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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 224H.P. 147House of Representatives, January 21, 2025
An Act to Expand the Definition of "Terrorism" in the Laws
Governing the Maine Emergency Management Agency
Submitted by the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management pursuant
to Joint Rule 204.
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative HASENFUS of Readfield. Page 1 - 132LR0492(01)
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2 as amended by PL 2003, c. 614, §1, is further
3 amended to read:
4 L. Records describing security plans, security procedures or risk assessments prepared
5 specifically for the purpose of preventing or preparing for acts of terrorism, but only to
6 the extent that release of information contained in the record could reasonably be
7 expected to jeopardize the physical safety of government personnel or the public.
8 Information contained in records covered by this paragraph may be disclosed to the
9 Legislature or, in the case of a political or administrative subdivision, to municipal
10 officials or board members under conditions that protect the information from further
11 disclosure. For purposes of this paragraph, "terrorism" means conduct that is designed
12 to cause serious bodily injury or substantial risk of bodily injury to multiple persons,
13 substantial damage to multiple structures whether occupied or unoccupied or
14 substantial physical damage sufficient to disrupt the normal functioning of a critical
15 infrastructure has the same meaning as in Title 37-B, section 703, subsection 8;
16 is enacted to read:
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18 telecommunications technology infrastructure, systems or services or critical
19 infrastructure, whether physical or non-physical, for the purpose of disrupting, disabling,
20 destroying or maliciously controlling such infrastructure, systems or services or destroying
21 the integrity of the data or stealing the information residing thereon.
22 as enacted by PL 2013, c. 146, §6, is amended
23 to read:
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25 persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government or civilian population in
26 furtherance of political or social objectives. "Terrorism" includes conduct that is designed
27 to cause serious bodily injury or substantial risk of bodily injury to multiple persons,
28 substantial damage to multiple structures whether occupied or unoccupied or substantial
29 physical damage sufficient to disrupt the normal functioning of a critical infrastructure; or
30 conduct that constitutes a cyberattack on the State's information and telecommunications
31 technology infrastructure, systems or services or critical infrastructure, whether physical or
32 non-physical.
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34 This bill updates the definition of "terrorism" in the laws governing the Department of
35 Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, Maine Emergency Management Agency
36 to include acts against non-physical infrastructure, including, but not limited to,
37 information and telecommunications technology infrastructure, systems or services or
38 critical infrastructure. The bill also defines the term "cyberattack."
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