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IntroducedApr 12, 2021
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Passed HouseJun 16, 2021
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Passed SenateJun 16, 2021
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Signed into Law
HP 1093, An Act To Decriminalize Homelessness
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Senate • Jun 17, 2021: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
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- Jun 17, 2021 | Senate
- PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- Jun 17, 2021 | House
- PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Jun 16, 2021 | Senate
- Reports READ
- On motion by Senator DESCHAMBAULT of York The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- READ ONCE
- Committee Amendment "A" (H-663) READ and ADOPTED
- Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-663) in concurrence
- Jun 16, 2021 | House
- Reports READ.
- On motion of Representative WARREN of Hallowell, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- The Bill was READ ONCE.
- Committee Amendment "A" (H-663) was READ and ADOPTED.
- Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-663).
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Apr 12, 2021 | House
- Received by the Clerk of the House on April 12, 2021.
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
Documents
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (H-663) (Adopted by House & Senate)HTML
- Fiscal Note for Amendment C-A (H-663) (Adopted by House & Senate)PDF
- Chapter Fiscal NoteHTML
- Chapter Fiscal NotePDF
- Jim Hall, Portland ME (Speaking Against) - CJPS 05/12/2021 08:13 AM
- Caleb Burgess, Bath (Written) - CJPS 05/06/2021 08:31 PM
- Heather Zimmerman, Portland, ME (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/14/2021 08:15 AM
- Mike Stuckmyer, Homeless Voices for Justice, Portland (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/13/2021 04:55 PM
- Jon Bass, Portland, ME (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 07:21 PM
- Christine Martin, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 01:12 PM
- Teerts Elberp, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 09:36 PM
- Nikki Dube, Mount Vernon (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 04:04 PM
- Peggy Kolesar, Resident (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:18 PM
- Phil Hoose, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 04:06 PM
- Joan Dinsmore, Resident (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 04:08 PM
- Jeffrey Mabee, Belfast (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:21 PM
- Anne Pringle, Resident (Written) - CJPS 05/18/2021 04:08 PM
- Anmarie Reed, North Waterboro (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:50 PM
- Pedro Vazquez, South Portland Human Rights Commission (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/14/2021 08:32 AM
- Jeffrey Logan, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:55 PM
- Laura Underkuffler, Portland Maine (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 11:49 AM
- Madeleine Waetherhead, Bayside (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 04:10 PM
- Katie Rutherford, Frannie Peabody Center (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 05:17 PM
- Kevin Joyce, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 07:08 AM
- Brian Scott, Maine State Police and Department of Public Safety (Speaking neither for nor against) - CJPS 05/14/2021 08:21 AM
- Karen Smith, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 04:12 PM
- Edie White, South Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:59 PM
- Ginny Remeika, Pownal (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 04:14 PM
- Trisha Smith, Dover-Foxcroft (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 01:23 PM
- Tina Nadeau, MACDL (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/13/2021 08:49 PM
- Rep. Kristen Cloutier, Lewiston (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 03:42 PM
- Chelsea Bartlett, South Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 02:54 PM
- Kyra Aboujaoude, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 04:11 PM
- Cullen Ryan, Community Housing of Maine (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 09:42 AM
- Mary Cook, Kennebunk (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 08:22 AM
- Maya Williams, Maine Transgender Network (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 12:27 PM
- Ann Dodd-Collins, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/11/2021 09:03 AM
- Megan Connolly, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 04:01 PM
- Caleb Burgess, Bath (Written) - CJPS 05/06/2021 08:03 PM
- Gwendolyn Forrest, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:34 PM
- Chelsea Bartlett, South Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:32 PM
- Mikki Rice, Freeman Township (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:45 PM
- Stacy Tumanova, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:47 PM
- Janet Drew, York (Written) - CJPS 05/09/2021 06:51 PM
- Julia Brown, Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 09:05 AM
- Bill Goodykoontz, Cape Elizabeth (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:49 PM
- Amelia Melanson, Cape Elizabeth (Written) - CJPS 05/07/2021 10:59 AM
- Brenda Norris, New Gloucester (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 04:18 PM
- Anne Pringle, President, Friends of Deering Oaks (Speaking Against) - CJPS 05/11/2021 11:46 AM
- K. Scott Morrison, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/10/2021 04:45 PM
- Andrew Robinson, Farmington (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 07:25 AM
- Jennifer Heald, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:29 PM
- Joel Landry, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/17/2021 02:17 PM
- Craig Saddlemire, Lewiston (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 09:30 AM
- Eli Evans, Resident (Written) - CJPS 05/17/2021 02:08 PM
- Jeffery Logan, Grace-Street Ministry (Written) - CJPS 05/11/2021 12:55 PM
- Lado Lodoka, Immigrant Housing Coalition (Written) - CJPS 05/17/2021 05:26 PM
- Emily Lilly, Dover, NH (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:54 PM
- Carol Oehlschlager, Waterboro (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:52 PM
- Linda MacDougall, Yarmouth (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:43 PM
- Peg Willauer-Tobey, Brunswick (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:36 PM
- Whitney Parrish, Health Equity Alliance (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 11:02 AM
- Anne Pringle, Resident (Written) - CJPS 05/18/2021 04:09 PM
- Rachel Scully, Resident (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:19 PM
- Bill Goodykoontz, Cape Elizabeth (Written) - CJPS 05/11/2021 12:15 PM
- Jo Davis, Portland, Maine (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 09:44 AM
- Barbara Thomson, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:58 PM
- Sarah Lawrie, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:31 PM
- Ben Martineau, Homeless Voices for Justice, Portland (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/13/2021 05:50 PM
- Elspeth Howland, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 04:05 PM
- Annie Finn, South Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:23 PM
- Karen Prieto, Brunswick (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 09:34 PM
- Resa Redhunt, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 10:08 AM
- JB Carsen, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:27 PM
- Kate Snyder, City of Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/20/2021 09:07 PM
- mikki Rice, Freeman Township (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/13/2021 11:59 PM
- Andrew Bove, Portland (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/14/2021 08:14 AM
- Janet Drew, York (Written) - CJPS 05/07/2021 02:46 AM
- Henry Geoffrion, Georgetown (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 02:21 AM
- Starr Gilmartin, Trenton (Written) - CJPS 05/17/2021 02:19 PM
- Sarah Michniewicz, PORTLAND (Speaking Against) - CJPS 05/13/2021 05:09 PM
- Michael Kebede, ACLU of Maine (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/14/2021 08:01 AM
- Gabe Chanis, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:37 PM
- Madeleine Weatherhead, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 03:40 PM
- Karen Prieto, Topsham (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:26 PM
- Jan Baker, Cape Elizabeth (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:46 PM
- Rebecca Graham, Maine Municipal Association (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 11:40 AM
- Delia Knox, Cumberland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:57 PM
- Sasha Saedan, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 04:03 PM
- Anthony Lombardi, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/14/2021 08:22 AM
- Carolyn Silvius, Portland (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/13/2021 11:35 AM
- Anne Pringle, Friends of Deering Oaks (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 12:28 PM
- Elise Henault, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 04:16 PM
- Elleena Petersen, Gray (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 03:24 PM
- Madeleine Weatherhead, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/12/2021 04:21 PM
- Joanne Hardy, Brunswick (Written) - CJPS 05/13/2021 04:15 PM
- Izzy Ostrowski, Portland (Written) - CJPS 05/14/2021 09:30 AM
- Frank D'Alessandro, Maine Equal Justice (Speaking For) - CJPS 05/13/2021 11:56 PM
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=1478&SessionID=14
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280080378
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280080378
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280080378
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=1478&PID=1456&snum=130
- http://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/CJPS/5-14-2021?panel=0&time=0&sortdir=0&sortby=2