An Act To Prohibit Discrimination against a Person Who Is Not Vaccinated
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0950
Committee Amendment CA_A_H413 (House)
Amends: 5 MRSA §4552, 5 MRSA §4553, 5 MRSA §4554, 5 MRSA §4566, 5 MRSA §4571, 5 MRSA §4572, 5 MRSA §4581, 5 MRSA §4581-A, 5 MRSA §4583, 5 MRSA §4591, 5 MRSA §4592, 5 MRSA §4595, 5 MRSA §4596, 5 MRSA §4601, 5 MRSA §4602, 5 MRSA §4612

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 653, L.D. 950, Bill, "An Act To 
Prohibit Discrimination against a Person Who Is Not Vaccinated" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Prohibit Discrimination on the Basis of Vaccination Status' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §4552, as amended by PL 2005, c. 10, §1, is further amended to 
read: 
§4552. Policy 
To protect the public health, safety and welfare, it is declared to be the policy of this 
State to keep continually in review all practices infringing on the basic human right to a 
life with dignity, and the causes of these practices, so that corrective measures may, 
where possible, be promptly recommended and implemented, and to prevent 
discrimination in employment, housing or access to public accommodations on account 
of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, 
religion, ancestry or national origin; and in employment, discrimination on account of age 
or because of the previous assertion of a claim or right under former Title 39 or Title 
39-A and in housing because of familial status; and to prevent discrimination in the 
extension of credit on account of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, 
vaccination status, religion, ancestry or national origin; and to prevent discrimination in 
education on account of sex, sexual orientation, vaccination status or physical or mental 
disability. 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §4553, sub-§9-A, ,s, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 393, §8, is 
amended to read: 
B. Job restructuring, part-time or modified work schedules, reassignment to a vacant 
position, acquisition or modification of equipment or devices, appropriate adjustment 
or modifications of examinations, training materials or policies, the provision of 
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qualified readers or interpreters and other similar accommodations for individuals 
with disabilities or based on an individual's vaccination status. 
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §4553, sub-§l1 is enacted to read: 
11. Vaccination status. "Vaccination status" means a person's medical history 
concerning immunization through the administration of one or more vaccines. 
"Vaccination status" may relate to whether the person has received a single identified 
vaccine, multiple identified vaccines or vaccines in general. 
Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §4554, sub-§5 is enacted to read: 
5. Vaccination status. Although the vaccination status of an individual is not a 
physical disability, the legal analysis applied to discrimination claims based on the 
vaccination status of an individual or the vaccination status of an individual's minor child 
is the same as that applied to physical disability claims. 
Sec. 5. 5 MRSA §4566, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2005, c. 10, §7, is further 
amended to read: 
6. Advisory groups. To create local or statewide advisory agencies and conciliation 
councils to aid in effectuating the purposes of this Act. The commission may study or 
may empower these agencies and councils to study the problems of discrimination in all 
or specific fields of human relationships when based on race or color, sex, sexual 
orientation, vaccination status, physical or mental disability, religion, age, ancestry or 
national origin, and foster good will among the groups and elements of the population of 
the State. Agencies and councils may make recommendations to the commission for the 
development of policies and procedures. Advisory agencies and conciliation councils 
created by the commission must be composed of representative citizens serving without 
pay, but with reimbursement for actual and necessary traveling expenses; 
Sec. 6. 5 MRSA §4566, sub-§10, as amended by PL 2005, c. 10, §8, is further 
amended to read: 
10. Publications. To publish results of investigations and research to promote good 
will and minimize or eliminate discrimination based on race or color, sex, sexual 
orientation, vaccination status, physical or mental disability, religion, age, ancestry or 
national origin; 
Sec. 7. 5 MRSA §4566, sub-§l1, as amended by PL 2005, c. to, §9, is further 
amended to read: 
11. Reports. To report to the Legislature and the Governor at least once a year 
describing the investigations, proceedings and hearings the commission has conducted 
and the outcome and other work performed by the commission, and to make 
recommendations for further legislation or executive action concerning abuses and 
discrimination based on race or color, sex, sexual orientation, vaccination status, physical 
or mental disability, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, or other infringements on 
human rights or personal dignity; and 
Sec. 8. 5 MRSA §4571, as amended by PL 2005, c. 10, § 1 0, is further amended to 
read: 
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§4571. Right to freedom from discrimination in employment 
The opportunity for an individual to secure employment without discrimination 
because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination 
status, religion, age, ancestry or national origin is recognized as and declared to be a civil 
right. 
Sec. 9. 5 MRSA §4572, sub-§l, as amended by PL 2005, c. to, §§11 and 12, is 
further amended to read: 
1. Unlawful employment. It is unlawful employment discrimination, in violation of 
this Act, except when based on a bona fide occupational qualification: 
A. For any employer to fail or refuse to hire or otherwise discriminate against any 
applicant for employment because of race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical 
or mental disability, vaccination status, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, 
because of the applicant's previous assertion of a claim or right under former Title 39 
or Title 39-A or because of previous actions taken by the applicant that are protected 
under Title 26, chapter 7, subchapter 5-B; or, because of those reasons, to discharge 
an employee or discriminate with respect to hire, tenure, promotion, transfer, 
compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment or any other matter 
directly or indirectly related to employment; or, in recruiting of individuals for 
employment or in hiring them, to utilize any employment agency that the employer 
knows or has reasonable cause to know discriminates against individuals because of 
their race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination 
status, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, because of their previous assertion of 
a claim or right under former Title 39 or Title 39-A or because of previous actions 
that are protected under Title 26, chapter 7, subchapter 5-Bt.!. 
(1) This paragraph does not apply to discrimination governed by Title 39-A, 
section 353; 
B. For any employment agency to fail or refuse to classify properly, refer for 
employment or otherwise discriminate against any individual because of race or 
color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, 
religion, age, ancestry or national origin, because of the individual's previous 
assertion of a claim or right under former Title 39 or Title 39-A or because of 
previous actions taken by the individual that are protected under Title 26, chapter 7, 
subchapter 5-B; or to comply with an employer's request for the referral of job 
applicants if a request indicates either directly or indirectly that the employer will not 
afford full and equal employment opportunities to individuals regardless of their race 
or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, 
religion, age, ancestry or national origin, because of previous assertion of a claim or 
right under former Title 39 or Title 39-A or because of previous actions that are 
protected under Title 26, chapter 7, subchapter 5-B; 
C. For any labor organization to exclude from apprenticeship or membership or to 
deny full and equal membership rights to any applicant for membership because of 
race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, 
religion, age, ancestry or national origin, because of the applicant's previous assertion 
of a claim or right under former Title 39 or Title 39-A or because of previous actions 
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taken by the applicant that are protected under Title 26, chapter 7, subchapter 5-B; or, 
because of those reasons, to deny a member full and equal membership rights, expel 
from membership, penalize or otherwise discriminate with respect to hire, tenure, 
promotion, transfer, compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment, 
representation, grievances or any other matter directly or indirectly related to 
membership or employment, whether or not authorized or required by the 
constitution or bylaws of that labor organization or by a collective labor agreement or 
other contract; to fail or refuse to classify properly or refer for employment or 
otherwise discriminate against any member because of race or color, sex, sexual 
orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, religion, age, ancestry or 
national origin, because of the member's previous assertion of a claim or right under 
former Title 39 or Title 39-A or because of previous actions taken by the member that 
are protected under Title 26, chapter 7, subchapter 5-B; or to cause or attempt to 
cause an employer to discriminate against an individual in violation of this section, 
except that it is lawful for labor organizations and employers to adopt a maximum 
age limitation in apprenticeship programs, if the employer or labor organization 
obtains prior approval from the Maine Human Rights Commission of any maximum 
age limitation employed in an apprenticeship program. 
The commission shall 
approve the age limitation if a reasonable relationship exists between the maximum 
age limitation employed and a legitimate expectation of the employer in receiving a 
reasonable return upon the employer's investment in an apprenticeship program. The 
employer or labor organization bears the burden of demonstrating that such a 
relationship exists; 
D. 
For any employer, employment agency or labor organization, prior to 
employment or admission to membership of any individual, to: 
(1) Elicit or attempt to elicit information directly or indirectly pertaining to race 
or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, 
religion, age, ancestry or national origin, any previous assertion of a claim or 
right under former Title 39 or Title 39-A or any previous actions that are 
protected under Title 26, chapter 7, subchapter 5-B; 
(2) Make or keep a record of race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or 
mental disability, vaccination status, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, 
any previous assertion of a claim or right under former Title 39 or Title 39-A or 
any previous actions that are protected under Title 26, chapter 7, subchapter 5-B, 
except under physical or mental disability when an employer requires a physical 
or mental, examination prior to employment, a privileged record of that 
examination is permissible ifmade and kept in compliance with this Act; 
(3) Use any form of application for employment, or personnel or membership 
blank containing questions or entries directly or indirectly pertaining to race or 
color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, 
religion, age, ancestry or national origin, any previous assertion of a claim or 
right under former Title 39 or Title 39-A or any previous actions that are 
protected under Title 26, chapter 7, subchapter 5-B. 
This section does not 
prohibit any officially recognized government agency from keeping records 
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permitted to be kept under this Act in order to provide free services to individuals 
requesting rehabilitation or employment assistance; 
(4) Print, publish or cause to be printed or published any notice or advertisement 
relating to employment or membership indicating any preference, limitation, 
specification or discrimination based upon race or color, sex, sexual orientation, 
physical or mental disability, vaccination status, religion, age, ancestry or 
national origin, any previous assertion of a claim or right under former Title 39 or 
Title 39-A or any previous actions that are protected under Title 26, chapter 7, 
subchapter 5-B; or 
(5) Establish, announce or follow a policy of denying or limiting, through a 
quota system or otherwise, employment or membership opportunities of any 
group because of the race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental 
disability, vaccination status, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, the 
previous assertion of a claim or right under former Title 39 or Title 39-A or 
because of previous actions that are protected under Title 26, chapter 7, 
subchapter 5-B, of that group; or 
E. For an employer, employment agency or labor organization to discriminate in any 
manner against individuals because they have opposed a practice that would be a 
violation of this Act or because they have made a charge, testified or assisted in any 
investigation, proceeding or hearing under this Act. 
Sec. 10. 5 MRSA §4581, first " as amended by PL 2011, c. 613, §10 and 
affected by §29, is further amended to read: 
The opportunity for an individual to secure housing in accordance with the 
individual's ability to pay, and without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual 
orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, religion, ancestry, national 
origin or familial status is hereby recognized as and declared to be a civil right. 
Sec. 11. 5 MRSA §4581-A, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 613, §11 and affected by 
§29, is amended to read: 
§4581-A. Unlawful housing discrimination 
It is unlawful housing discrimination, in violation of this Act: 
1. Sale or rental of housing and other prohibited practices. For any owner, 
lessee, sublessee, managing agent or other person having the right to sell or rent or 
manage a housing accommodation, or any agent of these, to: 
A. Make or cause to be made any written or oral inquiry concerning the race or 
color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, 
religion, ancestry, national origin or familial status of any prospective purchaser, 
occupant or tenant of the housing accommodation; 
B. Refuse to show or refuse to sell, rent, lease, let or otherwise deny to or withhold 
from any person the housing accommodation because of race or color, sex, sexual 
orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, religion, ancestry, 
national origin or familial status; 
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C. Make, print or publish or cause to be made, printed or published any notice, 
statement or advertisement relating to the sale, rental or lease of the housing 
accommodation that indicates any preference, limitation or discrimination based upon 
race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, 
religion, ancestry, national origin or familial status or an intention to make any such 
preference, limitation or discrimination; 
D. Discriminate against any person because of race or color, sex, sexual orientation, 
physical or mental disability, vaccination status, religion, ancestry, national origin or 
familial status in the price, terms, conditions or privileges of the sale, rental or lease 
of any housing accommodations or in the furnishing of facilities or services in 
connection with any housing accommodations; or 
E. Evict or attempt to evict any tenant of any housing accommodation because of the 
race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, 
religion, ancestry, national origin or familial status of the tenant; 
2. Selling, brokering or appraising of housing. For any real estate broker or real 
estate salesperson, or any agent of these, to: 
A. Fail or refuse to show any person a housing accommodation listed for sale, lease 
or rent because of race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, 
vaccination status, religion, ancestry, national origin or familial status; 
B. Misrepresent, for the purpose of discriminating because of race or color, sex, 
sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, religion, ancestry, 
national origin or: familial status, the availability or asking price of a housing 
accommodation listed for sale, lease or rent or for such reason to fail to communicate 
to the person having the right to sell, rent or lease the housing accommodation any 
offer for the same made by any applicant; 
C. 
In any other manner to discriminate against any applicant for a housing 
accommodation because of race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental 
disability, vaccination status, religion, ancestry, national origin or familial status; 
D. Make or cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concerning the 
race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, 
religion, ancestry, national origin or familial status of any applicant for or intended 
occupant of a housing accommodation; or 
E. Accept for listing any housing accommodation when the person having the right 
to sell, rent or lease the housing accommodation has directly or indirectly indicated 
an intention of discriminating among prospective tenants or purchasers on the ground 
of race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination 
status, religion, ancestry, national origin or familial status, or when the broker or 
salesperson knows or has reason to know that the person having the right to sell, tent 
or lease the housing accommodation has made a practice of discrimination since July 
1, 1972; 
3. 
Making of loans; other financial assistance. 
For any person to whom 
application is made for a loan or other form of financial assistance for the acquisition, 
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construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of any housing accommodation, 
whether secured or unsecured, or agent of the person, to: 
A. Make or cause to be made any oral or written inquiry concerning the race or 
color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, 
religion, ancestry, national origin or familial status of any applicant for financial 
assistance or of existing or prospective occupants or tenants of housing 
accommodations; or 
B. Discriminate in the granting of financial assistance, or in the terms, conditions or 
privileges relating to obtaining or the use of any financial assistance, against any 
applicant because of race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental 
disability, vaccination status, religion, ancestry, national origin or familial status; or 
4. Receipt of public assistance. For any person furnishing rental premises or public 
accommodations to refuse to rent or impose different terms of tenancy to any individual 
who is a recipient of federal, state or local public assistance, including medical assistance 
and housing subsidies, primarily because of the individual's status as recipient. 
Sec. 12. 5 MRSA §4583, as amended by PL 2007, c. 243, §4, is further amended 
to read: 
§4583.-Application 
Nothing in this Act may be construed to prohibit or limit the exercise of the privilege 
of every person and the agent of any person having the right to sell, rent, lease or manage 
a housing accommodation to set up and enforce specifications in the selling, renting, 
leasing or letting or in the furnishings of facilities or services in connection with the 
facilities that are consistent with business necessity and are not based on the race, color, 
sex, sexual orientation, vaccination status, physical or mental disability, religion, country 
of ancestral origin or familial status of or the receipt of public assistance payments by any 
prospective or actual purchaser, lessee, tenant or occupant. Nothing in this Act may be 
construed to prohibit or limit the exercise of the privilege of every person and the agent of 
any person making loans for or offering financial assistance in the acquisition, 
construction, rehabilitation, repair or maintenance of housing accommodations to set 
standards and preferences, terms, conditions, limitations or specifications for the granting 
of loans or financial assistance that are consistent with business necessity and are not 
based on the race, color, sex, sexual orientation, vaccination status, physical or mental 
disability, religion, country of ancestral origin or familial status of or the receipt of public 
assistance payments by the applicant for a loan or financial assistance or of any existing 
or prospective owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of housing accommodation. 
Sec. 13. 5 MRSA §4591, as amended by PL 2005, c. 10, §16, is further amended 
to read: 
§4591. Equal access to public accommodations 
The opportunity for every individual to have equal access to places of public 
accommodation without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, 
physical or mental disability, vaccination status, religion, ancestry or national origin is 
recognized as and declared to be a civil right. 
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Sec. 14. 5 MRSA §4592, sub-§§1 and 2, as amended by PL 2005, c. 10, §17, are 
further amended to read: 
1. Denial of public accommodations. For any public accommodation or any person 
who is the owner, lessor, lessee, proprietor, operator, manager, superintendent, agent or 
employee of any place of public accommodation to directly or indirectly refuse, 
discriminate against or in any manner withhold from or deny the full and equal enjoyment 
to any person, on account of race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental 
disability, vaccination status, religion, ancestry or national origin, any of the 
accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods, services or privileges of public 
accommodation, or in any manner discriminate against any person in the price, terms or 
conditions upon which access to accommodation, advantages, facilities, goods, services 
and privileges may depend. 
For purposes of this subsection, unlawful discrimination also includes, but is not limited 
to: 
A. The imposition .or application of eligibility criteria that screen out or tend to 
screen out an individual with a disability or any class of individuals with disabilities 
from fully and equally enjoying any goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages 
or accommodations, unless the criteria can be shown to be necessary for the provision 
of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages or accommodations being 
offered; 
B. A failure to make reasonable modifications in policies, practices or procedures, 
when modifications are necessary to. afford the goods, services, facilities, privileges, 
advantages or accommodations to individuals with disabilities, unless, in the case of a 
private entity, the private entity can demonstrate that making the modifications would 
fundamentally alter the nature of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages 
or accommodations; 
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C. A failure to take steps that may be necessary to ensure that no individual with a 
disability is excluded, denied services, segregated or otherwise treated differently 
than other individuals because of the absence of auxiliary aids and services, unless, in 
the case of a private entity, the private entity can demonstrate that taking those steps 
would fundamentally alter the nature of the good, service, facility, privilege, 
advantage or accommodation being offered or would result in an undue burden; 
D. A private entity's failure to remove architectural barriers and communication 
barriers that are structural in nature in existing facilities and transportation barriers in 
existing vehicles and rail passenger cars used by an establishment for transporting 
individuals, not including barriers that can be removed only through the retrofitting of 
vehicles or rail passenger cars by the installation of a hydraulic or other lift, where 
the removal is readily achievablet." 
When the entity can demonstrate that the removal of a barrier under this paragraph is 
not readily achievable, a failure to make the goods, services, facilities, privileges, 
advantages or accommodations available through alternative methods if alternative 
methods are readily achievable; and 
E. 
A qualified individual with a disability, by reason of that disability, being 
excluded from participation in or being denied the benefits of the services, programs 
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or activities of a public entity, or being subjected to discrimination by any such 
entity; 
2. 
Communication, notice or advertisement. 
For any person to directly or 
indirectly publish, display or communicate any notice or advertisement to the effect that 
any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any place of public 
accommodation are refused, withheld from or denied to any person on account of race or 
color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination status, religion, 
ancestry or national origin, or that the patronage or custom of any person belonging to or 
purporting to be of any particular race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental 
disability, vaccination status, religion, ancestry or national origin is unwelcome, 
objectionable or not acceptable, desired or solicited, or that the clientele is restricted to 
any particular race or color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, vaccination 
status, religion, ancestry or national origin. The production of any communication, notice 
or advertisement purporting to relate to any place of accommodation is presumptive 
evidence in any action that the action was authorized by its owner, manager or proprietor; 
Sec. 15. 5 MRSA §4595, as amended by PL 2005, c. 10, § 18, is further amended 
to read: 
§4595. Right to freedom from discrimination solely on basis of age, race, color, sex, 
sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, vaccination status, religion or 
national origin in any credit transaction 
The opportunity for every individual to be extended credit without discrimination 
solely because of anyone or more of the following factors: age; race; color; sex; sexual 
orientation; marital status; ancestry; vaccination status; religion~ or national origin is 
recognized as and declared to be a civil right. 
Sec. 16. 5 MRSA §4596, as amended by PL 2005, c. 10, §19, is further amended 
to read: 
§4596. Unlawful credit extension discrimination 
It is unlawful credit discrimination for any creditor to refuse the extension of credit to 
any person solely on the basis of anyone or more of the following factors: age; race; 
color; sex; sexual orientation; marital status; ancestry; vaccination status; religion~ or 
national origin in any credit transaction. It is not unlawful credit discrimination to comply 
with the terms and conditions of any bona fide group credit life, accident and health 
insurance plan, for a financial institution extending credit to a married person to require 
both the husband and the wife to sign a note and a mortgage and to deny credit to persons 
under the age of 18 or to consider a person's age in determining the terms upon which 
credit will be extended. 
Sec. 17. 5 MRSA §4601, as amended by PL 2005, c. 10, §20, is further amended 
to read: 
§4601. Right to freedom from discrimination in education 
The opportunity for an individual at an educational institution to participate in all 
educational, counseling and vocational guidance programs and all apprenticeship and on-
the-job training programs without discrimination because of sex, sexual orientation, a 
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physical or mental disability, vaccination status, national origin or race is recognized and 
declared to be a civil right. 
Sec. 18. 5 MRSA §4602, sub-§5 is enacted to read: 
5. Unlawful education discrimination on the basis of vaccination status. It is 
unlawful education discrimination in violation of this Act, on the basis of vaccination 
status, to: 
A. Exclude a person from participation in, deny a person the benefits of or subject a 
person to discrimination in any academic, extracurricular, research, occupational 
training or other program or activity; 
B. Deny a person equal opportunity in athletic programs; 
C. Apply any rule concerning the actual or potential. family or marital status of a 
person or to exclude any person from any program or activity because of the person's 
vaccination status; 
D. Deny admission to the institution or program or fail to provide equal access to any 
information about an institution or program through recruitment; or 
E. Deny financial assistance availability and opportunity. 
Sec. 19. 5 MRSA §4612, sub-§4, ~A, as amended by PL 2011, c. 613, §19 and 
affected by §29, is further amended to read: 
A. 
If the commission finds reasonable grounds to believe that unlawful 
discrimination has occurred, and further believes that irreparable injury or great 
inconvenience will be caused the victim of such discrimination or to members of a 
racial, color, sex, sexual orientation, vaccination status, physical or mental disability, 
religious or nationality group or age group if relief is not immediately granted, or if 
conciliation efforts under subsection 3 have not succeeded, the commission may file 
in the Superior Court a civil action seeking such relief as is appropriate, including 
temporary restraining orders. In a complaint investigated pursuant to a memorandum 
of understanding between the commission and the United States Department of 
Housing and Urban Development that results in a reasonable grounds detennination, 
the commission shall file a civil action for the use of complainant if conciliation 
efforts under subsection 3 are unsuccessful' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. It amends the Maine Human Rights Act to prohibit 
discrimination on the basis of vaccination status in employment, housing, public 
accommodations, education and credit. 
This amendment provides that, although the vaccination status of an individual is not 
a physical disability, the legal analysis applied to discrimination claims based on the 
vaccination status of an individual or the vaccination status of an individual's minor child 
is the same as that applied to physical disability claims. 
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LR 1541(02) 
An Act To Prohibit Discrimination against a Person Who Is Not Vaccinated 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 11' (~-L/-13) 
Committee: Judiciary 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Current biennium cost increase - General Fund 
The Maine Human Rights Commission will require additional General Fund appropriations to respond to the 
anticipated increase in the number of claims and investigations. The amount needed will depend on the number of 
new cases and their complexity and cannot be estimated at this time. 
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