A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to repeal pistol purchase permits AND TO CREATE THE CRIME OF MISDEMEANOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 14‑402 through G.S. 14‑405 and G.S. 14‑407.1 are repealed.
SECTION 1.(b)  G.S. 14‑315(b1)(1) is repealed.
SECTION 1.(c)  G.S. 122C‑54(d2) is repealed.
SECTION 1.(d)  Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this section are not abated or affected by this section, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this section remain applicable to those prosecutions.
SECTION 1.(e)  This section is effective when it becomes law and applies to pistols sold, given away, transferred, purchased, or received on or after that date.
SECTION 2.(a)  Article 8 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14‑32.5.  Misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
A person is guilty of a Class A1 misdemeanor if that person uses or attempts to use physical force, or threatens the use of a deadly weapon, against another person and the person who commits the offense is:
(1)	A current or former spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim.
(2)	A person with whom the victim shares a child in common.
(3)	A person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse, parent, or guardian.
(4)	A person similarly situated to a spouse, parent, or guardian of the victim."
SECTION 2.(b)  G.S. 14‑415.12(b)(8a) reads as rewritten:
"(8a)	Is or has been adjudicated guilty of or received a prayer for judgment continued or suspended sentence for one or more crimes of violence constituting a misdemeanor under G.S. 14‑32.5, 14‑33(c)(1), 14‑33(c)(2), 14‑33(c)(3), 14‑33(d), 14‑277.3A, 14‑318.2, 14‑134.3, 50B‑4.1, or former G.S. 14‑277.3."
SECTION 2.(c)  This section becomes effective December 1, 2023, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
SECTION 3.  Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.