An Act To Provide Anger Management Courses or Additional Imprisonment for Domestic Violence Offenders
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0150
Committee Amendment CA_A_H54 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A " to H.P. 108, L.D. 150, Bill, "An Act To 
Provide Anger Management Courses or Additional Imprisonment for Domestic Violence 
Offenders" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Requiring a Review of and a Report on Pretrial and Post-conviction Use of 
Batterers' Intervention Programs' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Review of pretrial and post-conviction use of batterers' 
intervention programs. Resolved: 
That the Department of Corrections and the 
Maine Commission on Domestic and Sexual Abuse, as established in the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 5, section 12004-1, subsection 74-C, shall review pretrial and post-
conviction use of batterers' intervention programs. 
The review must include best 
practices for batterers' intervention programs, including the length of successful programs 
and sanctions and incentives to encourage full participation. The review must consider 
the potential for use of batterers' intervention programs before trial, during a period of 
deferred disposition and after conviction; and be it further 
Sec. 2. 
Report on pretrial and post-conviction use of batterers' 
intervention programs. Resolved: That, after completing the review required under 
section 1, the Department of Corrections and the Maine Commission on Domestic and 
Sexual Abuse shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public 
Safety by January 1, 2016 on the results of the review. 
The report may include 
recommendations and suggested legislation. Following receipt of the report the Joint 
Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety may submit a bill on pretrial 
and post-conviction use ofbatterers' intervention programs to the Second Regular Session 
of the 127th Legislature.' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A "to H.P. 108, L.D. 150 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve. The amendment directs the 
Department of Corrections and the Maine Commission on Domestic and Sexual Abuse, 
as established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 74-C, to 
review pretrial and post-conviction use of batterers' intervention programs. The review 
must include best practices for batterers' intervention programs, including the length of 
successful programs and sanctions and inct~ntives to encourage full participation and the 
potential for use before trial, during a period of deferred disposition and after conviction. 
The amendment requires the Department of Corrections and the Maine Commission on 
Domestic and Sexual Abuse to report to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal 
Justice and Public Safety by January 1, 2016 on the results of the review. The report may 
include recommendations and suggested legislation. The amendment authorizes the Joint 
Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety to submit a bill on pretrial and 
post-conviction use of batterers' intervention programs to the Second Regular Session of 
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the 127th Legislature. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See Attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 04/01/15 
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LD 150 
LR 467(02) 
An Act To Provide Anger Management Courses or Additional Imprisonment for Domestic Violence 
Offenders 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Flscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A, ( H -.5'1) 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
The additional costs to the Department of Corrections to review and report on the use of batterers' intervention 
programs is expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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