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ME LD 421

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An Act To Eliminate Barriers To Reentry Into The Community After Incarceration By Repealing Certain Driver'S License Suspension Provisions

Maine · 132 · lower

Quick answers

Did ME LD 421 pass?

No. ME LD 421 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2025-05-22). Latest recorded action (2025-05-22): Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

What is ME LD 421 about?

ME LD 421 is a bill in the 132 titled “An Act To Eliminate Barriers To Reentry Into The Community After Incarceration By Repealing Certain Driver'S License Suspension Provisions”.

Who sponsors ME LD 421?

Nina MILLIKEN is the primary sponsor of ME LD 421, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Introduced
Latest action
2025-05-22 — Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Nina MILLIKENprimary
  • Laurel LIBBYcosponsor
  • Adam LEEcosponsor
  • David SINCLAIRcosponsor
  • David BOYERcosponsor
  • Daniel ANKELEScosponsor
  • Lydia CRAFTScosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-04

    Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.

  2. 2025-02-04

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

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  3. 2025-02-04

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-02-04

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence

    referral-committee

  5. 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.

  6. 2025-05-13

    Reports READ.

  7. 2025-05-13

    On motion of Representative HASENFUS of Readfield, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

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  8. 2025-05-13

    Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  9. 2025-05-14

    Reports Read

  10. 2025-05-14

    On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox the Minority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED

  11. 2025-05-14

    Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 157 Yeas 19 - Nays 15 - Excused 1 - Absent 0

  12. 2025-05-14

    Bill READ ONCE

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  13. 2025-05-14

    Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED In NON-CONCURRENCE

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  14. 2025-05-14

    Sent down for concurrence

  15. 2025-05-20

    Speaker FECTEAU of Biddeford MOVED to INSIST.

  16. 2025-05-20

    Motion of Representative MILLIKEN of Blue Hill to RECEDE and CONCUR to ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought to Pass Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED FAILED.

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  17. 2025-05-20

    ROLL CALL NO. 143

  18. 2025-05-20

    (Yeas 65 - Nays 80 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)

  19. 2025-05-20

    Subsequently, the House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report

  20. 2025-05-20

    ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  21. 2025-05-21

    On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending CONSIDERATION

  22. 2025-05-22

    On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland the Senate INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought to Pass Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED.

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  23. 2025-05-22

    Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

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  24. 2025-04-16

    Work Session Held

  25. 2025-04-16

    Voted - Divided Report

  26. 2025-05-08

    Reported Out - ONTP/OTP

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • ACCEPT MINORITY OUGHT TO PASS REPORT

    2025-05-14 · pass · 19-15

    Member-level votes (35)
    • BAILEY of York: yes
    • BALDACCI of Penobscot: no
    • BEEBE-CENTER of Knox: yes
    • BENNETT of Oxford: no
    • BERNARD of Aroostook: no
    • BICKFORD of Androscoggin: no
    • BLACK of Franklin: no
    • BRADSTREET of Kennebec: no
    • BRENNER of Cumberland: yes
    • CARNEY of Cumberland: yes
    • CURRY of Waldo: yes
    • CYRWAY of Kennebec: no
    • DAUGHTRY of Cumberland: yes
    • DUSON of Cumberland: yes
    • FARRIN of Somerset: no
    • GROHOSKI of Hancock: yes
    • GUERIN of Penobscot: no
    • HAGGAN of Penobscot: no
    • HARRINGTON of York: no
    • HICKMAN of Kennebec: yes
    • INGWERSEN of York: yes
    • LAWRENCE of York: yes
    • LIBBY of Cumberland: no
    • MARTIN of Oxford: no
    • MOORE of Washington: no
    • NANGLE of Cumberland: yes
    • PIERCE of Cumberland: yes
    • RAFFERTY of York: yes
    • RENY of Lincoln: yes
    • ROTUNDO of Androscoggin: yes
    • STEWART of Aroostook: other
    • TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland: yes
    • TEPLER of Sagadahoc: yes
    • TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin: no
    • TIPPING of Penobscot: yes
  • RECEDE AND CONCUR

    2025-05-20 · fail · 65-80

    Member-level votes (150)
    • ABDI of Lewiston: yes
    • ADAMS of Lebanon: no
    • ALBERT of Madawaska: no
    • ANKELES of Brunswick: yes
    • ARATA of New Gloucester: no
    • ARCHER of Saco: yes
    • ARDELL of Monticello: no
    • ARFORD of Brunswick: yes
    • BABIN of Fort Fairfield: no
    • BAGSHAW of Windham: no
    • BECK of South Portland: yes
    • BELL of Yarmouth: yes
    • BISHOP of Bucksport: no
    • BLIER of Buxton: no
    • BOYER of Poland: no
    • BOYER of Cape Elizabeth: yes
    • BRENNAN of Portland: yes
    • BRIDGEO of Augusta: yes
    • BUNKER of Farmington: yes
    • CAMPBELL of Orrington: no
    • CARLOW of Buxton: no
    • CARUSO of Caratunk: no
    • CHAPMAN of Auburn: other
    • CIMINO of Bridgton: no
    • CLOUTIER of Lewiston: yes
    • CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham: yes
    • COLLAMORE of Pittsfield: no
    • COLLINS of Sidney: no
    • COOPER of Windham: no
    • COPELAND of Saco: yes
    • CRAFTS of Newcastle: yes
    • CRAY of Palmyra: no
    • CROCKETT of Portland: other
    • DAIGLE of Fort Kent: no
    • 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: no
    • DUCHARME of Madison: no
    • EATON of Deer Isle: yes
    • EDER of Waterboro: no
    • FAIRCLOTH of Bangor: yes
    • FARRIN of Jefferson: no
    • FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor: no
    • FECTEAU of Biddeford: no
    • FLYNN of Albion: no
    • FOLEY of Wells: no
    • FOSTER of Dexter: no
    • FREDERICKS of Sanford: no
    • 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: no
    • GOLEK of Harpswell: yes
    • GRAHAM of North Yarmouth: yes
    • GRAMLICH of Old Orchard Beach: yes
    • GREENWOOD of Wales: no
    • GRIFFIN of Levant: no
    • GUERRETTE of Caribou: no
    • HAGGAN of Hampden: no
    • HALL of Wilton: no
    • HASENFUS of Readfield: no
    • HENDERSON of Rumford: no
    • HEPLER of Woolwich: no
    • HYMES of Waldo: no
    • JACKSON of Oxford: no
    • JAVNER of Chester: no
    • JULIA of Waterville: yes
    • KESSLER of South Portland: yes
    • KUHN of Falmouth: yes
    • LAJOIE of Lewiston: no
    • LANCE of Paris: no
    • LANIGAN of Sanford: other
    • LAVIGNE of Berwick: no
    • LEE of Auburn: yes
    • LEMELIN of Chelsea: no
    • LOOKNER of Portland: yes
    • LYMAN of Livermore Falls: no
    • MACIAS of Topsham: yes
    • MALON of Biddeford: yes
    • MASON of Lisbon: no
    • MASTRACCIO of Sanford: no
    • MATHIESON of Kittery: yes
    • MATLACK of St. George: yes
    • MCCABE of Lewiston: yes
    • MCINTYRE of Lowell: no
    • MEYER of Eliot: yes
    • MILLIKEN of Blue Hill: yes
    • MINGO of Calais: no
    • MITCHELL of Cumberland: yes
    • MONTELL of Gardiner: yes
    • MOONEN of Portland: yes
    • MORRIS of Turner: no
    • MURPHY of Scarborough: yes
    • NUTTING of Oakland: no
    • O'HALLORAN of Brewer: no
    • OLSEN of Raymond: no
    • OSHER of Orono: other
    • PARRY of Arundel: no
    • PAUL of Winterport: no
    • PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft: no
    • PLUECKER of Warren: yes
    • POIRIER of Skowhegan: no
    • POMERLEAU of Standish: no
    • PUGH of Portland: other
    • QUINT of Hodgdon: no
    • RANA of Bangor: yes
    • RAY of Lincolnville: yes
    • RIELLY of Westbrook: yes
    • ROBERTS of South Berwick: no
    • ROEDER of Bangor: yes
    • ROLLINS of Augusta: yes
    • RUDNICKI of Fairfield: no
    • 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: no
    • SHAGOURY of Hallowell: yes
    • SIMMONS of Waldoboro: no
    • SINCLAIR of Bath: yes
    • SKOLD of Portland: yes
    • SMITH of Palermo: no
    • SOBOLESKI of Phillips: no
    • STOVER of Boothbay: no
    • STROUT of Harrington: no
    • SUPICA of Bangor: yes
    • SWALLOW of Houlton: no
    • TERRY of Gorham: yes
    • THORNE of Carmel: no
    • TUELL of East Machias: no
    • UNDERWOOD of Presque Isle: no
    • WADSWORTH of Hiram: no
    • WALKER of Naples: no
    • WARREN of Scarborough: yes
    • WEBB of Durham: yes
    • WHITE of Guilford: no
    • WHITE of Ellsworth: no
    • WOOD of Norway: no
    • WOOD of Greene: no
    • WOODSOME of Waterboro: no
    • YUSUF of Portland: yes
    • ZAGER of Portland: yes

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