Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:

summary

This amendment replaces the bill.

This amendment provides that sex offender registry information created, collected or maintained by the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police, State Bureau of Identification, except for the basic information about registrants that is posted on the Internet or provided to requestors by the bureau pursuant to law, is confidential. Registry information that is designated as confidential includes, but is not limited to, information relating to the identity of persons accessing the registry. Information listed in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 34-A, section 11221, subsection 9 remains public.

This amendment revises the law concerning a registrant's ability to access the registrant's own information. Information listed in Title 34-A, section 11221, subsection 1, paragraphs A to F about the registrant must be provided to the registrant upon request. The process for accessing and reviewing the information is governed by Title 16, section 620.

This amendment prohibits the dissemination in electronic form of information about a registrant that is created, collected or maintained by or for the State Bureau of Identification or a law enforcement agency, with the exception of information made available to the public through an Internet website maintained by the bureau or by the law enforcement agency.