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The Commission office will be closed after 11AM on Friday, August 1, for staff training. Submissions received by mail or in the drop box outside our office prior to when the office opens on Monday, August 4th, will be considered received on August 1st. Electronic submissions made pursuant to our electronic filing policy (below) will be considered received on the date they were sent. Staff will respond to voicemail and email on Monday, August 4th.

The Commission conducts operations both in person and via electronic means according to agency policies that apply to parties, attorneys, and the public.

Please find our policies about how to file documents/pleadings electronically and otherwise here and our policies about public meetings here. Please contact us at info@mhrc.maine.gov or 207-624-6290 with questions.

• July 28, 2025, MHRC meeting agenda (PDF) (Live on YouTube)
• New counsel memo: Standard of review for Right-to-Sue requests made before 180 days have passed
• 10/21/24: Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024 now available
• Commission sets 2025 meeting schedule
• Pursuant to 5 M.R.S. § 4566(3), the Commissioners appointed Kit Thomson Crossman as Executive Director on November 20, 2023.  
• 12/16/2022: Amended rules effective as of December 10, 2022: Procedural Rule (94-348 C.M.R., Chapter 2) (including new rules for electronic filing), Employment Rule (Chapter 3), Public Accommodations Rule (Chapter 7), and Housing Rule (Chapter 8)
• 07/19/21:  Policy for Remote Participation in Commission Meetings  as adopted on 7/19/21 (link to original hearing notice & Memo).
• 01/06/21:  PSA: Covid19 and Discrimination

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