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IntroducedMar 27, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
HP 870, An Act To Prohibit Life Sentences
Last Action See all actions
legislature • Apr 15, 2025: Reported Out - ONTP
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary/Bill Text
Comments on LD 1335
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
NO: 137
- ADAMS
- ALBERT
- ANKELES
- ARATA
- ARCHER
- ARDELL
- ARFORD
- BABIN
- BAGSHAW
- BELL
- BISHOP
- BOYER
- BRENNAN
- BRIDGEO
- CARUSO
- CHAPMAN
- CIMINO
- CLOUTIER
- CLUCHEY
- COLLINS
- COOPER
- COPELAND
- CRAFTS
- CRAY
- CROCKETT
- DAIGLE
- DEBRITO
- DHALAC
- DILL
- DODGE
- DOUDERA
- DRINKWATER
- DUCHARME
- EDER
- FAIRCLOTH
- FARRIN
- FAULKINGHAM
- FECTEAU
- FLYNN
- FOLEY
- FOSTER
- FREDERICKS
- FREDETTE
- FRIEDMANN
- FROST
- GATTINE
- GEIGER
- GERE
- GIFFORD
- GOLEK
- GRAHAM
- GRAMLICH
- GREENWOOD
- GRIFFIN
- GUERRETTE
- HAGGAN
- HALL
- HENDERSON
- HEPLER
- HYMES
- JACKSON
- JAVNER
- JULIA
- KESSLER
- KUHN
- LAJOIE
- LANCE
- LAVIGNE
- LEE
- LEMELIN
- LOOKNER
- MACIAS
- MALON
- MASON
- MASTRACCIO
- MATHIESON
- MATLACK
- MCCABE
- MCINTYRE
- MEYER
- MILLIKEN
- MINGO
- MITCHELL
- MONTELL
- MOONEN
- MORRIS
- MURPHY
- NUTTING
- O'HALLORAN
- OLSEN
- OSHER
- PARRY
- PAUL
- PERKINS
- PLUECKER
- POIRIER
- POMERLEAU
- PUGH
- QUINT
- RANA
- RAY
- RIELLY
- ROBERTS
- ROEDER
- ROLLINS
- RUDNICKI
- RUNTE
- SACHS
- SALISBURY
- SATO
- SAYRE
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS
- SHAGOURY
- SIMMONS
- SINCLAIR
- SKOLD
- SMITH
- SOBOLESKI
- STOVER
- STROUT
- SUPICA
- SWALLOW
- TERRY
- THORNE
- TUELL
- UNDERWOOD
- WALKER
- WARREN
- WEBB
- James Lee White
- WHITE
- WOOD
- WOODSOME
- YUSUF
- ZAGER
OTHER: 1
Actions
- Apr 15, 2025 | legislature
- Reported Out - ONTP
- Apr 09, 2025 | legislature
- Work Session (State House, Room 438)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - ONTP
- Mar 31, 2025 | legislature
- Public Hearing (State House, Room 438)
- Mar 27, 2025 | Senate
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY.
- In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- Mar 27, 2025 | House
- Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.
- Motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland to TABLE pending REFERENCE FAILED.
- ROLL CALL NO. 61
- (Yeas 2 - Nays 137 - Absent 11 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
- Subsequently, The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY.
- Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Bill Texts
Documents
- Fiscal StatusHTML
- Fiscal StatusPDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Santanu Basu (Warren/ MSP)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Foster Bates (ME State Prison-NAACP president)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Foster Bates (MSP-NAACP)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Foster Bates (MSP-NAACP)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Foster Bates (Warren/MSP-NAACP)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Shira Burns (Maine Prosecutors Association)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Jan Collins (Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Jan Collins (Wilton)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Jan Collins (Wilton)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Vicki Dill (NULL)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Janet Drew (York)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Julie Finn (Maine Judicial Branch)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Amy Hughes (Kittery)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Sarah Johnson (Sanford)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Sarah Johnson (Sanford)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Sarah Johnson (Sanford)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Michael Kebede (ACLU of Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Chelsea Lynds (Office of the District Attorney Prosecutorial District 5)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Lisa Marchese (Office of the Attorney General)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Nina Milliken (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Jason Moen (Maine Chiefs of Police Association)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Tina Nadeau (Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Dr. Brashani Reece (Drop LWOP New England)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Dr. Brashani Reece (Drop LWOP New England)PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Cory Reynolds (DEXTER )PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Cory Reynolds (DEXTER )PDF
- Testimony on Mar 31, 2025 by Bryan Widenhouse (FAMM)PDF
- Sarah Johnson, Sanford (Written) - JUD 04/02/2025 05:16 PM
- Cory Reynolds, DEXTER (Speaking Against) - JUD 03/31/2025 02:38 PM
- Jan Collins, Wilton (Written) - JUD 03/31/2025 10:07 AM
- Foster Bates, MSP-NAACP (Written) - JUD 04/07/2025 12:48 PM
- Amy Hughes, Kittery (Written) - JUD 04/02/2025 12:55 PM
- Jason Moen, Maine Chiefs of Police Association (Written) - JUD 03/30/2025 06:41 PM
- Sarah Johnson, Sanford (Written) - JUD 04/02/2025 05:20 PM
- Dr. Brashani Reece, Drop LWOP New England (Written) - JUD 03/31/2025 05:34 PM
- Jan Collins, Wilton (Written) - JUD 04/09/2025 10:07 AM
- Foster Bates, ME State Prison-NAACP president (Written) - JUD 04/07/2025 12:29 PM
- Foster Bates, MSP-NAACP (Written) - JUD 04/07/2025 12:46 PM
- Foster Bates, Warren/MSP-NAACP (Written) - JUD 03/31/2025 08:39 AM
- Bryan Widenhouse, FAMM (Speaking For) - JUD 03/31/2025 12:17 PM
- Julie Finn, Maine Judicial Branch (Written) - JUD 03/31/2025 12:57 PM
- Cory Reynolds, DEXTER (Speaking Against) - JUD 03/31/2025 02:37 PM
- Santanu Basu, Warren/ MSP (Written) - JUD 03/31/2025 09:55 AM
- Tina Nadeau, Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Written) - JUD 03/30/2025 04:20 PM
- Dr. Brashani Reece, Drop LWOP New England (Written) - JUD 03/31/2025 05:35 PM
- Sarah Johnson, Sanford (Written) - JUD 03/29/2025 03:47 PM
- Janet Drew, York (Written) - JUD 03/31/2025 12:38 AM
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=1335&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280097877
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280097877
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=1335&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280097877
- https://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/JUD/03-31-2025?panel=0&time=0&sortdir=0&sortby=2