---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Reclassify Certain Offenses Under The Motor Vehicle Laws And Increase The Efficiency Of The Criminal Justice System"
description: "An Act To Reclassify Certain Offenses Under The Motor Vehicle Laws And Increase The Efficiency Of The Criminal Justice System"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 429"
citation: "Maine LD 429 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS", "PROVISIONS", "GENERALLY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William PLUECKER"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faeb623a-2561-445e-b95b-d8d3af35bf6f"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085779"
source_hash: "50cd1f2cfd591ee60283245217deab9ca7ba1cf62395be9eecb3381106f6baeb"
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 429 (131) — An Act To Reclassify Certain Offenses Under The Motor Vehicle Laws And Increase The Efficiency Of The Criminal Justice System

## 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=HP0262&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0262&item=1&snum=131)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0262&item=4&snum=131)
4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0262&item=3&snum=131)

## Votes

- Acc Min OTP as Amended Rep — **73–67** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- William PLUECKER — primary (person)
- Daniel NEWMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Eric BRAKEY — cosponsor (person)
- Robert NUTTING — cosponsor (person)
- Sophia WARREN — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne SALISBURY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.
- **2023-02-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-02-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-06-06** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-06** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-06** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-337) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-06** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-337). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-06** HELD at the Request of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook.
- **2023-06-07** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-06-07** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-337). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-07** On further motion of the same Representative the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-337) was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07** On further motion of the same Representative the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-07** Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook moved to ACCEPT the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2023-06-07** On further motion of same Representative TABLED pending her motion to ACCEPT the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
- **2023-06-07** Later today assigned.
- **2023-06-21** Speaker laid before the House
- **2023-06-21** Subsequently, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-21** ROLL CALL NO. 300
- **2023-06-21** (Yeas 73 - Nays 67 - Absent 10 - Excused 1)
- **2023-06-21** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "B" (H-338) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-21** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (H-338). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-21** Reports READ
- **2023-06-21** On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
- **2023-06-22** Taken from the table by the President
- **2023-06-22** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-337) Report ACCEPTED
- **2023-06-22** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-06-22** Committee Amendment "A" (H-337) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-22** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-337) In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22** Sent down for concurrence
- **2023-06-23** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-337). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-23** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faeb623a-2561-445e-b95b-d8d3af35bf6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).