---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Require Vehicle Registrations To Include The Next Of Kin Of The Vehicle Owner"
description: "An Act To Require Vehicle Registrations To Include The Next Of Kin Of The Vehicle Owner"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "132"
identifier: "LD 159"
citation: "Maine LD 159 (132)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "NEXT OF KIN", "REGISTRATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad PERKINS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e40832ea-2b24-4e23-b65a-adb62b86ac6d"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095767"
source_hash: "0590d582a2a15603ad5991fd4dc1bf197c092dcbf6afaed608b364524d5013f6"
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 159 (132) — An Act To Require Vehicle Registrations To Include The Next Of Kin Of The Vehicle Owner

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment C-A (H-153)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0092&item=2&snum=132)
2. **Chapter 134** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0092&item=3&snum=132)
3. **LD 159 HP 92** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0092&item=1&snum=132)

## Sponsors

- Chad PERKINS — primary (person)
- Arthur MINGO — cosponsor (person)
- Donald ARDELL — cosponsor (person)
- James WHITE — cosponsor (person)
- John EDER — cosponsor (person)
- Mark BABIN — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BRADSTREET — cosponsor (person)
- Robert NUTTING — cosponsor (person)
- Steven BISHOP — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy QUINT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-14** Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
- **2025-01-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-01-14** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- **2025-05-20** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2025-05-20** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2025-05-20** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-153). `reading-3`
- **2025-05-20** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-21** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2025-05-21** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Committee Amendment "A" (H-153) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2025-05-21** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-153), in concurrence. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2025-05-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2025-05-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2025-05-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - OTP-AM
- **2025-05-14T04:00:00+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/e40832ea-2b24-4e23-b65a-adb62b86ac6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).