AN ACT to revise the laws governing post‑release supervision of criminal offenders.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 15A‑1368(a)(5) reads as rewritten:

(5)      Maximum imposed term. – The maximum term of imprisonment imposed on an individual prisoner by a court judgment, as described in G.S. 15A‑1340.13(c). When a prisoner is serving consecutive prison terms, the maximum imposed term, for purposes of this Article, is the sum of all maximum terms imposed in the court judgment or judgments, less 12 months for each of the second and subsequent sentences imposed for Class B through Class E felonies, or less 60 months for each second or subsequent Class B1 through E felony for which the sentence was established pursuant to G.S. 15A‑1340.17(f), and less nine months for each of the second and subsequent sentences imposed for Class F through Class I felonies.the following:

a.         Sixty months for each of the second and subsequent sentences imposed for Class B1 through Class E felonies for which the sentence was established pursuant to G.S. 15A‑1340.17(f).

b.         Twenty‑four months for each of the second and subsequent sentences imposed for Class B1 through Class C felonies not otherwise covered under sub‑subdivision a. of this subdivision.

c.         Eighteen months for each of the second and subsequent sentences imposed for Class D through Class E felonies not otherwise covered under sub‑subdivision a. of this subdivision.

d.         Nine months for each of the second and subsequent sentences imposed for Class F through Class I felonies.

SECTION 2.  G.S. 15A‑1368.2 reads as rewritten:

§ 15A‑1368.2.  Post‑release supervision eligibility and procedure.

(a)        Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a prisoner to whom this Article applies shall be released from prison for post‑release supervision on the date equivalent to his maximum imposed prison term less 12 24 months in the case of Class B1 through E felons Class C felons, 18 months in the case of Class D through Class E felons, and less nine months in the case of Class F through Class I felons, less any earned time awarded by the Division of Prisons of the Department of Adult Correction or the custodian of a local confinement facility under G.S. 15A‑1340.13(d). A prisoner whose maximum sentence is established pursuant to G.S. 15A‑1340.17(f) shall be released from prison for post‑release supervision on the date equivalent to his or her maximum imposed prison term less 60 months, less any earned time awarded by the Division of Prisons of the Department of Adult Correction or the custodian of a local confinement facility under G.S. 15A‑1340.13(d). If a prisoner has not been awarded any earned time, the prisoner shall be released for post‑release supervision on the date equivalent to his maximum prison term less 12 24 months for Class B1 through E felons Class C felons, 18 months in the case of Class D through Class E felons, and less nine months for Class F through Class I felons.

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(c)        A supervisee's period of post‑release supervision shall be for a period of 12 24 months in the case of Class B1 through E felons Class C felons, 18 months in the case of Class D through Class E felons, and nine months in the case of Class F through Class I felons, unless the offense is an offense for which registration is required pursuant to Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes. For offenses subject to the registration requirement of Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes, the period of post‑release supervision is five years. The conditions of post‑release supervision are as authorized in G.S. 15A‑1368.4.

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SECTION 3.  G.S. 15A‑1340.17 reads as rewritten:

§ 15A‑1340.17.  Punishment limits for each class of offense and prior record level.

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(d)       Maximum Sentences Specified for Class F through Class I Felonies. – Unless provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for a specific crime, for each minimum term of imprisonment in the chart in subsection (c) of this section, expressed in months, the corresponding maximum term of imprisonment, also expressed in months, is as specified in the table below for Class F through Class I felonies. The first figure in each cell in the table is the minimum term and the second is the maximum term.

3‑13       4‑14       5‑15        6‑17       7‑18       8‑19      9‑20       10‑21

11‑23    12‑24      13‑25     14‑26     15‑27     16‑29     17‑30     18‑31

19‑32    20‑33      21‑35     22‑36     23‑37     24‑38     25‑39     26‑41

27‑42    28‑43      29‑44     30‑45     31‑47     32‑48     33‑49     34‑50

35‑51    36‑53      37‑54     38‑55     39‑56     40‑57     41‑59     42‑60

43‑61    44‑62      45‑63     46‑65     47‑66     48‑67     49‑68

(d1)     Maximum Sentences Specified for Class D through Class E Felonies. – Unless provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for a specific crime, for each minimum term of imprisonment in the chart in subsection (c) of this section, expressed in months, the corresponding maximum term of imprisonment, also expressed in months, is as specified in the table below for Class D through Class E felonies. The first figure in each cell of the table is the minimum term and the second is the maximum term.

15‑36              16‑38            17‑39           18‑40          19‑41          20‑42          21‑44           22‑45

23‑46              24‑47            25‑48           26‑50          27‑51          28‑52          29‑53           30‑54

31‑56              32‑57            33‑58           34‑59          35‑60          36‑62          37‑63           38‑64

39‑65              40‑66            41‑68           42‑69          43‑70          44‑71          45‑72           46‑74

47‑75              48‑76            49‑77           50‑78          51‑80          52‑81          53‑82           54‑83

55‑84              56‑86            57‑87           58‑88          59‑89          60‑90          61‑92           62‑93

63‑94              64‑95            65‑96           66‑98          67‑99         68‑100        69‑101         70‑102

71‑104           72‑105          73‑106         74‑107        75‑108        76‑110        77‑111         78‑112

79‑113           80‑114          81‑116         82‑117        83‑118        84‑119        85‑120         86‑121

87‑123           88‑124          89‑125         90‑126        91‑128        92‑129        93‑130         94‑131

95‑132           96‑134          97‑135         98‑136        99‑137       100‑138      101‑140       102‑141

103‑142        104‑143        105‑144       106‑146      107‑147      108‑148      109‑149       110‑150

111‑152        112‑153        113‑156       114‑155      115‑156      116‑158      117‑159       118‑160

119‑161        120‑162        121‑164       122‑165      123‑166      124‑167      125‑168       126‑170

127‑171        128‑172        129‑173       130‑174      131‑176      132‑177      133‑178       134‑179

135‑180        136‑182        137‑183       138‑184      139‑185      140‑186      141‑188       142‑189

143‑190        144‑191        145‑192       146‑194      147‑195      148‑196      149‑197       150‑198

151‑200        152‑201        153‑202       154‑203      155‑204      156‑206      157‑207       158‑208

159‑209        160‑210        161‑212       162‑213      163‑214      164‑215      165‑216       166‑218

167‑219        168‑220        169‑221       170‑222      171‑224      172‑225      173‑226       174‑227

175‑228        176‑230        177‑231       178‑232      179‑233      180‑234      181‑236       182‑237

183‑238        184‑239        185‑240       186‑242      187‑243      188‑244      189‑245       190‑246

191‑248        192‑249        193‑250       194‑251      195‑252      196‑254      197‑255       198‑256

199‑257        200‑258        201‑260       202‑261      203‑262      204‑263      205‑264       206‑266

207‑267        208‑268        209‑269       210‑270      211‑272      212‑273      213‑274       214‑275

215‑276        216‑278        217‑279       218‑280      219‑281      220‑282      221‑284       222‑285

223‑286        224‑287        225‑288       226‑290      227‑291      228‑292      229‑293       230‑294

231‑296       232‑297.

(e)        Maximum Sentences Specified for Class B1 through Class E Class C Felonies for Minimum Terms up to 339 Months. Unless provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for a specific crime, for each minimum term of imprisonment in the chart in subsection (c) of this section, expressed in months, the corresponding maximum term of imprisonment, also expressed in months, is as specified in the table below for Class B1 through Class E Class C felonies. The first figure in each cell of the table is the minimum term and the second is the maximum term.

15‑30              16‑32            17‑33           18‑34          19‑35          20‑36          21‑38           22‑39

23‑40              24‑41            25‑42           26‑44          27‑45          28‑46          29‑47           30‑48

31‑50              32‑51            33‑52           34‑53          35‑54          36‑56          37‑57           38‑58

39‑59              40‑60            41‑62           42‑63          43‑64          44‑65          45‑66           46‑68

47‑69              48‑70            49‑71           50‑72          51‑74          52‑75          53‑76           54‑77

55‑78              56‑80            57‑81           58‑82          59‑83          60‑84          61‑86           62‑87

63‑88              64‑89            65‑90           66‑92          67‑93          68‑94          69‑95           70‑96

71‑98              72‑99           73‑100         74‑101        75‑102        76‑104        77‑105         78‑106

79‑107           80‑108          81‑110         82‑111        83‑112        84‑113        85‑114         86‑116

87‑117           88‑118          89‑119         90‑120        91‑122        92‑123        93‑124         94‑125

95‑126           96‑128          97‑129         98‑130        99‑131       100‑132      101‑134       102‑135

103‑136        104‑137        105‑138       106‑140      107‑141      108‑142      109‑143       110‑144

111‑146        112‑147        113‑148       114‑149      115‑150      116‑152      117‑153       118‑154

119‑155        120‑156        121‑158       122‑159      123‑160      124‑161      125‑162       126‑164

127‑165        128‑166        129‑167       130‑168      131‑170      132‑171      133‑172       134‑173

135‑174        136‑176        137‑177       138‑178      139‑179      140‑180      141‑182       142‑183

143‑184        144‑185        145‑186       146‑188      147‑189      148‑190      149‑191       150‑192

151‑194        152‑195        153‑196       154‑197      155‑198      156‑200      157‑201       158‑202

159‑203        160‑204        161‑206       162‑207      163‑208      164‑209      165‑210       166‑212

167‑213        168‑214        169‑215       170‑216      171‑218      172‑219      173‑220       174‑221

175‑222        176‑224        177‑225       178‑226      179‑227      180‑228      181‑230       182‑231

183‑232        184‑233        185‑234       186‑236      187‑237      188‑238      189‑239       190‑240

191‑242        192‑243        193‑244       194‑245      195‑246      196‑248      197‑249       198‑250

199‑251        200‑252        201‑254       202‑255      203‑256      204‑257      205‑258       206‑260

207‑261        208‑262        209‑263       210‑264      211‑266      212‑267      213‑268       214‑269

215‑270        216‑272        217‑273       218‑274      219‑275      220‑276      221‑278       222‑279

223‑280        224‑281        225‑282       226‑284      227‑285      228‑286      229‑287       230‑288

231‑290        232‑291        233‑292       234‑293      235‑294      236‑296      237‑297       238‑298

239‑299        240‑300        241‑302       242‑303      243‑304      244‑305      245‑306       246‑308

247‑309        248‑310        249‑311       250‑312      251‑314      252‑315      253‑316       254‑317

255‑318        256‑320        257‑321       258‑322      259‑323      260‑324      261‑326       262‑327

263‑328        264‑329        265‑330       266‑332      267‑333      268‑334      269‑335       270‑336

271‑338        272‑339        273‑340       274‑341      275‑342      276‑344      277‑345       278‑346

279‑347        280‑348        281‑350       282‑351      283‑352      284‑353      285‑354       286‑356

287‑357        288‑358        289‑359       290‑360      291‑362      292‑363      293‑364       294‑365

295‑366        296‑368        297‑369       298‑370      299‑371      300‑372      301‑374       302‑375

303‑376        304‑377        305‑378       306‑380      307‑381      308‑382      309‑383       310‑384

311‑386        312‑387        313‑388       314‑389      315‑390      316‑392      317‑393       318‑394

319‑395        320‑396        321‑398       322‑399      323‑400      324‑401      325‑402       326‑404

327‑405        328‑406        329‑407       330‑408      331‑410      332‑411      333‑412       334‑413

335‑414        336‑416        337‑417       338‑418      339‑419.

44‑77              45‑78            46‑80           47‑81          48‑82          49‑83          50‑84           51‑86

52‑87              53‑88            54‑89           55‑90          56‑92          57‑93          58‑94           59‑95

60‑96              61‑98            62‑99          63‑100        64‑101        65‑102        66‑104         67‑105    68‑106 69‑107           70‑108          71‑110         72‑111        73‑112        74‑113        75‑114         76‑116    77‑117 78‑118           79‑119          80‑120         81‑122        82‑123        83‑124        84‑125         85‑126    86‑128 87‑129           88‑130          89‑131         90‑132        91‑134        92‑135        93‑136         94‑137    95‑138 96‑140           97‑141          98‑142         99‑143       100‑144      101‑146      102‑147       103‑148   104‑149 105‑150        106‑152        107‑153       108‑154      109‑155      110‑156      111‑158       112‑159   113‑160 114‑161        115‑162        116‑164       117‑165      118‑166      119‑167      120‑168       121‑170   122‑171 123‑172        124‑173        125‑174       126‑176      127‑177      128‑178      129‑179       130‑180   131‑182 132‑183        133‑184        134‑185       135‑186      136‑188      137‑189      138‑190       139‑191   140‑192 141‑194        142‑195        143‑196       144‑197      145‑198      146‑200      147‑201       148‑202   149‑203 150‑204        151‑206        152‑207       153‑208      154‑209      155‑210      156‑212       157‑213   158‑214 159‑215        160‑216        161‑218       162‑219      163‑220      164‑221      165‑222       166‑224   167‑225 168‑226        169‑227        170‑228       171‑230      172‑231      173‑232      174‑233       175‑234   176‑236 177‑237        178‑238        179‑239       180‑240      181‑242      182‑243      183‑244       184‑245   185‑246 186‑248        187‑249        188‑250       189‑251      190‑252      191‑254      192‑255       193‑256   194‑257 195‑258        196‑260        197‑261       198‑262      199‑263      200‑264      201‑266       202‑267   203‑268 204‑269        205‑270        206‑272       207‑273      208‑274      209‑275      210‑276       211‑278   212‑279 213‑280        214‑281        215‑282       216‑284      217‑285      218‑286      219‑287       220‑288   221‑290 222‑291        223‑292        224‑293       225‑294      226‑296      227‑297      228‑298       229‑299   230‑300 231‑302        232‑303        233‑304       234‑305      235‑306      236‑308      237‑309       238‑310   239‑311 240‑312        241‑314        242‑315       243‑316      244‑317      245‑318      246‑320       247‑321   248‑322 249‑323        250‑324        251‑326       252‑327      253‑328      254‑329      255‑330       256‑332   257‑333 258‑334        259‑335        260‑336       261‑338      262‑339      263‑340      264‑341       265‑342   266‑344 267‑345        268‑346        269‑347       270‑348      271‑350      272‑351      273‑352       274‑353   275‑354 276‑356        277‑357        278‑358       279‑359      280‑360      281‑362      282‑363       283‑364   284‑365 285‑366        286‑368        287‑369       288‑370      289‑371      290‑372      291‑374       292‑375   293‑376 294‑377        295‑378        296‑380       297‑381      298‑382      299‑383      300‑384       301‑386   302‑387 303‑388        304‑389        305‑390       306‑392      307‑393      308‑394      309‑395       310‑396   311‑398 312‑399        313‑400        314‑401       315‑402      316‑404      317‑405      318‑406       319‑407   320‑408 321‑410        322‑411        323‑412       324‑413      325‑414      326‑416      327‑417       328‑418   329‑419 330‑420        331‑422        332‑423       333‑424      334‑425      335‑426      336‑428       337‑429   338‑430 339‑431.

(e1)      Maximum Sentences Specified for Class B1 through Class E Class C Felonies for Minimum Terms of 340 Months or More. – Unless provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for a specific crime, when the minimum sentence is 340 months or more, the corresponding maximum term of imprisonment shall be equal to the sum of the minimum term of imprisonment and twenty percent (20%) of the minimum term of imprisonment, rounded to the next highest month, plus 12 24 additional months.

(f)        Maximum Sentences Specified for Class B1 Through Class E Sex Offenses. – Unless provided otherwise in a statute establishing a punishment for a specific crime, for offenders sentenced for a Class B1 through E felony that is a reportable conviction subject to the registration requirement of Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes, the maximum term of imprisonment shall be equal to the sum of the minimum term of imprisonment and twenty percent (20%) of the minimum term of imprisonment, rounded to the next highest month, plus 60 additional months.

SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.