Amend Hazing Laws.
HB 632 revises North Carolina's hazing laws, repealing the existing statute and creating a new one with an expanded definition of hazing. It establishes criminal offenses for individuals who participate in hazing against minors or students, and for local, national, and postsecondary educational institutions whose leadership or employees knowingly fail to intervene or actively participate. The bill also introduces penalties for individuals who fail to seek medical assistance for an injured minor or student during hazing. Penalties for violations range from misdemeanors to felonies, including potential fines for both individuals and organizations.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 31, 2025
Last action Apr 16, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted and renumbered from a filed version to Edition 1, with no substantive policy changes to the hazing law itself. The main differences are formatting adjustments, updated bill metadata, and a change in the bill number from DRH30221-ML-41A to H632-v-1.
TECHNICAL
Bill header and metadata were updated to reflect the new bill number H632-v-1 and changed the filing date from March 31, 2025 to April 2, 2025.
Line numbering was reorganized throughout the document, with some lines split and renumbered to accommodate the new formatting structure.
The sponsors list was expanded to include Representatives Riddell, White, and Davis as primary sponsors, while maintaining Representative Ross as a sponsor.
Committee referral information was updated to show Judiciary 2, Higher Education, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House as the appropriate committees.
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Committee
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Apr 16, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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Apr 16, 2025
Committee
Serial Referral To Higher Education Stricken
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Apr 2, 2025
Committee
Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Higher Education, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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Mar 31, 2025
Introduced
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3 primary · 3 co-sponsors
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