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An Act to Protect the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information in Records of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Tribal Populations

An Act to Protect the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information in Records of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Tribal Populations

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Last action
2025-06-08
Official status
Became Law without Governor's Signature
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Protect the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information in Records of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Tribal Populations

An Act to Protect the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information in Records of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Tribal Populations Reference committee: Judiciary Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Protect the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information in Records of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Tribal Populations Reference committee: Judiciary Governor action: Became Law without Governor's Signature

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR2466(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR2466(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1826 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3JUDICIARY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-08 Governor

    Became Law without Governor's Signature

  2. 2025-05-27 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-27 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-05-19 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-05-06 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-06 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-04-29 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Protect the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information in Records of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Tribal Populations
Reference committee:
Judiciary
Governor action:
Became Law without Governor's Signature

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR2466(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 1221 - L.D. 1826
An Act to Protect the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information
in Records of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous
and Tribal Populations
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §25012 is enacted to read:
§25012. Confidentiality
Personally identifiable information obtained in furtherance of the commission's duties
pursuant to section 25007, subsection 1, paragraph A is confidential, except that the
executive director may authorize disclosure of personally identifiable information if the
executive director has obtained the consent of the individual to whom the personally
identifiable information applies. "Personally identifiable information" includes, but is not
limited to, name, address, date of birth, e-mail address, Internet protocol address and any
other information that permits the identity of an individual to whom the information applies
to be able to be reasonably inferred or known by either direct or indirect means.
Notwithstanding section 95-C, subsection 1, paragraph C, personally identifiable
information made confidential under this section must remain confidential until the relevant
records have been in existence for 100 years.
LAW WITHOUT
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE

JUNE 8, 2025
CHAPTER
188
PUBLIC LAW