---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Motor Vehicle Laws"
description: "An Act To Amend The Motor Vehicle Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1783"
citation: "Maine LD 1783 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "OMNIBUS", "VARIOUS PROVISIONS REVISED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark BRYANT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-05-28"
last_action: "2019-06-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf98e068-b4b6-4c33-a9d6-8b9129a67a18"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280074249"
source_hash: "0eabdd135682e1c7545f39b0e2a8af7f1dc359f79f9a6b22b3e8cb010de2ee46"
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 1783 (129) — An Act To Amend The Motor Vehicle Laws

## 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=HP1268&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1268&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1268&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Mark BRYANT — primary (person)
- Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
- Betty AUSTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Bettyann SHEATS — cosponsor (person)
- Bill DIAMOND — cosponsor (person)
- Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- Michael PERKINS — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas MARTIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-28** Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-05-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-14** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-14** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-588).
- **2019-06-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-14** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-14** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-14** Committee Amendment "A" (H-588) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-14** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-588), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-14** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-18** On motion by Senator DIAMOND of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL HIGHWAY TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-18** On motion by Senator DIAMOND of Cumberland TAKEN FROM THE SPECIAL HIGHWAY TABLE
- **2019-06-18** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-19** 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/cf98e068-b4b6-4c33-a9d6-8b9129a67a18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).