H 949

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
  SESSION 2025
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  HOUSE BILL 949
 Short Title:   School Protection Act.  (Public)
 Sponsors:      Representatives Johnson, Branson, and McNeely (Primary Sponsors).
  For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
 Referred to:   Education - K-12, if favorable, Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and
  Operations of the House
  April 14, 2025
1A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO ALLOW SECURITY GUARDS TO CARRY FIREARMS ON NONPUBLIC
3    EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5SECTION 1. G.S. 14-269.2(g) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
6"(8) A sworn law enforcement officer who is hired as an armed security guard by
7a nonpublic school operating under Part I or II of Article 39 of Chapter 115C
8of the General Statutes, provided that the officer is acting in the discharge of
9the officer's official duties on the premises of that school. For purposes of this
10subdivision, a sworn law enforcement officer shall include a sworn law
11enforcement officer certified under Chapter 17C or 17E of the General
12Statutes, a company police officer commissioned under Chapter 74E of the
13General Statutes, or a campus police officer commissioned under Chapter 74G
14of the General Statutes."
15SECTION 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses
16 committed on or after that date.
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