In one paragraph
Not law. Maine's LD 1822, the Maine Online Data Privacy Act, as introduced would have applied to controllers handling data of 35,000 or more consumers (or 10,000 with over 20% of gross revenue from data sales). Consumers could have accessed, corrected and deleted data and opted out of targeted advertising, sales and profiling in furtherance of solely automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects. It would have banned selling sensitive data and required data protection assessments, including for risky profiling. Committee amendment C-A and later floor amendments were adopted. The Attorney General would have enforced it exclusively. It died between houses April 13, 2026.
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What it means for business
None: the bill died, so it creates no obligations in Maine.
Key provisions
- Applies to controllers handling data of at least 35,000 consumers, or 10,000 consumers with more than 20% of gross revenue from data sales (§9603)
- Opt out of targeted advertising, sales and profiling in furtherance of solely automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects (§9606(1)(G))
- Sensitive data collected or processed only if strictly necessary; sensitive data may not be sold; added limits where the controller knows or reasonably should know the consumer is a minor (§9608)
- Data protection assessments, including for profiling that presents a reasonably foreseeable risk of harm and, as introduced, for each algorithm used (§9611)
- Exclusive Attorney General enforcement; 60-day cure for violations on or before April 1, 2027 (§9614)
- Committee amendment C-A (adopted) moved the effective date from July 1, 2026 to September 1, 2026 and removed the per-algorithm assessment
- Judiciary divided report June 13, 2025; Died Between Houses April 13, 2026
Latest legislative action
Apr 13, 2026. Died Between Houses
Sponsors (showing 5 of 25)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Amy KUHN D | Primary |
| Benjamin CHIPMAN | Primary |
| CARDONE | Primary |
| Drew GATTINE D | Primary |
| Victoria MORALES | Primary |
Roll call votes (showing 3 of 13)
RECEDE Mar 30, 2026
14 yea19 nay2 other
INDEFINITELY POSTPONE Mar 30, 2026
14 yea19 nay2 other
Table Motion: UNTIL LATER Mar 30, 2026
14 yea19 nay2 other
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