House committee substitute amends the 1st edition as follows.
Revises the definition of emergency vehicle in new GS 14-34.1A to include State or local emergency management vehicles and vehicles owned or operated by the Department of Adult Correction and the Division of Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety.
Makes a technical change to the proposed changes to GS 14-34.8(b).
Makes conforming changes to the long title.
PROTECT THOSE WHO SERVE AND PROTECT ACT.
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AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT FOR DISCHARGING OR ATTEMPTING TO DISCHARGE A FIREARM AT OR INTO AN UNOCCUPIED EMERGENCY VEHICLE AND TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT FOR POINTING A LASER DEVICE AT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ANIMAL, OR OTHER EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WHEN THE PERSON OR ANIMAL IS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES.Intro. by Hastings, Saine, Carson Smith, Pyrtle.
Bill History:
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Mon, 30 Jan 2023 House: Filed
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Tue, 31 Jan 2023 House: Passed 1st Reading
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Wed, 15 Feb 2023 House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
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Wed, 15 Feb 2023 House: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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Tue, 21 Feb 2023 House: Reptd Fav
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Tue, 21 Feb 2023 House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
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Tue, 21 Feb 2023 House: Placed On Cal For 02/22/2023
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Wed, 22 Feb 2023 House: Passed 2nd Reading
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Wed, 22 Feb 2023 House: Passed 3rd Reading
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Thu, 23 Feb 2023 House: Regular Message Sent To Senate
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Mon, 27 Feb 2023 Senate: Regular Message Received From House
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Mon, 27 Feb 2023 Senate: Passed 1st Reading
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Mon, 27 Feb 2023 Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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Thu, 18 May 2023 Senate: Withdrawn From Com
Bill Summaries:
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Bill H 34 (2023-2024)Summary date: Feb 15 2023 - View Summary
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Bill H 34 (2023-2024)Summary date: Jan 30 2023 - View Summary
Enacts GS 14-34.1A, making it a Class H felony to willfully or wantonly discharge or attempt to discharge any firearm or barreled weapon capable of discharging shot, bullets, pellets, or other missiles at a muzzle velocity of at least 600 feet per second at or into any unoccupied emergency vehicle. Defines emergency vehicle to include a vehicle of law enforcement and fire departments, ambulances, rescue squads, the National Guard, the US Armed Forces, or the Division of Adult Corrections and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety.
Amends GS 14-34.8, making it a Class I felony to intentionally point a laser at any of the specified categories of persons while that person is in the performance of his or her duties. Persons specified include law enforcement officers; probation officers; parole officers; certain detention facility, youth development center, or correctional institution employees; firefighters; emergency medical technicians/providers; National Guard members; US Armed Forces members; and certain court counselors (previously, intentionally pointing a laser at a law enforcement officer was an infraction; other specified persons were not included in the statute, and the precondition that the persons be in the performance of his or her duty was not included). Additionally, makes it a Class A1 misdemeanor to intentionally point a laser at a law enforcement agency animal or a search and rescue animal while the animal is in the performance of its duty. Makes conforming changes.
Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2023.
Committee substitute to the 1st edition changed the long title. Original long title was AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT FOR DISCHARGING OR ATTEMPTING TO DISCHARGE A FIREARM AT OR INTO AN UNOCCUPIED EMERGENCY VEHICLE AND TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT FOR POINTING A LASER DEVICE AT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR OTHER EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WHEN THE PERSON OR ANIMAL IS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES.