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ME LD224
Bill
Status
5/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Tavis Hasenfus
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AI Summary
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Expands Maine's legal definition of "terrorism" to explicitly include cyberattacks on state information and communications technology infrastructure, systems, or services
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Creates a new statutory definition of "cyberattack" covering activity that disrupts, disables, destroys, or maliciously controls IT infrastructure, or compromises data integrity or steals information
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Broadens the terrorism definition beyond physical violence to encompass both physical and non-physical attacks on critical infrastructure
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Updates public records exemption language (1 MRSA §402) to reference the unified terrorism definition in Title 37-B rather than maintaining a separate definition
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Signed into law by the Governor on May 16, 2025 as Public Law Chapter 77
Legislative Description
An Act to Expand the Definition of "Terrorism" in the Laws Governing the Maine Emergency Management Agency
Public Safety
Last Action
PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
5/14/2025