LD 160 Maine House · 132nd Legislature (2025-2026)

An Act To Eliminate Real Id Requirements In Maine

This bill repeals Maine's ability to issue driver's licenses and nondriver ID cards that meet the federal REAL ID standards. It directly affects Maine residents who currently need REAL ID-compliant cards for domestic air travel or accessing federal facilities. The key change eliminates the state's option to provide these federally compliant IDs, reverting to standard non-REAL ID cards. This means Mainers will no longer have the choice to obtain a card meeting federal security standards under this law.
Bill status failed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action May 27, 2025
Floor votes · House May 22, 2025

How they voted

9831
Passed · 7 other
Total votes 136
May 22, 2025
D Democratic66
60 Yea 5 Nay 1
90% Yea
I Independent3
3 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican67
35 Yea 26 Nay 6
52% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
3
Committee
5
May 22, 2025
Committee
On motion of Representative CRAFTS of Newcastle, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.
lower
May 22, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (98-31-7)
house
May 20, 2025
Legislature · Passed
Reported Out - ONTP/OTP-AM
legislature
Jan 14, 2025
Committee
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION in concurrence
upper
Jan 14, 2025
Committee
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TRANSPORTATION.
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

Sponsors