Courts, Justice, and Corrections

Session Year 2026

All Courts, Justice, and Corrections Summaries
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SL 2026-42 2026 0042 H56 H 0056 2026 Budget Technical Corrections.: Sec. 5.2: Repeal Redundant Vacant Positions Elimination Provision
SL 2026-61 2026 0061 H268 H 0268 2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II.: Sec. 3.19: Collaboratory Report on Recovery Court Study Results
SL 2026-61 2026 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 2026-61 2026 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 2026-14 2026 0014 H315 H 0315 Prohibit Litigation Invest/Amend Workers' Compensation Benefits.: Part I: Prohibit Litigation Investment
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 1: Amend Adoption Law to Facilitate E-Filing
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 2: Clarify How a Renter-Defendant Appellant Maintains a Stay of Execution of Judgment
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 3: Modify Certain Bond Requirements.
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 5: Amend Default Judgment Provision in Divorce Proceedings
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 6: Repeal Obsolete Provision
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 7: Clarify ASL Interpreter Payments
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 8: Clarify Certain Filings
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 9: Allow Office of Indigent Defense Services Attorneys Electronic Access to Files
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 10: Modify Safekeeping Statute Related to Wills.
Ratified 2026-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 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 14: Clarify Jury Commission Appointments
Ratified 2026-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 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 15: Make Certain Changes Related to Juvenile Court Records.
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 17: Change Effective Date for Judicial Access to Expunction Records
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 18: Change "Executive Secretary" to "Executive Director" in Conference Statute
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 19: Clarify Appeal Filing Language
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 20: Modify Laws Related to Frivolous Lawsuits
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 21: Modify Rotation of Superior Court Judges
Ratified 2026-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 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 27.1: Amend Procedure for Determining Elective Share.
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 28: Allow Suspension of Trial Court Judges Pending Investigation
Ratified 2026-Ratified H0377 H377 H 0377 2026 Court Changes.: Sec. 29: Add Trial Court Administrator and Staff to Definition of Court Officer
SL 2026-33 2026 0033 H481 H 0481 Pay Exceptions/Special Separation Allowance.
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 1: Improve Data Collection and Further Study
SL 2026-38 2026 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 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 3: Plan to Utilize Mobile Crisis Units to Complete Involuntary Commitment First Examinations
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 6: Study Lack of Use of Outpatient Commitment
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 7: Study Legal Standards for Involuntary Commitment and Incapacity to Proceed
SL 2026-38 2026 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 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 9: Study the Provision of Medical and Behavioral Health Care in Jails
SL 2026-38 2026 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 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 11: Modify Outpatient Commitment
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 13: Implement Inpatient Capacity Restoration Program
SL 2026-38 2026 0038 H1104 H 1104 Improve Involuntary Commitment Process and Enhance Public Safety.: Sec. 14: Modify Iryna's Law Effective Date
SL 2026-37 2026 0037 H1173 H 1173 Jaleeyah's Law.
SL 2026-19 2026 0019 S153 S 0153 North Carolina Border Protection Act.: Part I: Cooperation with Federal Immigration Officials
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 9G.3: Competitive Grants to Sheriffs' Offices for Addiction Treatment in Jails
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.1: Collection of Worthless Checks
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.2: Split District Court District 5 Into 5A and 5B
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.3: Revise Magistrates in Various Counties
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.4: Adjust Number of Assistant District Attorneys in Various Counties
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.6: Modify Reversion and Reporting Dates for Certain Human Trafficking Commission Grants
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.8: Report on Human Trafficking Commission Study
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.9: Revise Law Governing Electronic Signatures of Court Documents
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.10: Change Name Of North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.11: Amend Recipients of Annual Reports on Business Courts
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.12: Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program/Revise Reporting Date on Five-Year Projection
SL 2026-41 2026 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 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.15: Clarify Distinction Between Costs and Expenses Awarded
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.16: Revise Mileage Reimbursement for Members of the Sentencing Commission
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.17: Permit Local Supplementation for Magistrate Pay
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.18: Increase Number of Special Assistant United States District Attorneys
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.19: Establish Procedure for Complex Family Financial Case Disposition.
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.20: Establish Council of District Attorneys
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.21: Modify General Court of Justice Costs
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.22: Modify Civil Revocation Fee
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.23: Increase Telecommunications and Data Connectivity Fee
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.24: Adjust Appointment Authority for Certain Special Superior Court Judge Positions
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.25: IOLTA Revisions
SL 2026-41 2026 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 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.28: Duty Station Study and Report
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.29: Revisions to Private Assigned Counsel Fees
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.30: Increase Indigent Defense Fee
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 16.31: Establish Public Defender District 22 to Serve Caswell and Rockingham Counties
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.1: Center for Community Transitions/Contract and Report
SL 2026-41 2026 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 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.4: Nurse Staffing At State Prisons Report
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.6: Interstate Compact Fees to Support Training Programs and Equipment Purchases
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.7: Use of Seized and Forfeited Property
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.8: Further Delineate Reimbursement Procedures for Roadway Cleanup Program
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.9: Amend Inmate Medical Cost Containment Reporting Requirement
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.10: Revise Recipients and Frequency of Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Program Report
SL 2026-41 2026 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 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 17.13: Usage of Funds from Vacant Position Cuts
SL 2026-41 2026 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 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 18.1: Use of Seized and Forfeited Property
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 18.3: Time-Limited Attorneys for Capital Cases
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 19.1: No Transfer of Positions to Other State Agencies
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 19.3: Use of Seized and Forfeited Property
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 19.4: Repeal Law Enforcement Traffic Statistics Report
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 19.5: Critical Infrastructure Theft
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 19.10: Limit Use of Community Programs
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 19.11: Modify Appointment Requirements for Juvenile Forensic Evaluators
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.1: Use of Seized and Forfeited Property
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.3: Workers' Compensation for Reserve Officers
SL 2026-41 2026 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 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.5: Repeal Outdated Report on Gang Prevention Recommendations
SL 2026-41 2026 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 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.8: Eliminate the Criminal Justice Information Network Governing Board
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.9: School Safety Grants
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.10: Critical Incident School Mapping Data
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.11: Adjust User Fee for Division of Criminal Information
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.12: Transfer Samarcand Training Academy to the State Bureau of Investigation
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 20.13: Allow SBI to Assist State Auditor
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 21.1: State Capitol Police/Creation of Receipt-Supported Positions
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 21.2: Use of Seized and Forfeited Property
SL 2026-41 2026 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 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 21.4: Technical Change to VIPER Reporting Requirement
SL 2026-41 2026 0041 S257 S 0257 2026 Appropriations Act.: Sec. 24.2: State Auditor/Performance Audit and Facilities Assessment for the Department of Adult Correction
SL 2026-44 2026 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Department of Adult Correction.: Sec. 1.1: Waive Tuition for Survivors of Fallen Probation Officers
SL 2026-44 2026 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Department of Adult Correction.: Sec. 1.2: Modify Technical Requirements for Electronic Monitoring/Satellite-Based Monitoring
SL 2026-44 2026 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.: Sec. 1.3: Modification of Post-Release Supervision Requirements
SL 2026-44 2026 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Department of Adult Correction.: Sec. 2.1: Sexually Violent Predator Determinations
SL 2026-44 2026 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Department of Adult Correction.: Sec. 2.2: Increase Limit on Purchases from Correction Enterprises
SL 2026-44 2026 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.: Sec. 2.3: Authorize Substance Abuse Assessments and ADETS by DAC
SL 2026-44 2026 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Department of Adult Correction.: Sec. 3.1: Vested Probation and Parole Officers Maintain Eligibility for Supplemental Retirement When Serving in Certain Roles
SL 2026-44 2026 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Department of Adult Correction.: Sec. 4.1: Reduce Meeting Requirement of State Reentry Council Collaborative
SL 2026-44 2026 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.: Sec. 5.1: Post-Release Supervision Eligibility and Procedure
SL 2026-44 2026 0044 S355 S 0355 Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.: Sec. 5.2: Exclude DAC Investigations from Certain Information Technology Restrictions
SL 2026-44 2026 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 2026-59 2026 0059 S445 S 0445 Regulatory Reform Act of 2026.: Sec. 1: De Novo Review of Agency Rules.
SL 2026-59 2026 0059 S445 S 0445 Regulatory Reform Act of 2026.: Sec. 20: Prohibit Telephone Solicitors from Misrepresenting Call Origins.