HB 61 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Assaults on First Responders.

HB 61 increases penalties for assaulting certain emergency personnel with a firearm in North Carolina. It reclassifies assaults against law enforcement officers, probation/parole officers, National Guard members, detention facility staff, emergency medical technicians, medical responders, firefighters, and law enforcement telecommunicators as a Class B1 felony (instead of Class D) when committed during their duties. The bill specifically targets firearm assaults, making them punishable by more severe prison sentences. This law takes effect December 1, 2025, for offenses occurring on or after that date.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Last action Feb 6, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

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This bill version transition shows formatting and sponsorship updates rather than substantive policy changes. The primary differences include expanded sponsor listings, updated committee referral information, and a change in the bill identifier from a tracking code to a version number. The effective date and core provisions remain unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Added additional sponsors to the bill (Carson Smith, Greene, and Miller) and updated the referral information to include specific committee details and a new date of February 6, 2025.

Changed the bill identifier from a tracking code (DRH40053-ML-10A) to a version number (H61-v-1) and updated the page header format.

Added a new page break and page number indicator (Page 2) to the document structure.

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Committee

Feb 6, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

3 primary · 45 co-sponsors