North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H437: Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping.
Status: Vetoed, July 8, 2026
What the bill says
An act to establish drug-free homeless service zones and increase the punishment imposed for committing certain drug offenses in a drug-free homeless service zone and to ban unauthorized public camping or sleeping in the state and local government units of the state.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH DRUG-FREE HOMELESS SERVICE ZONES AND INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT IMPOSED FOR COMMITTING CERTAIN DRUG OFFENSES IN A DRUG-FREE HOMELESS SERVICE ZONE AND TO BAN UNAUTHORIZED PUBLIC CAMPING OR SLEEPING IN THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS OF THE STATE. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: DRUG-FREE HOMELESS SERVICE ZONES SECTION 1.(a) This section shall be known as "The Drug-Free Homeless Service Zones Act." SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 90-95(e) reads as rewritten: "(e) The prescribed punishment and degree of any offense under this Article shall be subject to the following conditions, but the punishment for an offense may be increased only by the maximum authorized under any one of the applicable conditions: ... (8) Any person 21 years of age or older who commits an offense under G.S. 90-95(a)(1) on property used for a child care center, or for an elementary or secondary school or within 1,000 feet of the boundary of real property used for a child care center, or for an elementary or secondary school shall be punished as a Class E felon. For purposes of this subdivision, the transfer of less than five grams of marijuana for no remuneration shall not constitute a delivery in violation of G.S. 90-95(a)(1). For purposes of this subdivision, a child care center is as defined in G.S. 110-86(3)a., and …
Sponsors
- Rhyne, Heather H. (R, 97) · primary sponsor
- Chesser, Allen (R, 25) · primary sponsor
- Pickett, Ray (R, 93) · primary sponsor
- Biggs, Brian (R, 70)
- Campbell, Grant L. (R, 83)
- Huneycutt, Cody (R, 67)
- Johnson, Todd (R, 35)
- McNeely, Jeffrey C. (R, 84)
- Reeder, Timothy (R, 9)
- Smith, Carson (R, 16)
- Willingham, Shelly (D, 23)
Latest actions
- : Placed On Cal For 08/04/2026
- : Received from the Governor
- : Vetoed 07/08/2026
- : Pres. To Gov. 7/2/2026
- : Ratified
- : Ordered Enrolled
- : Concurred In S Com Sub
- : Placed On Cal For 06/30/2026
- : Cal Pursuant 36(b)
- : Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
Votes
- Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping. M11 Concur (June 30, 2026): 73 yea, 40 nay, passed
- Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping. Second Reading (June 24, 2026): 26 yea, 16 nay, passed
- Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping. Amendment 3 Motion 1 To Table (June 24, 2026): 26 yea, 16 nay, passed
- Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping. Amendment 2 Motion 1 To Table (June 24, 2026): 26 yea, 16 nay, passed
- Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping. Amendment 1 (June 24, 2026): 41 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Establish Drug-Free Homeless Service Zones. Second Reading (April 15, 2025): 76 yea, 36 nay, passed
Subjects: POVERTY, PUBLIC, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, CRIMES, HOMELESS
Common questions
- What is H437?
- H437 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping.
- What does H437 do?
- In its own words: An act to establish drug-free homeless service zones and increase the punishment imposed for committing certain drug offenses in a drug-free homeless service zone and to ban unauthorized public camping or sleeping in the state and local government units of the state.
- What is the status of H437?
- Vetoed as of July 8, 2026. Latest action: Placed On Cal For 08/04/2026 (July 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored H437?
- Rhyne, Heather H. (R, 97), with 10 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H437?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H437
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