GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Each year, on December 1, new state laws and amendments passed by the General Assembly go into effect.
In North Carolina that includes 14 laws and/or amendments. Here we’ve highlighted a few of the laws and/or amendments and include more information to view each one from the state.
HB 670 Communicating Threat of Mass Violence At School or Church
An act to increase the criminal penalty for communicating a threat of mass violence on educational property or at a place of religious worship, to provide for conditional discharge of persons convicted of those offenses when the offense is committed under the age of twenty, and to require a judge to set conditions of release for those offenses.
A person who, by any means of communication to any person or groups of persons, threatens to commit an act of mass violence on educational property or at a curricular or extracurricular activity sponsored by a school is guilty of a Class H felony.
SB 486 Election Law Changes
An act to make various changes related to Election Laws.
SB 616 Heroin & Opioid Prevention & Enforcement Act
An act amending laws pertaining to the North Carolina Controlled Substances Act and the North Carolina Controlled Substances Reporting System Act, including the revision and establishment of penalties for certain violations, and expressing the intent to appropriate additional funds in the future for community-based substance use disorder treatment and recovery services, and more.
HB 969 Enhance Prison Security
An act to enhance prison security as recommended by the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety.
NEW NC LAWS, AMENDMENTS
Here's a full list of the new laws and amendments in North Carolina.