Legislators sign-on to limit solitary confinement and combat suspicionless surveillance - Thank them!

Today was bill signing day at the State House - the day when sponsors of proposed legislation collect at the State House to secure co-sponsors for their bills. Two bills we support that particularly implicate civil rights and civil liberties are An Act to Ensure Humane Treatment for Special Management Prisoners (LR 2289), sponsored by Representative Jim Schatz, which limits the use and abuse of solitary confinement of Maine's prisoners, and An Act to Regulate the Use of Traffic Surveillance Cameras (LR 2364), sponsored by Senator Dennis Damon, which prohibits use of invasive law enforcement surveillance cameras.

Please take time to thank the following legislators for their support.

Co-sponsors for An Act to Ensure Humane Treatment for Special Management Prisoners (LR 2289)

1. Representative Jim
   Schatz
2. Senator Lisa
   Marrache
3. Representative Mike
   Lajoie
4. Representative Dick
   Wagner
5. Representative Hannah Pingree
6. Representative Seth
   Berry
7. Senator Stan Gerzofsky
8. Representative Wayne
   Mitchell
9. Representative John
   Piotti
10. Representative Jon Hinck

*Please also thank Senator Phil Bartlett, Senator Joe
Brannigan and Representative Anna Blodgett who had expressed interest and
support but didn’t make it onto the co-sponsor list because of space.

Co-sponsors for An Act to Regulate the Use of Traffic Surveillance Cameras (LR 2364)

1. Senator Dennis Damon
2. Representative Rich Cebra
3. Representative Stacey Fitts
4. Representative Ed Mazurek
5. Representative Mike Carey
6. Senator Larry Bliss
7. Representative Hannah Pingree
8. Representative Jim Schatz
9. Representative John L Martin
10. Representative Leila Percy

*Again, please also thank Representatives Anne Peoples and Sharon Treat who both expressed interest and
support but didn’t make it onto the co-sponsor list because of space.

Stay tuned once the legislative session begins January 6th!