Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:

Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 1 and 2.

summary

This amendment removes from the bill the provisions creating a hearsay exception and that allow a defendant's prior conviction of domestic violence assault to be offered into evidence at a hearing for a protection from abuse order. It retains the sections of the bill that require the Maine Criminal Justice Academy and law enforcement agencies to adopt policies to ensure that the service of a protection from abuse order is done as quickly as possible.