---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Motor Vehicle Child Restraint Systems To Allow Certain Exceptions"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Motor Vehicle Child Restraint Systems To Allow Certain Exceptions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1900"
citation: "Maine LD 1900 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "CHILD SAFETY SEATS", "EXCEPTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott CYRWAY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-12-24"
last_action: "2020-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ebbb216-5550-4636-8ce6-0f89b06a7996"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280075733"
source_hash: "97b9950f92e3ce5f020134ca89ae761aed4a73b2d204388cce47fe43c38a1515"
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 1900 (129) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Motor Vehicle Child Restraint Systems To Allow Certain Exceptions

## 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=SP0652&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0652&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0652&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Scott CYRWAY — primary (person)
- Donald MAREAN — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey TIMBERLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- John SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
- Louis LUCHINI — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew POULIOT — cosponsor (person)
- Michele MEYER — cosponsor (person)
- Paul DAVIS — cosponsor (person)
- Scott STROM — 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`
- **2020-02-11** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2020-02-11** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2020-02-11** Committee Amendment "A" (S-382) READ and ADOPTED
- **2020-02-11** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2020-02-13** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2020-02-13** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-382) `reading-2`
- **2020-02-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2020-02-18** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2020-02-18** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2020-02-18** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-382).
- **2020-02-18** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-20** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2020-02-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2020-02-25** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2020-02-27** 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/1ebbb216-5550-4636-8ce6-0f89b06a7996`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).