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An Act to Require Parental Permission for Certain Surveys and Questionnaires Administered to Minors in Schools

An Act to Require Parental Permission for Certain Surveys and Questionnaires Administered to Minors in Schools

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Sponsor
Representative Sheila Lyman
Last action
2025-06-02
Official status
Reports READ. On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 278 Yeas 19 - Nays 15 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
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An Act to Require Parental Permission for Certain Surveys and Questionnaires Administered to Minors in Schools

An Act to Require Parental Permission for Certain Surveys and Questionnaires Administered to Minors in Schools Sponsor: Representative Sheila Lyman Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Require Parental Permission for Certain Surveys and Questionnaires Administered to Minors in Schools Sponsor: Representative Sheila Lyman Reference committee: Education and Cultural Affairs Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1513(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1513(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 919 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS 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. 2025-06-02 Senate

    Reports READ. On motion by Senator RAFFERTY of York The Majority Ought Not To Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. PREVAILED Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 278 Yeas 19 - Nays 15 - Excused 1 - Absent 0 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-05-29 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative MURPHY of Scarborough, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . ROLL CALL NO. 235 (Yeas 76 - Nays 67 - Absent 8 - Excused 0) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-28 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-05-02 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-05-02 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-03-05 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Require Parental Permission for Certain Surveys and Questionnaires Administered to Minors in Schools
Sponsor:
Representative Sheila Lyman
Reference committee:
Education and Cultural Affairs
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 919
H.P. 584 House of Representatives, March 11, 2025
An Act to Require Parental Permission for Certain Surveys and
Questionnaires Administered to Minors in Schools
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 5, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Education and Cultural Affairs pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to
Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative LYMAN of Livermore Falls.
Cosponsored by Senator TIMBERLAKE of Androscoggin and
Representatives: DAIGLE of Fort Kent, DRINKWATER of Milford, EDER of Waterboro,
FREDERICKS of Sanford, GRIFFIN of Levant, HAGGAN of Hampden, SOBOLESKI of
Phillips, Senator: LIBBY of Cumberland.

Page 1 - 132LR1513(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §6001-D is enacted to read:
3§6001-D. Surveys and questionnaires; parental permission
4 A public school, public charter school or private school approved for tuition purposes
5 may not administer to a student who is a minor a survey or questionnaire that asks or
6 identifies the student's full name without affirmative written permission from the student's
7 parent.
8SUMMARY
9 This bill prohibits a public school, public charter school or private school approved for
10 tuition purposes from administering to a student who is a minor a survey or questionnaire
11 that asks or identifies the student's full name without affirmative written permission from
12 the student's parent.
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