Adds new GS Chapter 99F, North Carolina Constitutional Rights Act, which includes:

(1) GS 99F-1: Sets out legislative findings and defines under color of law to include any actions taken under the actual or apparent authority of any law, statute, regulation, custom, or usage of any state, territory, or local government, or of the US, for purposes of the chapter; 

(2) GS 99F-2: Permits any person within NC jurisdiction to bring a civil action against any other person who, under color of law, deprives any person within NC of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the US Constitution. Allows filing in any county permitted under GS 1-82 or where the alleged violation occurred. Provides permitted relief;

(3) GS 99F-3: Provides permitted defenses and immunities;

(4) GS 99F-4: Requires action under this Chapter to commence within three years after the cause of action accrue; 

(5) GS 99F-5: Provides statutory construction provisions; and

(6) GS 99F-6: Contains severability clause for the provisions and applications of the chapter.

Effective October 1, 2026, and applies to causes of actions occurring on or after that date.

Appropriates $150,000 for 2026-27 from the General Fund to the Department of Justice to be used as title indicates, effective July 1, 2026.