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Bill An Act To Amend The Laws Prohibiting The Use Of Handheld Phones And Devices While Driving An Act To Amend The Laws Prohibiting The Use Of Handheld Phones And Devices While Driving us/states/me Maine Legislature 129 LD 1901 Maine LD 1901 (129)
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TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
CELL PHONE USE
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Maine LD 1901 (129) — An Act To Amend The Laws Prohibiting 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

Sponsors

  • Bill DIAMOND — primary (person)
  • Allison HEPLER — cosponsor (person)
  • Bruce WHITE — cosponsor (person)
  • Daniel HOBBS — cosponsor (person)
  • Dennis KESCHL — cosponsor (person)
  • James HAMPER — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeffrey EVANGELOS — cosponsor (person)
  • Jessica FAY — cosponsor (person)
  • Justin CHENETTE — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick COREY — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert FOLEY — cosponsor (person)
  • Roland MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
  • Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
  • Sarah PEBWORTH — cosponsor (person)
  • Sherman HUTCHINS — cosponsor (person)
  • Stephen MORIARTY — cosponsor (person)
  • Victoria DOUDERA — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-12-24 Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 20, 2019 and REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 referral-committee
  • 2020-02-13 Report READ and ACCEPTED
  • 2020-02-13 READ ONCE reading-1
  • 2020-02-13 Committee Amendment "A" (S-386) READ and ADOPTED
  • 2020-02-13 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
  • 2020-02-18 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
  • 2020-02-18 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-386) reading-2
  • 2020-02-18 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
  • 2020-02-20 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
  • 2020-02-20 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
  • 2020-02-20 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-386).
  • 2020-02-20 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2020-02-25 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
  • 2020-02-25 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
  • 2020-02-25 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
  • 2020-02-27 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36807367-1772-4135-971c-b3a1fbb996e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).