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LD1318 • 2025

An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to Safeguard Services for Legal Residents

An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to Safeguard Services for Legal Residents

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Sponsor
Senator Susan Bernard
Last action
2025-06-16
Official status
Reports Read On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 559 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Sent down for concurrence
Effective date
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An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to Safeguard Services for Legal Residents

An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to Safeguard Services for Legal Residents Sponsor: Senator Susan Bernard Reference committee: Judiciary Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to Safeguard Services for Legal Residents Sponsor: Senator Susan Bernard Reference committee: Judiciary Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR2281(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR2281(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1318 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3JUDICIARY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-16 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative KUHN of Falmouth, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . ROLL CALL NO. 532 (Yeas 78 - Nays 70 - Absent 1 - Excused 2) In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. Placed in the Legislative Files. ( DEAD )

  2. 2025-06-16 Senate

    Reports Read On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 559 Yeas 21 - Nays 13 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Sent down for concurrence

  3. 2025-06-13 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-05-16 Committee

    Work Session Reconsidered

  5. 2025-05-16 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-04-15 Committee

    Work Session Held

  7. 2025-04-15 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  8. 2025-03-27 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to Safeguard Services for Legal Residents
Sponsor:
Senator Susan Bernard
Reference committee:
Judiciary
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1318
S.P. 548 In Senate, March 27, 2025
An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to
Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to Safeguard Services for
Legal Residents
Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BERNARD of Aroostook.
Cosponsored by Representative DUCHARME of Madison and
Senators: HARRINGTON of York, STEWART of Aroostook, Representative: ARATA of
New Gloucester.

Page 1 - 132LR2281(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3110, sub-§3, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 643, Pt. FF, §1, is
3 amended to read:
4 A. Collecting and analyzing relevant data, including but not limited to systematically
5 collecting and maintaining data on the immigration status of individuals served or
6 supported by the activities of the Office of New Americans and collecting and
7 analyzing data on the outcomes for individuals seeking asylum, including the status
8 and resolution of asylum claims, in order to understand immigration trends and support
9 service delivery;
10SUMMARY
11 This bill requires the Office of New Americans within the Office of Policy Innovation
12 and the Future to systematically collect and maintain data on the immigration status of
13 individuals served or supported by the activities of the office and collect and analyze data
14 on the outcomes for individuals seeking asylum, including the status and resolution of
15 asylum claims, in order to understand immigration trends and support service delivery.
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