North Carolina HB 193: Chapel Hill Local Act-2.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025

SESSION LAW 2025-81
HOUSE BILL 193

*H193-v-5*
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS AT
NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS MAY CARRY CERTAIN WEAPONS ON EDUCATIONAL
PROPERTY WHEN AUTHORIZED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES OR
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON MAY
CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN ON EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY THAT IS THE
LOCATION OF BOTH A SCHOOL AND A PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP WHEN
ATTENDING WORSHIP SERVICES AND OTHER SACERDOTAL FUNCTIONS AT
THE PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT
IMPOSED FOR AN ASSAULT OR THREAT AGAINST AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
LEGISLATIVE OFFICER, COURT OFFICER, OR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICER, TO
REQUIRE PRETRIAL RELEASE CONDITIONS FOR ANY PERSON CHARGED WITH
ASSAULTING OR MAKING A THREAT AGAINST AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
LEGISLATIVE OFFICER, COURT OFFICER, LOCAL ELECTED OFFICER, OR
ELECTION OFFICER TO BE DETERMINED BY A JUDGE, AND TO PROVIDE
ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FROM RESTRICTIONS ON USE FOR RELOCATED
LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOOTING RANGES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1. G.S. 14-269.2(a) is amended by adding the following new subdivisions
to read:
"(1d) School administrative director. – Any individual authorized by the school
board of trustees to act on behalf of the nonpublic school.
(1e) School board of trustees. – The governing body of any nonpublic school. For
purposes of parochial schools, the school board of trustees may be the board
of deacons, the board of elders, or any other designated board which oversees
the general affairs of the church, synagogue, temple, or other place of religious
worship that is affiliated with the nonpublic school."
SECTION 2. G.S. 14-269.2(g) is amended by adding the following new subdivision
to read:
"(8) The person is an employee or volunteer of a nonpublic school who meets all
of the following criteria:
a. The person has written authorization from the school board of trustees
or the school administrative director to possess and carry a firearm or
stun gun on the educational property that is owned, used, or operated
by the nonpublic school.
b. The weapon is a firearm or a stun gun.
c. The person has a concealed handgun permit issued in accordance with
Article 54B of this Chapter or is considered valid under
G.S. 14-415.24.
d. The person has successfully completed under the direct supervision of
a certified National Rifle Association instructor or the equivalent a

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minimum of eight hours of courses on, or relating to, gun safety and
the appropriate use of firearms that is in addition to the firearms
training and safety course required for a concealed handgun permit
under G.S. 14-415.12(a)(4). This is an annual training requirement.
e. The nonpublic school adopts and maintains written standard operating
procedures regarding the possession and carrying of the weapons
listed in this subdivision on the educational property and distributes to
the parents of students attending the nonpublic school copies of the
written standard operating procedures on an annual basis.
f. The person is on the premises of the educational property that is
owned, used, or operated by the nonpublic school at which the person
is an employee or volunteer."
SECTION 3. G.S. 14-269.2(k1) reads as rewritten:
"(k1) For the purposes of this subsection, property owned by a local board of education or
county commission shall not be construed as a building that is a place of religious worship as
defined in G.S. 14-54.1. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a person who has a
concealed handgun permit that is valid under Article 54B of this Chapter, or who is exempt from
obtaining a permit pursuant to that Article, if all of the following conditions apply:
(1) The person possesses and carries a handgun on educational property other than
an institution of higher education as defined by G.S. 116-143.1 or a nonpublic,
postsecondary educational institution.
(2) The educational property is the location of both a school and a building that is
a place of religious worship as defined in G.S. 14-54.1.
(3) The weapon is a handgun.
(4) The handgun is only possessed and carried on educational property outside in
one of the following circumstances:
a. Outside of the school operating hours.
b. At any time, in a building that is a place of religious worship while the
person is attending worship services, funeral services, wedding
ceremonies, Christenings, religious fellowships, and any other
sacerdotal functions in the building. For purposes of this subdivision,
the term "attending" includes ingress and egress between the building
and the designated parking area for the place of religious worship.
(5) The person or persons in legal possession or control of the premises have not
posted a conspicuous notice prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun
on the premises in accordance with G.S. 14-415.11(c)."
SECTION 4. Article 5A of Chapter 14 of the