional Standards Council to Examine Funding of and Compliance by County and Regional Jails
Sponsor:
Representative Suzanne Salisbury
Reference committee:
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0852(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 458 - L.D. 719
Resolve, to Direct the County Corrections Professional Standards Council to
Examine Funding of and Compliance by County and Regional Jails
Sec. 1. County Corrections Professional Standards Council report.
Resolved: That the County Corrections Professional Standards Council, as established in
the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 12004-G, subsection 6-D, referred to in this
resolve as "the council," shall review information regarding the share of state funding for
the County Jail Operations Fund established in Title 34-A, section 1210-E and county and
regional jail compliance with certain statutory requirements or rules. In conducting this
review, the council shall:
1. Review the status of county and regional jail compliance with audit requirements
pursuant to Title 30-A, section 1662, subsection 2 and examine ways to incentivize
compliance with these requirements;
2. Review the status of county and regional jail reporting to the Department of
Corrections for expenses associated with operating county and regional jails pursuant to
Title 34-A, section 1208-B, subsection 5 and examine ways to incentivize compliance with
these requirements;
3. Review any unfunded mandates related to county and regional jails;
4. Examine improvements to the operations of the council; and
5. Examine future needs for state support for county and regional jail operations.
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That, no later than January 15, 2026, the council shall
submit a report based on the study under section 1, including any recommendations and
suggested legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public
Safety. The committee may submit legislation based on the report to the Second Regular
Session of the 132nd Legislature.
APPROVED
JUNE 12, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
73
RESOLVES