North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina House Bill H967 Compare Versions

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Old	New		Differences
1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	H 1
4		-	HOUSE BILL 967
	3	+	H D
	4	+	HOUSE BILL DRH30356-STe-25
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5	6
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7	8		Short Title: Disorderly Conduct at Voting Places. (Public)
8	9		Sponsors: Representative Cotham.
9		-	For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10		-	Referred to: Election Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
11		-	April 14, 2025
12		-	H967 -v-1
	10	+	Referred to:
	11	+
	12	+	DRH30356 -STe-25
13	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
14	14		AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT PUBLIC BUILDINGS INCLUDE VOTING PLACES FOR 2
15	15		PURPOSES OF THE CRIME OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN OR NEAR PUBLIC 3
16	16		BUILDINGS. 4
17	17		The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
18	18		SECTION 1. G.S. 14-132 reads as rewritten: 6
19	19		"§ 14-132. Disorderly conduct in and injuries to public buildings and facilities. 7
20	20		(a) It is a misdemeanor if for any person shall:to do any of the following: 8
21	21		(1) Make any rude or riotous noise, or be guilty of engage in any disorderly 9
22	22		conduct, in or near any public building or facility; orfacility. 10
23	23		(2) Unlawfully write or scribble on, mark, deface, besmear, or injure the walls of 11
24	24		any public building or facility, or any statue or monument situated in any 12
25	25		public place; orplace. 13
26	26		(3) Commit any nuisance in or near any public building or facility. 14
27	27		(b) Any person in charge of any public building or facility owned or controlled by the 15
28	28		State, any subdivision of the State, or any other public agency shall have authority to arrest 16
29	29		summarily and without warrant for a violation of this section. 17
30	30		(c) The term "public building or facility" as used in this section includes any building or 18
31	31		facility together with the surrounding grounds and premises used in connection with the operation 19
32	32		or functioning of such public building or facility which is:is any of the following: 20
33	33		(1) One to which the public or a portion of the public has access and is owned or 21
34	34		controlled by the State, any subdivision of the State, any other public agency, 22
35	35		or any private institution or agency of a charitable, educational, or 23
36	36		eleemosynary nature; orphilanthropic nature. 24
37	37		(2) Dedicated to the use of the general public for a purpose which is primarily 25
38	38		concerned with public recreation, cultural activities, and other events of a 26
39	39		public nature or character. 27
40	40		(3) Designated by the Director of the State Bureau of Investigation in accordance 28
41	41		with G.S. 143B-987. 29
42	42		(4) One temporarily in use as a voting place under Chapter 163 of the General 30
43	43		Statutes during the hours for voting. 31
44	44		The term "building or facility" as used in this section also includes the surrounding grounds and 32
45	45		premises of any building or facility used in connection with the operation or functioning of such 33
46		-	building or facility. 34 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
47		-	Page 2 House Bill 967-First Edition
	46	+	building or facility. 34
	47	+	H.B. 967
	48	+	Apr 10, 2025
	49	+	HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
	50	+	Page 2 DRH30356-STe-25
48	51		(d) Unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing greater 1
49	52		punishment, any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a Class 2 2
50	53		misdemeanor." 3
51	54		SECTION 2. G.S. 163-166.4(b) reads as rewritten: 4
52	55		"(b) Area for Election-Related Activity. – Except as provided in subsection (c) of this 5
53	56		section, the county board of elections shall also provide an area adjacent to the buffer zone for 6
54	57		each voting place in which persons or groups of persons may distribute campaign literature, place 7
55	58		political advertising, solicit votes, or otherwise engage in election-related activity. It shall be a 8
56	59		Class 3 misdemeanor for a person to steal, deface, vandalize, or unlawfully remove political 9
57	60		advertising that is lawfully placed under this subsection." 10
58	61		SECTION 3. This act becomes effective October 1, 2025, and applies to offenses 11
59	62		committed on or after that date. 12