North Carolina - Session 2025
Title: Repeal Crime Against Nature Law.
Repeals GS 14-177 (designating crimes against nature, with mankind or beast, as a Class I felony). Enacts GS 14-363.4, creating the separate offense of bestiality, as described, as a Class I felony. Replaces references to GS 14-177 with new GS 14-363.4 in GS 115C-270.35(b) (automatic revocation of an educator license upon conviction of certain offenses) and GS 7B-101(1)d (definition of abused juvenile in the dependency statutes). Removes reference to GS 14-177 as one of the statutory exceptions to the defined term racketeering activity under GS 75D-3 (State RICO definitions provisions). Effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-12 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-03-13 | Status | in_committee |
| 2025-03-13 | Latest Action | Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SB 777 | General Assembly Appointments. | enacted |
| HB 307 | Iryna's Law. | enacted |
| HB 693 | Interstate Massage Compact. | in_committee |
| HB 775 | Criminal History Checks for School Positions. | in_committee |
| SB 775 | General Assembly Appointments. | enacted |
| HB 1015 | General Assembly Appointments. | enacted |
| HB 318 | The Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act. | enacted |
| SB 429 | 2025 Public Safety Act. | enacted |