# Maine LD 2236: An Act Regarding Public Records Maintained by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Maine LD 2236, An Act Regarding Public Records Maintained by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, is a 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-13 (Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 692) (as of 2026-10-18). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2236-132 - As of: 2026-10-18 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Maine LD 2236 - State: Maine - Session: 132nd Maine Legislature (2025-2026) - Title: An Act Regarding Public Records Maintained by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-03-17 - Last action: 2026-04-13, Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 692 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE DEPT, INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE DEPT - ADMINISTRATION - Touches household money: no - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Record requesters can face uncapped fees: cost, low. The Department may charge reasonable fees for individual records and whole or partial databases. The Bureau of Warden Service may also charge reasonable fees for snowmobile and ATV crash data. Requesters pay these costs, and copy charges are exempt from the usual limits in Maine’s public-records fe… - Criminal penalties cover crash reporting violations: cost, low. The law establishes Class E crimes tied to reportable snowmobile and ATV crashes. Knowingly failing to provide a correct name and address when an involved operator requests them at the scene is a crime. Operators and owners must produce the involved vehicle when the investigating officer requests i… - Snowmobile and ATV crash records restricted: mixed, low. Snowmobile and ATV crash reports, statements, and related decisions are confidential. They generally cannot be trial evidence about the crash, except to prove compliance with the reporting law. The Game Warden Colonel may release the crash date, time, and location. The Colonel may also release name… - Wildlife records gain privacy, retain exceptions: mixed, low. Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife must protect personal details in its paper and electronic records. Covered records include licenses, permits, registrations, harvest records, applications, and business records. Protected details include Social Security numbers, birth dates, drive… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - (none) ## Actions (7) - 2026-04-13: Signed by Governor, ACTPUB Chapter 692 - 2026-04-09: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (Senate) - 2026-04-08: PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2026-04-08: Reports READOn motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. READ ONCE Committee Amendment "A" (H-976) READ House Amendment "A" (H-994) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-986) READ and ADOPTED Committee Amendment "A" (H-986) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-994) thereto ADOPTED Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-986) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-994) thereto in concurrence. (Senate) - 2026-04-07: Reports READ.On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-986) was READ.On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, House Amendment "A" (H-994) to Committee Amendment "A" (H-986) was READ and ADOPTED.Committee Amendment "A" (H-986) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-994) thereto was ADOPTED. Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-986) as Amended by House Amendment "A" (H-994) thereto.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) - 2026-03-17: Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.On motion by Senator Baldacci of Penobscot REFERRED to Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, in concurrence. (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Representative ROBERTS for the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Resolve 2025, chapter 37, section 6 reports that the Bill be REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE and printed pursuant to Joint Rule 218.Report was READ and ACCEPTED.The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFESent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH. (House) ## Bill text - Amendment C-A (H-986), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1512&item=2&snum=132) - Amendment H-A to C-A (H-994), adopted by House & Senate: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1512&item=3&snum=132) - Enacted: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1512&item=5&snum=132) - Introduced: [PDF](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1512&item=1&snum=132) ## Related bills - LD 1522: An Act to Establish the Maine Eviction Prevention Program (failed) - LD 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan for Retirement (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 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 - [Amendment C-A (H-986), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1512&item=2&snum=132) - [Amendment H-A to C-A (H-994), adopted by House & Senate (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1512&item=3&snum=132) - [Enacted (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1512&item=5&snum=132) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1512&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 2067: An Act to Include Community Mental Health Workers Under the 1998 Special Plan f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/ME-LD2067-132) - [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 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-LD2236-132 (as of 2026-10-18).