ME LD 1228

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An Act To Clarify Certain Terms In The Automotive Right To Repair Laws

Maine · 132 · lower

Quick answers

Did ME LD 1228 pass?

No. ME LD 1228 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-01-20). Latest recorded action (2026-01-20): Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

What is ME LD 1228 about?

ME LD 1228 is a bill in the 132 titled “An Act To Clarify Certain Terms In The Automotive Right To Repair Laws”.

Who sponsors ME LD 1228?

Tiffany ROBERTS is the primary sponsor of ME LD 1228, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-01-20 — Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

2025-03-25
Committee on Housing and Economic Development suggested and ordered printed.
2025-03-25
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
referral-committee
2025-03-25
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-03-25
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT in concurrence
referral-committee
2025-06-17
Reports READ.
2025-06-17
On motion of Representative GERE of Kennebunkport, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
2025-06-17
ROLL CALL NO. 565
2025-06-17
(Yeas 135 - Nays 12 - Absent 2 - Excused 2)
2025-06-17
The Bill was READ ONCE.
reading-1
2025-06-17
Committee Amendment "A" (H-764) was READ and ADOPTED.
committee-passage-favorable,passage
2025-06-17
Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
2025-06-17
The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-764).
reading-3
2025-06-17
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-06-17
Reports Read
2025-06-17
On motion by Senator CURRY of Waldo the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-764) Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED
2025-06-17
Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 618 Yeas 21 - Nays 14 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
2025-06-17
Bill READ ONCE
reading-1
2025-06-17
Committee Amendment "A" (H-764) READ and ADOPTED
committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-17
Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-764) in concurrence.
reading-2,reading-3
2025-06-18
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
passage
2025-06-18
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-06-18
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
passage
2025-07-08
HELD BY THE GOVERNOR.
2026-01-13
This Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to Article IV, Part Third, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the House proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?"
2026-01-13
ROLL CALL NO. 605V
2026-01-13
96 having voted in the affirmative and 44 in the negative, with 8 being absent, and accordingly it was the vote of the House that the Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, since two-thirds of the members of the House so voted.
2026-01-13
Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2026-01-20
LD 1228 In Senate, January 20, 2026, this Bill, having been returned by the Governor, together with objections to the same pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Maine, after reconsideration, the Senate proceeded to vote on the question: "Shall this Bill become a law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?" 10 and 24, accordingly it was the vote of the Senate that the Bill not become law and the VETO was SUSTAINED.
veto-override-failure
2026-01-20
Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
failure
2025-04-24
Work Session Held - TABLED
2025-05-08
Work Session Held
2025-05-08
Voted - Divided Report
2025-05-15
Work Session Reconsidered
2025-05-15
Voted - Divided Report
2025-06-17
Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM

Versions

Amendment C-B (H-765)Compare
Amendment C-A (H-764)Compare
LD 1228 HP 803Compare
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Documents

Votes

ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP
2025-06-17 · pass · 135-12
Member-level votes (151)
- ABDI of Lewiston: yes
- ADAMS of Lebanon: yes
- ALBERT of Madawaska: yes
- ANKELES of Brunswick: yes
- ARATA of New Gloucester: yes
- ARCHER of Saco: yes
- ARDELL of Monticello: yes
- ARFORD of Brunswick: yes
- BABIN of Fort Fairfield: yes
- BAGSHAW of Windham: yes
- BECK of South Portland: yes
- BELL of Yarmouth: yes
- BISHOP of Bucksport: yes
- BLIER of Buxton: yes
- BOYER of Poland: yes
- BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: yes
- BRENNAN of Portland: yes
- BRIDGEO of Augusta: yes
- BUNKER of Farmington: yes
- CAMPBELL of Orrington: yes
- CARLOW of Buxton: yes
- CARUSO of Caratunk: no
- CHAPMAN of Auburn: yes
- CIMINO of Bridgton: yes
- CLOUTIER of Lewiston: no
- CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: yes
- COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: yes
- COLLINS of Sidney: yes
- COOPER of Windham: yes
- COPELAND of Saco: yes
- CRAFTS of Newcastle: yes
- CRAY of Palmyra: no
- CROCKETT of Portland: other
- DAIGLE of Fort Kent: yes
- DEBRITO of Waterville: yes
- DHALAC of South Portland: yes
- DILL of Old Town: yes
- DODGE of Belfast: yes
- DOUDERA of Camden: yes
- DRINKWATER of Milford: yes
- DUCHARME of Madison: yes
- EATON of Deer Isle: other
- EDER of Waterboro: no
- FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: yes
- FARRIN of Jefferson: yes
- FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: yes
- FECTEAU of Biddeford: yes
- FLYNN of Albion: yes
- FOLEY of Wells: yes
- FOSTER of Dexter: yes
- FREDERICKS of Sanford: yes
- FREDETTE of Newport: no
- FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor: yes
- FROST of Belgrade: yes
- GATTINE of Westbrook: yes
- GEIGER of Rockland: yes
- GERE of Kennebunkport: yes
- GIFFORD of Lincoln: yes
- GOLEK of Harpswell: yes
- GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: yes
- GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach: yes
- GREENWOOD of Wales: yes
- GRIFFIN of Levant: other
- GUERRETTE of Caribou: yes
- HAGGAN of Hampden: yes
- HALL of Wilton: yes
- HASENFUS of Readfield: yes
- HENDERSON of Rumford: yes
- HEPLER of Woolwich: yes
- HYMES of Waldo: yes
- JACKSON of Oxford: no
- JAVNER of Chester: yes
- JULIA of Waterville: yes
- KESSLER of South Portland: yes
- KUHN of Falmouth: yes
- LAJOIE of Lewiston: yes
- LANCE of Paris: yes
- LANIGAN of Sanford: other
- LAVIGNE of Berwick: yes
- LEE of Auburn: no
- LEMELIN of Chelsea: yes
- LIBBY of Auburn: yes
- LOOKNER of Portland: no
- LYMAN of Livermore Falls: yes
- MACIAS of Topsham: yes
- MALON of Biddeford: yes
- MASON of Lisbon: yes
- MASTRACCIO of Sanford: yes
- MATHIESON of Kittery: yes
- MATLACK of St. George: yes
- MCCABE of Lewiston: yes
- MCINTYRE of Lowell: yes
- MEYER of Eliot: yes
- MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: no
- MINGO of Calais: yes
- MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
- MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
- MOONEN of Portland: yes
- MORRIS of Turner: no
- MURPHY of Scarborough: yes
- NUTTING of Oakland: yes
- O'HALLORAN of Brewer: yes
- OLSEN of Raymond: yes
- OSHER of Orono: yes
- PARRY of Arundel: yes
- PAUL of Winterport: yes
- PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft: yes
- PLUECKER of Warren: yes
- POIRIER of Skowhegan: no
- POMERLEAU of Standish: no
- PUGH of Portland: yes
- QUINT of Hodgdon: yes
- RANA of Bangor: yes
- RAY of Lincolnville: yes
- RIELLY of Westbrook: yes
- ROBERTS of South Berwick: yes
- ROEDER of Bangor: yes
- ROLLINS of Augusta: yes
- RUDNICKI of Fairfield: yes
- RUNTE of York: yes
- SACHS of Freeport: yes
- SALISBURY of Westbrook: yes
- SARGENT of York: yes
- SATO of Gorham: yes
- SAYRE of Kennebunk: yes
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico: yes
- SHAGOURY of Hallowell: yes
- SIMMONS of Waldoboro: yes
- SINCLAIR of Bath: yes
- SKOLD of Portland: yes
- SMITH of Palermo: yes
- SOBOLESKI of Phillips: yes
- STOVER of Boothbay: yes
- STROUT of Harrington: yes
- SUPICA of Bangor: yes
- SWALLOW of Houlton: yes
- TERRY of Gorham: yes
- THORNE of Carmel: yes
- TUELL of East Machias: yes
- UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: yes
- WADSWORTH of Hiram: yes
- WALKER of Naples: yes
- WARREN of Scarborough: yes
- WEBB of Durham: yes
- WHITE of Guilford: yes
- WHITE of Ellsworth: yes
- WOOD of Norway: yes
- WOOD of Greene: yes
- WOODSOME of Waterboro: yes
- YUSUF of Portland: yes
- ZAGER of Portland: yes
ACCEPT MAJORITY OUGHT TO PASS AS AMENDED REPORT
2025-06-17 · pass · 21-14
Member-level votes (35)
- BAILEY of York: yes
- BALDACCI of Penobscot: yes
- BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: yes
- BENNETT of Oxford: no
- BERNARD of Aroostook: yes
- BICKFORD of Androscoggin: yes
- BLACK of Franklin: no
- BRADSTREET of Kennebec: yes
- BRENNER of Cumberland: no
- CARNEY of Cumberland: yes
- CURRY of Waldo: yes
- CYRWAY of Kennebec: no
- DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: yes
- DUSON of Cumberland: yes
- FARRIN of Somerset: yes
- GROHOSKI of Hancock: no
- GUERIN of Penobscot: no
- HAGGAN of Penobscot: yes
- HARRINGTON of York: yes
- HICKMAN of Kennebec: no
- INGWERSEN of York: no
- LAWRENCE of York: yes
- LIBBY of Cumberland: yes
- MARTIN of Oxford: no
- MOORE of Washington: yes
- NANGLE of Cumberland: no
- PIERCE of Cumberland: yes
- RAFFERTY of York: no
- RENY of Lincoln: yes
- ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: yes
- STEWART of Aroostook: yes
- TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: no
- TEPLER of Sagadahoc: yes
- TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
- TIPPING of Penobscot: no
Reconsideration - Veto
2026-01-13 · pass · 96-44
Member-level votes (149)
- ABDI of Lewiston: yes
- ADAMS of Lebanon: yes
- ALBERT of Madawaska: other
- ANKELES of Brunswick: yes
- ARATA of New Gloucester: yes
- ARCHER of Saco: no
- ARDELL of Monticello: yes
- ARFORD of Brunswick: no
- BABIN of Fort Fairfield: yes
- BAGSHAW of Windham: yes
- BECK of South Portland: yes
- BELL of Yarmouth: no
- BISHOP of Bucksport: yes
- BLIER of Buxton: yes
- BOYER of Poland: yes
- BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: no
- BRENNAN of Portland: yes
- BRIDGEO of Augusta: no
- BUNKER of Farmington: no
- CAMPBELL of Orrington: yes
- CARLOW of Buxton: yes
- CARUSO of Caratunk: no
- CHAPMAN of Auburn: yes
- CIMINO of Bridgton: yes
- CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: no
- COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: yes
- COLLINS of Sidney: yes
- COOPER of Windham: yes
- COPELAND of Saco: no
- CRAFTS of Newcastle: no
- CRAY of Palmyra: no
- CROCKETT of Portland: yes
- DAIGLE of Fort Kent: yes
- DEBRITO of Waterville: yes
- DHALAC of South Portland: yes
- DILL of Old Town: yes
- DODGE of Belfast: yes
- DOUDERA of Camden: yes
- DRINKWATER of Milford: yes
- DUCHARME of Madison: yes
- EATON of Deer Isle: yes
- EDER of Waterboro: no
- FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: yes
- FARRIN of Jefferson: yes
- FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: yes
- FECTEAU of Biddeford: no
- FLYNN of Albion: yes
- FOLEY of Wells: yes
- FOSTER of Dexter: yes
- FREDERICKS of Sanford: yes
- FREDETTE of Newport: no
- FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor: yes
- FROST of Belgrade: no
- GATTINE of Westbrook: yes
- GEIGER of Rockland: yes
- GERE of Kennebunkport: yes
- GIFFORD of Lincoln: yes
- GOLEK of Harpswell: yes
- GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: no
- GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach: no
- GREENWOOD of Wales: yes
- GRIFFIN of Levant: other
- GUERRETTE of Caribou: yes
- HAGGAN of Hampden: no
- HALL of Wilton: yes
- HASENFUS of Readfield: yes
- HENDERSON of Rumford: yes
- HEPLER of Woolwich: no
- HYMES of Waldo: yes
- JACKSON of Oxford: yes
- JULIA of Waterville: no
- KESSLER of South Portland: yes
- KUHN of Falmouth: no
- LAJOIE of Lewiston: no
- LANCE of Paris: yes
- LANIGAN of Sanford: yes
- LAVIGNE of Berwick: yes
- LEE of Auburn: no
- LEMELIN of Chelsea: yes
- LIBBY of Auburn: other
- LOOKNER of Portland: no
- LYMAN of Livermore Falls: no
- MACIAS of Topsham: yes
- MALON of Biddeford: yes
- MASON of Lisbon: yes
- MASTRACCIO of Sanford: no
- MATHIESON of Kittery: yes
- MATLACK of St. George: no
- MCCABE of Lewiston: yes
- MCINTYRE of Lowell: yes
- MEYER of Eliot: no
- MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: no
- MINGO of Calais: yes
- MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
- MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
- MOONEN of Portland: no
- MORRIS of Turner: no
- MURPHY of Scarborough: no
- NUTTING of Oakland: yes
- O'HALLORAN of Brewer: no
- OLSEN of Raymond: yes
- OSHER of Orono: yes
- PARRY of Arundel: other
- PAUL of Winterport: yes
- PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft: yes
- PLUECKER of Warren: no
- POIRIER of Skowhegan: yes
- POMERLEAU of Standish: yes
- PUGH of Portland: yes
- QUINT of Hodgdon: yes
- RANA of Bangor: yes
- RAY of Lincolnville: yes
- RIELLY of Westbrook: other
- ROBERTS of South Berwick: yes
- ROEDER of Bangor: no
- ROLLINS of Augusta: no
- RUDNICKI of Fairfield: yes
- RUNTE of York: other
- SACHS of Freeport: yes
- SALISBURY of Westbrook: no
- SARGENT of York: no
- SATO of Gorham: yes
- SAYRE of Kennebunk: yes
- SCHMERSAL-BURGESS of Mexico: yes
- SHAGOURY of Hallowell: yes
- SIMMONS of Waldoboro: yes
- SINCLAIR of Bath: no
- SKOLD of Portland: yes
- SMITH of Palermo: yes
- SOBOLESKI of Phillips: yes
- STOVER of Boothbay: no
- STROUT of Harrington: yes
- SUPICA of Bangor: yes
- SWALLOW of Houlton: yes
- TERRY of Gorham: no
- THORNE of Carmel: yes
- TUELL of East Machias: yes
- UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: yes
- WADSWORTH of Hiram: other
- WALKER of Naples: other
- WARREN of Scarborough: no
- WEBB of Durham: no
- WHITE of Guilford: yes
- WHITE of Ellsworth: yes
- WOOD of Norway: yes
- WOOD of Greene: other
- WOODSOME of Waterboro: yes
- YUSUF of Portland: yes
- ZAGER of Portland: no
RECONSIDERATION - VETO
2026-01-20 · fail · 10-24
Member-level votes (35)
- BAILEY of York: yes
- BALDACCI of Penobscot: yes
- BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: no
- BENNETT of Oxford: no
- BERNARD of Aroostook: no
- BICKFORD of Androscoggin: no
- BLACK of Franklin: no
- BRADSTREET of Kennebec: yes
- BRENNER of Cumberland: no
- CARNEY of Cumberland: yes
- CURRY of Waldo: yes
- CYRWAY of Kennebec: no
- DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: no
- DUSON of Cumberland: no
- FARRIN of Somerset: yes
- GROHOSKI of Hancock: no
- GUERIN of Penobscot: no
- HAGGAN of Penobscot: no
- HARRINGTON of York: other
- HICKMAN of Kennebec: no
- INGWERSEN of York: no
- LAWRENCE of York: no
- LIBBY of Cumberland: no
- MARTIN of Oxford: no
- MOORE of Washington: no
- NANGLE of Cumberland: yes
- PIERCE of Cumberland: no
- RAFFERTY of York: no
- RENY of Lincoln: yes
- ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: yes
- STEWART of Aroostook: yes
- TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: no
- TEPLER of Sagadahoc: no
- TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
- TIPPING of Penobscot: no

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