An Act Concerning Sex Offender Registry Infonnation
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1317
Committee Amendment CA_A_H466 (House)
Amends: 34-A MRSA §1, 34-A MRSA §11221

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 963, L.D. 1317, Bill, "An Act 
Concerning Sex Offender Registry Infonnation " 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and insetting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 34-A MRSA §1l221, sub-§9-A is enacted to read: 
9-A. 
Registry information. 
Except as provided in subsection 9, registry 
infonnation created, collected or maintained by the bureau, including, but not limited to, 
infonnation relating to the identity of persons accessing the registry, is confidential. 
Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §11221, sub-§10, as amended by PL 2003, c. 711, Pt. C, 
§20 and affected by Pt. D, §2, is further amended to read: 
10. Registrant access to information. Pursuant to Title 16, section 620, the The 
bureau shall provide all information described in subsection 1, paragraphs A to F to a 
registrant who requests that person's own infonnation. The process for access and review 
of that information is governed by Title 16, section 620. 
Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §1l221, sub-§13 is enacted to read: 
13. 
Access to registrant information existing in electronic form restricted. 
Notwithstanding Title 1, chapter 13: 
A. 
Except as made available to the public through the bureau's Internet website 
pursuant to subsection 9, the bureau may not disseminate in electronic form 
infonnation about a registrant that is created, collected or maintained in electronic 
fonn by or for the bureau; and 
B. Except as made available to the public through an Internet website maintained by 
a law enforcement agency pursuant to subsection 12, a law enforcement agency may 
not disseminate in electronic fonn infonnation about a registrant that is collected or 
maintained in electronic fonn by or for the law enforcement agency.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" ~ 
"to H.P. 963, LD. 1317 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. 
This amendment provides that sex offender registry information created, collected or 
maintained by the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police, State Bureau of 
Identification, except for the basic information about registrants that is posted on the 
Internet or provided to requestors by the bureau pursuant to law, is confidentiaL Registry 
information that is designated as confidential includes, but is not limited to, information 
relating to the identity of persons accessing the registry. Information listed in the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 34-A, section 11221, subsection 9 remains public. 
This amendment revises the law concerning a registrant's ability to access the 
registrant's own information. Information listed in Title 34-A, section 11221, subsection 
1, paragraphs A to F about the registrant must be provided to the registrant upon request 
The process for accessing and reviewing the infonnation is governed by Title 16, section 
620. 
This amendment prohibits the dissemination in electronic fonn of information about a 
registrant that is created, collected or maintained by or for the State Bureau of 
Identification or a law enforcement agency, with the exception of information made 
available to the public through an Internet website maintained by the bureau or by the law 
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enforcement agency. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT