Skip to content

For organizations Pricing Sign in

An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Maine Commission On Public Defense Services To Clarify The Types Of Cases For Which The Commission Is Responsible For Providing Counsel

It became law on Jan 11, 2026.

ME LD 1796 · Ld · 132

Stage: Became law
Sponsor: 1
Latest action: Jan 11, 2026

Where it stands

Introduced (Done)
Committee (Done)
Floor (Done)
Law (Done)
Jan 11, 2026

This bill passed and is now law.

Read the full text

What moved

Who is involved

Sponsors

The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.

Anne CarneyLead sponsor

Where it goes next

Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in Maine.

What an agency writes to carry it outAn agency's name on a lobbying report is not a rulemaking.
Which court can stay or strike itAn opinion listed here is not yet tied to the law it reviewed.
How the place it governs is doingBecoming law is not the result. A number moving is not proof the law moved it.

Work with this bill

An Act To Implement The Recommendations Of The Maine Commission On Public Defense Services To Clarify The Types Of Cases For Which The Commission Is Responsible For Providing Counsel | 52