republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-159.md

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Bill	An Act To Require Vehicle Registrations To Include The Next Of Kin Of The Vehicle Owner	An Act To Require Vehicle Registrations To Include The Next Of Kin Of The Vehicle Owner	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 159	Maine LD 159 (132)	bill	MOTOR VEHICLES NEXT OF KIN REGISTRATION	enacted	Chad PERKINS	3	21	0	2025-01-14	2025-05-29	openstates	ocd-bill/e40832ea-2b24-4e23-b65a-adb62b86ac6d	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280095767	0590d582a2a15603ad5991fd4dc1bf197c092dcbf6afaed608b364524d5013f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 159 (132) — An Act To Require Vehicle Registrations To Include The Next Of Kin Of The Vehicle Owner

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-153) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 134 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 159 HP 92 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Chad PERKINS — primary (person)
• Arthur MINGO — cosponsor (person)
• Donald ARDELL — cosponsor (person)
• James WHITE — cosponsor (person)
• John EDER — cosponsor (person)
• Mark BABIN — cosponsor (person)
• Richard BRADSTREET — cosponsor (person)
• Robert NUTTING — cosponsor (person)
• Steven BISHOP — cosponsor (person)
• Tracy QUINT — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-14 Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
• 2025-01-14 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION. referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-01-14 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION in concurrence referral-committee
• 2025-03-21 Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
• 2025-05-20 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2025-05-20 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2025-05-20 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-153). reading-3
• 2025-05-20 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-21 Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
• 2025-05-21 READ ONCE. reading-1
• 2025-05-21 Committee Amendment "A" (H-153) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. committee-passage-favorable, passage
• 2025-05-21 Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-153), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2025-05-21 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2025-05-27 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2025-05-27 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2025-05-27 PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. passage
• 2025-05-29 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2025-05-14T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e40832ea-2b24-4e23-b65a-adb62b86ac6d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).