DISORDERLY CONDUCT AT VOTING PLACES.

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View NCGA Bill Details2025-2026 Session
House Bill 967 (Public) Filed Thursday, April 10, 2025
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT PUBLIC BUILDINGS INCLUDE VOTING PLACES FOR PURPOSES OF THE CRIME OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN OR NEAR PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Intro. by Cotham.

Status: Ref to the Com on Election Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (Apr 14 2025)
H 967

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 10 2025 - View Summary

    Amends GS 14-132, which makes it a Class 2 misdemeanor to engage in disorderly conduct in or injure public buildings and facilities. Pertaining to the authority of persons in charge of public buildings and facilities to arrest persons summarily and without warrant for a violation of the statute, eliminates the qualification that the public building or facility must be owned or controlled by the State, a subdivision thereof, or any other public agency. Includes in the definition of public building or facility: (1) any private institution or agency of a philanthropic nature (was eleemosynary nature) and (2) one temporarily in use as a voting place during the hours for voting (not included under current law). Makes organizational and technical changes. 

    Adds to GS 163-166.4, making it a Class 3 misdemeanor for a person to steal, deface, vandalize, or unlawfully remove political advertising lawfully placed pursuant to the statute. 

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