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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act To Prohibit The Use Of Handheld Phones And Devices While Driving"
+description: "An Act To Prohibit The Use Of Handheld Phones And Devices While Driving"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
+legislature: "Maine Legislature"
+session: "129"
+identifier: "LD 165"
+citation: "Maine LD 165 (129)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["TRAFFIC REGULATIONS", "CELL PHONE USE", "HAND HELD PROHIBITED WHILE DRIVING"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill DIAMOND"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-17"
+last_action: "2019-06-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dc22cdc-51ed-4d97-a1ce-76940576bad8"
+source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070901"
+source_hash: "f30a6e61c176d1065335d3a25bb2096bdf2b55aa5a1bda64fe23803c8807ec40"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
+---
+
+# Maine LD 165 (129) — An Act To Prohibit The Use Of Handheld Phones And Devices While Driving
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0052&item=2&snum=129)
+2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0052&item=1&snum=129)
+3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0052&item=3&snum=129)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Enactment — **117–23** (pass) · lower
+- ENACTMENT — **22–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill DIAMOND — primary (person)
+- Andrew McLEAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)
+- John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark BRYANT — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael PERKINS — cosponsor (person)
+- Patrick COREY — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
+- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-17** Committee on TRANSPORTATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
+- **2019-01-17** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-17** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-18** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
+- **2019-06-18** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-18** Committee Amendment "A" (S-317) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-18** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-317). `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-18** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
+- **2019-06-18** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
+- **2019-06-18** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
+- **2019-06-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-317).
+- **2019-06-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-18** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
+- **2019-06-18** ROLL CALL NO. 301
+- **2019-06-18** (Yeas 117 - Nays 23 - Absent 10 - Excused 1)
+- **2019-06-18** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
+- **2019-06-19** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
+- **2019-06-19** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 342 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
+- **2019-06-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7dc22cdc-51ed-4d97-a1ce-76940576bad8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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