GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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HOUSE BILL 225

 

 

Short Title:        Collect DNA For All Felony Arrests.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Conrad, Stam, and Zachary (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Judiciary I.

March 16, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to require that a DNA sample and testing be obtained from any person arrested for committing any felony offense in this state.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 15A‑266.3A(f) reads as rewritten:

"(f)       This section shall apply to a person arrested for violating any one of the following offenses in Chapter 14 of the General Statutes:committing any of the following offenses:

(1)        G.S. 14‑17, First and Second Degree Murder.

(2)        G.S. 14‑18, Manslaughter.

(3)        Any offense in Article 7A, Rape and Other Sex Offenses.

(4)        G.S. 14‑32, Felonious assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflicting serious injury; G.S. 14‑32.4(a), Assault inflicting serious bodily injury; G.S. 14‑34.2, Assault with a firearm or other deadly weapon upon governmental officers or employees, company police officers, or campus police officers; G.S. 14‑34.5, Assault with a firearm on a law enforcement, probation, or parole officer or on a person employed at a State or local detention facility; G.S. 14‑34.6, Assault or affray on a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, medical responder, emergency department nurse, or emergency department physician; and G.S. 14‑34.7, Assault inflicting serious injury on a law enforcement, probation, or parole officer or on a person employed at a State or local detention facility.

(5)        Any offense in Article 10, Kidnapping and Abduction, or Article 10A, Human Trafficking.

(6)        G.S. 14‑51, First and second degree burglary; G.S. 14‑53, Breaking out of dwelling house burglary; G.S. 14‑54.1, Breaking or entering a place of religious worship; and G.S. 14‑57, Burglary with explosives.

(7)        Any offense in Article 15, Arson.

(8)        G.S. 14‑87, Armed robbery.

(8a)      Any felony offense.

(9)        Any misdemeanor offense which would require the person to register under the provisions of Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes, Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Programs.

(10)      G.S. 14‑196.3, Cyberstalking.

(11)      G.S. 14‑277.3A, Stalking.

(12)      G.S. 14‑43.12, Failure of party to a labor contract to report involuntary servitude.

(13)      G.S. 14‑27.5A, Sexual Battery.

(14)      G.S. 14‑27.7, Intercourse and sexual offenses with certain victims (school personnel less than 4 years older than the victim).

(15)      G.S. 14‑40, Enticing minors out of the State for the purpose of employment."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2016, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.