---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act Regarding Motor Vehicle Registration Violations"
description: "An Act Regarding Motor Vehicle Registration Violations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "130"
identifier: "LD 644"
citation: "Maine LD 644 (130)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "REGISTRATION", "VIOLATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kristen CLOUTIER"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78d8e339-a03c-4469-95c2-6f5a69f77fd4"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280079102"
source_hash: "0468687a07d328c6146d630dd398f695ec93848c8af3e7ed8bc994737745a732"
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 644 (130) — An Act Regarding Motor Vehicle Registration Violations

## 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=HP0475&item=2&snum=130)
2. **Chaptered Law** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0475&item=5&snum=130)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0475&item=1&snum=130)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0475&item=4&snum=130)

## Votes

- RECEDE AND CONCUR — **72–51** (pass) · lower
- ACC MIN OTP AS AMENDED REP — **80–62** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kristen CLOUTIER — primary (person)
- Charlotte WARREN — cosponsor (person)
- Grayson LOOKNER — cosponsor (person)
- Heather SANBORN — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan CONNOR — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret CRAVEN — cosponsor (person)
- Michael BRENNAN — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan LIBBY — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria MORALES — cosponsor (person)
- William PLUECKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Received by the Clerk of the House on March 1, 2021. `receipt`
- **2021-03-01** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 130th Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 435.
- **2021-06-07** Reports READ.
- **2021-06-07** On motion of Representative MARTIN of Sinclair, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-07** ROLL CALL NO. 160
- **2021-06-07** (Yeas 80 - Nays 62 - Absent 9 - Excused 0)
- **2021-06-07** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-07** Committee Amendment "A" (H-353) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2021-06-07** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2021-06-07** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-353). `reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-08** Reports Read
- **2021-06-08** On motion by Senator DIAMOND of Cumberland the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2021-06-08** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2021-06-08** Committee Amendment "A" (H-353) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-08** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-353) in concurrence `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2021-06-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-06-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-06-10** On motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2021-07-01** On Motion by Senator BREEN of Cumberland taken from the SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE.
- **2021-07-01** Under suspension of the Rules On motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby the Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-353) in concurrence `reading-3`
- **2021-07-01** Under further suspension of the Rules On further motion by Same Senator The Senate RECONSIDERED whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-353) was ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** On further motion by Same Senator Senate Amendment "A" (S-379) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-353) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** Committee Amendment "A" (H-353) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-379) thereto ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-01** PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-353) AS AMENDED BY Senate Amendment "A" (S-379) thereto In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-3`
- **2021-07-01** Sent down for concurrence
- **2021-07-02** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-353) as Amended by Senate Amendment "A" (S-379) thereto. `reading-3`
- **2021-07-02** ROLL CALL NO. 417
- **2021-07-02** (Yeas 72 - Nays 51 - Absent 28 - Excused 0)
- **2021-07-02** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-07-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2021-07-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2021-07-02** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2021-07-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - TABLED
- **2021-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2021-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2021-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78d8e339-a03c-4469-95c2-6f5a69f77fd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).