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NC H670

Bill

Status

Passed

6/25/2018

Primary Sponsor

John Faircloth

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017-2018 Session

AI Summary

  • Creates new Class H felony for communicating threats of mass violence on educational property or at curricular/extracurricular school activities.

  • Creates new Class H felony for communicating threats of mass violence at places of religious worship, defined as churches, chapels, synagogues, temples, mosques, and similar buildings regularly used for worship.

  • Allows conditional discharge and probation for first-time offenders under age 20 convicted of these threats, requiring minimum 30 hours community service, mental health evaluation, and supervised probation for at least one year.

  • Permits expungement of records for offenders under age 20 who complete conditional discharge and maintain good behavior, with $175 filing fee.

  • Requires judges (not magistrates) to set pretrial release conditions for these offenses, with authority to restrict defendant access to targeted educational or religious properties.

Legislative Description

Protect Educational Property

Last Action

Ch. SL 2018-72

6/25/2018

Committee Referrals

Rules and Operations of the Senate6/13/2018
Judiciary6/7/2018
Rules and Operations of the Senate4/27/2017
Judiciary II4/11/2017

Full Bill Text

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