Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §1023, sub-§1, ķA, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 758, §20, is amended to read:

A. Who is charged with murder, domestic violence assault as defined in Title 17-A, section 558 or domestic violence terrorizing as defined in Title 17-A, section 559;

Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §§558 and 559 are enacted to read:

§558.__Domestic violence assault

1.__A person is guilty of domestic violence assault if the person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly causes bodily injury or offensive physical contact to a member of the person's immediate family.

2.__Domestic violence assault is a Class D crime, except in instances of bodily injury to another person who is under 6 years of age and the actor is 18 years of age or older, in which case it is a Class C crime.

As used in this section, "immediate family" means a spouse, parent, child, sibling, stepchild, stepparent or any other person who regularly resides in the household of the victim or who, within the prior 6 months, regularly resided in the household of the victim.

§559.__Domestic violence terrorizing

1.__A person is guilty of domestic violence terrorizing if the person communicates to a member of the person's immediate family a threat to commit or to cause to be committed a crime of violence dangerous to human life against the family member or another person, and the natural and probable consequence of such a threat, whether or not such consequence in fact occurs, is to place the family member or the person threatened in reasonable fear that the crime will be committed.

2.__Domestic violence terrorizing is a Class D crime.

As used in this section, "immediate family" means a spouse, parent, child, sibling, stepchild, stepparent or any other person who regularly resides in the household of the victim or who, within the prior 6 months, regularly resided in the household of the victim.