North Carolina will enact over a dozen new laws on Sunday.
Among other things, the new rules include revised standards for sex offenses, juvenile justice, and human trafficking.
To let you know what to anticipate, WXII has put together a list of the new laws:
Beginning on Sunday, some felonies committed by young adults between the ages of 16 and 17 may result in automatic adult charges. The goal of the Raise the Age campaign was to keep juvenile criminals out of the adult criminal justice system.
Up until 2019, North Carolina was the only state in the nation to automatically charge all minor offenses committed by 16 and 17-year-olds as adults.
The transfer process for indicted juvenile cases is also described in this new statute. It comes as a rise in serious crimes by youth has been observed by Triad officers. More information regarding HB 834 can be found here.
The Department of Labor will start creating training on human trafficking awareness on December 1. Additionally, the new law modifies the definition of a victim and raises the penalty for the first crime of soliciting a prostitute. To find out more about House Bill 971, click here.
Starting on December 1, the state’s agricultural laws will be modified. First, Senate Bill 355 makes it clear that horseback riding is covered within the concept of agriculture. This covers the upbringing, supervision, maintenance, and training of horses. Along with requiring identification when transporting pigs, the law also mandates that licenses or permits be suspended for a predetermined amount of time if the bearer has been found guilty of specific offenses.
Heroin in gas stations
On Sunday, North Carolina will ban the extremely addictive drug tianeptine, commonly referred to as gas station heroin.
The Food and Drug Administration states that tianeptine can result in agitation, drowsiness, disorientation, sweating, a fast heartbeat, elevated blood pressure, nausea, vomiting, delayed or halted breathing, coma, and death when used either by itself or in combination with other medications.
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