An Act to Enhance
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1318
Committee Amendment CA_A_S405 (Senate)
Amends: 5 MRSA §3110

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " ^ " to S.P. 548, L,D. 1318, "An Act to Enhance
Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers to
Safeguard Services for Legal Residents"
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the
following;
'See. 1. 5 MRSA §3110, sub-§3, ^A, as enacted by PL 2023, c. 643, Pt, PP, § 1, is
amended to read:
A. Collecting and analyzing relevant data. including but not limited to data regarding
the immieration status of individuals who receive publicly funded benefits in the State,
At a minimum and within existing resources, the Office of New Americans shall
contact all state and local eovernment entities that provide services to immierants in
the State and all nonprofit entities in the State that use local, state or federal funds to
provide services to immierants in the State. The Office of New Americans shall request
that tliese entities provide agereeate data on the immigrants to whom they Droylde
publicly funded services. includinR data on the immieration status, county of residence.
employment status and vaccination status of the immierants who receiye^DubHolv
funded services as well as a description of the types of services provided. Upon receipt
of the request, state government entities and nonprofit entities that use local, state or
federal funds shall provide the requested data. Local government entities may provide
any relevant data they collect in response to a request, The aggregate data submitted
to the OfRce of New Americans must preserve the anonymity ofthe immiei'auts_who
receive publicly funded services and may not include information that refers to any
individual immierant by name or number or in any other wav that might lead to
identification of the individual;'
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section
number to read consecutively,
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Qc? COMMnTEE AMENDMENT " ^ " to S.P. 548, L,D. 1318 (5'
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, replaces the bill. The
amendment requires the Office of New Americans within the Office of Policy Innovation
and the Future, within existing resources, to collect and analyze data from state and local
government entities and from nonprofit agencies that provide publicly funded services to
immigrants in the State regarding the immigration status, county of residence, employment
status and vaccination status of the immigrants who receive publicly fiinded services as
. well as a description of the types of services provided, The amendment requires state
government entities and nonprofit entities to provide the requested data and authorizes local
government entities to provide the requested data. The data collected and analyzed by the
OfiFice of New Americans may not include any information that may be used to identify an
individual recipient of publicly funded services.
FISCAL NOTE REQVmED
(See attached)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Revised; 05/21/25 I^KI-
LD 1318 . LR 2281(02)
An Act to Enhance Data Collection Requirements Related to Immigration Status and Asylum Seekers
to Safeguard Services for Legal Residents
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "^" ( <^.
Committee: Judiciary
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Current biennium cost increase - General Fund
Fiscal Detail and Notes
This bill requires state government entities and nonprofit entities, and authorizes local government entities, to provide
aggregate data on the immigration status, county of residence, employment status and vaccination status of immigrants
who receive publicly funded services as well as a description of the types of services provided. It is estimated that the
annual General Fund costs to the Office of New Americans within the Office of Policy Innovation and the Future
would be $334,710 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $303,006 in fiscal year 2026-27 to establish one Public Service
Coordinator II position to develop and maintain a registry and data portal for service providers, schools, and local
units of government to convey aggregated demographic, health, and citizenship data effective October 1, 2025, This
bill provides no new funding. As this bill is required to be administered within existing resources, the impact of these
new unfunded costs on other programs in the Office of New Americans cannot be determined at this time.
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