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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 179H.P. 112House of Representatives, January 14, 2025
An Act to Amend the Maine Bail Code to Eliminate the Class E
Crime of Violation of Condition of Release
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative SINCLAIR of Bath.
Cosponsored by Representative: LIBBY of Auburn. Page 1 - 132LR0586(01)
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2 as enacted by PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. H, §3 and
3 affected by Pt. X, §2, is repealed.
4 as amended by PL 2021, c. 447, §4 and
5 c. 647, Pt. B, §38 and affected by §65, is further amended by amending subparagraph (9)
6 to read:
7 (9) A Class D or Class E crime under Title section 2411, subsection
8 paragraph B; or
9 as amended by PL 2021, c. 447, §4 and
10 c. 647, Pt. B, §38 and affected by §65, is further amended by amending subparagraph (10)
11 to read:
12 (10) A Class D crime under Title 17, section 1031; or
13 as amended by PL 2021, c. 447, §4 and
14 c. 647, Pt. B, §38 and affected by §65, is further amended by repealing subparagraph (11).
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16 This bill repeals the provision of law that makes it a Class E crime for a criminal
17 defendant who has been granted preconviction or post-conviction bail to violate any
18 condition of release. It also repeals a cross-reference to this provision.
19 The bill does not eliminate the Class C crime for violating conditions of release.
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