LD 259 - Establishes the Criminal Records Review Commission - Maine Key Vote
Timeline
- House "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted
- June 10, 2025
- Senate "Ought to Pass" Report Adopted
- June 9, 2025
- Introduced
- Jan. 28, 2025
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Title: Establishes the Criminal Records Review Commission
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that establishes the Criminal Records Review Commission in Maine.
Highlights:
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Establishes the Criminal Records Review Commission to conduct a continuing review of laws, rules, and procedures about criminal history record information and submit to the Legislature its findings and recommendations on an annual basis (Sec. 1).
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Specifies that the commission may submit to the Legislature, at the start of each regular session, proposed changes to the laws about criminal history record information that the commission determines appropriate. The commission may also make recommendations to the Department of Public Safety, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, the judicial branch's advisory committee on the Maine Rules of Unified Criminal Procedure, and any other organization or committee whose affairs pertain to the use, maintenance, or dissemination of criminal history record information (Sec. 2).
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Specifies that this act takes effect January 1, 2026 (Sec. 3).
Title: Establishes the Criminal Records Review Commission
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that establishes the Criminal Records Review Commission in Maine.
Highlights:
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Establishes the Criminal Records Review Commission to conduct a continuing review of laws, rules, and procedures about criminal history record information and submit to the Legislature its findings and recommendations on an annual basis (Sec. 1).
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Specifies that the commission may submit to the Legislature, at the start of each regular session, proposed changes to the laws about criminal history record information that the commission determines appropriate. The commission may also make recommendations to the Department of Public Safety, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, the judicial branch's advisory committee on the Maine Rules of Unified Criminal Procedure, and any other organization or committee whose affairs pertain to the use, maintenance, or dissemination of criminal history record information (Sec. 2).
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Specifies that this act takes effect January 1, 2026 (Sec. 3).
Title: Establishes the Criminal Records Review Commission