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ME LD626

Bill

Status

Passed

6/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Robert Nutting

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Origin

House of Representatives

132nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Adds "remote work" as an explicitly authorized rehabilitative program for correctional facility residents, alongside existing work release, education release, furlough, and public service release programs

  • Allows residents deemed "worthy of trust" to perform remote work activities within the facility, in addition to participating in activities outside the facility

  • Extends room and board liability to residents performing remote work, not just those in traditional work release programs

  • Caps both transportation costs and room and board charges at 10% of a resident's work release or remote work earnings

  • Directs all funds collected from residents for transportation and room and board to be deposited into the General Fund

Legislative Description

An Act to Explicitly Allow the Department of Corrections to Charge Room and Board to Residents Who Perform Remote Work in Detention and Correctional Facilities and to Amend the Laws Governing Rehabilitative Programs

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Last Action

PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

6/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Criminal Justice And Public Safety2/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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