A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to increase the punishment for committing an assault with a firearm against certain emergency, medical, and law enforcement personnel.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑34.5 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑34.5.  Assault with a firearm on a law enforcement, probation, or parole officer, or on a member of the North Carolina National Guard, or on a person employed at a State or local detention facility.
	Any person who commits an assault with a firearm upon 
	
	any of the following persons who are in the performance of their duties is guilty of a Class B1 felony:
(1)	A law enforcement officer.
(2)	A probation officer.
(3)	A parole officer.
(4)	A member of the North Carolina National Guard.
(5)	An employee of a detention facility operated under the jurisdiction of the State or a local government.
(6)	An emergency medical technician or other emergency health care provider.
(7)	A medical responder.
(8)	A firefighter.
(9)	A telecommunicator employed by a law enforcement agency."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 14‑34.6(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Unless a person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class D felony if the person violates subsection (a) of this section against a person not otherwise covered under G.S. 14‑34.5 and uses a firearm."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.