Bill > LD2176

This bill amends existing Maine law to enhance tenant protections and safeguard personal information. Specifically, it adds a new section that prohibits landlords, their agents, or anyone acting on their behalf from disclosing a tenant's or prospective tenant's "personal information" – which includes identifying details, sensitive personal characteristics, financial data, and victim status – without their express consent, unless it's for specific legitimate business purposes or in response to legal requirements like court orders, law enforcement requests due to emergencies, property sales, affordable housing program applications, or requests from municipal officials. The bill also increases the potential damages a tenant can recover from a landlord who unlawfully enters their property or harasses them, raising it from $100 to $250, and clarifies that a landlord may terminate a tenancy with a 7-day notice if a tenant changes their locks and refuses to provide a duplicate key.