Part I.
Titles the act as the “Protecting First Responders Act” or the “PROFR Act.”

Part II.

Amends GS 14-34.6 by increasing from a Class I to H felony the punishment for assault or affray causing physical injury on specified emergency responders and health care providers. Amends three of those six categories of responders and health care providers so that it now includes (1) an emergency medical services personnel (was, emergency medical technician or other emergency health care provider), (2) a member of a rescue squad or EMS service (was, a medical responder); and (3) adds in other emergency health care providers not covered under category (1) above.

Enacts new GS 14-286.3 making it a Class H felony to unlawfully and intentionally possess fentanyl or other harmful drug or chemical agents and expose an emergency responder (as defined). Increases the felony to Class G when the emergency responder suffers serious bodily injury due to the exposure. Makes it a Class I felony if a person knows fentanyl or other harmful drugs or chemical agents are unlawfully present at a location an emergency responder is responding to and willfully fails to notify the emergency responder of its presence within a reasonable time prior to the emergency responder arriving at the location.

Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2025.

Part III.

Appropriates $10,350,000 for 2025-26 from the General Fund to the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services, to be distributed as grants to first responders (as defined) for the purchase of bulletproof vests and bulletproof backpack plates for paramedics and emergency medical technicians. Specifies that the funds do not revert until July 1, 2028. Effective July 1, 2025.