North Carolina HB 632: Capitalize National Guard/GSC Study.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 632

Short Title: Amend Hazing Laws. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Ross, Riddell, White, and Davis (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Judiciary 2, if favorable, Higher Education, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and
Operations of the House
April 2, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO REVISE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF HAZING AND TO REQUIRE 2
EDUCATION ENTITIES TO ESTABLISH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO 3
PREVENT HAZING. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
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PART I. REVISE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF HAZING 7
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 14-35 is repealed. 8
SECTION 1.(b) Article 9 of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by 9
adding a new section to read: 10
"§ 14-35.1. Hazing. 11
(a) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this section: 12
(1) Alcoholic beverage. – As defined in G.S. 18B-101. 13
(2) Controlled substance. – As defined in G.S. 90-87. 14
(3) Educational institution. – A secondary educational institution or 15
postsecondary educational institution. 16
(4) Hazing. – Any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person, 17
whether individually or in concert with other persons, against a minor or 18
student of an educational institution, whether or not committed on the 19
education institution's campus or property, for the purpose of recruiting, 20
joining, pledging, initiating, admitting, affiliating with, or for the purpose of 21
continuing or enhancing status in an organization, that causes, coerces, or 22
forces a minor or student to do any of the following: 23
a. Violate State or federal law. 24
b. Consume any food, liquid, alcoholic beverage, controlled substance, 25
or other substance in any non-customary manner which subjects the 26
minor or student to a substantial risk of emotional or physical harm, 27
including sickness, vomiting, intoxication, or unconsciousness. 28
c. Endure brutality of a physical nature, including whipping, beating, 29
paddling, branding, dangerous physical activity, or exposure to the 30
elements, or to endure threats of such conduct, that results in medically 31
verifiable mental or physical harm. 32
d. Endure brutality of a mental nature, including activity adversely 33
affecting the mental health or dignity of the individual, sleep 34

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deprivation, exclusion from social contact, conduct that could result in 1
extreme embarrassment or to endure threats of such conduct that 2
results in medically verifiable mental or physical harm. 3
e. Endure any other activity which adversely affects the health and safety 4
of the individual. 5
(5) Local affiliate organization. – An organization that is chartered or recognized 6
by a national organization and may include students or non-students. 7
(6) Local organization. – An organization that is not chartered nor recognized by 8
a national organization. 9
(7) Minor. – A person who is less than 18 years of age. 10
(8) National organization. – An organization that is separate from a local affiliate 11
organization and may charter or recognize local affiliate organizations at 12
multiple educational institutions. 13
(9) Organization. – A club, association, corporation, order, society, corps, private 14
club, fraternity, sorority, varsity or club athletic team, or a social, service, or 15
similar group, whose members are primarily students or alumni of one or more 16
educational institutions. 17
(10) Postsecondary educational institution. – Any of the following: 18
a. An institution, as defined in G.S. 116-15, undertaking or conducting 19
postsecondary degree activity in this State. 20
b. A constituent institution, as defined in G.S. 116-2. 21
c. A community college, as defined in G.S. 115D-2. 22
(11) Secondary educational institution. – A public or nonpublic secondary school 23
operating in this State and serving students in grades nine through 12 or any 24
combination of those grades. 25
(12) Serious bodily injury. – As defined in G.S. 14-32.4. This term includes 26
incapacitation as a result of consumption of alcohol that results in a minor or 27
student requiring emergency medical attention or having a blood alcohol 28
concentration of 0.25 or greater. 29
(13) Student. – Any person who is registered in or in attendance at an educational 30
institution or who has been accepted for admission at the educational 31
institution at which the hazing occurs. 32
(b) Personal Offense. – A person commits an offense under this subsection if the person 33
requested, authorized, commanded, encouraged, or participated in hazing, or knowingly aided, 34
assisted, or conspired with another person to commit hazing. 35
(c) Organizational Offense. – All of the following are offenses under this subsection: 36
(1) A local organization or local affiliate organization commits an offense