A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to make it a felony to assault a member of the north carolina national guard who is discharging or attempting to discharge official duties.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑34.6 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑34.6.  Assault or affray on a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, medical responder, a member of the North Carolina National Guard, and emergency department personnel.
(a)	A person is guilty of a Class I felony if the person commits an assault or affray causing physical injury on any of the following persons who are discharging or attempting to discharge their official duties:
(1)	An emergency medical technician or other emergency health care provider.
(2)	A medical responder.
(3)	The following emergency department personnel: physicians, physicians assistants, nurses, and licensed nurse practitioners.
(4)	Repealed by Session Laws 2011‑356, s. 2, effective December 1, 2011, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date.
(5)	A firefighter.
(6)	A member of the North Carolina National Guard.
(b)	Unless a person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class H felony if the person violates subsection (a) of this section and (i) inflicts serious bodily injury or (ii) uses a deadly weapon other than a firearm.
(c)	Unless a person's conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater punishment, a person is guilty of a Class F felony if the person violates subsection (a) of this section and uses a firearm."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2015, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.