# Maine LD 1828: An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Right to Know Advisory Committee Concerning Public Records Exceptions Maine LD 1828, An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Right to Know Advisory Committee Concerning Public Records Exceptions, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-23 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 111); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1828-132 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maine LD 1828 - State: Maine - Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Right to Know Advisory Committee Concerning Public Records Exceptions - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-04-29 - Last action: 2025-05-23, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 111 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: FREEDOM OF ACCESS, FREEDOM OF ACCESS - PUBLIC RECORDS - Touches household money: yes - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Concealed carry records kept private: benefit, low. 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… - Museum research and personal histories private: benefit, low. 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… - Government hiring files public, contacts private: mixed, low. 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… - Privacy for licensed pros and patients: mixed, low. 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 h… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Actions (7) - 2025-05-23: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 111 - 2025-05-21: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (Senate) - 2025-05-20: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2025-05-13: 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. (Senate) - 2025-05-07: 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. (House) - 2025-04-29: 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. (Senate) - 2025-04-29: 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. (House) ## Bill text - Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1223&item=3&snum=132) - Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1223&item=1&snum=132) ## Related bills - LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program (failed) - LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families (failed) - LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (failed) - LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (failed) - LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State Employees (failed) - LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit (failed) ## Sources - [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1223&item=3&snum=132) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1223&item=1&snum=132) ## Related - [LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1522-132) - [LD 1665: An Act to Provide Property Tax Relief to Maine Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1665-132) - [LD 1872: An Act to Reinvest in the Pension Funds of the Maine Public Employees Retiremen…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1872-132) - [LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2067-132) - [LD 1611: An Act to Decrease the Retirement Contributions Required for Teachers and State…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1611-132) - [LD 1294: An Act to Expand the Dependent Exemption Tax Credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1294-132) - [Maine bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine/bills) - [Maine state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/maine) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD1828-132 (as of 2026-10-17).