---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Permit Recordings Of A Protected Person To Be Admissible In Evidence"
description: "An Act To Permit Recordings Of A Protected Person To Be Admissible In Evidence"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "131"
identifier: "LD 765"
citation: "Maine LD 765 (131)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EVIDENCE", "PROTECTED PERSONS RECORDINGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anne CARNEY"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-28"
last_action: "2023-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9b3e880-f8c5-4e10-a955-ad4100e99544"
source_url: "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280086558"
source_hash: "ffc3f8e8220deed61f2103c40f3ff2dc7667d4551cc839a148e49ff7a90922b2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 765 (131) — An Act To Permit Recordings Of A Protected Person To Be Admissible In Evidence

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0324&item=2&snum=131)
2. **Divided Reports** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0324&item=4&snum=131)
3. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0324&item=1&snum=131)
4. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0324&item=5&snum=131)
5. **Status In Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0324&item=3&snum=131)

## Sponsors

- Anne CARNEY — primary (person)
- Adam LEE — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer POIRIER — cosponsor (person)
- Jill DUSON — cosponsor (person)
- Kristen CLOUTIER — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew MOONEN — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel HENDERSON — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca MILLETT — cosponsor (person)
- Richard BENNETT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-28** Committee on JUDICIARY suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on JUDICIARY Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2023-02-28** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on JUDICIARY. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-03-30** CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to a subsequent special or regular session of the 131st Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 594.
- **2023-05-23** Reports READ
- **2023-05-23** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending ACCEPTANCE OF ANY REPORT
- **2023-05-25** Taken from the table by the President
- **2023-05-25** On motion by Senator CARNEY of Cumberland Report A Ought to Pass As Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-115) ACCEPTED
- **2023-05-25** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2023-05-25** Committee Amendment "A" (S-115) READ and ADOPTED `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-25** ASSIGNED FOR SECOND READING NEXT LEGISLATIVE DAY.
- **2023-05-30** COMMITTEE ON BILLS IN THE SECOND READING REPORTS NO FURTHER VERBAL AMENDMENTS NECESSARY. REPORT ACCEPTED.
- **2023-05-30** READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (S-115) `reading-2, reading-3`
- **2023-05-30** Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence.
- **2023-06-01** Reports READ.
- **2023-06-01** On motion of Representative MOONEN of Portland, REPORT A Ought to Pass as Amended was ACCEPTED.
- **2023-06-01** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01** Committee Amendment "A" (S-115) was READ and ADOPTED. `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2023-06-01** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2023-06-01** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-115). `reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2023-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2023-06-08** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2023-06-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Held
- **2023-04-13T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Work Session Reconsidered
- **2023-05-04T04:00:00+00:00** Voted - Divided Report
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported Out - OTP-AM/OTP-AM/OTP-AM/ONTP

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9b3e880-f8c5-4e10-a955-ad4100e99544`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).