North Carolina HB 575: The Hunter Robinson Act.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 2
HOUSE BILL 575
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/15/25

Short Title: The Hunter Robinson Act. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
April 1, 2025
*H575-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO REVISE THE LAWS GOVERNING POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION OF 2
CRIMINAL OFFENDERS. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 15A-1368(a)(5) reads as rewritten: 5
"(5) Maximum imposed term. – The maximum term of imprisonment imposed on 6
an individual prisoner by a court judgment, as described in 7
G.S. 15A-1340.13(c). When a prisoner is serving consecutive prison terms, 8
the maximum imposed term, for purposes of this Article, is the sum of all 9
maximum terms imposed in the court judgment or judgments, less 12 months 10
for each of the second and subsequent sentences imposed for Class B through 11
Class E felonies, or less 60 months for each second or subsequent Class B1 12
through E felony for which the sentence was established pursuant to 13
G.S. 15A-1340.17(f), and less nine months for each of the second and 14
subsequent sentences imposed for Class F through Class I felonies.the 15
following: 16
a. Sixty months for each of the second and subsequent sentences imposed 17
for Class B1 through Class E felonies for which the sentence was 18
established pursuant to G.S. 15A-1340.17(f). 19
b. Twenty-four months for each of the second and subsequent sentences 20
imposed for Class B1 through Class C felonies not otherwise covered 21
under sub-subdivision a. of this subdivision. 22
c. Eighteen months for each of the second and subsequent sentences 23
imposed for Class D through Class E felonies not otherwise covered 24
under sub-subdivision a. of this subdivision. 25
d. Nine months for each of the second and subsequent sentences imposed 26
for Class F through Class I felonies." 27
SECTION 2. G.S. 15A-1368.2 reads as rewritten: 28
"§ 15A-1368.2. Post-release supervision eligibility and procedure. 29
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a prisoner to whom this Article 30
applies shall be released from prison for post-release supervision on the date equivalent to his 31
maximum imposed prison term less 12 24 months in the case of Class B1 through E felons Class 32
C felons, 18 months in the case of Class D through Class E felons, and less nine months in the 33
case of Class F through Class I felons, less any earned time awarded by the Division of Prisons 34
of the Department of Adult Correction or the custodian of a local confinement facility under 35
G.S. 15A-1340.13(d). A prisoner whose maximum sentence is established pursuant to 36

General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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G.S. 15A-1340.17(f) shall be released from prison for post-release supervision on the date 1
equivalent to his or her maximum imposed prison term less 60 months, less any earned time 2
awarded by the Division of Prisons of the Department of Adult Correction or the custodian of a 3
local confinement facility under G.S. 15A-1340.13(d). If a prisoner has not been awarded any 4
earned time, the prisoner shall be released for post-release supervision on the date equivalent to 5
his maximum prison term less 12 24 months for Class B1 through E felons Class C felons, 18 6
months in the case of Class D through Class E felons, and less nine months for Class F through 7
Class I felons. 8
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(c) A supervisee's period of post-release supervision shall be for a period of 12 24 months 10
in the case of Class B1 through E felons Class C felons, 18 months in the case of Class D through 11
Class E felons, and nine months in the case of Class F through Class I felons, unless the offense 12
is an offense for which registration is required pursuant to Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the 13
General Statutes. For offenses subject to the registration requirement of Article 27A of Chapter 14
14 of the General Statutes, the period of post-release supervision is five years. The conditions of 15
post-release supervision are as authorized in G.S. 15A-1368.4. 16
...." 17
SECTION 3. G.S. 15A-1340.17 reads as rewritten: 18
"§ 15A-1340.17. Punishment limits for each class of offense and prior record level. 19
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(d) Maximum Sentences Specified for Class F through Class I Felonies. – Unless 21
provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for a specific crime, for each minimum 22
term of imprisonment in the chart in subsection (c) of this section, expressed in months, the 23
corresponding maximum term of imprisonment, also expressed in months, is as specified in the 24
table below for Class F through Class I felonies. The first figure in each cell in the table is the 25
minimum term and the second is the maximum term. 26
3-13 4-14 5-15 6-17 7-18 8-19 9-20 10-21 27
11-23 12-24 13-25 14-26 15-27 16-29 17-30 18-31 28
19-32 20-33 21-35 22-36 23-37 24-38 25-39 26-41 29
27-42 28-43 29-44 30-45 31-47 32-48 33-49 34-50 30
35-51 36-53 37-54 38-55 39-56 40-57 41-