APPROVED CHAPTER
APRIL 9, 2024 163
BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR
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H.P. 1434 - L.D. 2235
Resolve, Directing the Department of Administrative and Financial Services,
the State Court Administrator and the Executive Director of the Legislative
Council to Add a 3rd Option for Gender on State Forms
Sec. 1. Department of Administrative and Financial Services, State Court
Administrator and Executive Director of Legislative Council to amend printed
forms. Resolved: That, within existing resources, the Department of Administrative and
Financial Services, in coordination with all executive branch departments, agencies,
offices, boards and commissions and all quasi-independent agencies, boards, commissions,
authorities and institutions in the State, and the State Court Administrator and the Executive
Director of the Legislative Council shall, by December 31, 2024, add an option to designate
“X” for gender on all printed forms, applications and other documents used by these entities
that require a person to designate that person’s gender, except when the form, application
or other document is created pursuant to federal law or regulation or for the purpose of
multijurisdictional cooperation and uniformity. When reviewing the printed forms, the
departments, the State Court Administrator and the Executive Director of the Legislative
Council shall determine whether the designation of a person’s gender is necessary for the
purposes of each form, and, if it is not, the departments, the State Court Administrator and
the Executive Director of the Legislative Council shall remove the question from the form.
Sec. 2. Department of Administrative and Financial Services, State Court
Administrator and Executive Director of Legislative Council to amend digital
forms. Resolved: That, within existing resources, the Department of Administrative and
Financial Services, in coordination with all executive branch departments, agencies,
offices, boards and commissions and all quasi-independent agencies, boards, commissions,
authorities and institutions in the State, and the State Court Administrator and the Executive
Director of the Legislative Council shall add an option to designate “X” for gender on all
digital forms, applications and other documents used by these entities that require a person
to designate that person’s gender, except when the form, application or other document is
created pursuant to federal law or regulation or for the purpose of multijurisdictional
cooperation and uniformity. When reviewing the digital forms, the departments, the State
Court Administrator and the Executive Director of the Legislative Council shall determine
whether the designation of a person’s gender is necessary for the purposes of each form,
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and, if it is not, the departments, the State Court Administrator and the Executive Director
of the Legislative Council shall remove the question from the form. The departments, the
State Court Administrator and the Executive Director of the Legislative Council shall make
these updates in the regular course of updating their forms.
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