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S244 • 2025

January 6 Riot/Attempt Overthrow of Gov't.

January 6 Riot/Attempt Overthrow of Gov't.

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Everitt, Garrett, Applewhite, Bradley
Last action
2025-03-06
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
2025-12-01

Plain English Breakdown

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January 6 Riot/Attempt Overthrow of Gov't.

January 6 Riot/Attempt Overthrow of Gov't.

What This Bill Does

  • January 6 Riot/Attempt Overthrow of Gov't.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-06 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-03-06 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-03-05 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

January 6 Riot/Attempt Overthrow of Gov't.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 244

Short Title: January 6 Riot/Attempt Overthrow of Gov't. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Everitt and Garrett (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 6, 2025
*S244-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO MAKE IT A CLASS F FELONY TO ENGAGE IN A RIOT OR INCITE A RIOT 2
IN WHICH AN ATTEMPT OCCURS TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT OF THE 3
UNITED STATES, THE S TATE OF NORTH CAROLI NA, OR ANY POLITICAL 4
SUBDIVISION THEREOF. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
SECTION 1. G.S. 14-288.2 reads as rewritten: 7
"§ 14-288.2. Riot; inciting to riot; punishments. 8
… 9
(c3) Any person who willfully engages in a riot is guilty of a Class F felony if, in the 10
course of the riot, the person attempts to overthrow the government of the United States, the State 11
of North Carolina, or any political subdivision thereof. 12
… 13
(e2) Any person who willfully incites or urges another to engage in a riot, and such inciting 14
or urging is a contributing cause of a riot in which a person attempts to overthrow the government 15
of the United States, the State of North Carolina, or any political subdivision thereof , shall be 16
punished as a Class F felon. 17
…." 18
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses 19
committed on or after that date. 20