Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ME - Senator Susan Deschambault (U)

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Chair

ME - Senator Scott Cyrway (U)

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Member

ME - Senator Mark Lawrence (U)

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Member

ME - Representative Charlotte Warren (D)

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Chair

ME - Representative Danny Edward Costain (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Grayson B. Lookner (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Victoria E. Morales (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Daniel J. Newman (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Richard A. Pickett (R)

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Member

ME - Representative William D. Pluecker (I)

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Member

ME - Representative Lois Galgay Reckitt (D)

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Member

ME - Representative Shelley Rudnicki (R)

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Member

ME - Representative Braden Sharpe (D)

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Member

ME - LD12 An Act To Require Annual Information Reporting by the Maine Information and Analysis Center

ME - LD13 An Act To Coordinate the Delivery of Individuals Committed to the Department of Corrections

ME - LD15 An Act To Amend the Intelligence and Investigative Record Information Act To Ensure Government Transparency and To Protect the Privacy and Safety of the Public

ME - LD28 An Act To Create an Alert System To Notify the Public When a Person with an Intellectual or Developmental Disability Is Missing

ME - LD54 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Post-conviction Review in Order To Facilitate the Fair Hearing of All Newly Discovered Evidence

ME - LD58 An Act To Improve Information Sharing by Criminal Justice Agencies with Government Agencies Responsible for Investigating Child or Adult Abuse

ME - LD63 An Act Regarding the Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact

ME - LD180 An Act To Amend the Storage Requirements for Consumer Fireworks

ME - LD242 An Act To Support the Maine Fire Protection Services Commission

ME - LD271 An Act To Recruit and Retain Department of Corrections Facilities Support Staff

ME - LD279 An Act To Protect Persons Detained or Committed in a Correctional or Detention Facility from Excessive Telephone or Video Charges

ME - LD346 An Act Requiring the Use of Propane and Natural Gas Detectors

ME - LD369 An Act To Criminalize Recording an Incident in Progress but Failing To Report the Incident Immediately to the Appropriate Authority

ME - LD400 An Act To Modify the Composition of the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy

ME - LD417 An Act To Protect Maine's Drivers from Pretextual Traffic Stops

ME - LD419 An Act Regarding Participation in Public Works Projects by Pretrial Inmates

ME - LD438 An Act To Increase Public Safety by Adding a Position to the Computer Crimes Unit of the Maine State Police

ME - LD439 An Act To Amend the Provisions Concerning the Crime of Gross Sexual Assault

ME - LD476 An Act To Provide Licensed Assisted Living and Nursing Facilities Levels of Care for Incarcerated Persons

ME - LD477 An Act To Allow for Fair Restitution by Providing That Restitution Does Not Include the Cost of Analysis of Suspected Illegal Drugs

ME - LD491 An Act To Create the Crime of Hate Crime False Public Alarm or Report

ME - LD505 An Act To Expand the Disciplinary Authority of the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy

ME - LD513 An Act Regarding the Membership of the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy and Its Complaint Review Committee

ME - LD514 An Act To Establish and Promote a System of Safe Disposal of Expired Marine Flares

ME - LD521 An Act To Modify the Rule-making Process for Establishing County and Municipal Jail Standards

ME - LD536 An Act To Amend the Maine Criminal Code

ME - LD539 An Act To Require Law Enforcement Agencies To Do a Thorough Background Check of Applicant Officers and To Require the Release of Records, Including Sealed Records, to the Requesting Agency

ME - LD546 An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Maine Juvenile Justice System Assessment and Reinvestment Task Force

ME - LD573 An Act Concerning Records of the Employment of Law Enforcement Officers and Corrections Officers

ME - LD661 An Act To Ensure Equity in Petitions for Rulemaking under the Maine Administrative Procedure Act

ME - LD663 An Act To Make Comprehensive Substance Use Disorder Treatment Available to Maine's Incarcerated Population

ME - LD696 An Act To Prohibit Solitary Confinement in Maine's Corrections System

ME - LD710 An Act Regarding the Maine Criminal Code

ME - LD797 An Act To Create a Registry To Improve Access to Automated External Defibrillators

ME - LD801 An Act Regarding Sentencing Options for a Person Convicted of a Crime Committed While Serving a Term of Imprisonment

ME - LD756 An Act Regarding Criminal Services for Juveniles

ME - LD758 Resolve, To Study Streamlining the Background Check Process for State-licensed Professions That Require Background Checks

ME - LD759 An Act To Amend the Child Endangerment Laws To Include Certain Unauthorized Access to a Loaded Firearm

ME - LD763 An Act To Allow State Vehicles Assigned to Maine Emergency Management Agency Employees To Be Used for Commuting

ME - LD764 An Act To Authorize the Maine Emergency Management Agency To Requisition Food Supplies for Emergency Use or Special Duty Assignments

ME - LD769 An Act To Increase the Availability of Mental Health Services for a Defendant Who Has Been Found Incompetent To Stand Trial

ME - LD782 An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Department of Corrections for Certified Batterer Intervention Programming

ME - LD829 An Act To Promote Highway Safety by Restricting the Use of Marijuana and Possession of an Open Marijuana Container in a Motor Vehicle

ME - LD847 An Act To Divert Older Youth from the Adult Criminal Justice System

ME - LD852 Resolve, To Review Public Safety around School Buses and School Bus Stops

ME - LD877 An Act To Expand the Definition of Unlawful Sexual Touching

ME - LD884 An Act To Ban the Surveillance of Firearm Purchases

ME - LD893 An Act To Enable Motor Vehicle Technicians To Safely Disable Breathalyzer Starter Devices

ME - LD894 An Act To Increase Government Accountability by Removing the Restriction on the Dissemination of Information Regarding Investigations

ME - LD928 An Act To Require Adequate Training for Police Officers Who Use Speed Measurement Devices

ME - LD963 An Act To Create Culturally Sensitive Treatment and Recovery Halfway Houses for Immigrants Transitioning out of the Juvenile Justice System

ME - LD967 An Act To Make Possession of Scheduled Drugs for Personal Use a Civil Penalty

ME - LD976 An Act To Amend the Definition of "Machine Gun" To Include Bump Stock Devices

ME - LD994 An Act To Promote Public Health by Eliminating Criminal Penalties for Possession of Hypodermic Apparatuses

ME - LD999 An Act Regarding Background Checks for the Sale of Firearms

ME - LD1016 An Act To Ensure That Assemblies, Protests and Demonstrations in Maine Remain Peaceful

ME - LD1021 An Act To Protect Maine Residents from Stalking by Use of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

ME - LD1035 An Act To Prohibit Maintaining Drug-involved Premises

ME - LD1040 An Act To Require Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training or Implicit Bias Training for School Resource Officers

ME - LD1043 An Act Concerning the Unannounced Execution of Search Warrants

ME - LD1044 An Act To Protect the Rights of Certain Incarcerated Individuals

ME - LD1052 An Act To Protect the Firearm Use and Possession Rights of Maine Citizens during an Emergency

ME - LD1070 An Act To Make Assault on a Person 50 Years of Age or Older with a Preexisting Serious Medical Condition a Class C Crime

ME - LD1078 An Act To Promote Traffic Safety in Emergency Situations

ME - LD1092 An Act To Expand the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy To Include 6 Members of the Public Who Are Not Employed as Any Type of Law Enforcement Personnel and To Require a Public Review of the Training Syllabus

ME - LD1127 An Act To Prohibit the Use of "No-knock" Warrants

ME - LD1128 An Act Relating to Personnel Working in Public Safety

ME - LD1138 An Act To Ensure the Right to Self-defense Exists outside the Home by Removing the Requirement To Retreat

ME - LD1154 An Act To Improve the Safety of Prisoners and Jail Staff by Limiting Work Hours of Jail Employees

ME - LD1170 An Act Regarding Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm in a Correctional Facility

ME - LD1171 An Act To Curtail No-knock Warrants

ME - LD1175 An Act To Prohibit Excessive Telephone, Video and Commissary Charges in Maine Jails and Prisons

ME - LD1179 An Act To Restrict Maine Law Enforcement Participation in Federal Firearm Confiscation or Buy-back Programs without Legislative Approval

ME - LD1192 An Act Concerning the Composition of the Criminal Law Advisory Commission

ME - LD1245 An Act To Ensure the Provision of Adequate Personal Protective Equipment to Firefighters Who Are Women

ME - LD1250 An Act To Allow Law Enforcement Officers with Federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act Clearance To Carry a Concealed Weapon

ME - LD1278 An Act To End the Maine Information and Analysis Center Program

ME - LD1286 Resolve, Directing the Department of Public Safety To Apply for an Exemption from Background Checks for Holders of Concealed Weapons Permits

ME - LD1290 An Act To Amend the Statement of Purpose of the Maine Emergency Medical Services Act of 1982 To Include Emergency Responses That Do Not Require Transportation

ME - LD1298 An Act To Provide Funds for Community-based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Services and To Reduce by Half the Funding for the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency

ME - LD1307 An Act To Restrict the Sale, Purchase and Use of Fireworks in the State

ME - LD1313 An Act To Clarify Who Signs and Swears to a Certificate Stating the Results of a Breath-alcohol Test

ME - LD1315 An Act To Protect Firearm Use and Possession Rights during a State of Emergency and Require a Two-thirds Vote by the Legislative Council To Declare or Extend a State of Emergency

ME - LD1316 An Act To Provide Funding for the Maine Length of Service Award Program

ME - LD1348 An Act To Limit the Decibel Level of Fireworks Near Working Farms

ME - LD1351 An Act To Amend Certain Provisions of the Maine Criminal Code and the Maine Bail Code

ME - LD1364 Resolve, To Establish the Commission To Study and Recommend Incentives for Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems

ME - LD1408 An Act To Increase the Protection of Children from Domestic Abuse and Violence

ME - LD1422 An Act To Strengthen Laws Protecting Members of Law Enforcement and Promote In-classroom Drug Use Avoidance Education

ME - LD1440 An Act To Provide Safe Gear for Female Firefighters

ME - LD1446 An Act To Aid Municipalities in the Issuance of Concealed Handgun Permits

ME - LD1447 An Act To Require Training in Racial Issues, Racial Justice and Social Issues at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy and To Establish Additional Requirements for Law Enforcement Officers and Candidates

ME - LD1454 An Act To Prohibit Untraceable and Undetectable Firearms

ME - LD1478 An Act To Decriminalize Homelessness

ME - LD1479 An Act To Make Certain Traffic Infractions Secondary Offenses

ME - LD1486 An Act To Improve Investigations of Child Sexual Abuse

ME - LD1473 An Act To Exempt Land-based Aquaculture Facilities from the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code Requirements

ME - LD1491 An Act To Ensure Access to and Availability of Violence Intervention Services To Reduce Domestic Violence in Maine

ME - LD1504 An Act To Enhance Use of Critical Incident Stress Management Teams for Firefighters

ME - LD1521 An Act To Strengthen Protections against Civil Asset Forfeiture

ME - LD1552 An Act To Provide Reentry Services to Persons Reentering the Community after Incarceration

ME - LD1585 An Act To Increase Privacy and Security by Prohibiting the Use of Facial Surveillance by Certain Government Employees and Officials

ME - LD1588 Resolve, To Convene a Working Group To Identify and Find Replacements for Certain Stigmatizing References throughout the Maine Revised Statutes and Government Publications

ME - LD1592 An Act To Decriminalize Engaging in Prostitution, Strengthen the Laws against Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Allow a Person Convicted of Engaging in Prostitution To Petition the Court To Expunge the Record of Conviction

ME - LD1593 An Act To Provide Pathways to Rehabilitation, Reentry and Reintegration

ME - LD1604 An Act To Reclassify Certain Offenses under the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Laws and Motor Vehicle Laws and Increase the Efficiency of the Criminal Justice System

ME - LD1605 An Act To License Ambulance Drivers Who Are Not Licensed To Provide Emergency Medical Services

ME - LD1607 An Act To Criminalize Calls Made to Emergency Services Based on Racial Profiling

ME - LD1654 An Act To Stabilize State Funding for County Corrections

ME - LD1668 Resolve, To Develop a Plan To Close the Long Creek Youth Development Center and Redirect Funding to Community Integration Services for Adjudicated Youth

ME - LD1674 An Act To Improve Access to Medical Care for and Expand the Rights of Adult Clients of State Correctional Facilities

ME - LD1675 An Act To Amend Certain Provisions of Maine's Drug Laws

ME - LD1683 Resolve, To Compensate Department of Corrections Employees for Hazardous Work

ME - LD1699 An Act To Establish the Southern Aroostook County Emergency Medical Services Authority

ME - LD1715 An Act To Amend the Laws Prohibiting Teachers, Employees and Other Officials from Engaging in Sexual Activity with Students

ME - LD1721 An Act Regarding Dignity for Women in Correctional Facilities

ME - LD1795 An Act To Update Statutory References to Building Code Standards for Public Improvements

ME - LD1797 An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Maine Length of Service Award Program

ME - LD1799 An Act To Require Law Enforcement Agencies To Retain Serial Numbers of Stolen Firearms

ME - LD1803 An Act To Attract and Retain Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Personnel through the Maine Length of Service Award Program

ME - LD1859 An Act To Build More Sustainable Ambulance Services in Communities

ME - LD1861 An Act To Establish the Safe Homes Program

ME - LD1862 An Act To Strengthen Maine's Good Samaritan Laws Concerning Drug-related Medical Assistance

ME - LD1863 An Act To Allow Bars with an Occupancy of 30 or Fewer Persons To Have Only One Bathroom

ME - LD1886 An Act To Repeal the Law Regarding the County Jail Reimbursement Fee

ME - LD1897 An Act To Prevent the Use of Prone and Supine Restraints, Chemical Sprays and Electroshock Devices on Juveniles Held in Department of Corrections Facilities

ME - LD1903 An Act To Update Criminal and Related Statutes and Respond to Decisions of the Law Court

ME - LD1939 An Act To Protect School Administration Officials from Harassment and Abuse

ME - LD1953 An Act To Fix Inconsistencies within the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 2013

ME - LD1988 An Act To Establish That the Provision of Emergency Medical Services by an Ambulance Service Is an Essential Service and To Establish the Blue Ribbon Commission To Study Emergency Medical Services in the State

ME - LD1999 An Act To Require Civil Rights Officers at Law Enforcement Agencies

ME - LD2024 An Act To Allow County and Regional Communications Centers To Request Polygraph Examinations for Employees and Applicants for Employment

ME - LD2040 An Act To Maintain a Comprehensive Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program for Maine's Incarcerated Population