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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1024S.P. 442 In Senate, March 13, 2025
An Act to Expand the List of Crimes That Do Not Qualify for
Immunity Under Maine's Good Samaritan Laws Concerning Drug-
related Medical Assistance
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on March 12, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Criminal Justice and Public Safety pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator HAGGAN of Penobscot.
Cosponsored by Representative PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft and
Senator: CYRWAY of Kennebec, Representatives: ARDELL of Monticello, NUTTING of
Oakland. Page 1 - 132LR1404(01)
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2 as amended by PL 2023, c. 507, §§1
3 to 4, is further amended by amending subparagraph (22) to read:
4 (22) OUI as described in Title 29‑A, section 2411; and
5 as amended by PL 2023, c. 507, §§1
6 to 4, is further amended by amending subparagraph (23) to read:
7 (23) Operating or attempting to operate a watercraft under the influence as
8 described in Title 12, section 10701, subsection paragraph B, a snowmobile
9 under the influence as described in Title 12, section 10701, subsection
10 paragraph C or an ATV under the influence as described in Title 12, section 10701,
11 subsection 1‑A, paragraph D. ; and
12 as amended by PL 2023, c. 507, §§1
13 to 4, is further amended by enacting a new subparagraph (24) to read:
14 (24) Possession of a firearm by a prohibited person as described in Title 15, section
15 393;
16 as amended by PL 2023, c. 507, §§1
17 to 4, is further amended by enacting a new subparagraph (25) to read:
18 (25) Unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs as described in section 1103; and
19 as amended by PL 2023, c. 507, §§1
20 to 4, is further amended by enacting a new subparagraph (26) to read:
21 (26) Unlawfully furnishing scheduled drugs as described in section 1106.
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23 This bill amends Maine's Good Samaritan laws concerning drug-related medical
24 assistance by adding possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, unlawful trafficking
25 in scheduled drugs and unlawfully furnishing scheduled drugs to the list of crimes that do
26 not qualify for immunity under those laws.
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