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H61 • 2025

Assaults on First Responders.

Assaults on First Responders.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Pyrtle, Carson Smith, Greene, Miller, Almond, Arp, Balkcom, Biggs, Branson, Cairns, Campbell, Carver, Chesser, Cohn, Cotham, Cunningham, Echevarria, Gable, Goodwin, Hastings, Iler, F. Jackson, N. Jackson, Jeffers, B. Jones, Kidwell, Loftis, Logan, McNeely, Moss, Penny, Pickett, G. Pierce, R. Pierce, Pike, Potts, Reeder, Rhyne, Riddell, Scott, Setzer, Strickland, Ward, Warren, White, Willingham, Willis, Winslow
Last action
2025-02-06
Official status
Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Assaults on First Responders.

Assaults on First Responders.

What This Bill Does

  • Assaults on First Responders.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-06 House

    Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2025-02-06 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-02-04 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Assaults on First Responders.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 61

Short Title: Assaults on First Responders. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Pyrtle, Carson Smith, Greene, and Miller (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Judiciary 2, if favorable, Emergency Management and Disaster Recovery, if
favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
February 6, 2025
*H61-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT FOR COMMITTING AN ASSAULT WITH A 2
FIREARM AGAINST CERT AIN EMERGENCY, MEDIC AL, AND LAW 3
ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 14-34.5 reads as rewritten: 6
"§ 14-34.5. Assault with a firearm on a law enforcement, probation, or parole officer, or 7
on a member of the North Carolina National Guard, or on a person employed at 8
a State or local detention facility. 9
(a) Any person who commits an assault with a firea rm upon a law enforcement officer, 10
probation officer, or parole officer while the officer is in the performance of his or her duties is 11
guilty of a Class D felony. 12
(a1) Any person who commits an assault with a firearm upon a member of the North 13
Carolina National Guard while the member is in the performance of his or her duties is guilty of 14
a Class D felony. 15
(b) Anyone who commits an assault with a firearm upon a person who is employed at a 16
detention facility operated under the jurisdiction of the State or a local government while the 17
employee is in the performance of the employee's duties is guilty of a Class D felony. any of the 18
following persons who are in the performance of their duties is guilty of a Class B1 felony: 19
(1) A law enforcement officer. 20
(2) A probation officer. 21
(3) A parole officer. 22
(4) A member of the North Carolina National Guard. 23
(5) An employee of a detention facility operated under the jurisdiction of the State 24
or a local government. 25
(6) An emergency medical technician or other emergency health care provider. 26
(7) A medical responder. 27
(8) A firefighter. 28
(9) A telecommunicator employed by a law enforcement agency." 29
SECTION 2. G.S. 14-34.6(c) reads as rewritten: 30
"(c) Unless a person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law prov iding 31
greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class D felony if the person violates subsection (a) of 32
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
Page 2 House Bill 61-First Edition
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses 1
committed on or after that date. 2