Maine: US state profile

Name: Maine AI governance profile
Creator: AGIS

A snapshot of AI governance activity in Maine: tracked legislation, enforcement actions, federal political money, and the labor baseline. Ask AGIS for the cross-referenced detail behind any of it.

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Activity Index

Labor baseline

Union membership rate: 11.9% (2025). Covered by a union contract: 14.1%.

2025 annual estimates are 11-month averages excluding October; October 2025 data not collected due to the federal government shutdown. Not strictly comparable with other annual averages. Source.

Legislation

44 AI-related documents tracked.

ME LD1945: An Act To Regulate the Use of Biometric Identifiers defunct

Privacy
ME LD1655: An Act To Create a Data Broker Registry and Improve Consumer Protections defunct

Business services and analyticsLicensing, registration, and certificationPrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
ME LD2163: An Act to Require Consumer Consent for Certain Generation Service Contract Renewals enacted

Input controls: ConsentPrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
ME LD1331: An Act To Amend the Student Information Privacy Act defunct

EducationPrivacy
ME LD1720: An Act To Protect the Privacy of Personal Information of Maine Residents defunct

Privacy
ME LD916: An Act To Protect Data Privacy and Security in Elections enacted

PrivacySecurity
ME LD1705: An Act to Give Consumers Control over Sensitive Personal Data by Requiring Consumer Consent Prior to Collection of Data defunct

Input controls: ConsentPrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
ME LD1977: An Act to Enact the Maine Data Privacy and Protection Act defunct

Privacy
ME LD1973: An Act to Enact the Maine Consumer Privacy Act defunct

PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
ME LD1826: An Act to Protect the Confidentiality of Personally Identifiable Information in Records of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Tribal Populations enacted

Government study or reportPrivacy
ME LD1284: An Act to Repeal Provisions of Law Governing the Privacy of Broadband Internet Customer Personal Information defunct

Networking and telecommunicationsPrivacy
ME LD1224: An Act to Comprehensively Protect Consumer Privacy defunct

PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
ME LD1088: An Act to Enact the Maine Consumer Data Privacy Act defunct

PrivacySales, retail, and customer relations
ME LD1822: An Act to Enact the Maine Online Data Privacy Act defunct

Privacy
ME LD1597: An Act to Prohibit the Use of Dynamic Pricing for Certain Consumer Goods defunct

Consumer goodsDisclosureDiscriminationFinancial lossPerformance requirementsPrivacyTransparency
ME LD1742: An Act to Prohibit a State Social Media Platform Account from Restricting User Comments defunct

Broadcasting and media productionTransparency
ME DC Electricity Cap enacted

Data centersEnergy and utilitiesInput controls: Use restrictionsPerformance requirements
ME DC Advisory Council enacted

Data centersEnergy and utilitiesGovernance developmentGovernment study or report
ME Facial Recognition Ban enacted

Government: judicial and law enforcementSecurityTransparencyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
ME Portland Rent AI Ban proposed

DiscriminationFinancial lossSales, retail, and customer relations
ME State GenAI Ban defunct

Input controls: Use restrictionsPrivacySecurity: Cybersecurity
ME DC Moratorium Veto defunct

Data centersEnergy and utilitiesGovernance developmentInput controls: Use restrictions
ME Chatbot Transparency enacted

DisclosureSales, retail, and customer relationsTransparency
ME Deepfake Law enacted

Criminal liabilityDetrimental contentViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
ME Healthcare AI Law enacted

FinanceMedicine, life sciences and public healthPerformance requirementsTransparency
ME AI Task Force enacted

Governance developmentGovernment study or report
ME SEIU Bargaining Complaint enacted

Governance development
Maine AI Task Force Report (2025) enacted

EducationGovernance developmentGovernment study or reportGovernment support: AI workforce-relatedTransparency
Maine AI Task Force EO enacted

ConveningGovernance developmentGovernment study or report
ME LD307: An Act to Establish the Maine Data Center Coordination Council and Place a Temporary Limitation on Certain Data Centers defunct

Data centersEnergy and utilities
An Act to Limit the Amount of Electricity That May Be Provided to Data Centers on a Certain Commercial or Industrial Site enacted

ConstructionData centersEnergy and utilities
An Act to Exclude Data Centers from the Business Equipment Tax Exemption and the Dirigo Business Incentives Program and to Require the Department of Economic and Community Development to Study Financial Incentives for Data Centers enacted

Data centersEnergy and utilitiesFinanceGovernment study or reportGovernment support: For R&DSubsidies
An Act to Ensure Transparency in Consumer Transactions Involving Artificial Intelligence enacted

Transparency
An Act to Protect Minors from Harmful Depictions Generated by Artificial Intelligence defunct

Children and minorsGovernance developmentSafetyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
ME LD1301: An Act to Prohibit the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Denial of Health Insurance Claims defunct

FinanceMedicine, life sciences and public health
ME LD109: Resolve, Directing the Maine Arts Commission to Study Federal and National Efforts to Protect Artists from Copyright Infringement by Artificial Intelligence Companies and Users and to Monitor Educatio enacted

Arts, sports, leisure, travel, and lifestyleConveningDisclosure: About inputsEducationGovernment study or reportGovernment: other applications/unspecifiedInput controls: Data useTransparency
An Act to Regulate the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Providing Certain Mental Health Services enacted

Medicine, life sciences and public health
An Act to Regulate and Prevent Children's Access to Artificial Intelligence Chatbots with Human-like Features and Social Artificial Intelligence Companions defunct

Children and minorsConsumer goodsGovernance developmentSafetyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
An Act to Prohibit Landlords from Setting Rents Through the Use of Artificial Intelligence defunct

DiscriminationFinanceGovernance development
ME LD517: An Act Regarding Synthetic Media in Campaign Advertising enacted

Arts, sports, leisure, travel, and lifestyleBroadcasting and media productionDetrimental contentDisclosure: About inputsInput controls: Data useSales, retail, and customer relationsTransparency
ME LD844: An Act To Prohibit Driverless Commercial Vehicles defunct

Transportation
Resolve, to Study the Effects of Artificial Intelligence, Cellular Telephones and Social Media on Public Education defunct

Broadcasting and media productionEducationGovernment study or report
An Act Regarding Artificial Intelligence in Campaign Advertising defunct

Sales, retail, and customer relations
An Act to Ensure Determinations Made by the State Are Free from Unethical, Unsafe or Illegal Interference by Artificial Intelligence defunct

Governance developmentGovernment: other applications/unspecified

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Enforcement

No enforcement actions recorded for Maine. When a state attorney general, a federal agency, or a court takes an action involving an AI system here, it will be listed with the respondent, outcome, and any penalty.

Money

$5,581 in tracked political contributions across 97 records.

Committee	Amount	Records
IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED EMPLOYEES PAC (IMPAC)	$1,596	42
ACTBLUE	$1,331	30
COLLINS FOR SENATOR	$1,000	1
GRAHAM FOR MAINE	$500	1
JOSH WEIL FOR SENATE	$250	1
GALLEGO FOR ARIZONA	$250	1
ENGAGE Y'ALL PAC	$250	1
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE	$152	6
WINRED	$123	6
DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE	$50	2

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