Enhanced Penalty/Dom. Violence Strangulation.

Summary

The bill rewrites North Carolina’s assault statutes to make strangulation a higher‑level felony and creates a $3 million annual fund for a public‑awareness campaign about the new penalties. It applies to assaults committed on or after Dec. 1, 2026, affecting anyone who uses strangulation in an assault. The measure aims to deter domestic‑violence‑related strangulation by imposing tougher punishments.

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