republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/131/ld-203.md

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Bill	An Act To Exempt Certain Motor Vehicle Dealers From Display Area Size Requirements	An Act To Exempt Certain Motor Vehicle Dealers From Display Area Size Requirements	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	131	LD 203	Maine LD 203 (131)	bill	DEALER DISPLAY AREAS MOTOR VEHICLES	enacted	Harold STEWART	3	23	0	2023-01-17	2023-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0b861872-2a31-4002-977a-e86e4a233a9d	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085405	8310ab735031a6b4fc842139ca5cc3707b1e0dde0bfbba7c1ef2eaeefcac4490	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 203 (131) — An Act To Exempt Certain Motor Vehicle Dealers From Display Area Size Requirements

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

• Harold STEWART — primary (person)
• Austin THERIAULT — cosponsor (person)
• Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-17 Committee on TRANSPORTATION suggested and ordered printed
• 2023-01-17 On motion by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland REFERENCE to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
• 2023-01-17 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT AND BUSINESS. referral-committee
• 2023-01-17 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-03-30 CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
• 2023-05-16 Report READ and ACCEPTED
• 2023-05-16 READ ONCE reading-1
• 2023-05-16 Committee Amendment "A" (S-92) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-16 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2023-05-18 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2023-05-18 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-92) reading-2, reading-3
• 2023-05-18 Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
• 2023-05-23 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2023-05-23 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2023-05-23 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-92). reading-3
• 2023-05-23 In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-05-25 FINALLY PASSED. passage
• 2023-05-25 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2023-05-30 FINALLY PASSED, in concurrence. passage
• 2023-06-01 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2023-02-17T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b861872-2a31-4002-977a-e86e4a233a9d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).