North Carolina HB 483: Juvenile Justice Legislative Proposals.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 2
HOUSE BILL 483
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/29/25

Short Title: Juvenile Justice Legislative Proposals. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
March 25, 2025
*H483-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO EXTEND TERMS OF PROBATION AND POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION 2
FOR YOUTH ADJUDICATED OF CERTAIN VIOLENT OFFENSES AND TO CLARIFY 3
A VICTIM'S RIGHT TO BE NOTIFIED ABOUT TERMINATION OF PROBATION OR 4
POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION; TO MODIFY THE CRITERIA FOR SECURE 5
CUSTODY TO CLARIFY THAT A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE MAY ENTER A 6
SECURE CUSTODY ORDER FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF A CASE TO 7
JUVENILE COURT AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A SECURE CUSTODY 8
ORDER IN RESPONSE TO THE VIOLATION OF A CHAPTER 50B DOMESTIC 9
VIOLENCE PROTECTIVE ORDER; TO CLARIFY THAT ALL FELONY SCHOOL 10
NOTIFICATIONS ARE LIMITED TO CLASS A THROUGH CLASS E FELONIES; TO 11
EXTEND THE RETENTION PERIOD FOR CLOSED COMPLAINTS TO ALLOW FOR 12
REVIEW BY THE PROSECUTOR; TO CREATE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR 13
ESCAPING FROM A JUVENILE JUSTICE FACILITY OR OFFICER; TO CLARIFY 14
AND MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE JUVENILE CAPACITY TO 15
PROCEED PROCESS; TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS TO REMOVE A JUVENILE FROM 16
SUPERIOR COURT TO JUVENILE COURT; AND TO CLARIFY THE PLACE OF 17
CONFINEMENT FOR PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE 18
SENTENCED TO IMPRISONMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ADULT 19
CORRECTION, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE DIVISION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE 20
AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. 21
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 22
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PART I. EXTEND TERMS OF PROBATION AND POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION 24
FOR YOUTH ADJUDICATED OF CERTAIN VIOLENT OFFENSES AND CLARIFY A 25
VICTIM'S RIGHT TO BE NOTIFIED ABOUT TERMINATION OF PROBATION OR 26
POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION 27
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 7B-2510 reads as rewritten: 28
"§ 7B-2510. Conditions of probation; violation of probation. 29
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(c) An order of probation shall remain in force for a period not to exceed one year from 31
the date entered. Prior Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c1) of this section, prior to 32
expiration of an order of probation, the court may extend it for an additional period of one year 33
after notice and a hearing, if the court finds that the extension is necessary to protect the 34
community or to safeguard the welfare of the juvenile. At the discretion of the court, the hearing 35

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to determine to extend probation may occur after the expiration of an order of probation at the 1
next regularly scheduled court date or if the juvenile fails to appear in court. 2
(c1) Prior to expiration of an order of probation entered for an adjudication of an offense 3
that would be a Class A, B1, or B2 felony if committed by an adult, the court may extend the 4
term of probation for additional periods of up to one year after notice and a hearing, if the court 5
finds that the extension is necessary to protect the community or to safeguard the welfare of the 6
juvenile. The total period of probation entered for an adjudication of an offense that would be a 7
Class A, B1, or B2 felony if committed by an adult shall not exceed three years. At the discretion 8
of the court, the hearing to determine to extend probation may occur after the expiration of an 9
order of probation at the next regularly scheduled court date or if the juvenile fails to appear in 10
court. 11
(d) On motion of the juvenile court counselor or counselor, the juvenile, the prosecutor, 12
or on the court's own motion, the court may review the progress of any juvenile on probation at 13
any time during the period of probation or at the end of probation. The conditions or duration of 14
probation may be modified only as provided in this Subchapter and only after notice and a 15
hearing. 16
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SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 7B-2511 reads as rewritten: 18
"§ 7B-2511. Termination of probation. 19
At the end of or at any time during probation, the court may terminate probation by written 20
order upon finding that there is no further need for supervision. The Except for cases that involve 21
a victim as defined in Article 20A of this Chapter, the finding and order terminating probation 22
may be entered in chambers in the absence of the juvenile and may be based on a report from the 23
juvenile court counselor or, at the election of the court, the order may be entered with the juvenile 24
present after notice and a hearing. In cases involving a victim as defined in Article 20A of this 25
Chapter, the order may be entered with the juvenile present after notice and a hearing. If a victim 26
has requested to be notified of court proceedings pursuant to G.S. 7B-2053, the Division of 27
Juvenile Justice shall provide notice to the victim, and the court shall provide the prosecutor, the 28
victim, or the person who may assert the victim's rights as set forth in Article 20A of this Chapter 2