Amends GS 14-202, as amended by SL 2025-70, by making it a Class A1 misdemeanor for a person to secretly peep into any room occupied by a minor or to secretly or surreptitiously peep underneath or through clothing worn by another using a mirror or other device to view the body or undergarments of that other person without consent and the victim is a minor (remains a Class 1 misdemeanor for either offense if victim is not a minor). Adds definition of minor (individual under 18 years old) to GS 14-202(b). Makes technical changes to numbering of definitions in that subsection to account for the new definition.

Further amends GS 14-202 by making it a Class I felony to secretly peep into any room while in possession of a device that can create images with the intent to create an image where the victim is a minor (remains a Class A1 misdemeanor where victim is not a minor); making it a Class H felony for any person to: (1) secretly peep into any room and use a device to create a photo of another person in the room for the purpose of arousal or gratification of sexual desire of any person where the victim is a minor; (2) knowingly, and with intent to, creates a photo of a private area of an individual without consent where the victim is a minor and has a reasonable expectation of privacy; (3) secretly or surreptitiously use or install any device that can be used to create an image in a room with intent to capture the image of another without consent and to do so for the purpose of arousal or gratification of the sexual desire of any person where the victim is a minor; or (4) knowingly possess an image that the person knows, or has reason to believe, was obtained in violation of GS 14-202 where the victim is a minor (all four offenses remain a Class I felony where victim is not a minor); and making it a Class G felony for any person to disseminate or allow dissemination of images that the person knows, or should have known, were obtained as a result of the violation of GS 14-202 if the dissemination is without consent of the person in the photo and the victim is a minor (remains a Class H felony where the victim is not a minor).

Effective December 1, 2026, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

Appropriates $25,000 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to be used for costs incurred by DPS from developing a marketing campaign to make the public aware of GS 14-202, as amended by this act. Effective July 1, 2026.