An Act To Ensure the Confidentiality of Concealed Weapons Pennit Holder Information
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0345
Committee Amendment CA_B_H90 (House)
Amends: 25 MRSA §2006

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "B" to H.P. 250, L.D, 345, Bill, "An Act To 
Ensure the Confidentiality of Concealed Weapons Pennit Holder Information" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act Concerning Concealed Handgun Permit Holder Personal Information' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2006, as amended by PL 2011, c. 662, §15, is repealed and the 
following enacted in its place: 
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§2006. Access to information and proceedings 
1. Application, refusals and collected information; proceedings. All applications 
for a permit to carry concealed handguns and documents made a part of the application, 
refusals and any information of record collected by the issuing authority during the 
process of ascertaining whether an applicant is of good moral character and meets the 
additional requirements of sections 2003 and 2005 are confidential and are not public 
records for the purposes of Title 1, chapter 13, subchapter 1. The applicant may waive 
this confidentiality by written notice to the issuing authority. All proceedings relating to 
the issuance, refusal, suspension or revocation of a permit to carry concealed handguns 
are not public proceedings under Title 1, chapter 13, unless otherwise requested by the 
applicant. 
2. Permanent record of permit. The issuing authority shall make a permanent 
record of each permit to carry concealed handguns in a suitable book or file kept for that 
purpose. The record must include the information contained in the permit itself. Except 
for information described in subsection 3, the permanent record about individual permit 
holders is a public record with the following restrictions. 
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A. The issuing authority shall provide infonnation upon rCCluest about whether a 
permit has been issued to a named individual or to any individual at a specific 
address. 
B. A requester is limited to one requcst under paragraph A per day. 
3. Protected concealed handgun permit holders. Infonnation about the following 
permit holders is confidential and may not bc released under subsection 2 if the permit 
holder has stated in the application the following: 
A. The applicant's life or safety may be endangered by disclosure because: 
(1) The applicant is an active or retired law enforcement officer or corrections 
officer; 
(2) The applicant is an active or retired state or federal magistrate, judge or 
justice; 
(3) The applicant is or was a prosecuting attorney; 
(4) The applicant is protected by a currently valid protection from abuse order; 
(5) The applicant is or was a witness in a criminal proceeding involving a 
criminal charge: or 
(6) 
The applicant is participating or previously participated as a juror in a 
criminal proceeding or is or was a member of a grand jury; 
B. The applicant has reason to believe that the applicant's life or safety may be 
endangered by disclosure due to reasons stated by the applicant in an affidavit: or 
C. 
The applicant has reason to believe that the applicant may be subject to 
unwarranted harassment upon disclosure of such information. 
This subsection does not prohibit access to the information by law enforcement officers 
within the scope of their official duties. 
Sec. 2. Statistical information; plan; report. In order to provide meaningful 
statistical information about concealed handgun permits in this State, the Chief of the 
State Police shall prepare a plan that meets the requirements of this section. The Chief of 
the State Police shall submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice 
and Public Safety no later than January 15, 2014 that contains the plan along with any 
proposed implementing legislation. The Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice 
and Public Safety may report out legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 126th 
Legislature upon receipt of the report. The plan must include the following elements. 
1. Statistical information. The plan must propose a process that results in the 
availability of statistical information about concealed handgun permits in this State. The 
information must include at a minimum the following data: 
A. About the permitting process: 
(1) The number of permit applications; 
(2) The number of permits issued; 
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(3) The number of applications refused or denied; and 
(4) The number of suspensions and revocations; and 
B. About applicants and permit holders: 
(1) Gender; 
(2) Age, in 5-year or 10-year ranges; and 
(3) Municipality or zip code of residence. 
The proposal may include any additional data that may be useful in the analysis of 
concealed handgun permits and the issuing process, as long as personally identifying 
information about applicants or permit holders protected under the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 25, section 2006, subsection 3 is not disclosed as a public record. The plan 
must include appropriate reporting periods. 
2. Permit. The Chief of the State Police shall review the fonn of the pennit used by 
issuing authorities and detennine if a single model pennit fonn would be desirable. The 
plan may include a model permit, which tnay include the integration of a photograph. 
The plan may recommend the use of a model pennit as either advisory or mandatory for 
all issuing authorities. 
3. Statewide information. The plan must include a process for identifying and 
collecting infonnation from all issuing authorities to provide complete statewide 
statistical infonnation as required in subsection 1. The Chief of the State Police shall 
invite issuing authorities to provide suggestions and comments. The plan may eliminate 
the responsibility of municipal issuing authorities to make infonnation available to the 
public if the identical infonnation is available from a central state source. The plan must 
provide for the public availability of statistical infonnation and must provide for an 
annual report of statewide statistical information. 
4. Additional information and recommendations. The Chief of the State Police 
may include in the report any additional infonnation or recommendations that the chief 
detennines may be useful to the Legislature in addressing issues concerning concealed 
handgun permits.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary. 
This amendment replaces the bill and deletes the emergency preamble and emergency 
clause. 
This amendment clarifies the current law concerning the confidentiality of concealed 
handgun pennit infonnation. It also provides that the permanent record that an issuing 
authority is required to make when issuing a concealed handgun pennit is a public record, 
except that the personally identifying infonnation about certain individuals may be 
protected from disclosure upon request. Infonnation about the following pennit holders 
is confidential and may not be released if the pennit holder stated in the application the 
following: 
1. The applicant's life or safety may be endangered by disclosure because: 
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to H.P. 250, L.D. 345 
A. 
The applicant is an active or retired law enforcement officer or corrections 
officer; 
B. The applicant is an active or retired state or federal magistrate, judge or justice; 
C. The applicant is or was a prosecuting attorney; 
D. The applicant is protected by a currently valid protection from abuse order; 
E. The applicant is or was a witness in a criminal proceeding involving a criminal 
charge; or 
F. The applicant is participating or previously participated as a juror in a criminal 
proceeding or is or was a member of a grand jury; 
2. The applicant has reason to believe that the applicant's life or safety may be 
endangered by disclosure due to rc::t';uns stated by the applicant in an affidavit; or 
3. 
The applicant has reason to believe that the applicant may be subject to 
unwarranted harassment upon disclosure of such information. 
The amendment directs the Chief of the State Police to develop a plan for the 
availability of statistical information about concealed handgun permits and the issuing 
process. 
The Chief of the State Police shall submit a report to the Joint Standing 
Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety no later than January 15, 2014 that 
contains the plan along with any proposed implementing legislation. The Joint Standing 
Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety may report out legislation to the Second 
Regular Session of the 126th Leg~slature upon receipt of the report. The plan must 
address specific data elements, whdher a model permit would be desirable and a process 
to collect and make available statewide statistics and may include any other information 
or recommendations concerning issues about concealed handgun permits. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 04/09113 frac. 
LD345 
LR 880(03) 
An Act To Ensure the Confidentiality of Concealed Weapons Permit Holder Information 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment:f; l H-9D) 
Committee: Judiciary 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Public Safety associated with manually redacting concealed handgun permit 
information, preparing the required plan and reporting the results can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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