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 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. 16.19: 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. 16.29: 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. 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. 20.9: 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. 21.4: Technical Change to VIPER Reporting Requirement.
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 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 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.