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LD1411 • 2025

An Act to Modify the Laws Regarding Driver's License Applications

An Act to Modify the Laws Regarding Driver's License Applications

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Daniel Ankeles
Last action
2025-05-30
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Modify the Laws Regarding Driver's License Applications

An Act to Modify the Laws Regarding Driver's License Applications Sponsor: Representative Daniel Ankeles Reference committee: Transportation Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Modify the Laws Regarding Driver's License Applications Sponsor: Representative Daniel Ankeles Reference committee: Transportation Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-05-30 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-27 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-27 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-05-16 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP/ONTP

  5. 2025-05-08 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-08 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-04-01 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Modify the Laws Regarding Driver's License Applications
Sponsor:
Representative Daniel Ankeles
Reference committee:
Transportation
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1735(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 933 - L.D. 1411
An Act to Modify the Laws Regarding Driver's License Applications
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1251, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 687, §14, is
further amended to read:
1-A. Residents required to obtain license. Within 30 days of becoming a resident
of this State, a person shall apply to obtain a license in accordance with section 1301.
Except as provided in section 510, subsection 1, a person who fails to comply with the
requirement of this subsection and operates a motor vehicle on a public way or parking
area commits: a traffic infraction. If the person has been a resident for at least 90 days the
penalty is a fine of not less than $150 and not more than $500.
A. A traffic infraction if the person has been a resident for less than 90 days; or
B. A Class E crime if the person has been a resident for at least 90 days.
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §1301, sub-§6, as repealed and replaced by PL 2005, c. 250,
§2, is amended to read:
6. Social security number. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the social
security number of any applicant for a license or nondriver identification card must be
recorded on the application, and the Secretary of State may not issue a license or nondriver
identification card to a person who does not possess and provide a valid social security
number. The Secretary of State shall collect, store and verify the social security number of
an applicant for a license or nondriver identification card and may use that number to
establish a permanent license number or nondriver identification number. This subsection
does not apply to a person who provides written proof to the Secretary of State that the
person is legally ineligible to receive a social security number.
APPROVED
MAY 30, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
165
PUBLIC LAW