Maine 131st Legislature (2023-2024) Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 2 D · 1 R cosponsors

LD 639 — An Act To Protect Vehicle Buyers By Limiting Vehicle Document Preparation Fees

Last action — Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 131st Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. On motion by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence

  3. Reports Read

  4. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  5. Subsequently, on further motion of same Representative the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

  6. (Yeas 32 - Nays 101 - Absent 17 - Excused 0 - Vacant 1)

  7. ROLL CALL NO. 90

  8. Motion of Representative WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor to ACCEPT the Minority Ought to Pass as Amended Report FAILED.

  9. Speaker laid before the House

  10. Later today assigned.

  11. On motion of Representative TERRY of Gorham, TABLED pending ACCEPTANCE of Either Report.

  12. Reports READ.

  13. Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM

  14. Voted - Divided Report

  15. Work Session Held

  16. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION in concurrence

  17. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  18. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION.

  19. Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 75 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

ACC MIN OTP AS AMENDED REP

Failed 32 Yea · 101 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 242703
Republican 14806
Unaffiliated 62508
Unenrolled 0100
Independent 1000
Total 32101017
% of votes cast 21%67%0%11%
How each member voted (150)
Member Party Vote
ANDREWS of Paris — Nay
BOYLE of Gorham — Nay
CARMICHAEL of Greenbush — Nay
CLOUTIER of Lewiston — Nay
COLLINGS of Portland — Nay
COSTAIN of Plymouth — Not Voting
CRAVEN of Lewiston — Nay
DAVIS of East Machias — Nay
DUNPHY of Embden — Nay
FAY of Raymond — Nay
GALLETTA of Durham — Not Voting
HOBBS of Wells — Nay
JAUCH of Topsham — Yea
JAVNER of Chester — Nay
LANDRY of Farmington — Nay
LaROCHELLE of Augusta — Nay
MADIGAN of Waterville — Nay
MILLETT of Waterford — Not Voting
MILLETT of Waterford — Yea
MORIARTY of Cumberland — Nay
NESS of Fryeburg — Nay
NEWMAN of Belgrade — Nay
O'CONNELL of Brewer — Nay
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
PAULHUS of Bath — Nay
PERRY of Calais — Nay
PERRY of Bangor — Nay
POLEWARCZYK of Wiscasset — Nay
PRINGLE of Windham — Not Voting
RECKITT of South Portland — Yea
RISEMAN of Harrison — Not Voting
RUSSELL of Verona Island — Nay
SAMPSON of Alfred — Not Voting
SHAW of Auburn — Not Voting
SHEEHAN of Biddeford — Yea
WHITE of Waterville — Nay
WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor — Nay
WORTH of Ellsworth — Yea
ZEIGLER of Montville — Not Voting
Adam Lee Democrat Nay
Allison Hepler Democrat Nay
Ambureen Rana Democrat Yea
Amy Kuhn Democrat Nay
Amy Roeder Democrat Yea
Ann Matlack Democrat Yea
Anne Graham Democrat Nay
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Nay
Arthur Bell Democrat Yea
Charles Skold Democrat Nay
Cheryl Golek Democrat Yea
Christopher Kessler Democrat Yea
Daniel Ankeles Democrat Yea
Daniel Sayre Democrat Nay
Daniel Shagoury Democrat Nay
Deqa Dhalac Democrat Yea
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Grayson Lookner Democrat Yea
Holly Eaton Democrat Yea
Holly Sargent Democrat Nay
Holly Stover Democrat Nay
James Dill Democrat Nay
Janice Dodge Democrat Nay
Karen Montell Democrat Nay
Kelly Murphy Democrat Nay
Kristi Mathieson Democrat Yea
Laura Supica Democrat Yea
Laurie Osher Democrat Yea
Lori Gramlich Democrat Yea
Lydia Crafts Democrat Nay
Lynn Copeland Democrat Nay
Mana Abdi Democrat Nay
Marc Malon Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Nay
Melanie Sachs Democrat Not Voting
Michael Brennan Democrat Yea
Michel Lajoie Democrat Not Voting
Michele Meyer Democrat Nay
Morgan Rielly Democrat Not Voting
Nina Milliken Democrat Yea
Parnell Terry Democrat Nay
Poppy Arford Democrat Yea
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Yea
Sally Cluchey Democrat Yea
Samuel Zager Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Suzanne Salisbury Democrat Yea
Tavis Hasenfus Democrat Nay
Tiffany Roberts Democrat Nay
Traci Gere Democrat Nay
Valli Geiger Democrat Nay
Victoria Doudera Democrat Nay
Walter Runte Democrat Nay
William Bridgeo Democrat Nay
William Pluecker Independent Yea
Abigail Griffin Republican Nay
Amanda Collamore Republican Nay
Amy Arata Republican Nay
Ann Fredericks Republican Nay
Barbara Bagshaw Republican Nay
Benjamin Hymes Republican Nay
Billy Bob Faulkingham Republican Nay
Caldwell Jackson Republican Not Voting
Chad Perkins Republican Nay
David Boyer Republican Nay
David G. Haggan Republican Nay
David Woodsome Republican Nay
Dean Cray Republican Nay
Donald Ardell Republican Yea
Gary Drinkwater Republican Nay
Gregory Swallow Republican Nay
Irene Gifford Republican Nay
James Thorne Republican Nay
James White Republican Nay
Jeffrey Adams Republican Not Voting
Jennifer Poirier Republican Nay
John Ducharme Republican Nay
Joseph Underwood Republican Nay
Joshua Morris Republican Nay
Katrina Smith Republican Nay
Kimberly Pomerleau Republican Nay
Laurel Libby Republican Nay
Lucas Lanigan Republican Nay
Mark Babin Republican Nay
Mark Blier Republican Nay
Mark Walker Republican Nay
Michael Lemelin Republican Nay
Michael Soboleski Republican Nay
Nancy Theriault Republican Nay
Nathan Carlow Republican Nay
Rachel Henderson Republican Nay
Randall Greenwood Republican Nay
Randall Hall Republican Not Voting
Reagan Paul Republican Nay
Richard Campbell Republican Not Voting
Richard Mason Republican Nay
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Nay
Robert Nutting Republican Nay
Roger Albert Republican Nay
Scott W. Cyrway Republican Nay
Sheila Lyman Republican Nay
Shelley Rudnicki Republican Nay
Stephen Wood Republican Not Voting
Steven Foster Republican Nay
Tammy Schmersal-Burgess Republican Nay
Thomas Lavigne Republican Nay
Tiffany Strout Republican Nay
Timothy Guerrette Republican Not Voting
Tracy Quint Republican Nay
Wayne Parry Republican Nay
W. Crockett Unenrolled Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 639?
LD 639 is sponsored by Lynne WILLIAMS, Billy Bob Faulkingham (Republican), Joseph M. Baldacci (Democrat), and Amy Roeder (Democrat).
What is the current status of LD 639?
This bill died with 131st Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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