Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD172: An Act to Require the Maine State Police to Create a Statewide List of Missing Persons and Study Improvements for Investigating Missing Persons Cases
Status: Signed into law, July 1, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Require the Maine State Police to Create a Statewide List of Missing Persons and Study Improvements for Investigating Missing Persons Cases.
From the engrossed text:
An Act to Require the Maine State Police to Create a Statewide List of Missing Persons and Study Improvements for Investigating Missing Persons Cases Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §1512 is enacted to read: §1512. Missing persons list In cooperation with appropriate law enforcement agencies, the Bureau of State Police shall establish by December 31, 2026 and maintain a publicly accessible website that lists all open missing persons cases in the State. The website must contain details regarding each missing person in the State that include, but are not limited to, the missing person's demographics, photograph, circumstances of disappearance and last known location and any additional information that may help in locating or identifying the missing person. The website must be updated, at a minimum, once every month to include any new missing person's information as required by this section. Sec. 2. Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police to convene working group. The Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police shall convene a working group to review best practices for investigating missing persons cases in the State, determining the feasibility of implementing those best practices in a training module in the Maine Criminal Justice Academy's curriculum, reviewing the effectiveness of the Silver Alert Program under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 25, section 2202 and identifying ways to improve …
Sponsors
- Nina Milliken (D, 16) · primary sponsor
- Donald Ardell (R, 6)
- Mark Babin (R, 3)
- Steven Bishop (R, 17)
- Scott Cyrway (R, 16)
- Janice Dodge (D, 39)
- Andrew Gattine (D, 126)
- Michel Lajoie (D, 96)
- Robert Nutting (R, 66)
- Chad Perkins (R, 31)
Latest actions
- : On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence.
- : PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : On motion by Senator RENY of Lincoln PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
- : Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-634) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.On motion by Senator PIERCE the Senate RECONSIDERED ADOPTION of Commitee Amendment "A" (H-634).House Amendment "A" (H-654) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-634) READ and ADOPTEDCommittee Amendment "A" (H-634) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-654) thereto.Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-634) as Am
- : Speaker laid before the HouseSubsequently, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-634) was READ.On motion of Representative MILLIKEN of Blue Hill, House Amendment "A" (H-654) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-634) was READ and ADOPTED.Committee Amendment "A" (H-634) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-654) thereto was ADOPTED. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee o
- : Reports READ.Representative MILLIKEN of Blue Hill moved to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.On motion of Representative HASENFUS of Readfield, TABLED pending the motion of Representative MILLIKEN of Blue Hill to ACCEPT the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.Later today assigned.
- : Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- : The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence
- : Committee 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.
Subjects: STATEWIDE LIST, Legislature, Senate, VICTIMS OF CRIME, MISSING PERSONS, Other
Common questions
- What is LD172?
- LD172 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Require the Maine State Police to Create a Statewide List of Missing Persons and Study Improvements for Investigating Missing Persons Cases.
- What does LD172 do?
- In its own words: An Act to Require the Maine State Police to Create a Statewide List of Missing Persons and Study Improvements for Investigating Missing Persons Cases.
- What is the status of LD172?
- Signed into law as of July 1, 2025. Latest action: On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. (June 25, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD172?
- Nina Milliken (D, 16), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for LD172?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=172&snum=132
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