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An Act to Amend the Law Allowing Individuals Subject to Pretrial or Presentence Incarceration to Be Credited Time for Participation in Work Projects Within a Jail

An Act to Amend the Law Allowing Individuals Subject to Pretrial or Presentence Incarceration to Be Credited Time for Participation in Work Projects Within a Jail

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative Dani O'Halloran
Last action
2025-06-17
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Amend the Law Allowing Individuals Subject to Pretrial or Presentence Incarceration to Be Credited Time for Participation in Work Projects Within a Jail

An Act to Amend the Law Allowing Individuals Subject to Pretrial or Presentence Incarceration to Be Credited Time for Participation in Work Projects Within a Jail 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 Allowing Individuals Subject to Pretrial or Presentence Incarceration to Be Credited Time for Participation in Work Projects Within a Jail 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 - 132LR1245(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1245(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 931 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. 2025-06-17 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-12 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  3. 2025-06-11 House

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

  4. 2025-06-10 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-04-02 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  6. 2025-03-05 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Amend the Law Allowing Individuals Subject to Pretrial or Presentence Incarceration to Be Credited Time for Participation in Work Projects Within a Jail
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 - 132LR1245(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 596 - L.D. 931
An Act to Amend the Law Allowing Individuals Subject to Pretrial or
Presentence Incarceration to Be Credited Time for Participation in Work
Projects Within a Jail
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1606, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2021, c. 169, §1, is further
amended to read:
2. Sentence prorated. Inmates participating in a public works-related project or an
improvement of property owned by a charitable organization under subsection 1 and
inmates participating in a work project within a jail under subsection 1-B may have their
sentences to the jail prorated at the rate of up to one day removed from the sentences for
every 16 hours of participation in the project, except that inmates committed to the custody
of the sheriff for nonpayment of fines under Title 17‑A, section 1711 must have their
sentences prorated at the rate that is applicable to the individual inmate pursuant to Title
17‑A, section 1711, subsection 4, paragraph A, subparagraph (1).
APPROVED
JUNE 17, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
341
PUBLIC LAW