In January 2019, the Supreme Judicial Court sought comments on a set of rules entitled Digital Court Records Access Act. Comments were submitted. The legislative proposal was not submitted to the Maine State Legislature. Comments submitted to the Court appear below.
In May 2019, a bill submitted by Maine Judicial Branch (L.D. 1759 An Act Regarding the Electronic Data and Court Records Filed in the Electronic Case Management System of the Supreme Judicial Court) was considered by the Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Judiciary. After public hearing and a work session, the Committee voted to carry-over the bill to the Second session of the 129th Legislature. Information from the Legislative History of L.D. 1759 appears below.
More information about the L.D. 1759 can be found on the Maine State Legislature’s website: http://legislature.maine.gov/bills/display_ps.asp?PID=1456&snum=129&paper=SP0589
Written Submissions and Audio from the Public Hearing (May 28) & Work Session (May 30) may be accessed from the Maine State Legislature’s website: http://legislature.maine.gov/committee/#Committees/JUD
