This bill is modeled on New Hampshire's law concerning videotaping the testimony of a victim or other witness who is 13 years of age or under when the offense being prosecuted is a sexual offense. It allows the prosecuting attorney or the victim or other witness who is 13 years of age or under to request that the testimony be videotaped. The court has discretion whether to allow the trial testimony to be videotaped. A victim or other witness who is 13 years of age or under and whose testimony is videotaped is not required to appear or testify in the trial.

The testimony must be videotaped in front of the judge, with the prosecuting attorneys, the defendant and the defendant's attorneys present. The victim or other witness may also have a parent or other appropriate adult present during the testimony.

The Supreme Judicial Court may adopt rules necessary to carry out this Act.