130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 1374
H.P. 1008 House of Representatives, April 7, 2021
An Act To Extend the Time Period for Filing a Complaint under the
Maine Human Rights Act for Discrimination Based on an Alleged
Sexual Act, Sexual Contact or Sexual Touching
Received by the Clerk of the House on April 5, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Judiciary pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative TERRY of Gorham.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §4611, as amended by PL 2011, c. 613, §18 and affected by §29,
3 is further amended to read:
4 §4611. Complaint
5 Any aggrieved person, or any employee of the commission, may file a complaint under
6 oath with the commission stating the facts concerning the alleged discrimination, except
7 that a complaint must be filed with the commission not more than 300 days after the alleged
8 act of unlawful discrimination, unless the complaint is based on an alleged sexual act,
9 sexual contact or sexual touching as defined in Title 17-A, section 251, in which case a
10 complaint must be filed with the commission not more than 2 years after the alleged sexual
11 act, sexual contact or sexual touching. In addition, any person may file a complaint pursuant
12 to section 4632.
13 Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §4612, sub-§2-A, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2019, c. 465, §6, is
14 amended to read:
15 C. Failure to file a complaint of discrimination within 300 days of the date of alleged
16 discrimination the time period specified in section 4611;
17 SUMMARY
18 This bill extends the time period for filing a discrimination complaint with the Maine
19 Human Rights Commission from 300 days to 2 years after the alleged act of unlawful
20 discrimination if the complaint is based on a sexual act, sexual contact or sexual touching
21 as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 17-A, section 251.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1374, HP 1008: 5.4611, 5.4612