An Act to Improve Work and Family Mobility by Altering and Removing Certain Requirements for Driver's Licenses and Nondriver Identification Cards
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1138
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: TALBOT ROSS, CHIPMAN, RANA, WILLIAMS, TIPPING
Amends: 29-A MRSA §1301, 29-A MRSA §1406-A, 29-A MRSA §1410

Legislative Document
No. 1138
H.P. 724
House of Representatives, March 13, 2023
An Act to Improve Work and Family Mobility by Altering and 
Removing Certain Requirements for Driver's Licenses and 
Nondriver Identification Cards
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Speaker TALBOT ROSS of Portland.
Cosponsored by Senator CHIPMAN of Cumberland and
Representatives: RANA of Bangor, WILLIAMS of Bar Harbor, Senator: TIPPING of 
Penobscot.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  29-A MRSA §1301, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 2017, c. 27, §2 and 
affected by §10, is repealed.
Sec. 2.  29-A MRSA §1301, sub-§6, as repealed and replaced by PL 2005, c. 250, 
§2, is amended to read:
6.  Social security number.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 
contrary, the social security number of any applicant for a license or nondriver 
identification card must be recorded on the application, and the Secretary of State may not 
issue a license or nondriver identification card to a person who does not possess and provide 
a valid social security number.  The Secretary of State shall collect, store and verify the 
social security number of an applicant for a license or nondriver identification card and 
may use that number to establish a permanent license number or nondriver identification 
number.  This subsection does not apply to a person who provides written proof to the 
Secretary of State that the person is ineligible to receive a social security number.
Sec. 3.  29-A MRSA §1301, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 469, §1, is repealed 
and the following enacted in its place:
10.  Identity documents.  For the purpose of issuing a license, the Secretary of State 
may accept only identity documents that are unexpired or that do not have an expiration 
date.  An identity document must bear the person's name and date of birth.  An individual 
who presents an identity document that bears a different name shall also present official 
documentation of the name change.
Sec. 4.  29-A MRSA §1406-A, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 381, Pt. B, §25, 
is repealed.
Sec. 5.  29-A MRSA §1410, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:
1-A.  Identity documents.  For the purpose of issuing a nondriver identification card, 
the Secretary of State may accept only identity documents that are unexpired or that do not 
have an expiration date.  An identity document must bear the person's name and date of 
birth.  An individual who presents an identity document that bears a different name shall 
also present official documentation of the name change.
Sec. 6.  29-A MRSA §1410, sub-§8, as amended by PL 2017, c. 27, §6 and affected 
by §10, is repealed.
Sec. 7.  29-A MRSA §1410, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 648, §4, is repealed.
SUMMARY
This bill removes the legal presence requirement to obtain a driver's license or 
nondriver identification card.  The bill removes the requirement that an applicant for a 
driver's license provide written proof that the applicant is ineligible to receive a social 
security number if the applicant is not providing a social security number on the application 
for a driver's license.  The bill repeals provisions that require a driver's license or nondriver 
identification card issued to an applicant who is not a citizen or a legal permanent resident 
of the United States to expire coterminously with the applicant's authorized duration of stay 
or the otherwise applicable expiration date of the license or card, whichever occurs first.  
The bill requires the Secretary of State to accept only identity documents for an applicant 
for a driver's license or nondriver identification card that are unexpired or do not have an 
expiration date.