---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Reconvene A Driver Education Working Group To Evaluate Hardships To Underserved Populations And Low-Income Families"
description: "An Act To Reconvene A Driver Education Working Group To Evaluate Hardships To Underserved Populations And Low-Income Families"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 2281"
citation: "Maine LD 2281 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRIVERS EDUCATION", "LOW-INCOME AND UNDERSERVED", "MOTOR VEHICLES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lydia CRAFTS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-03-27"
last_action: "2024-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cb25548-c039-444b-9e12-673ff4b2d9a2"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280092752"
source_hash: "cab59d876d705f4d23a3f2bd83312ca3e8d20592592887c79da75e102927141b"
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 2281 (131) — An Act To Reconvene A Driver Education Working Group To Evaluate Hardships To Underserved Populations And Low-Income Families

## Version chain

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

1. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1467&item=1&snum=131)
2. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1467&item=2&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Lydia CRAFTS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-27** Reported by Representative CRAFTS for the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation pursuant to Resolve 2023, chapter 94, section 6.
- **2024-03-27** Report was READ and ACCEPTED.
- **2024-03-27** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-27** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2024-03-27** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED `reading-3`
- **2024-03-27** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-03-27** Report READ and ACCEPTED
- **2024-03-27** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2024-03-27** Under suspension of the Rules READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, without reference to a Committee. `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2024-03-28** This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
- **2024-03-28** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2024-04-01** PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cb25548-c039-444b-9e12-673ff4b2d9a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).