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IntroducedDec 15, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 24, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Maine Senate Bill
SP 852, An Act To Provide Required Funding For The Reimbursement Of Assigned Counsel And To Develop The Public Defender Office For Cumberland County
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 26, 2026: Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on LD 2059
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors



- Matt Moonencosponsor
- David Sinclaircosponsor
Votes
YES: 13
- Anne Carney
- Amy Kuhn
- Mark Babin
- Adam Lee
- Dani O'Halloran
- Dylan Pugh
- Ellie Sato
- David Sinclair
- Rachel Talbot Ross
- Elizabeth Caruso
- David Haggan
- Rachel Henderson
- Jennifer Poirier
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-506)
- Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Reports READ
- On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland, the Majority OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED BY COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" (S-506) Report ACCEPTED.
- Bill READ ONCE.
- Committee Amendment "A" (S-506) READ and ADOPTED.
- ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- Feb 18, 2026 | legislature
- Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM
- Feb 11, 2026 | legislature
- Work Session Held
- Voted - Divided Report
- Feb 10, 2026 | legislature
- Work Session Held - TABLED
- Feb 04, 2026 | legislature
- Work Session (State House, Room 438)
- Work Session Held
- Voted - Divided Report
- Jan 28, 2026 | legislature
- Work Session (State House, Room 438)
- Work Session Held - TABLED
- Jan 20, 2026 | legislature
- Public Hearing (State House, Room 438)
- Dec 15, 2025 | Senate
- Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 15, 2025 and REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2
Bill Texts
Documents
- Fiscal StatusHTML
- Fiscal StatusPDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Anne Carney (Maine State Legislature)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Jean-Marie Caterina (Maine County Commissioners Association)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Paul Corey (Auburn)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Janet Drew (York)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Emily Elmore (Fieldstone Law and Policy)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Harold Hainke (Whitefield)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Zachary Heiden (American Civil Liberties Union of Maine)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Sarah Johnson (Sanford)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Peter Lehman (MPAC)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Peter Lehman (Thomaston)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Matthew Morgan (Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Rachel Okun (Maine State Bar Association)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Richard Stahursky (Maine prisoner serving a Maine sentence in New Jersey State Prison TrentonNew Jersey )PDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Frayla Tarpinian (Maine Commission on Public Defense Services)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Lily WilsonPDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Lily Wilson (Portland)PDF
- Testimony on Jan 20, 2026 by Francis Zarro (Society Impact)PDF
- Francis Zarro, Society Impact (Speaking For) - JUD 01/20/2026 09:48 AM
- Harold Hainke, Whitefield (Written) - JUD 01/20/2026 09:21 AM
- Lily Wilson, Portland (Written) - JUD 01/19/2026 09:23 PM
- Richard Stahursky, Maine prisoner serving a Maine sentence in New Jersey State Prison TrentonNew Jersey (Written) - JUD 01/26/2026 08:45 PM
- Janet Drew, York (Written) - JUD 01/14/2026 01:21 PM
- Sarah Johnson, Sanford (Written) - JUD 01/17/2026 03:19 PM
- Jean-Marie Caterina, Maine County Commissioners Association (Written) - JUD 01/21/2026 09:34 AM
- Peter Lehman, MPAC (Speaking For) - JUD 01/20/2026 10:33 AM
- Rachel Okun, Maine State Bar Association (Written) - JUD 01/20/2026 02:58 PM
- Paul Corey, Auburn (Written) - JUD 01/20/2026 01:08 PM
- Peter Lehman, Thomaston (Written) - JUD 01/20/2026 01:41 PM
Sources
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=2059&SessionID=16
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280100972
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280100972
- https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=2059&PID=1456&snum=132
- https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100972
- https://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/JUD/01-20-2026?panel=0&time=0&sortdir=0&sortby=2
