An Act to Expand the
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0648
Committee Amendment CA_A_H652 (House)
Amends: 34-A MRSA §3036-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 416, L.D. 648, "An Act to Expand the 
Supervised Community Confinement Program" 
Amend the bill by striking out eve1ything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
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'Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §3036-A, sub-§10-A is enacted to read: 
10-A. Prisoner committed crime prior to attaining 26 years of age, With the 
consent of the prisoner. the commissioner may transfer a prisoner committed to the 
department from a con-ectional facility to supervised community confinement without 
meeting the eligibility requirements of subsection 2, paragraphs B, C and D if: 
A. The prisoner has served at least 2/3 or 20 years of the term of imprisonment 
imposed, whichever occurs first; 
B. The crime or crimes for which the prisoner is serving the term of imprisonment 
were committed before the prisoner attained 26 years of age; and 
C. 
The prisoner has continuously maintained a custody classification level of 
minimum for the 5 years preceding the prisoner's consideration for transfer to the 
supervised community confinement program. or the prisoner would otherwise be 
classified as a minimum custody prisoner if not for the sole reason that the prisoner is 
not within 5 years of the prisoner's release date at the time of the prisoner's 
consideration for transfer to the supervised community confinement program. 
Sec. 2. 
Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
CORRECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF 
Adult Community Corrections 0124 
Initiative: Provides funding for 16 Probation Officers, 2 Public Service Manager I positions 
and related costs to accept additional people into the supervised community confinement 
program. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMJ.TIEE AMENDMENT "It" to H.P. 416, L.D. 648 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2025-26 
18.000 
$2,456,000 
$358,380 
$2,814,380 
2026-27 
18.000 
$2,544,416 
$358,380 
$2,902,796 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority rep01t of the committee, replaces the bill. The 
amendment establishes an exception to the standard eligibility criteria of the Department 
of Conections' supervised community confinement program by allowing a prisoner to be 
eligible for transfer to the program if the prisoner has served either 2/3 or 20 years of the 
prisoner's term of imprisonment, whichever occurs first; the crime or crimes for which the 
prisoner is serving the term of imprisonment were committed before the prisoner attained 
years of age; and the prisoner maintained a minimum custody classification for the 5 
years preceding the prisoner's consideration for the supervised community confinement 
program, or the prisoner would otherwise be classified as a minimum custody prisoner if 
not for the sole reason that the prisoner is not within 5 years of the prisoner's release date. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/03/25 LRL . 
LD648 
LR 400(02) 
An Act to Expand the Supervised Community Confinement Program 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 1A
( H -(pl:, L) 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2025-26 
$2,814,380 
$2,814,380 
FY2026-27 
$2,902,796 
$2,902,796 
Projections 
FY 2027-28 
$2,994,394 
$2,994,394 
Projections 
FY 2028-29 
$3,089,291 
$3,089,291 
The bill includes General Fund appropriations to the Department of Corrections of $2,814,380 in fiscal year 2025-26 
and $2,902,796 in fiscal year 2026-27 for 16 Probation Officers, 2 Public Service Manager 1 positions and related 
costs to accept additional people into the supervised community confinement program for potentially longer periods of 
time, 
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