republic-os/legislation/us/states/me/132/ld-2053.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	An Act To Improve Safety By Allowing The Use Of Variable-Message Signs On Public Service Vehicles	An Act To Improve Safety By Allowing The Use Of Variable-Message Signs On Public Service Vehicles	us/states/me	Maine Legislature	132	LD 2053	Maine LD 2053 (132)	bill	MESSAGE BOARDS TOWING TRAFFIC REGULATIONS	enacted	Lydia CRAFTS	3	21	0	2025-12-09	2026-03-03	openstates	ocd-bill/76b744b0-626c-4c74-8788-c1cb1a478fcb	https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280100943	b9d535ff3b68376cc6f49780195c181ba2fd7adc417f0ca4c53b2601d93da10b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-me

Maine LD 2053 (132) — An Act To Improve Safety By Allowing The Use Of Variable-Message Signs On Public Service Vehicles

Version chain

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

1. Amendment C-A (H-797) (committee substitute) — source
2. Chapter 546 (committee substitute) — source
3. LD 2053 HP 1377 (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Lydia CRAFTS — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-09 Received by the Clerk of the House on December 9, 2025. receipt
• 2025-12-09 The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
• 2026-02-10 Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
• 2026-02-10 The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-797). reading-3
• 2026-02-10 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-02-10 Reports READ and ACCEPTED
• 2026-02-10 Bill READ ONCE reading-1
• 2026-02-10 Committee Amendment "A" (H-797) READ and ADOPTED committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-10 ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
• 2026-02-12 COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
• 2026-02-12 READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-797), in concurrence. reading-2, reading-3
• 2026-02-12 Ordered sent down forthwith.
• 2026-02-24 This being an emergency measure, a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to the House was necessary.
• 2026-02-24 PASSED TO BE ENACTED. passage
• 2026-02-24 Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
• 2026-02-26 PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence. passage
• 2026-03-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 Work Session Held
• 2026-01-22T05:00:00+00:00 Voted - OTP-AM
• 2026-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported Out - OTP-AM

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/76b744b0-626c-4c74-8788-c1cb1a478fcb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).