Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2001-A, sub-§2, ¶¶E and F, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. N, §2 and affected by Pt. X, §2, are amended to read:

E. Firearms carried by a person engaged in conduct for which a state-issued hunting or trapping license is required and possessing the required license, or firearms carried by a resident person engaged in conduct expressly authorized by Title 12, section 11108 and section 12202, subsection 1. This paragraph does not authorize or permit the carrying of a concealed or loaded firearm in a motor vehicle; and

F. A firearm carried by a person to whom a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm has been issued by another state if a permit to carry a concealed firearm issued from that state has been granted reciprocity. The Chief of the State Police may enter into reciprocity agreements with 2 other states. Reciprocity may be granted to a permit to carry a concealed firearm issued from another state if:

(1) The other state that issued the permit to carry a concealed firearm has substantially equivalent or stricter requirements for the issuance of a permit to carry a concealed firearm; and

(2) The other state that issued the permit to carry a concealed firearm observes the same rules of reciprocity in regards to a person issued a permit to carry a concealed firearm under this chapter.; and

Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2001-A, sub-§2, ¶G is enacted to read:

G.__A firearm carried by a person who has been:

(1)__A victim of gross sexual assault, as described in Title 17-A, section 253;

(2)__A victim of domestic violence; or

(3)__Threatened with domestic violence and has filed a police report regarding that threat.

This paragraph does not apply to a person who has been convicted of murder or a Class A, Class B or Class C crime in this State or a crime that is considered a felony in another state.