North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina House Bill H109 Compare Versions

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Old	New		Differences
1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	H 1
4		-	HOUSE BILL 109
	3	+	H D
	4	+	HOUSE BILL DRH30032-ML-4
	5	+
5	6
6	7
7	8		Short Title: Strangulation/Increase Punishment. (Public)
8		-	Sponsors: Representatives Logan, White, Morey, and T. Brown (Primary Sponsors).
9		-	For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10		-	Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
11		-	February 13, 2025
12		-	H109 -v-1
	9	+	Sponsors: Representative Logan.
	10	+	Referred to:
	11	+
	12	+	DRH30032 -ML-4
13	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
14	14		AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT FOR COMMITTING ASSAULT BY 2
15	15		STRANGULATION. 3
16	16		The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
17	17		SECTION 1. G.S. 14-32.4 reads as rewritten: 5
18	18		"§ 14-32.4. Assault inflicting serious bodily injury; strangulation; penalties. 6
19	19		(a) Offense Involving Serious Bodily Injury. – Unless the conduct is covered under some 7
20	20		other provision of law providing greater punishment, any person who assaults another person and 8
21	21		inflicts serious bodily injury is guilty of a Class F E felony. "Serious bodily injury" is defined as 9
22	22		bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death, or that causes serious permanent 10
23	23		disfigurement, coma, a permanent or protracted condition that causes extreme pain, or permanent 11
24	24		or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ, or that results in 12
25	25		prolonged hospitalization. 13
26	26		(b) Offense Involving Physical Injury. – Unless the conduct is covered under some other 14
27	27		provision of law providing greater punishment, any person who assaults another person and 15
28	28		inflicts physical injury by strangulation is guilty of a Class H G felony. 16
29	29		(c) Offense Generally. – Unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of 17
30	30		law providing greater punishment, any person who assaults another person by strangulation is 18
31	31		guilty of a Class H felony. 19
32	32		(d) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this section: 20
33	33		(1) Serious bodily injury. – Bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death, 21
34	34		or that causes serious permanent disfigurement, coma, a permanent or 22
35	35		protracted condition that causes extreme pain, or permanent or protracted loss 23
36	36		or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ, or that results 24
37	37		in prolonged hospitalization. 25
38	38		(2) Strangulation. – Impeding the normal breathing or circulation of blood of 26
39	39		another person by applying pressure to the throat or neck of the person or by 27
40	40		obstructing the nose and mouth of the person." 28
41	41		SECTION 2. This act becomes effective June 1, 2025, and applies to offenses 29
42	42		committed on or after that date. 30
	43	+	H.B. 109
	44	+	Feb 12, 2025
	45	+	HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK