An Act To Prohibit Maine from Participating in a National Identification Card System
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1138
Committee: Judiciary
Sponsors: LANSLEY, MITCHELL, ANNIS, AYOTTE, BEAULIEU, BERRY, BLANCHARD, BLANCHETTE, BLISS, BRYANT, BURNS, CEBRA, CRESSEY, CROCKETT, CROSTHWAITE, CUMMINGS, DRISCOLL, FINCH, GERZOFSKY, GOULD, HAMPER, HARLOW, JOY, KNIGHT, LEWIN, LORING, MAKAS, MAREAN, MILLS, MOORE, MUSE, PATRICK, PEOPLES, PINGREE, PINKHAM, PRATT, PRESCOTT, RECTOR, RINES, ROBINSON, SAMSON, SCHATZ, SIMPSON, THIBODEAU, THOMAS, TREAT, VAUGHAN, WAGNER, WALKER, WATSON, WEAVER, BARTLETT, BENOIT, BOWMAN, BRANNIGAN, BROMLEY, COURTNEY, DIAMOND, DOW, MARRACHE, MARTIN, NUTTING, PERRY, ROTUNDO, SHERMAN, SNOWE-MELLO, STRIMLING, SULLIVAN
Amends: 29-A MRSA §1411

Legislative Document 
No. 1138 
H.P.831 
House of Representati ves, March 7, 2007 
An Act To Prohibit Maine from Participating in a National 
Identification Card System 
Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative LANSLEY of Sabattus. 
Cosponsored by Senator MITCHELL of Kennebec and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: ANNIS of Dover-Foxcroft, AYOTTE of Caswell, BEAULIEU of Auburn, 
BERRY of Bowdoinham, BLANCHARD of Old Town, BLANCHETTE of Bangor, BLISS of 
South Portland, BRYANT of Windham, BURNS of Berwick, CEBRA of Naples, CRA Y of 
Palmyra, CRESSEY of Cornish, CROCKETT of Augusta, CROSTHWAITE of Ellsworth, 
Speaker CUMMINGS of Portland, DRISCOLL of Westbrook, FINCH of Fairfield, 
GERZOFSKY of Brunswick, GOULD of South Berwick, HAMPER of Oxford, HARLOW of 
Portland, JOY of Crystal, KNIGHT of Livermore Falls, LEWIN of Eliot, LORING of the 
Penobscot Nation, MacDONALD of Boothbay, MAKAS of Lewiston, MAREAN of Hollis, 
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McFADDEN of Dennysville, McLEOD of Lee, MILLS of Farmington, MOORE of Standish, 
MUSE of Fryeburg, PATRICK of Rumford, PEOPLES of Westbrook, PINGREE of North 
Haven, PINKHAM of Lexington Township, PRATT of Eddington, PRESCOTT of Topsham, 
RECTOR of Thomaston, RINES of Wiscasset, ROBINSON of Raymond, SAMSON of 
Auburn, SCHATZ of Blue Hill, SIMPSON of Auburn, THIBODEAU of Winterport, 
THOMAS of Ripley, TREAT of Farmingdale, VAUGHAN of Durham, WAGNER of 
Lewiston, WALKER of Lincolnville, WATSON of Bath, WEAVER of York, Senators: 
BARTLETT of Cumberland, BENOIT of Sagadahoc, BOWMAN of York, BRANNIGAN of 
Cumberland, BROMLEY of Cumberland, BRYANT of Oxford, COURTNEY of York. 
DAMON of Hancock, DIAMOND of Cumberland, DOW of Lincoln, MARRACHE of 
Kennebec, MARTIN of Aroostook, McCORMICK of Kennebec, NUTTING of Androscoggin, 
PERRY of Penobscot, ROTUNDO of Androscoggin. SCHNEIDER of Penobscot, SHERMAN 
of Aroostook, SNOWE-MELLO of Androscoggin, STRIMLING of Cumberland, SULLIVAN 
of York. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1411 is enacted to read: 
§1411. Prohibition against participation in a national identification card system 
The State may not participate in a national identification card system and the 
Secretary of State may not amend the procedures for applying for a driver's license or 
nondriver identification card under this chapter in a manner designed to conform to a 
national identification card system. 
SUMMARY 
The bill prohibits the State from participating in a national identification card system.