| 8 | | - | Sponsors: Representatives Pyrtle, Carson Smith, Greene, and Miller (Primary Sponsors). |
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| 9 | | - | For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. |
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| 10 | | - | Referred to: Judiciary 2, if favorable, Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery, if |
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| 11 | | - | favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House |
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| 12 | | - | February 6, 2025 |
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| 13 | | - | *H61-v-1* |
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| 9 | + | Sponsors: Representative Pyrtle. |
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| 10 | + | Referred to: |
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| 11 | + | |
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| 12 | + | *DRH40053 -ML-10A* |
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| 14 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 15 | 14 | | AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT FOR COMMITTING AN ASSAULT WITH A 2 |
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| 16 | 15 | | FIREARM AGAINST CERTAIN EMERGENCY, MEDICAL, AND LAW 3 |
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| 17 | 16 | | ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL . 4 |
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| 18 | 17 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5 |
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| 19 | 18 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 14-34.5 reads as rewritten: 6 |
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| 20 | 19 | | "ยง 14-34.5. Assault with a firearm on a law enforcement, probation, or parole officer, or 7 |
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| 21 | 20 | | on a member of the North Carolina National Guard, or on a person employed at 8 |
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| 22 | 21 | | a State or local detention facility. 9 |
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| 23 | 22 | | (a) Any person who commits an assault with a firearm upon a law enforcement officer, 10 |
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| 24 | 23 | | probation officer, or parole officer while the officer is in the performance of his or her duties is 11 |
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| 25 | 24 | | guilty of a Class D felony. 12 |
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| 26 | 25 | | (a1) Any person who commits an assault with a firearm upon a member of the North 13 |
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| 27 | 26 | | Carolina National Guard while the member is in the performance of his or her duties is guilty of 14 |
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| 28 | 27 | | a Class D felony. 15 |
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| 29 | 28 | | (b) Anyone who commits an assault with a firearm upon a person who is employed at a 16 |
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| 30 | 29 | | detention facility operated under the jurisdiction of the State or a local government while the 17 |
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| 31 | 30 | | employee is in the performance of the employee's duties is guilty of a Class D felony.any of the 18 |
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| 32 | 31 | | following persons who are in the performance of their duties is guilty of a Class B1 felony: 19 |
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| 33 | 32 | | (1) A law enforcement officer. 20 |
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| 34 | 33 | | (2) A probation officer. 21 |
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| 35 | 34 | | (3) A parole officer. 22 |
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| 36 | 35 | | (4) A member of the North Carolina National Guard. 23 |
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| 37 | 36 | | (5) An employee of a detention facility operated under the jurisdiction of the State 24 |
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| 38 | 37 | | or a local government. 25 |
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| 39 | 38 | | (6) An emergency medical technician or other emergency health care provider. 26 |
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| 40 | 39 | | (7) A medical responder. 27 |
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| 41 | 40 | | (8) A firefighter. 28 |
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| 42 | 41 | | (9) A telecommunicator employed by a law enforcement agency." 29 |
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| 43 | 42 | | SECTION 2. G.S. 14-34.6(c) reads as rewritten: 30 |
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| 44 | 43 | | "(c) Unless a person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing 31 |
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| 45 | 44 | | greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class D felony if the person violates subsection (a) of 32 |
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| 46 | | - | this section against a person not otherwise covered under G.S. 14-34.5 and uses a firearm." 33 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 |
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| 47 | | - | Page 2 House Bill 61-First Edition |
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| 48 | | - | SECTION 3. This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses 1 |
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| 49 | | - | committed on or after that date. 2 |
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| 45 | + | this section against a person not otherwise covered under G.S. 14-34.5 and uses a firearm." 33 |
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| 46 | + | SECTION 3. This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses 34 |
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| 47 | + | committed on or after that date. 35 |
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| 48 | + | H.B. 61 |
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| 49 | + | Feb 4, 2025 |
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| 50 | + | HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK |
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