---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require State Compliance With Federal Real Id Guidelines"
description: "An Act To Require State Compliance With Federal Real Id Guidelines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "128"
identifier: "LD 306"
citation: "Maine LD 306 (128)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["OPERATORS LICENSES", "AUTOMOBILE", "NATIONAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DIAMOND"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2be3065-b7f4-4d17-9a0e-4b4997da612c"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280062824"
source_hash: "9da3afbfac8eb58b89c5b609d4be2bd3efba92010506744cd61dc26194eb6955"
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 306 (128) — An Act To Require State Compliance With Federal Real Id Guidelines

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Initial Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP009201.asp)

## Votes

- ADOPT HAH-29 TO CAS-17 — **48–94** (fail) · lower
- ACCEPT MAJ OTP-A RPT — **31–4** (pass) · upper
- ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP — **115–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DIAMOND — primary (person)
- CEBRA — cosponsor (person)
- COLLINS — cosponsor (person)
- DESCHAMBAULT — cosponsor (person)
- DILL — cosponsor (person)
- GILLWAY — cosponsor (person)
- HILL — cosponsor (person)
- KATZ — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-31** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed
- **2017-01-31** On motion by Senator WHITTEMORE of Somerset Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending REFERENCE
- **2017-02-02** Taken from the table by the President ProTem
- **2017-02-02** On motion by Senator COLLINS of York The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-02-07** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-06** Reports READ
- **2017-04-06** On motion by Senator COLLINS of York the The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended Report ACCEPTED
- **2017-04-06** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 59 Yeas 31 - Nays 4 - Excused 0 - Absent 0 PREVAILED
- **2017-04-06** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** by Committee Amendment "A" (S-17) READ and ADOPTED
- **2017-04-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-17) `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2017-04-11** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-11** Reports READ.
- **2017-04-11** On motion of Representative McLEAN of Gorham, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2017-04-11** ROLL CALL NO. 27
- **2017-04-11** (Yeas 115 - Nays 30 - Absent 5 - Excused 1)
- **2017-04-11** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-17) was READ.
- **2017-04-11** On motion of Representative HICKMAN of Winthrop, House Amendment "A" (H-29) to Committee Amendment "A" (S-17) was READ and FAILED adoption.
- **2017-04-11** ROLL CALL NO. 28
- **2017-04-11** (Yeas 48 - Nays 94 - Absent 8 - Excused 1)
- **2017-04-11** Subsequently, Committee Amendment "A" (S-17) was ADOPTED.
- **2017-04-11** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2017-04-11** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-17).
- **2017-04-11** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2017-04-13** On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ENACTMENT
- **2017-04-25** Taken from the table by the President
- **2017-04-25** On motion by President THIBODEAU of Waldo the bill was PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2017-04-28** 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/a2be3065-b7f4-4d17-9a0e-4b4997da612c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).