An Act Regarding Criminal Procedure with Respect to Allowable Defenses
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §38, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 324, §14, is amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:
An actor does not suffer from an abnormal condition of the mind based solely on the discovery of, knowledge about or potential disclosure of the victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation, including under circumstances in which the victim made an unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual advance toward the actor or in which the actor and victim dated or had a romantic or sexual relationship.
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §108, sub-§3 is enacted to read:
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §201, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2001, c. 383, §8 and affected by §156, is further amended to read:
For purposes of determining whether extreme anger or extreme fear was brought about by adequate provocation, the provocation was not adequate if it resulted solely from the discovery of, knowledge about or potential disclosure of the victim's actual or perceived gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation, including under circumstances in which the victim made an unwanted nonforcible romantic or sexual advance toward the person or in which the person and victim dated or had a romantic or sexual relationship.