H.B. 545
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Mar 30, 2023
SESSION 2023 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
H D
HOUSE BILL DRH10219-ML-114A
Short Title: Willful or Wanton Gun Discharge/Expand Scope. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Miller.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO REVISE THE LAW PROHIBITING WILLFUL OR WANTON DISCHARGE OF
3 CERTAIN BARRELED WEAPONS OR FIREARMS.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. G.S. 14-34.1 reads as rewritten:
6 "§ 14-34.1. Discharging Willful or wanton discharge of certain barreled weapons or a
7 firearm into occupied property.firearm.
8 (a) Any A person who willfully or wantonly discharges or attempts to discharge any
9 firearm or barreled weapon capable of discharging shot, bullets, pellets, or other missiles at a
10 muzzle velocity of at least 600 feet per second into any building, structure, vehicle, aircraft,
11 watercraft, or other conveyance, device, equipment, erection, or enclosure while it is occupied is
12 guilty of a Class E felony.
13 (a1) Unless covered under some provision of law providing greater punishment, a person
14 who willfully or wantonly discharges a weapon described in subsection (a) of this section in or
15 on the property of another without the property owner's permission, on a public street or highway,
16 or at any public place where persons other than the person who discharged the weapon are present
17 is guilty of a Class E felony.
18 (b) A person who willfully or wantonly discharges a weapon described in subsection (a)
19 of this section into an occupied dwelling or into any occupied vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or
20 other conveyance that is in operation is guilty of a Class D felony.
21 (c) If a person violates this section and the violation results in serious bodily injury to
22 any person, the person is guilty of a Class C felony."
23 SECTION 2. This act becomes effective December 1, 2023, and applies to offenses
24 committed on or after that date.
*DRH10219-ML-114A*


Statutes affected:
Filed: 14-34.1
Edition 1: 14-34.1