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                        IntroducedFeb 04, 2025
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                        Passed House
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                        Passed SenateMay 14, 2025
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                        Signed into Law
 
                    
                    
                    HP 275, An Act To Eliminate Barriers To Reentry Into The Community After Incarceration By Repealing Certain Driver's License Suspension Provisions
                
                
            
        Last Action See all actions
                         Senate • May 22, 2025: Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
                        
                        
                        
            Summary/Bill Text
Comments on LD 421
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Sponsors
                


- Lydia Craftscosponsor
 - Adam Leecosponsor
 - Laurel Libbycosponsor
 - David Sinclaircosponsor
 
Votes
                        NO: 7
                                            - Tavis Hasenfus
 - Mana Abdi
 - Donald Ardell
 - Michel Lajoie
 - Mathew McIntyre
 - Robert Nutting
 - Chad Perkins
 
OTHER: 0
YES: 65
                                                
                                        - ABDI
 - ANKELES
 - ARCHER
 - ARFORD
 - BECK
 - BELL
 - BOYER
 - BRENNAN
 - BRIDGEO
 - BUNKER
 - CLOUTIER
 - CLUCHEY
 - COPELAND
 - CRAFTS
 - DEBRITO
 - DHALAC
 - DILL
 - DODGE
 - DOUDERA
 - EATON
 - FAIRCLOTH
 - FRIEDMANN
 - GATTINE
 - GEIGER
 - GERE
 - GOLEK
 - GRAHAM
 - GRAMLICH
 - JULIA
 - KESSLER
 - KUHN
 - LEE
 - LOOKNER
 - MACIAS
 - MALON
 - MATHIESON
 - MATLACK
 - MCCABE
 - MEYER
 - MILLIKEN
 - MITCHELL
 - MONTELL
 - MOONEN
 - MURPHY
 - PLUECKER
 - RANA
 - RAY
 - RIELLY
 - ROEDER
 - ROLLINS
 - RUNTE
 - SACHS
 - SALISBURY
 - SARGENT
 - SATO
 - SAYRE
 - SHAGOURY
 - SINCLAIR
 - SKOLD
 - SUPICA
 - TERRY
 - WARREN
 - WEBB
 - YUSUF
 - ZAGER
 
NO: 80
                                            - ADAMS
 - ALBERT
 - ARATA
 - ARDELL
 - BABIN
 - BAGSHAW
 - BISHOP
 - BLIER
 - CAMPBELL
 - CARLOW
 - CARUSO
 - CIMINO
 - COLLAMORE
 - COLLINS
 - COOPER
 - CRAY
 - DAIGLE
 - DRINKWATER
 - DUCHARME
 - EDER
 - FARRIN
 - FAULKINGHAM
 - FECTEAU
 - FLYNN
 - FOLEY
 - FOSTER
 - FREDERICKS
 - FREDETTE
 - FROST
 - GIFFORD
 - GREENWOOD
 - GRIFFIN
 - GUERRETTE
 - HAGGAN
 - HALL
 - HASENFUS
 - HENDERSON
 - HEPLER
 - HYMES
 - JACKSON
 - JAVNER
 - LAJOIE
 - LANCE
 - LAVIGNE
 - LEMELIN
 - LYMAN
 - MASON
 - MASTRACCIO
 - MCINTYRE
 - MINGO
 - MORRIS
 - NUTTING
 - O'HALLORAN
 - OLSEN
 - PARRY
 - PAUL
 - PERKINS
 - POIRIER
 - POMERLEAU
 - QUINT
 - ROBERTS
 - RUDNICKI
 - SCHMERSAL-BURGESS
 - SIMMONS
 - SMITH
 - SOBOLESKI
 - STOVER
 - STROUT
 - SWALLOW
 - THORNE
 - TUELL
 - UNDERWOOD
 - WADSWORTH
 - WALKER
 - James Lee White
 - WHITE
 - WOOD
 - WOODSOME
 
OTHER: 1
                                                        Actions
            - May 22, 2025 | Senate
- On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland the Senate INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Minority Ought to Pass Report and PASSAGE TO BE ENGROSSED.
 - Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
 
 - May 21, 2025 | Senate
- On motion by Senator PIERCE of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending CONSIDERATION
 
 - May 20, 2025 | House
- Speaker FECTEAU of Biddeford MOVED to INSIST.
 - 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.
 - ROLL CALL NO. 143
 - (Yeas 65 - Nays 80 - Absent 5 - Excused 0 - Restricted - 1)
 - Subsequently, the House INSISTED on ACCEPTANCE of the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report
 - ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
 
 - May 14, 2025 | Senate
- Reports Read
 - On motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox the Minority Ought to Pass Report ACCEPTED. PREVAILED
 - Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 157 Yeas 19 - Nays 15 - Excused 1 - Absent 0
 - Bill READ ONCE
 - Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED In NON-CONCURRENCE
 - Sent down for concurrence
 
 - May 13, 2025 | House
- Reports READ.
 - On motion of Representative HASENFUS of Readfield, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
 - Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
 
 - May 08, 2025 | legislature
- Reported Out - ONTP/OTP
 
 - Apr 16, 2025 | legislature
- Work Session (State House, Room 436)
 - Work Session Held
 - Voted - Divided Report
 
 - Apr 07, 2025 | legislature
- Public Hearing (State House, Room 436)
 
 - Mar 21, 2025 | House
- Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
 
 - Feb 04, 2025 | Senate
- The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY in concurrence
 
 - Feb 04, 2025 | House
- Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered printed.
 - The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
 - Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
 
 
Bill Texts 
        
            
    Documents
        
            - Fiscal StatusHTML
 - Fiscal StatusPDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Justin Andrus (MACDL)PDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Shenna Bellows (Department of the Secretary of State)PDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Caleb Burgess (BATH)PDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Shira Burns (Maine Prosecutors Association)PDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Norman Hightower (Restorative Justice Project Maine)PDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Amy Hughes (Kittery)PDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Sarah Johnson (Sanford)PDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Sheriff Kevin Joyce (Maine Sheriffs Association)PDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Sheriff Kevin Joyce (Maine Sheriffs Association)PDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Michael Kebede (ACLU of Maine)PDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Peter Lehman (Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition)PDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Nina Milliken (Maine State Legislature)PDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Jason Moen (Maine Chiefs of Police Association)PDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Dorothy Odell (Restorative Justice Project Maine)PDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Tess Parks (ME-RAP)PDF
 - Testimony on Apr 07, 2025 by Laura Yustak (Criminal Law Advisory Commission)PDF
 
Sources
    
    - https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?ld=421&SessionID=16
 - https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/sponsors.asp?ID=280096264
 - https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/subjects.asp?ID=280096264
 - https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?ld=421&PID=1456&snum=132
 - https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280096264
 
