AN ACT to make available comprehensive firearm SAFETY instruction courses at north carolina community colleges to Individuals EIGHTEEN years and older.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  Article 6A of Chapter 115D of the General Statutes reads as rewritten:

Article 6A.

Motorcycle Safety Instruction.

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§ 115D‑73.  Firearm safety instruction course.

(a)        The State Board of Community Colleges, in consultation with the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, law enforcement agencies, and firearms associations, shall develop the standards, curriculum, and criteria for instructors for a comprehensive firearm safety instruction course.

(b)        Each community college shall offer the comprehensive firearm safety instruction course in accordance with the requirements established by the State Board of Community Colleges. The comprehensive firearm safety instruction course shall be offered each semester as a noncurricular extension course to make the instruction as accessible as possible to all citizens 18 years and older who seek to enroll.

SECTION 1.(b)  The State Board of Community Colleges shall develop the comprehensive firearm safety instruction course required by this section no later than August 1, 2025. Community colleges shall offer the comprehensive firearm safety instruction course beginning with the 2025 fall semester.

SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Community College System Office the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) annually in recurring funds for the 2025‑2026 and 2026‑2027 fiscal years to develop and provide funds to community colleges to establish a comprehensive firearm safety instruction course, as required by Section 1 of this act.

SECTION 3.  Section 2 of this act is effective July 1, 2025. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.