---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Protect Schoolchildren By Increasing The Penalty For Unlawful Passing Of A School Bus"
description: "An Act To Protect Schoolchildren By Increasing The Penalty For Unlawful Passing Of A School Bus"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 166"
citation: "Maine LD 166 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRAFFIC REGULATIONS", "PASSING", "SCHOOL BUSES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David WOODSOME"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5365a01-81ba-4242-aa17-7c1cfa46a34e"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070907"
source_hash: "564ff21419f3e8ead491c64243da58968b537a76c4615e6febe964a869387230"
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 166 (129) — An Act To Protect Schoolchildren By Increasing The Penalty For Unlawful Passing Of A School Bus

## 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=SP0053&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0053&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0053&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- David WOODSOME — primary (person)
- Bill DIAMOND — cosponsor (person)
- Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
- Dwayne PRESCOTT — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberley ROSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne MOORE — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew HARRINGTON — cosponsor (person)
- Scott CYRWAY — 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.
- **2019-06-05** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-05** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-207) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-207). `reading-2`
- **2019-06-05** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2019-06-06** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-207).
- **2019-06-06** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-17** 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/a5365a01-81ba-4242-aa17-7c1cfa46a34e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).