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NC S464
Bill
AI Summary
- Increases the age of sexual consent from 16 to 18 years old in North Carolina by amending statutory rape and statutory sexual offense statutes
- Modifies age-of-consent protections in G.S. 14-27.25 and G.S. 14-27.30, changing the minimum victim age from 15 to 17 years and reducing the age difference requirement from six to four years for Class B1 felony convictions
- Updates incest statutes (G.S. 14-178) to extend protections to minors 16 and 17 years old with corresponding age-difference requirements for felony classifications
- Raises the protected age threshold from 16 to 18 years in statutes covering dissemination of obscene materials to minors, taking indecent liberties with children, and indecent liberties between children
- Becomes effective December 1, 2023, and applies only to offenses committed on or after that date
Legislative Description
Raise the Age of Sexual Consent
Child Abuse; Crimes; Minors; Public; Sex Offenses; Family Issues
Last Action
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
4/4/2023
Committee Referrals
Rules and Operations of the Senate4/4/2023
Full Bill Text
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