ME LD2236

Repeals the existing provision allowing hunting/fishing license applicants to request their email address be kept confidential, replacing it with a comprehensive framework for protecting personally identifiable information in Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife records

Defines "personally identifiable information" to include name, social security number, phone number, email, physical address, date of birth, driver's license number, and taxpayer ID—with narrower protections for commercial records (which may release phone, email, and address)

Permits disclosure of confidential information only for law enforcement purposes, fish and wildlife management, sharing with state/federal entities, or to the individual subject of the record or their agent

Creates new sections governing ATV and snowmobile accident report data, making personally identifiable information confidential while allowing release of non-identifying data; registration numbers may only be released if the requester signs an affidavit promising not to use them to identify individuals

Authorizes the department to charge reasonable fees for record and database requests, exempt from the standard public records fee limitations under Title 1, section 408-A; makes failure to comply with accident reporting requirements a Class E crime