republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/129/ld-165.md

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Bill	An Act To Prohibit The Use Of Handheld Phones And Devices While Driving	An Act To Prohibit The Use Of Handheld Phones And Devices While Driving	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	129	LD 165	Maine LD 165 (129)	bill	TRAFFIC REGULATIONS CELL PHONE USE HAND HELD PROHIBITED WHILE DRIVING	enacted	Bill DIAMOND	3	19	2	2019-01-17	2019-06-27	openstates	ocd-bill/7dc22cdc-51ed-4d97-a1ce-76940576bad8	http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280070901	f30a6e61c176d1065335d3a25bb2096bdf2b55aa5a1bda64fe23803c8807ec40	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 165 (129) — An Act To Prohibit The Use Of Handheld Phones And Devices While Driving

Version chain

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

1. Adopted Amendments (committee substitute) — source
2. Documents and Disposition (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Disposition (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Enactment — 117–23 (pass) · lower
• ENACTMENT — 22–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill DIAMOND — primary (person)
• Andrew McLEAN — cosponsor (person)
• Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
• Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)
• John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
• Mark BRYANT — cosponsor (person)
• Michael PERKINS — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick COREY — cosponsor (person)
• Scott CYRWAY — cosponsor (person)
• Teresa PIERCE — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-17 Committee on TRANSPORTATION suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2019-01-17 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. referral-committee
• 2019-01-17 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-18 Report READ and ACCEPTED.
• 2019-06-18 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2019-06-18 Committee Amendment "A" (S-317) READ and ADOPTED. passage
• 2019-06-18 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-317). reading-2
• 2019-06-18 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2019-06-18 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2019-06-18 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2019-06-18 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-317).
• 2019-06-18 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-18 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2019-06-18 ROLL CALL NO. 301
• 2019-06-18 (Yeas 117 - Nays 23 - Absent 10 - Excused 1)
• 2019-06-18 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2019-06-19 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2019-06-19 Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 342 Yeas 22 - Nays 12 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
• 2019-06-27 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7dc22cdc-51ed-4d97-a1ce-76940576bad8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).