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type: "Bill"
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title: "An Act To Reclassify Certain Offenses Under The Motor Vehicle Laws And Increase The Efficiency Of The Criminal Justice System"
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description: "An Act To Reclassify Certain Offenses Under The Motor Vehicle Laws And Increase The Efficiency Of The Criminal Justice System"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
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legislature: "Maine Legislature"
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session: "131"
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identifier: "LD 429"
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citation: "Maine LD 429 (131)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS", "PROVISIONS", "GENERALLY"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["William PLUECKER"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-02-02"
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last_action: "2023-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faeb623a-2561-445e-b95b-d8d3af35bf6f"
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source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280085779"
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source_hash: "50cd1f2cfd591ee60283245217deab9ca7ba1cf62395be9eecb3381106f6baeb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
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---
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# Maine LD 429 (131) — An Act To Reclassify Certain Offenses Under The Motor Vehicle Laws And Increase The Efficiency Of The Criminal Justice System
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0262&item=2&snum=131)
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2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0262&item=1&snum=131)
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3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0262&item=4&snum=131)
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4. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0262&item=3&snum=131)
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## Votes
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- Acc Min OTP as Amended Rep — **73–67** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- William PLUECKER — primary (person)
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- Daniel NEWMAN — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric BRAKEY — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert NUTTING — cosponsor (person)
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- Sophia WARREN — cosponsor (person)
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- Suzanne SALISBURY — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-02** Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.
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- **2023-02-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-02** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2023-02-02** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-30** Carried over, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
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- **2023-06-06** Reports READ.
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- **2023-06-06** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2023-06-06** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-337) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2023-06-06** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2023-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-337). `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-06** HELD at the Request of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook.
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- **2023-06-07** Speaker laid before the House
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- **2023-06-07** On motion of Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook, the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-337). `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-07** On further motion of the same Representative the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby Committee Amendment "A" (H-337) was ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-07** On further motion of the same Representative the House RECONSIDERED its action whereby the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2023-06-07** Representative SALISBURY of Westbrook moved to ACCEPT the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
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- **2023-06-07** On further motion of same Representative TABLED pending her motion to ACCEPT the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report.
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- **2023-06-07** Later today assigned.
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- **2023-06-21** Speaker laid before the House
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- **2023-06-21** Subsequently, the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
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- **2023-06-21** ROLL CALL NO. 300
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- **2023-06-21** (Yeas 73 - Nays 67 - Absent 10 - Excused 1)
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- **2023-06-21** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-21** Committee Amendment "B" (H-338) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
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- **2023-06-21** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
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- **2023-06-21** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "B" (H-338). `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-21** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2023-06-21** Reports READ
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- **2023-06-21** On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF EITHER REPORT
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- **2023-06-22** Taken from the table by the President
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- **2023-06-22** On motion by Senator STEWART of Aroostook The Majority Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-337) Report ACCEPTED
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- **2023-06-22** READ ONCE `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-22** Committee Amendment "A" (H-337) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-22** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-337) In NON-CONCURRENCE `reading-2, reading-3`
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- **2023-06-22** Sent down for concurrence
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- **2023-06-23** The House RECEDED and CONCURRED to PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-337). `reading-3`
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- **2023-06-23** ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2023-06-26** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
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- **2023-06-26** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
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- **2023-06-27** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
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- **2023-06-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
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- **2023-03-15T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
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- **2023-06-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faeb623a-2561-445e-b95b-d8d3af35bf6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).
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