Courts, Justice, and Corrections

Session Year 2024

All Courts, Justice, and Corrections Summaries
Session Law SlSort1 SLSort2 Bill BillSort1 BillSort2 Summary
SL 2024-55 2024 0055 H10 H 0010 Require ICE Cooperation & Budget Adjustments.: Sec. 9.1: Require Sheriffs to Cooperate with ICE.
SL 2026-42 2024 0042 H56 H 0056 2026 Budget Technical Corrections.: Sec. 5.2: Repeal Redundant Vacant Positions Elimination Provision.
SL 2024-51 2024 0051 H149 H 0149 Disaster Recovery Act of 2024.: Sec. 14.1. Implement temporary extension on when post-release supervision and parole preliminary violation hearings must occur.
SL 2026-61 2024 0061 H268 H 0268 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II.: Sec. 6.11: Exempt State Bureau of Investigation from Certain Procurement, Contract, and Public Contract Requirements.
SL 2026-61 2024 0061 H268 H 0268 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II.: Sec. 3.19: Collaboratory Report on Recovery Court Study Results.
SL 2026-61 2024 0061 H268 H 0268 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II.: Sec. 6.9: Increase Number of Exempt Positions Under the State Human Resources Act at the State Bureau of Investigation.
SL 2026-14 2024 0014 H315 H 0315 Prohibit Litigation Invest/Amend WC Benefits.: Part I: Prohibit Litigation Investment.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 1: Amend Adoption Law to Facilitate E-Filing.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 2: Clarify How a Renter-Defendant Appellant Maintains a Stay of Execution of Judgment.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 3: Modify Certain Bond Requirements..
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 5: Amend Default Judgment Provision in Divorce Proceedings.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 8: Clarify Certain Filings.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 9: Allow Office of Indigent Defense Services Attorneys Electronic Access to Files.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 10: Modify Safekeeping Statute Related to Wills..
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 13: Update Safe Babies Court Language to Allow Children Up to Age 5 to Participate..
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 14: Clarify Jury Commission Appointments.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 14.1: Clarify the Application of Limitations on Compensation for Services Related to Veterans' Benefits Matters.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 15: Make Certain Changes Related to Juvenile Court Records..
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 19: Clarify Appeal Filing Language.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 20: Modify Laws Related to Frivolous Lawsuits.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 26: Administrative Office of the Courts and Office of Indigent Defense Services Reports and Recommendations.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 27.1: Amend Procedure for Determining Elective Share..
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 28: Allow Suspension of Trial Court Judges Pending Investigation.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 17: Change Effective Date for Judicial Access to Expunction Records.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 18: Change "Executive Secretary" to "Executive Director" in Conference Statute.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 21: Modify Rotation of Superior Court Judges.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 29: Add Trial Court Administrator and Staff to Definition of Court Officer.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 6: Repeal Obsolete Provision.
Ratified 2024-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 7: Clarify ASL Interpreter Payments.
SL 2026-33 2024 0033 H481 H 0481 Pay Exceptions/Special Separation Allowance.
SL 2024-47 2024 0047 H556 H 0556 Tenancy in Common/E-Notary/Small Claims Changes.: Secs. 8-9: Summary Ejectment and Small Claims Action Changes.
SL 2026-38 2024 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 2: Pilot Program to Use Telehealth in Jails to Complete Involuntary Commitment First Examination.
SL 2026-38 2024 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve IVC Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 3: Plan to Utilize Mobile Crisis Units to Complete Involuntary Commitment First Examinations.
SL 2026-38 2024 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve IVC Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 7: Study Legal Standards for Involuntary Commitment and Incapacity to Proceed.
SL 2026-38 2024 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 8: Working Group to Address Mental Health and Criminal Justice Systems Operating as a "Revolving Door".
SL 2026-38 2024 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve IVC Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 9: Study the Provision of Medical and Behavioral Health Care in Jails.
SL 2026-38 2024 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 11: Modify Outpatient Commitment.
SL 2026-38 2024 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve IVC Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 13: Implement Inpatient Capacity Restoration Program.
SL 2026-38 2024 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve IVC Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 14: Modify Iryna's Law Effective Date.
SL 2026-38 2024 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 1: Improve Data Collection and Further Study.
SL 2026-38 2024 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 10: Study of the Feasibility to Change the Operation or Administration of State Psychiatric Hospitals.
SL 2026-38 2024 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 6: Study Lack of Use of Outpatient Commitment.
SL 2026-37 2024 0037 H1173 H 1173 Jaleeyah's Law.
SL 2026-19 2024 0019 S153 S 0153 North Carolina Border Protection Act.: Part I: Cooperation with Federal Immigration Officials.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.3: Revise Magistrates in Various Counties.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.4: Adjust Number of Assistant District Attorneys in Various Counties.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.9: Revise Law Governing Electronic Signatures of Court Documents.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.10: Change Name Of North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.13: Extend Reporting Requirement for the North Carolina Legal Education Assistance Foundation (NC LEAF) Funds.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.15: Clarify Distinction Between Costs and Expenses Awarded.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.16: Revise Mileage Reimbursement for Members of the Sentencing Commission.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.19: Establish Procedure for Complex Family Financial Case Disposition.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.20: Establish Council of District Attorneys.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.23: Increase Telecommunications and Data Connectivity Fee.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.24: Adjust Appointment Authority for Certain Special Superior Court Judge Positions.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.28: Duty Station Study and Report.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.29: Revisions to Private Assigned Counsel Fees.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.30: Increase Indigent Defense Fee.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.3: Increase Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program Daily Amount/Reimburse Housing Inmates Awaiting Transfer.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.4: Nurse Staffing At State Prisons Report.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.8: Further Delineate Reimbursement Procedures for Roadway Cleanup Program.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.9: Amend Inmate Medical Cost Containment Reporting Requirement.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.11: Moratorium on Sale or Disposition of Prison Facilities and Repeal of the Department of Adult Correction's Exemption from the General Law Governing the Application of Net Proceeds from Dispositions.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.14: Require the Department of Adult Correction to Obtain Appraisals of Certain Properties.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 18.1: Use of Seized and Forfeited Property.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 19.1: No Transfer of Positions to Other State Agencies.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 19.3: Use of Seized and Forfeited Property.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 19.4: Repeal Law Enforcement Traffic Statistics Report.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 19.5: Critical Infrastructure Theft.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 19.10: Limit Use of Community Programs.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 19.11: Modify Appointment Requirements for Juvenile Forensic Evaluators.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.1: Use of Seized and Forfeited Property.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.3: Workers' Compensation for Reserve Officers.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.4: Add the State Bureau of Investigation and the State Highway Patrol to the State Vacant Positions Report.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.6: Exempt the State Bureau of Investigation from Department of Information Technology Article.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.9: School Safety Grants.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.10: Critical Incident School Mapping Data.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.13: Allow SBI to Assist State Auditor.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 21.2: Use of Seized and Forfeited Property.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 21.3: Modify Governor's Crime Commission to Add Commander of the State Highway Patrol.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 21.4: Technical Change to VIPER Reporting Requirement.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 24.2: State Auditor/Performance Audit and Facilities Assessment for the Department of Adult Correction.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.1: Collection of Worthless Checks.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.2: Split District Court District 5 Into 5A and 5B.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.6: Modify Reversion and Reporting Dates for Certain Human Trafficking Commission Grants.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.8: Report on Human Trafficking Commission Study.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.11: Amend Recipients of Annual Reports on Business Courts.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.12: Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program/Revise Reporting Date on Five-Year Projection.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.17: Permit Local Supplementation for Magistrate Pay.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.18: Increase Number of Special Assistant United States District Attorneys.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.21: Modify General Court of Justice Costs.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.25: IOLTA Revisions.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.31: Establish Public Defender District 22 to Serve Caswell and Rockingham Counties.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.1: Center for Community Transitions/Contract and Report.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.6: Interstate Compact Fees to Support Training Programs and Equipment Purchases.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.10: Revise Recipients and Frequency of Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program Report.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.5: Repeal Outdated Report on Gang Prevention Recommendations.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.11: Adjust User Fee for Division of Criminal Information.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.22: Modify Civil Revocation Fee.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.26: Require the Commission on Indigent Defense Services to Provide Confidential Public Defender Performance Evaluations to Senior Resident Superior Court Judges.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.7: Use of Seized and Forfeited Property.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 18.3: Time-Limited Attorneys for Capital Cases.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.8: Eliminate the Criminal Justice Information Network Governing Board.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.12: Transfer Samarcand Training Academy to the State Bureau of Investigation.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.13: Usage of Funds from Vacant Position Cuts.
SL 2026-41 2024 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 21.1: State Capitol Police/Creation of Receipt-Supported Positions.
SL 2024-33 2024 0033 S303 S 0303 Various Court Changes.
SL 2026-44 2024 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.: Sec. 1.1: Waive Tuition for Survivors of Fallen Probation Officers.
SL 2026-44 2024 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.: Sec. 1.2: Modify Technical Requirements for Electronic Monitoring/Satellite-Based Monitoring.
SL 2026-44 2024 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.: Sec. 1.3: Modification of Post-Release Supervision Requirements.
SL 2026-44 2024 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.: Sec. 2.3: Authorize Substance Abuse Assessments and ADETS by DAC.
SL 2026-44 2024 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.: Sec. 3.1: Vested Probation and Parole Officers Maintain Eligibility for Supplemental Retirement When Serving in Certain Roles.
SL 2026-44 2024 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.: Sec. 5.2: Exclude DAC Investigations from Certain Information Technology Restrictions.
SL 2026-44 2024 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.: Sec. 5.3: Clarify Probation and Parole Records Access for Cherokee and Catawba Marshals Services.
SL 2026-44 2024 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Department of Adult Correction.: Sec. 2.1: Sexually Violent Predator Determinations.
SL 2026-44 2024 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.: Sec. 2.2: Increase Limit on Purchases from Correction Enterprises.
SL 2026-44 2024 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Department of Adult Correction.: Sec. 4.1: Reduce Meeting Requirement of State Reentry Council Collaborative.
SL 2026-44 2024 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.: Sec. 5.1: Post-Release Supervision Eligibility and Procedure.
SL 2024-57 2024 0057 S382 S 0382 Disaster Relief-3/Budget/Various Law Changes.: Sec. 2D.4: Create Two Special Superior Court Judge Positions.
SL 2024-57 2024 0057 S382 S 0382 Disaster Relief-3/Budget/Various Law Changes.: Section 2D.5: Repeal Various Superior Court Districts.
SL 2024-57 2024 0057 S382 S 0382 Disaster Relief-3/Budget/Various Law Changes.: Sec. 3C.1: Modify the Appointment Process to Fill Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Vacancies.
SL 2024-57 2024 0057 S382 S 0382 Disaster Relief-3/Budget/Various Law Changes.: Sec. 3C.2: Abolish the North Carolina Courts Commission.
SL 2024-57 2024 0057 S382 S 0382 Disaster Relief-3/Budget/Various Law Changes.: Sec. 3D.2: Clarify Provision of Counsel to Judicial Branch Officials and Make Related Changes.
SL 2024-57 2024 0057 S382 S 0382 Disaster Relief-3/Budget/Various Law Changes.: Sec. 3C.3: Superior Court Judges Shall Serve in that Capacity at the Pleasure of the Chief Justice.
SL 2024-54 2024 0054 S445 S 0445 Recording of Court-Filed Documents.
SL 2026-59 2024 0059 S445 S 0445 Regulatory Reform Act of 2026.: Sec. 1: De Novo Review of Agency Rules..
SL 2026-59 2024 0059 S445 S 0445 Regulatory Reform Act of 2026.: Sec. 20: Prohibit Telephone Solicitors from Misrepresenting Call Origins..
SL 2024-35 2024 0035 S565 S 0565 Revise Automatic Expunction.
SL 2024-53 2024 0053 S743 S 0743 The Disaster Recovery Act of 2024 - Part II.: Sec. 4E.4: Industrial Commission Extend Filing Deadlines.