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Yes: 24 • No: 11
MaineLD 930132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026)House
An Act to Amend the Law Governing Items Identified as Prison Contraband
Sponsored By: Dani O'Halloran (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
PRISONERSPRISONERS - HOUSING
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
New penalties for prison contraband
Trafficking in prison contraband is a Class C crime. If the item is electronic contraband and not meant to commit another crime, it is a Class D crime. Electronic contraband means a mobile phone or other handheld communication device not authorized or issued by the jail or prison. The law covers people who give, try to give, get, or hold contraband for a person in custody.
Tobacco and vape crimes in adult jails
It is a Class E crime to bring or try to bring tobacco, tobacco products, or a vaping device to a person in an adult correctional facility that bans them. It is also a crime for a confined person to get or hold these items in such a facility. An adult correctional facility means a county jail or a state correctional facility, not a juvenile facility. A vaping device includes a vape, e-cigarette, or electronic vaporizer used to ingest any substance, including controlled drugs.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Dani O'Halloran
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Chad Perkins
Republican • House
David Haggan
Republican • Senate
Gary Drinkwater
Republican • House
James Dill
Democratic • House
Mark Babin
Republican • House
Mathew McIntyre
Republican • House
Rachel Henderson
Republican • House
Steven Bishop
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 6/12/2025
ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT
Yes: 24 • No: 11
Actions Timeline
Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 355
6/18/2025PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
6/13/2025SenatePASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
6/13/2025HouseReports ReadOn motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 474 Yeas 24 - Nays 11 Bill READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (H-653) READ and ADOPTED. Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-653) in concurrence
6/12/2025SenateReports 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-653) 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-653). Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
6/11/2025HouseCarried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
3/21/2025HouseReceived by the Clerk of the House on March 5, 2025.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.
3/5/2025House
Bill Text
Amendment C-A (H-653), adopted by House & Senate
Enacted
Introduced
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