# Maine LD 1886: An Act to Include Serious Bodily Injury in the Law Governing Motor Vehicle Violations Resulting in Death

Maine LD 1886, An Act to Include Serious Bodily Injury in the Law Governing Motor Vehicle Violations Resulting in Death, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Michael Lemelin (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-06-12 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 302) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Maine LD 1886
- State: Maine
- Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act to Include Serious Bodily Injury in the Law Governing Motor Vehicle Violations Resulting in Death
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-05-01
- Last action: 2025-06-12, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 302
- Sponsor: Michael Lemelin (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, TRAFFIC REGULATIONS - CELL PHONE USE
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (108 yes, 32 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Fines and suspensions for severe crashes: cost, medium. Courts can fine up to $5,000 for this civil violation. Judges may let community service cover any portion of the fine. A license suspension is required: at least 14 days and up to 4 years.
- New civil offense for deadly or severe crashes: mixed, low. The law makes it a civil offense if you cause someone's death or serious bodily injury while breaking a traffic rule. The state must prove the traffic infraction caused the harm. Courts use Maine’s standard in Title 17-A, section 33 to decide causation. Serious bodily injury has the same meaning as…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Michael Lemelin (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-05 | House | ACC MAJ OTP AS AMENDED REP | pass | 108 | 32 |   |

## Actions (6)

- 2025-06-12: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 302
- 2025-06-09: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (Senate)
- 2025-06-09: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)
- 2025-06-05: Reports ReadOn motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. Bill READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (H-497) READ and ADOPTED Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-497) in concurrence (Senate)
- 2025-06-05: Reports READ.On motion of Representative HASENFUS of Readfield, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.ROLL CALL NO. 342(Yeas 108 - Nays 32 - Absent 9 - Excused 2)The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-497) was READ and ADOPTED.Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-497). Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House)
- 2025-05-01: Received by the Clerk of the House on May 1, 2025.The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. (House)

## Bill text

- Amendment C-A (H-497), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1257&item=2&snum=132)
- Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1257&item=3&snum=132)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1257&item=1&snum=132)

## Related bills

- LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program (failed)
- LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (failed)
- LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families (failed)
- LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (failed)
- LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State Employees (failed)
- LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (failed)

## Sources
- [Amendment C-A (H-497), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1257&item=2&snum=132)
- [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1257&item=3&snum=132)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1257&item=1&snum=132)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1886-132 (as of 2026-10-17).