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LD408 • 2025

An Act to Allow Unaccompanied and Emancipated Minors to Access Their Vital Records At No Cost

An Act to Allow Unaccompanied and Emancipated Minors to Access Their Vital Records At No Cost

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Representative Michael Brennan
Last action
2025-06-09
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Allow Unaccompanied and Emancipated Minors to Access Their Vital Records At No Cost

An Act to Allow Unaccompanied and Emancipated Minors to Access Their Vital Records At No Cost Sponsor: Representative Michael Brennan Reference committee: Health and Human Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Allow Unaccompanied and Emancipated Minors to Access Their Vital Records At No Cost Sponsor: Representative Michael Brennan Reference committee: Health and Human Services Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0909(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0909(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 408 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 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. 2025-06-09 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-02 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  3. 2025-05-29 House

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

  4. 2025-05-22 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-03-11 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-03-11 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-02-04 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Allow Unaccompanied and Emancipated Minors to Access Their Vital Records At No Cost
Sponsor:
Representative Michael Brennan
Reference committee:
Health and Human Services
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0909(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 262 - L.D. 408
An Act to Allow Unaccompanied and Emancipated Minors to Access Their
Vital Records At No Cost
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2706, sub-§5-B is enacted to read:
5-B. Disclosure of records regarding certain minors. Certified or noncertified
copies of vital records of an unaccompanied minor or emancipated minor must be made
available to the minor and other individuals in accordance with the requirements of
subsection 5 or, with the written permission of the minor, to the director of an emergency
shelter program, runaway or homeless youth services organization or continuum of care
agency at which the minor is a client, or the director's designee, or to a social worker, school
administrator or teacher providing services to the minor. The state registrar shall make
available the vital records of an unaccompanied minor or emancipated minor to the minor
at no cost. For the purposes of this subsection, "unaccompanied minor" means a person
who has not attained 18 years of age who is not accompanied by a parent or guardian at the
time that the minor makes the request to obtain the minor's vital records or gives written
permission for a person authorized under this subsection to receive the records on the
minor's behalf. For the purposes of this subsection, "emancipated minor" means an
individual ordered emancipated in accordance with Title 15, section 3506-A.
APPROVED
JUNE 9, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
200
PUBLIC LAW