Printed on recycled paper 132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025 Legislative Document No. 590S.P. 274 In Senate, February 25, 2025 An Act Regarding the Inclusion of Racial and Other Demographic Data from State Agencies in the Legislative Process Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 19, 2025. Referred to the Committee on State and Local Government pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed. DAREK M. GRANT Secretary of the Senate Presented by Senator TALBOT ROSS of Cumberland. Page 1 - 132LR0199(01) 1 2 as amended by PL 2015, c. 102, ยง6, is further 3 amended to read: 4 5 for joint standing or select committees, including, but not limited to, the joint standing 6 committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs 7 and other legislative agencies, and to collect and assemble racial and other demographic 8 data from state agencies related to legislation before joint standing or select committees; 9 10 This bill requires nonpartisan legislative staff to collect and assemble racial and other 11 demographic data from state agencies related to legislation before joint standing or select 12 committees of the Legislature. 10 11 12