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MaineLD 1828132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026)HouseWALLET

An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Right to Know Advisory Committee Concerning Public Records Exceptions

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Signed by Governor

FREEDOM OF ACCESSFREEDOM OF ACCESS - PUBLIC RECORDS

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4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Concealed carry records kept private

Most records for concealed-handgun permits, including applications and refusals, are confidential. Hearings on issuing, denying, suspending, or revoking a permit are private unless you ask for a public hearing. Your town, issue date, and expiration date remain public. Law enforcement and permitting officials can access confidential details for criminal justice and permitting.

Museum research and personal histories private

Draft research, publications, and exhibit materials at the Maine State Museum stay private until they are finished and shown. The Museum Director may allow earlier release. Personal history details about a living person are confidential until the person allows release or dies, and the Director can extend privacy up to 25 years after death.

Government hiring files public, contacts private

After a city or county hires you, your application, résumé, and reference letters become public records. Your personal contact info stays private, and unlisted phone numbers and confidential reference letters are not released. The bureau must keep background information private and can use it only for hiring decisions, contract work with the bureau, or to allow access to federal tax information it holds.

Privacy for licensed pros and patients

If you apply for or hold a professional license, you must list a public work address and phone. Boards keep your home address, phone, and personal email private unless you used them as your public contact. Health details you file are confidential, but boards can share them with other licensing or health authorities for licensing or job decisions. In board settlements, any details that could identify a patient stay private. Private investigation files, federally protected records, and contract security company license applications are confidential, and related hearings are private unless the applicant asks for a public hearing.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

There is no primary sponsor on record.

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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Actions Timeline

  1. Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 111

    5/23/2025

  2. PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.

    5/21/2025Senate

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

    5/20/2025House

  4. Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCEUnder suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED, in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith.

    5/13/2025Senate

  5. CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    5/7/2025House

  6. Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.On motion by Senator Carney of Cumberland REFERRED to the Committee on Judiciary and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218, in concurrence.

    4/29/2025Senate

  7. Representative KUHN for the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 1, section 411, subsection 6, paragraph G reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218.Report was READ and ACCEPTED.The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARYSent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

    4/29/2025House

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