---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Motor Vehicles"
description: "An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Motor Vehicles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2072"
citation: "Maine LD 2072 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLE BUREAU", "MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS", "PROCEDURES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Timothy NANGLE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-12-20"
last_action: "2024-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/960ee88a-a10c-44e6-81c4-f1333b5d6741"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280091451"
source_hash: "ca5e8bcd1e45e8599b326c829c482df50a7809f91a4e4523a08d7e4ab33cb1ab"
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 2072 (131) — An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Motor Vehicles

## 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=SP0873&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0873&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0873&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Timothy NANGLE — primary (person)
- Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia CRAFTS — cosponsor (person)
- Wayne PARRY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 20, 2023 and REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed. `receipt, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Report READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-04-02** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-02** Committee Amendment "A" (S-642) READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-04-02** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-642). `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-04-02** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2024-04-03** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2024-04-03** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2024-04-03** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-642). `reading-3`
- **2024-04-03** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-09** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-10** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2024-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held - OTP-AM
- **2024-04-02T04:00:00+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/960ee88a-a10c-44e6-81c4-f1333b5d6741`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).