---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend Certain Motor Vehicle Laws"
description: "An Act To Amend Certain Motor Vehicle Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1899"
citation: "Maine LD 1899 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "OMNIBUS", "MOTOR CARRIERS", "BIOMETRIC IMAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bradlee FARRIN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-12-24"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f45469ab-5d6a-4cd2-b41c-36d60fc95e63"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075731"
source_hash: "3eb9a37764ec69c5173661d5d5cdc5466d97b337aa36e2f56b1f777fc7e57f9f"
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 1899 (129) — An Act To Amend Certain 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=SP0651&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0651&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0651&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Bradlee FARRIN — primary (person)
- Bill DIAMOND — cosponsor (person)
- David MIRAMANT — cosponsor (person)
- Erik JORGENSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
- Mark BRYANT — cosponsor (person)
- Mark LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Scott CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen STANLEY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 20, 2019 and REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-10** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2020-03-10** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-10** Committee Amendment "A" (S-419) READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-10** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-419). `reading-2`
- **2020-03-10** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2020-03-12** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-03-12** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2020-03-12** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-419).
- **2020-03-12** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-03-17** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-03-18** 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/f45469ab-5d6a-4cd2-b41c-36d60fc95e63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).