An Act to Provide Public Sector Labor Unions Reasonable Access to Information Regarding Employees
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1588
Committee: Labor and Housing
Sponsors: DODGE
Amends: 26 MRSA §975, 26 MRSA §979-T, 26 MRSA §1037, 26 MRSA §1295

Legislative Document
No. 1588
H.P. 1033
House of Representatives, April 11, 2023
An Act to Provide Public Sector Labor Unions Reasonable Access to 
Information Regarding Employees
Reference to the Committee on Labor and Housing suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative DODGE of Belfast.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  26 MRSA §975, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 389, §1, is amended 
to read:
A.  Not later than 30 calendar days after the date a prospective school employee accepts 
an offer of employment or not later than 30 calendar days after the date of hire for all 
other public employees, public Public employers shall provide the following 
information regarding newly hired public employees and, upon request, regarding all 
other public employees to a bargaining agent in spreadsheet file format or another 
format agreed to by the bargaining agent:
(1)  Name;
(2)  Job title;
(3)  Workplace location;
(4)  Home address;
(5)  Work telephone numbers;
(6)  Home telephone and personal cellular telephone numbers, if known;
(7)  Work e‑mail address;
(8)  Personal e‑mail address, if known; and
(9)  Date of hire.
For information regarding newly hired public employees, the employer shall provide 
the information required under this paragraph not later than 30 calendar days after the 
date a prospective public employee accepts an offer of employment or not later than 
calendar days after the date of the request by the bargaining agent for the required 
information for all other public employees in the bargaining unit.
Sec. 2.  26 MRSA §979-T, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 389, §2, is 
amended to read:
A.  Not later than 30 calendar days after the date a prospective school employee accepts 
an offer of employment or not later than 30 calendar days after the date of hire for all 
other state employees and legislative employees, public Public employers shall provide 
the following information regarding newly hired state employees and legislative 
employees and, upon request, regarding all other state employees and legislative 
employees to a bargaining agent in spreadsheet file format or another format agreed to 
by the bargaining agent:
(1)  Name;
(2)  Job title;
(3)  Workplace location;
(4)  Home address;
(5)  Work telephone numbers;
(6)  Home telephone and personal cellular telephone numbers, if known;
(7)  Work e‑mail address;
(8)  Personal e‑mail address, if known; and
(9)  Date of hire.
For information regarding newly hired state employees and legislative employees, the 
employer shall provide the information required under this paragraph not later than 30 
calendar days after the date a prospective state employee or legislative employee 
accepts an offer of employment or not later than 30 calendar days after the date of the 
request of the bargaining agent for the required information for all other state 
employees and legislative employees in the bargaining unit.
Sec. 3.  26 MRSA §1037, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 389, §3, is 
amended to read:
A.  Not later than 30 calendar days after the date of hire for an employee, the The 
university, academy or community college shall provide the following information 
regarding newly hired university, academy or community college employees and, upon 
request, regarding all other university, academy or community college employees to a 
bargaining agent in spreadsheet file format or another format agreed to by the 
bargaining agent:
(1)  Name;
(2)  Job title;
(3)  Workplace location;
(4)  Home address;
(5)  Work telephone numbers;
(6)  Home telephone and personal cellular telephone numbers, if known;
(7)  Work e‑mail address;
(8)  Personal e‑mail address, if known; and
(9)  Date of hire.
For information regarding newly hired university, academy or community college 
employees, the employer shall provide the information required under this paragraph 
not later than 30 calendar days after the date a prospective university, academy or 
community college employee accepts an offer of employment or not later than 30 
calendar days after the date of the request of the bargaining agent for the required 
information for all other university, academy or community college employees in the 
bargaining unit.
Sec. 4.  26 MRSA §1295, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 389, §4, is 
amended to read:
A.  Not later than 30 calendar days after the date of hire for a judicial employee, the 
The public employer shall provide the following information regarding newly hired  
judicial employees and, upon request, regarding all other judicial employees to a 
bargaining agent in spreadsheet file format or another format agreed to by the 
bargaining agent:
(1)  Name;
(2)  Job title;
(3)  Workplace location;
(4)  Home address;
(5)  Work telephone numbers;
(6)  Home telephone and personal cellular telephone numbers, if known;
(7)  Work e‑mail address;
(8)  Personal e‑mail address, if known; and
(9)  Date of hire.
For information regarding newly hired judicial employees, the employer shall provide 
the information required under this paragraph not later than 30 calendar days after the 
date a prospective judicial employee accepts an offer of employment or not later than 
calendar days after the date of the request of the bargaining agent for the required 
information for all other judicial employees in the bargaining unit.
SUMMARY
This bill expands the rights of bargaining agents of public sector unions for access to 
personal contact information about members of a bargaining unit that the bargaining agent 
exclusively represents from personal contact information regarding newly hired employees 
to, upon request, personal contact information regarding all other employees.