Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD647: An Act Regarding Telephone and Video Call Access in Detention and Correctional Facilities and Jails
Status: Failed, June 10, 2025
What the bill says
An Act Regarding Telephone and Video Call Access in Detention and Correctional Facilities and Jails" Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 'An Act to Expand County Jail and Correctional Facility Services to Indigent Residents' Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following: '.
From the introduced text:
An Act Regarding Telephone and Video Call Access in Detention and Correctional Facilities and Jails" Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 'An Act to Expand County Jail and Correctional Facility Services to Indigent Residents' Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following: 'Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §1561, sub-§1, ¶H, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 201, §1, is amended to read: H. Has less than $15 $100 in the prisoner's facility account and did not receive additional money from any source for 6 months following the medical or dental service or provision of the prescription, medication or prosthetic device. Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §3015, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 615, Pt. A, §1, is amended to read: A. The department shall provide a resident with a reasonable opportunity to make telephone calls to relatives and friends, except that the department may restrict or prohibit telephone calls when the restriction or prohibition is necessary for the security of the department facility. The department shall provide to a resident who has less than $10 $100 in the resident's facility account a free telephone call allowance for minutes of telephone calls per week under this paragraph. Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §3015, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL …
Sponsors
- Nina Milliken (D, 16) · primary sponsor
- Steven Bishop (R, 17)
- David Boyer (R, 87)
- Anne Carney (D, 29)
- Ann Fredericks (R, 143)
- Timothy Guerrette (R, 4)
- Kristi Mathieson (D, 151)
- Holly Sargent (D, 147)
- Daniel Sayre (D, 135)
- Sophia Warren (D, 124)
Latest actions
- : Reports ReadOn motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
- : Reports READ.On motion of Representative HASENFUS of Readfield, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- : Received by the Clerk of the House on February 20, 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.
Common questions
- What is LD647?
- LD647 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act Regarding Telephone and Video Call Access in Detention and Correctional Facilities and Jails.
- What does LD647 do?
- In its own words: An Act Regarding Telephone and Video Call Access in Detention and Correctional Facilities and Jails" Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 'An Act to Expand County Jail and Correctional Facility Services to Indigent Residents' Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following: '.
- What is the status of LD647?
- Failed as of June 10, 2025. Latest action: Reports ReadOn motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) (June 10, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD647?
- Nina Milliken (D, 16), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for LD647?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=647&snum=132
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