An Act to Protect
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1944
Committee Amendment CA_A_H696 (House)
Amends: 5 MRSA §4651, 17-A MRSA §511-A, 19-A MRSA §4102

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " to H.P. 1303, L.D. 1944, "An Act to Protect 
Children and Adults from Technology-facilitated Sexual Abuse" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act to Protect Individuals from the Threatened Unauthorized Dissemination of 
Certain Private Images, Including Artificially Generated Private Images' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §4651, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2017, c. 455, §1; is further 
amended to read: 
2. Harassment. "Harassment" means: 
A. Three or more acts of intimidation, confrontation, physical force or the threat of 
physical force directed against any person, family or business that are made with the 
intention of causing fear, intimidation or damage to personal property and that do in 
fact cause fear, intimidation or damage to personal property; el:' 
C. A single act or course of conduct constituting a violation of section 4681; Title 17, 
section 2931; or Title 17-A, section 201,202,203,204,207,208,209,210, 210-A, 
211,253,254, 255-A, 256,258, 259-A, 259-B, 260,261,282,283,301,302,303,506, 
506-A, 511, 511-A, 556,802,805,806, 852 or 8537,;__m: 
D. Communicating to a person a threat to commit, or to cause to be committed, a crime 
of unauthorized dissemination of certain private images as described in Title 17-A, 
section 511-A, consciously disregarding a substantial risk that the natural and probable 
consequence of such a threat is to place the person who is depicted or who appears to 
be depicted in the image in reasonable fear that the crime will be committed. 
This definition does not include any act protected by law. 
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §511-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 339, §1, is 
amended to read: 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A" to H.P. 1303, L.D. 1944 
1. A person is guilty of unauthorized dissemination of certain private images if the 
person, with the intent to harass, torment or threaten the depicted person or another person, 
intentionally or knowingly disseminates, displays or publishes a photograph, videotape, 
film or digital recm·ding an image of another person in a state of nudity 01· engaged in a 
sexual act or engaged in sexual contact or an image that has been created or modified so 
that it appears to show the depicted person in a state of nudity or engaged in a sexual act or 
engaged in sexual contact in a manner in which there is no public or newswo1thy purpose 
when the person knows or should have known that the depicted person: 
B. Is identifiable from the image itself or info1mation displayed in connection with the 
image; and 
C. Has not consented to the dissemination, display or publication of the private image. 
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §511-A, sub-§3, ,JD is enacted to read: 
D. 
11Image
means something that is made, captured, generated or saved as a print, 
negative, slide, motion picture, photograph, computer data file, animation, videotape, 
livestream or other mechanically, electronically or chemically reproduced visual image 
or material. 
Sec. 4. 19-A MRSA §4102, sub-§1, 1G, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 647, Pt. A, §3 
and affected by Pt. B, §65, is amended to read: 
G. Engaging in the unauthorized dissemination of ce1tain private images as prohibited 
pursuant to Title 17-A, section 511-A; 0r 
I 
Sec. 5. 19-A MRSA §4102, sub-§1, ,rH, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 647, Pt. A, §3 
and affected by Pt. B, §65, is amended to read: 
H. Engaging in aggravated sex trafficking or sex trafficking as described in Title 17-A, 
section 852 or 853, respectively,._;__Q!: 
Sec. 6. 19-A MRSA §4102, sub-§1, ~ is enacted to read: 
I. Communicating to a person a threat to commit, or to cause to be committed, a crime 
of unauthorized dissemination of ce1tain private images as described in Title 17-A, 
section 511-A, consciously disregarding a substantial risk that the natural and probable 
consequence of such a threat is to place the person who is depicted or who appears to 
be depicted in the image in reasonable fear that the crime will be committed.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Patt letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment changes the title of the bill and makes the following changes to the 
bill. 
1. It removes the provisions of the bill expanding the crimes of sexual exploitation of 
a minor, dissemination of sexually explicit material and possession of sexually explicit 
material. 
2. It amends the provision of the bill affecting the crime of unauthorized dissemination 
of certain private images to provide that a person commits this crime if the person, without 
consent and with the intent to harass, torment or threaten the depicted person or another 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1303, L.D. 1944 
person, intentionally or knowingly disseminates, displays or publishes an image that has 
been created or modified so that it appears to show the depicted person in a state of nudity 
or engaged in a sexual act or engaged in sexual contact. 
3, It expands the definition of "harassment" under the protection from harassment laws 
and the definition of "abuse" under the protection from abuse laws to allow a person to seek 
a protection order against another person who threatens to commit the crime of 
unauthorized dissemination of certain private images if the natural and probable 
consequence of the threat is to place the person who is depicted or who appears to be 
depicted in the image in reasonable fear that the crime will be committed. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/03/25 LRL 
LD 1944 
LR 110(02) 
An Act to Protect Children and Adults from Technology-facilitated Sexual Abuse . 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '/J...' ( H - (, 9 (,) 
Committee: Judiciary 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost inq·ease - General Fund 
Minor revenue increase - General Fund 
Minor revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements 
This bill may increase the number of civil suits filed in the court system. The additional workload associated with li.v 
minimal number of new cases does not require additional funding at this time. The collection of additional fines and 
filing fees will increase General Fund or other dedicated revenue by minor amounts. 
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