---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Public School Buses To Be Equipped With School Bus Crossing Arms"
description: "An Act To Require Public School Buses To Be Equipped With School Bus Crossing Arms"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 19"
citation: "Maine LD 19 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION", "BUSES", "PROTECTIVE GATES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joyce McCREIGHT"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-02"
last_action: "2019-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35c83336-3de9-4fe2-88f8-cf7b6a32dd82"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070622"
source_hash: "7cdb7e5e1f3387519349b847a16b160cbe6051e331687b07c71dbc0b3b580153"
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 19 (129) — An Act To Require Public School Buses To Be Equipped With School Bus Crossing Arms

## 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=HP0020&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0020&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0020&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Joyce McCREIGHT — primary (person)
- Betty AUSTIN — cosponsor (person)
- Catherine BREEN — cosponsor (person)
- David McCREA — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberley ROSEN — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen TERRY — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria KORNFIELD — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-02** Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-01-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-01-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-05-07** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-05-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-190).
- **2019-05-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-08** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-05-08** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-190) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-190), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-05-09** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2019-05-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-05-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-09** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-18** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2019-06-18** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency -2/3 Elected Required in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-20** 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/35c83336-3de9-4fe2-88f8-cf7b6a32dd82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).