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An Act to Amend the Law Governing Items Identified as Prison Contraband

An Act to Amend the Law Governing Items Identified as Prison Contraband

Crime
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative Dani O'Halloran
Last action
2025-06-18
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Amend the Law Governing Items Identified as Prison Contraband

An Act to Amend the Law Governing Items Identified as Prison Contraband Sponsor: Representative Dani O'Halloran Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Amend the Law Governing Items Identified as Prison Contraband Sponsor: Representative Dani O'Halloran 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 - 132LR1246(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1246(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 930 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. 2025-06-18 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-13 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-13 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-06-11 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  5. 2025-05-05 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-05 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-04-16 Committee

    Work Session Reconsidered; TABLED

  8. 2025-04-02 Committee

    Work Session Held

  9. 2025-04-02 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  10. 2025-03-05 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Amend the Law Governing Items Identified as Prison Contraband
Sponsor:
Representative Dani O'Halloran
Reference committee:
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1246(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 595 - L.D. 930
An Act to Amend the Law Governing Items Identified as Prison Contraband
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §757, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 499, §1, is amended
to read:
3. Trafficking Except as provided in subsection 4, trafficking in prison contraband is
a Class C crime.
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §757, sub-§4 is enacted to read:
4. If the prison contraband under subsection 1, paragraph B is electronic contraband
that is not intended to be used to commit a separate crime, trafficking in prison contraband
is a Class D crime. For purposes of this subsection, "electronic contraband" means a mobile
telephone or other handheld electronic communication device not authorized or issued by
the custodial authority.
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §757-A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 386, §2, is amended to read:
§757-A. Trafficking of tobacco or vaping device in adult correctional facilities
1. A person is guilty of trafficking tobacco or a vaping device in an adult correctional
facility if:
A. That person intentionally conveys or attempts to convey tobacco or , tobacco
products or a vaping device to a person confined in an adult correctional facility that
has banned the use of tobacco or, tobacco products or vaping devices by prisoners; or
B. That person is confined in an adult correctional facility that has banned the use of
tobacco or , tobacco products or vaping devices by prisoners and the person
intentionally obtains or possesses tobacco or, tobacco products or a vaping device.
2. As used in this section, "adult correctional facility" means a county jail or
correctional facility other than a juvenile facility under the control of the Department of
Corrections and "vaping device" means a device, also known as a vape, e-cigarette,
electronic cigarette or electronic vaporizer, that simulates smoking using an atomizer, a
power source such as a battery and a container such as a cartridge or a tank and is used for
ingesting any substance, including a drug identified in section 1101, subsection 11.
APPROVED
JUNE 18, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
355
PUBLIC LAW
Page 2 - 132LR1246(03)
3. Trafficking of tobacco or a vaping device in an adult correctional facility is a Class
E crime.