Articles in the New Legislation category

This blog is a collaboration between School of Government faculty members focusing on municipal authority (Rebecca Fisher-Gabbard) and motor vehicle law (Belal Elrahal).  Recently (purely for research purposes), Belal visited […]

North Carolina has a budget again. S257 became S.L. 2026-41 when Governor Stein signed it on July 7. The bill contains many provisions pertinent to the criminal justice community. Some, […]

Last month, the General Assembly overrode several gubernatorial vetoes that had been sitting for over a year. Among those overrides was Senate Bill 153, which is now chaptered as Session […]

I am excited to announce that I have published a bulletin on Iryna’s Law and Pretrial Release. The bill under which it was enacted, Session Law 2025-93 (HB 307), made […]

Hazing has plagued college campuses for decades, and that unfortunately has not changed in recent years. A fraternity at the University of Iowa was recently suspended following the investigation of […]

The 2025 legislative session was relatively quiet for expunction law but still potentially important for some people. I have incorporated the changes in the law into the latest version of […]

Not much has changed for cannabis law at the state level since my last post on the topic. I noted there that several defendants were seeking review before the North […]

I am excited to announce a new edition of Driver’s License Revocations, Restorations, and Limited Driving Privileges in North Carolina. First published in 2024 by my colleague Shea Denning, this […]

December is an exciting time of year. Some people are focused on the upcoming holidays, others on the chance of snow flurries. Here at the School of Government, we’re paying […]

In an earlier blog post, I summarized North Carolina’s harm reduction immunity laws, including our safe syringe exchange law, G.S. 90-113.27, our Good Samaritan law, G.S. 90-96.2, and others.  North […]