An Act To Ensure Caller Access to E-9-1-1 Call Recordings
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0475
Committee Amendment CA_A_S45 (Senate)
Amends: 25 MRSA §2929

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A--" to S.P. 139, L.D. 475, Bill, "An Act To Ensure 
Caller Access to E-9-1-1 Call Recordings" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act Concerning Caller Access to E-9-1-1 Call Recordings' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2929, sub-§4, ~-1 is enacted to read: 
B-1. Directly to the clerk's office of a court presiding over a protection from abuse or 
protection from harassment action if a party in the action made one or more E-9-1-1 
calls relevant to the action and that party, or that party's attorney, contacts the 
custodian of the audio recordings of the call or calls and requests that the recordings 
be forwarded to that clerk's office for use in a hearing on the complaint for protection 
from abuse or complaint for protection from harassment. At its discretion, the court 
presiding over the action may permit the parties to the action, and their attorneys if 
the parties are represented, to access the recordings and, on a fmding of good cause, 
may permit copies of the recordings to be provided to the parties and their attorneys if 
the parties are represented. In making a request for recordings pursuant to this 
paragraph, the party making the request, or that party's attorney, shall provide to the 
custodian of the audio recordings the names of the parties to the protection from 
abuse or protection from harassment action, the name of the court presiding over the 
action and the docket number of the action. The request must be made in writing, 
including, but not limited to, by electronic mail, and must be made so as to provide a 
reasonable amount of time for the custodian to search for, retrieve and send the 
recordings to the clerk's office of the presiding court. The recordings must be sent in 
a format used by the custodian of the recordings and the courts;' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. It provides that, instead of requiring that the 
custodian of the recording of an E-9-1-1 call give a copy of the recording to the person 
who made the call as provided in the bill, a party to a protection from harassment or 
protection from abuse action to which the E-9-1-1 call is relevant may request that the 
recording be sent to the clerk's office of the court in which the action is pending. The 
court may then review the recording and determine whether the parties or their attorneys, 
if the parties are represented, should have access to or, for good cause shown, a copy of 
the recording. 
When requesting a recording be sent to the clerk, the party making the request to the 
custodian is required to provide the names of the parties, the court that is presiding over 
the action and the docket number. The request must be made in writing, which may 
include e-mail. The request must be made so as to allow the custodian a reasonable 
amount of time to search for, retrieve and send the recording. The custodian must send 
the recording in the format that both the custodian and the courts use. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/01/19 ;:$Pac 
LD475 
LR 1719(02) 
An Act To Ensure Caller Access to E-9-1-1 Call Recordings 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ''1" Cs -·~ 15") 
Committee: Judiciary 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Any additional costs to the Judicial Branch to implement the requirements in this bill are expected to be minor and 
can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
LRl 719(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1