LD1010 • 2025

An Act to Amend the State's Vehicle Inspection Law by Requiring Inspections Biennially

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Sponsor: Representative Chad Perkins
Last action: 2025-06-02
Official status: Reports Read On motion by Senator NANGLE of Cumberland the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act to Amend the State's Vehicle Inspection Law by Requiring Inspections Biennially

An Act to Amend the State's Vehicle Inspection Law by Requiring Inspections Biennially Sponsor: Representative Chad Perkins Reference committee: Transportation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

An Act to Amend the State's Vehicle Inspection Law by Requiring Inspections Biennially Sponsor: Representative Chad Perkins Reference committee: Transportation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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C-A (H-336)

Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1543(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

Page 1 - 132LR1543(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
1010 2 Date: (Filing No.
H- ) 3TRANSPORTATION 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

2025-06-02 House
Reports READ . On motion of Representative CRAFTS of Newcastle, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-06-02 Senate
Reports Read On motion by Senator NANGLE of Cumberland the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
2025-05-29 Committee
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM
2025-05-08 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-05-08 Committee
Voted; Divided Report
2025-03-11 Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Amend the State's Vehicle Inspection Law by Requiring Inspections Biennially
Sponsor:
Representative Chad Perkins
Reference committee:
Transportation
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1010
H.P. 657 House of Representatives, March 11, 2025
An Act to Amend the State's Vehicle Inspection Law by Requiring
Inspections Biennially
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative PERKINS of Dover-Foxcroft.
Cosponsored by Representatives: ALBERT of Madawaska, CHAPMAN of Auburn,
GREENWOOD of Wales, LANCE of Paris, MASON of Lisbon, WHITE of Guilford, Senator:
HICKMAN of Kennebec.

Page 1 - 132LR1543(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1751, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and
3 affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:
41. Inspection required. Except as provided in this chapter or section 2307, subsection
5 1, a motor vehicle required to be registered in this State must have an annual inspection
6 every other year. A person may have a motor vehicle inspected more frequently.
7Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §1751, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 786, §1, is
8 amended to read:
92-A. Enhanced inspection. Beginning January 1, 1999, a motor vehicle that is
10 required to be registered in Cumberland County and that is subject to inspection pursuant
11 to subsection 1 must have an annual enhanced inspection every other year. The following
12 equipment is subject to inspection:
13 A. Equipment subject to inspection pursuant to subsection 2;
14 B. The fuel tank cap on 1974 and subsequent models of gasoline-powered vehicles;
15 and
16 C. The on-board diagnostic system on 1996 and subsequent models.
17 A motor vehicle that is not required to be registered in Cumberland County may have an
18 enhanced inspection under this subsection.
19SUMMARY
20 This bill provides that a motor vehicle required to be registered must have an inspection
21 every other year. Current law requires an annual inspection.
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