All Roll Calls
Yes: 19 • No: 13
MaineLD 1923132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026)House
An Act to Update Juvenile Justice System Reporting Requirements and to Direct the Department of Corrections and the Department of Health and Human Services to Study Modifying the Long Creek Youth Development Center
Sponsored By: Michael Brennan (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
JUVENILE OFFENDERSJUVENILE OFFENDERS - DIVERSION
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Monthly juvenile justice data posted online
Beginning August 15, 2026, the Department of Corrections posts monthly, deidentified data on youth in Maine’s juvenile justice system. Counts include referrals, diversions, detention, probation, confinement orders, and commitments. Data appears by region and is broken down by age, gender, and race. No names or personal details are published.
Working group to repurpose Long Creek
Corrections and Health and Human Services create a working group to study changes to the Long Creek Youth Development Center. The commissioners co-chair and appoint nine members, including agency staff, a provider, a shelter or housing group, an expert, a youth, a parent, and a labor representative; the superintendent is a voting ex officio member. The group studies other states, reviews the land and buildings, and considers uses like a crisis center, assessment center, emergency shelter, transitional housing, or a community resource center. It reviews budgets and staffing and recommends how to shift youth incarceration funds into community services over five years. A report with any bill proposals is due to the criminal justice committee by February 15, 2028.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Michael Brennan
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Drew Gattine
Democratic • House
Joseph Rafferty
Democratic • Senate
Kelly Murphy
Democratic • House
Teresa S. Pierce
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 3/18/2026
ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT
Yes: 19 • No: 13
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 624
4/3/2026PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
3/25/2026SenatePASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
3/24/2026HouseCOMMITTEE 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" (H-848), in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith.
3/19/2026SenateReports READOn motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 773 Yeas 19 - Nays 13 - Excused 3 - Absent 0 Bill READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (H-848) READ and ADOPTED. ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
3/18/2026SenateReports READ.On motion of Representative HASENFUS of Readfield, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-848) 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-848). Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
3/17/2026HouseCarried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
6/25/2025HouseThe Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence
5/6/2025SenateCommittee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
5/6/2025House
Bill Text
Amendment C-A (H-848), adopted by House & Senate
Enacted
Introduced
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