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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §1272-B, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 512, §1, is amended to read:
 
1. No denial of goods, services or benefits.   Except as otherwise provided in federal or state law, a person, corporation or other entity may not deny goods or, services or benefits to an individual because the individual refuses to provide a social security number. As used in this subsection, "benefit" includes, but is not limited to, employment.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development, replaces the bill with language to clarify that the existing law that prohibits a person, corporation or other entity from denying goods or services to a person who refuses to provide a social security number also applies to the denial of benefits, including, but not limited to, employment.