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11 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
22 SESSION 2025
3-H 2
3+H 1
44 HOUSE BILL 575
5-Committee Substitute Favorable 4/15/25
5+
66
77 Short Title: The Hunter Robinson Act. (Public)
8-Sponsors:
9-Referred to:
8+Sponsors: Representatives Carson Smith, Biggs, N. Jackson, and Greene (Primary
9+Sponsors).
10+For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
11+Referred to: Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
1012 April 1, 2025
11-*H575 -v-2*
13+*H575 -v-1*
1214 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
1315 AN ACT TO REVISE THE LAWS GOVERNING POST -RELEASE SUPERVISION OF 2
1416 CRIMINAL OFFENDERS. 3
1517 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
1618 SECTION 1. G.S. 15A-1368(a)(5) reads as rewritten: 5
1719 "(5) Maximum imposed term. – The maximum term of imprisonment imposed on 6
1820 an individual prisoner by a court judgment, as described in 7
1921 G.S. 15A-1340.13(c). When a prisoner is serving consecutive prison terms, 8
2022 the maximum imposed term, for purposes of this Article, is the sum of all 9
2123 maximum terms imposed in the court judgment or judgments, less 12 months 10
2224 for each of the second and subsequent sentences imposed for Class B through 11
2325 Class E felonies, or less 60 months for each second or subsequent Class B1 12
2426 through E felony for which the sentence was established pursuant to 13
2527 G.S. 15A-1340.17(f), and less nine months for each of the second and 14
2628 subsequent sentences imposed for Class F through Class I felonies.the 15
2729 following: 16
2830 a. Sixty months for each of the second and subsequent sentences imposed 17
2931 for Class B1 through Class E felonies for which the sentence was 18
3032 established pursuant to G.S. 15A-1340.17(f). 19
31-b. Twenty-four months for each of the second and subsequent sentences 20
32-imposed for Class B1 through Class C felonies not otherwise covered 21
33+b. Thirty-six months for each of the second and subsequent sentences 20
34+imposed for Class B through Class C felonies not otherwise covered 21
3335 under sub-subdivision a. of this subdivision. 22
3436 c. Eighteen months for each of the second and subsequent sentences 23
35-imposed for Class D through Class E felonies not otherwise covered 24
37+imposed for Class D through Class F felonies not otherwise covered 24
3638 under sub-subdivision a. of this subdivision. 25
3739 d. Nine months for each of the second and subsequent sentences imposed 26
38-for Class F through Class I felonies." 27
40+for Class G through Class I felonies." 27
3941 SECTION 2. G.S. 15A-1368.2 reads as rewritten: 28
4042 "§ 15A-1368.2. Post-release supervision eligibility and procedure. 29
4143 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a prisoner to whom this Article 30
4244 applies shall be released from prison for post-release supervision on the date equivalent to his 31
43-maximum imposed prison term less 12 24 months in the case of Class B1 through E felons Class 32
44-C felons, 18 months in the case of Class D through Class E felons, and less nine months in the 33
45-case of Class F through Class I felons, less any earned time awarded by the Division of Prisons 34
46-of the Department of Adult Correction or the custodian of a local confinement facility under 35
47-G.S. 15A-1340.13(d). A prisoner whose maximum sentence is established pursuant to 36 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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49-G.S. 15A-1340.17(f) shall be released from prison for post-release supervision on the date 1
50-equivalent to his or her maximum imposed prison term less 60 months, less any earned time 2
51-awarded by the Division of Prisons of the Department of Adult Correction or the custodian of a 3
52-local confinement facility under G.S. 15A-1340.13(d). If a prisoner has not been awarded any 4
53-earned time, the prisoner shall be released for post-release supervision on the date equivalent to 5
54-his maximum prison term less 12 24 months for Class B1 through E felons Class C felons, 18 6
55-months in the case of Class D through Class E felons, and less nine months for Class F through 7
56-Class I felons. 8
57-… 9
58-(c) A supervisee's period of post-release supervision shall be for a period of 12 24 months 10
59-in the case of Class B1 through E felons Class C felons, 18 months in the case of Class D through 11
60-Class E felons, and nine months in the case of Class F through Class I felons, unless the offense 12
61-is an offense for which registration is required pursuant to Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the 13
62-General Statutes. For offenses subject to the registration requirement of Article 27A of Chapter 14
63-14 of the General Statutes, the period of post-release supervision is five years. The conditions of 15
64-post-release supervision are as authorized in G.S. 15A-1368.4. 16
65-…." 17
66-SECTION 3. G.S. 15A-1340.17 reads as rewritten: 18
67-"§ 15A-1340.17. Punishment limits for each class of offense and prior record level. 19
68-… 20
69-(d) Maximum Sentences Specified for Class F through Class I Felonies. – Unless 21
70-provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for a specific crime, for each minimum 22
71-term of imprisonment in the chart in subsection (c) of this section, expressed in months, the 23
72-corresponding maximum term of imprisonment, also expressed in months, is as specified in the 24
73-table below for Class F through Class I felonies. The first figure in each cell in the table is the 25
74-minimum term and the second is the maximum term. 26
75-3-13 4-14 5-15 6-17 7-18 8-19 9-20 10-21 27
76-11-23 12-24 13-25 14-26 15-27 16-29 17-30 18-31 28
77-19-32 20-33 21-35 22-36 23-37 24-38 25-39 26-41 29
78-27-42 28-43 29-44 30-45 31-47 32-48 33-49 34-50 30
79-35-51 36-53 37-54 38-55 39-56 40-57 41-59 42-60 31
80-43-61 44-62 45-63 46-65 47-66 48-67 49-68 32
81-(d1) Maximum Sentences Specified for Class D through Class E Felonies. – Unless 33
82-provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for a specific crime, for each minimum 34
83-term of imprisonment in the chart in subsection (c) of this section, expressed in months, the 35
84-corresponding maximum term of imprisonment, also expressed in months, is as specified in the 36
85-table below for Class D through Class E felonies. The first figure in each cell of the table is the 37
86-minimum term and the second is the maximum term. 38
87-15-36 16-38 17-39 18-40 19-41 20-42 21-44 22-45 39
88-23-46 24-47 25-48 26-50 27-51 28-52 29-53 30-54 40
89-31-56 32-57 33-58 34-59 35-60 36-62 37-63 38-64 41
90-39-65 40-66 41-68 42-69 43-70 44-71 45-72 46-74 42
91-47-75 48-76 49-77 50-78 51-80 52-81 53-82 54-83 43
92-55-84 56-86 57-87 58-88 59-89 60-90 61-92 62-93 44
93-63-94 64-95 65-96 66-98 67-99 68-100 69-101 70-102 45
94-71-104 72-105 73-106 74-107 75-108 76-110 77-111 78-112 46
95-79-113 80-114 81-116 82-117 83-118 84-119 85-120 86-121 47
96-87-123 88-124 89-125 90-126 91-128 92-129 93-130 94-131 48
97-95-132 96-134 97-135 98-136 99-137 100-138 101-140 102-141 49
98-103-142 104-143 105-144 106-146 107-147 108-148 109-149 110-150 50
99-111-152 112-153 113-156 114-155 115-156 116-158 117-159 118-160 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
100-House Bill 575-Second Edition Page 3
101-119-161 120-162 121-164 122-165 123-166 124-167 125-168 126-170 1
102-127-171 128-172 129-173 130-174 131-176 132-177 133-178 134-179 2
103-135-180 136-182 137-183 138-184 139-185 140-186 141-188 142-189 3
104-143-190 144-191 145-192 146-194 147-195 148-196 149-197 150-198 4
105-151-200 152-201 153-202 154-203 155-204 156-206 157-207 158-208 5
106-159-209 160-210 161-212 162-213 163-214 164-215 165-216 166-218 6
107-167-219 168-220 169-221 170-222 171-224 172-225 173-226 174-227 7
108-175-228 176-230 177-231 178-232 179-233 180-234 181-236 182-237 8
109-183-238 184-239 185-240 186-242 187-243 188-244 189-245 190-246 9
110-191-248 192-249 193-250 194-251 195-252 196-254 197-255 198-256 10
111-199-257 200-258 201-260 202-261 203-262 204-263 205-264 206-266 11
112-207-267 208-268 209-269 210-270 211-272 212-273 213-274 214-275 12
113-215-276 216-278 217-279 218-280 219-281 220-282 221-284 222-285 13
114-223-286 224-287 225-288 226-290 227-291 228-292 229-293 230-294 14
115-231-296 232-297. 15
116-(e) Maximum Sentences Specified for Class B1 through Class E Class C Felonies for 16
117-Minimum Terms up to 339 Months. Unless provided otherwise in a statute establishing a 17
118-punishment for a specific crime, for each minimum term of imprisonment in the chart in 18
119-subsection (c) of this section, expressed in months, the corresponding maximum term of 19
120-imprisonment, also expressed in months, is as specified in the table below for Class B1 through 20
121-Class E Class C felonies. The first figure in each cell of the table is the minimum term and the 21
122-second is the maximum term. 22
123-15-30 16-32 17-33 18-34 19-35 20-36 21-38 22-39 23
124-23-40 24-41 25-42 26-44 27-45 28-46 29-47 30-48 24
125-31-50 32-51 33-52 34-53 35-54 36-56 37-57 38-58 25
126-39-59 40-60 41-62 42-63 43-64 44-65 45-66 46-68 26
127-47-69 48-70 49-71 50-72 51-74 52-75 53-76 54-77 27
128-55-78 56-80 57-81 58-82 59-83 60-84 61-86 62-87 28
129-63-88 64-89 65-90 66-92 67-93 68-94 69-95 70-96 29
130-71-98 72-99 73-100 74-101 75-102 76-104 77-105 78-106 30
131-79-107 80-108 81-110 82-111 83-112 84-113 85-114 86-116 31
132-87-117 88-118 89-119 90-120 91-122 92-123 93-124 94-125 32
133-95-126 96-128 97-129 98-130 99-131 100-132 101-134 102-135 33
134-103-136 104-137 105-138 106-140 107-141 108-142 109-143 110-144 34
135-111-146 112-147 113-148 114-149 115-150 116-152 117-153 118-154 35
136-119-155 120-156 121-158 122-159 123-160 124-161 125-162 126-164 36
137-127-165 128-166 129-167 130-168 131-170 132-171 133-172 134-173 37
138-135-174 136-176 137-177 138-178 139-179 140-180 141-182 142-183 38
139-143-184 144-185 145-186 146-188 147-189 148-190 149-191 150-192 39
140-151-194 152-195 153-196 154-197 155-198 156-200 157-201 158-202 40
141-159-203 160-204 161-206 162-207 163-208 164-209 165-210 166-212 41
142-167-213 168-214 169-215 170-216 171-218 172-219 173-220 174-221 42
143-175-222 176-224 177-225 178-226 179-227 180-228 181-230 182-231 43
144-183-232 184-233 185-234 186-236 187-237 188-238 189-239 190-240 44
145-191-242 192-243 193-244 194-245 195-246 196-248 197-249 198-250 45
146-199-251 200-252 201-254 202-255 203-256 204-257 205-258 206-260 46
147-207-261 208-262 209-263 210-264 211-266 212-267 213-268 214-269 47
148-215-270 216-272 217-273 218-274 219-275 220-276 221-278 222-279 48
149-223-280 224-281 225-282 226-284 227-285 228-286 229-287 230-288 49
150-231-290 232-291 233-292 234-293 235-294 236-296 237-297 238-298 50
151-239-299 240-300 241-302 242-303 243-304 244-305 245-306 246-308 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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153-247-309 248-310 249-311 250-312 251-314 252-315 253-316 254-317 1
154-255-318 256-320 257-321 258-322 259-323 260-324 261-326 262-327 2
155-263-328 264-329 265-330 266-332 267-333 268-334 269-335 270-336 3
156-271-338 272-339 273-340 274-341 275-342 276-344 277-345 278-346 4
157-279-347 280-348 281-350 282-351 283-352 284-353 285-354 286-356 5
158-287-357 288-358 289-359 290-360 291-362 292-363 293-364 294-365 6
159-295-366 296-368 297-369 298-370 299-371 300-372 301-374 302-375 7
160-303-376 304-377 305-378 306-380 307-381 308-382 309-383 310-384 8
161-311-386 312-387 313-388 314-389 315-390 316-392 317-393 318-394 9
162-319-395 320-396 321-398 322-399 323-400 324-401 325-402 326-404 10
163-327-405 328-406 329-407 330-408 331-410 332-411 333-412 334-413 11
164-335-414 336-416 337-417 338-418 339-419. 12
165-44-77 45-78 46-80 47-81 48-82 49-83 50-84 51-86 13
166-52-87 53-88 54-89 55-90 56-92 57-93 58-94 59-95 14
167-60-96 61-98 62-99 63-100 64-101 65-102 66-104 67-10515
168-68-106 69-107 70-108 71-110 72-111 73-112 74-113 75-11416
169-76-116 77-117 78-118 79-119 80-120 81-122 82-123 83-12417
170-84-125 85-126 86-128 87-129 88-130 89-131 90-132 91-13418
171-92-135 93-136 94-137 95-138 96-140 97-141 98-142 99-14319
172-100-144 101-146 102-147 103-148 104-149 105-150 106-152 107-15320
173-108-154 109-155 110-156 111-158 112-159 113-160 114-161 115-16221
174-116-164 117-165 118-166 119-167 120-168 121-170 122-171 123-17222
175-124-173 125-174 126-176 127-177 128-178 129-179 130-180 131-18223
176-132-183 133-184 134-185 135-186 136-188 137-189 138-190 139-19124
177-140-192 141-194 142-195 143-196 144-197 145-198 146-200 147-20125
178-148-202 149-203 150-204 151-206 152-207 153-208 154-209 155-21026
179-156-212 157-213 158-214 159-215 160-216 161-218 162-219 163-22027
180-164-221 165-222 166-224 167-225 168-226 169-227 170-228 171-23028
181-172-231 173-232 174-233 175-234 176-236 177-237 178-238 179-23929
182-180-240 181-242 182-243 183-244 184-245 185-246 186-248 187-24930
183-188-250 189-251 190-252 191-254 192-255 193-256 194-257 195-25831
184-196-260 197-261 198-262 199-263 200-264 201-266 202-267 203-26832
185-204-269 205-270 206-272 207-273 208-274 209-275 210-276 211-27833
186-212-279 213-280 214-281 215-282 216-284 217-285 218-286 219-28734
187-220-288 221-290 222-291 223-292 224-293 225-294 226-296 227-29735
188-228-298 229-299 230-300 231-302 232-303 233-304 234-305 235-30636
189-236-308 237-309 238-310 239-311 240-312 241-314 242-315 243-31637
190-244-317 245-318 246-320 247-321 248-322 249-323 250-324 251-32638
191-252-327 253-328 254-329 255-330 256-332 257-333 258-334 259-33539
192-260-336 261-338 262-339 263-340 264-341 265-342 266-344 267-34540
193-268-346 269-347 270-348 271-350 272-351 273-352 274-353 275-35441
194-276-356 277-357 278-358 279-359 280-360 281-362 282-363 283-36442
195-284-365 285-366 286-368 287-369 288-370 289-371 290-372 291-37443
196-292-375 293-376 294-377 295-378 296-380 297-381 298-382 299-38344
197-300-384 301-386 302-387 303-388 304-389 305-390 306-392 307-39345
198-308-394 309-395 310-396 311-398 312-399 313-400 314-401 315-40246
199-316-404 317-405 318-406 319-407 320-408 321-410 322-411 323-41247
200-324-413 325-414 326-416 327-417 328-418 329-419 330-420 331-42248
201-332-423 333-424 334-425 335-426 336-428 337-429 338-430 339-431. 49
202-(e1) Maximum Sentences Specified for Class B1 through Class E Class C Felonies for 50
203-Minimum Terms of 340 Months or More. – Unless provided otherwise in a statute establishing 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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205-a punishment for a specific crime, when the minimum sentence is 340 months or more, the 1
206-corresponding maximum term of imprisonment shall be equal to the sum of the minimum term 2
207-of imprisonment and twenty percent (20%) of the minimum term of imprisonment, rounded to 3
208-the next highest month, plus 12 24 additional months. 4
209-(f) Maximum Sentences Specified for Class B1 Through Class E Sex Offenses. – Unless 5
210-provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for a specific crime, for offenders 6
211-sentenced for a Class B1 through E felony that is a reportable conviction subject to the 7
212-registration requirement of Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes, the maximum term 8
213-of imprisonment shall be equal to the sum of the minimum term of imprisonment and twenty 9
214-percent (20%) of the minimum term of imprisonment, rounded to the next highest month, plus 10
215-60 additional months." 11
216-SECTION 4. This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses 12
217-committed on or after that date. 13
45+maximum imposed prison term less 12 36 months in the case of Class B1 through E felons Class 32
46+C felons, 18 months in the case of Class D through Class F felons, and less nine months in the 33
47+case of Class F G through Class I felons, less any earned time awarded by the Division of Prisons 34 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
48+Page 2 House Bill 575-First Edition
49+of the Department of Adult Correction or the custodian of a local confinement facility under 1
50+G.S. 15A-1340.13(d). A prisoner whose maximum sentence is established pursuant to 2
51+G.S. 15A-1340.17(f) shall be released from prison for post-release supervision on the date 3
52+equivalent to his or her maximum imposed prison term less 60 months, less any earned time 4
53+awarded by the Division of Prisons of the Department of Adult Correction or the custodian of a 5
54+local confinement facility under G.S. 15A-1340.13(d). If a prisoner has not been awarded any 6
55+earned time, the prisoner shall be released for post-release supervision on the date equivalent to 7
56+his maximum prison term less 12 36 months for Class B1 through E felons Class C felons, 18 8
57+months in the case of Class D through Class F felons, and less nine months for Class F G through 9
58+Class I felons. 10
59+… 11
60+(c) A supervisee's period of post-release supervision shall be for a period of 12 36 months 12
61+in the case of Class B1 through E felons Class C felons, 18 months in the case of Class D through 13
62+Class F felons, and nine months in the case of Class F G through Class I felons, unless the offense 14
63+is an offense for which registration is required pursuant to Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the 15
64+General Statutes. For offenses subject to the registration requirement of Article 27A of Chapter 16
65+14 of the General Statutes, the period of post-release supervision is five years. The conditions of 17
66+post-release supervision are as authorized in G.S. 15A-1368.4. 18
67+…." 19
68+SECTION 3. This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses 20
69+committed on or after that date. 21