STRENGTHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCESS/DV CRIMES.

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
House Bill 449 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 31, 2015
AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN HABITUAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES AND INCREASE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCESS TO INFORMATION TO IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES, SPECIFICALLY AS RELATED TO CRIMES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
Intro. by R. Moore, Fisher, Alexander.

Status: Ref To Com On Judiciary I (House Action) (Apr 2 2015)

Bill History:

H 449

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Mar 31 2015 - View Summary

    Amends GS 14-33.2 to provide that a person commits habitual misdemeanor assault if they violate any of the provisions of GS 14-33, whether or not they cause physical injury, or GS 14-34, and they have one (was, two) or more prior convictions for misdemeanor or felony assault, no longer requiring that the earlier of the two priors have occurred no more than 15 years before the date of the current violation.

    Amends GS 15A-534.1 to also make the statute applicable to defendants charged with cyberstalking. Add the requirement that the magistrate, after the judge has set conditions of pretrial release pursuant to any crime of domestic violence, enter the defendant's original pretrial release conditions into the North Carolina Warrant Repository. 

    Amends GS 50B-4.1 to make it a Class H felony to violate a valid protective order while having previous convictions for one or more (was, two) offenses under GS Chapter 50B.

    Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2015.