---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Specialty License Plate Laws And Extend The Moratorium On Approval Of Specialty License Plates And Remove The Authority Of Municipalities To Issue Driver'S Licenses"
description: "An Act To Amend The Specialty License Plate Laws And Extend The Moratorium On Approval Of Specialty License Plates And Remove The Authority Of Municipalities To Issue Driver'S Licenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 1822"
citation: "Maine LD 1822 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "NUMBER PLATES", "SPECIALTY PLATES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benjamin CHIPMAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-04-27"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37d0df09-f204-4e0b-9045-9bdbfdca12bc"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280089041"
source_hash: "560b4c878b94a073ea7adb9590daeb5f12e24e695606a71fec6e08ac67fc26df"
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 1822 (131) — An Act To Amend The Specialty License Plate Laws And Extend The Moratorium On Approval Of Specialty License Plates And Remove The Authority Of Municipalities To Issue Driver'S Licenses

## 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=SP0738&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0738&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0738&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Benjamin CHIPMAN — primary (person)
- Lynne WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-27** Committee on TRANSPORTATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-04-27** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-13** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-13** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-13** Committee Amendment "A" (S-288) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-13** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-288). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-06-13** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2023-06-13** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2023-06-13** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-288). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-13** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-15** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2023-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-15** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-15** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2023-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37d0df09-f204-4e0b-9045-9bdbfdca12bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).