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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1360H.P. 883 House of Representatives, April 1, 2025
An Act to Preserve Traditional Driver's Licenses and Nondriver
Identification Cards
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 28, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Transportation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative BOYER of Poland.
Cosponsored by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot and
Representatives: CHAPMAN of Auburn, LEE of Auburn, MASON of Lisbon, MILLIKEN of
Blue Hill, PARRY of Arundel, ROEDER of Bangor, SUPICA of Bangor, WHITE of Guilford. Page 1 - 132LR1682(01)
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2 as enacted by PL 2017, c. 27, §1 and affected by §10,
3 is amended to read:
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5 The Secretary of State may issue, upon request of the applicant, a driver's license under
6 this subchapter or a nondriver identification card under section 1410 that meets the
7 standards of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005, Public Law 109-13. A person may not hold
8 a REAL ID compliant driver's license simultaneously with another license with the same
9 class or restriction indicated on the license. The Secretary of State shall provide an option
10 for the applicant to be issued a driver's license under this subchapter or a nondriver
11 identification card under section 1410 that does not meet the standards of the federal REAL
12 ID Act of 2005 and that is valid for all state identification requirements.
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14 This bill requires the Secretary of State to provide the option for an applicant to be
15 issued a driver's license or a nondriver identification card that does not meet the standards
16 of the federal REAL ID Act of 2005 and that is valid for all state identification
17 requirements.
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