North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S311: The Law and Order Act.
Status: Signed into law, July 9, 2025
What the bill says
An act to increase the punishment for committing an assault against a utility or communications worker; to create the offense of criminal possession and unlawful sale of embalming fluid and to make other technical revisions; to amend workplace violence prevention laws to cover mass picketing…
From the amended text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT FOR COMMITTING AN ASSAULT AGAINST A UTILITY OR COMMUNICATIONS WORKER; TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF CRIMINAL POSSESSION AND UNLAWFUL SALE OF EMBALMING FLUID AND TO MAKE OTHER TECHNICAL REVISIONS; TO AMEND WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION LAWS TO COVER MASS PICKETING; TO ESTABLISH AN OFFENSE FOR ENTERING A PART OF A BUILDING NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN UNLAWFUL ACT, TO ESTABLISH THE OFFENSE OF LARCENY OF GIFT CARDS, TO REVISE THE ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT OFFENSE TO INCLUDE OFFENSES INVOLVING GIFT CARDS, AND TO PROVIDE CIVIL LIABILITY FOR LARCENY OF GIFT CARDS; TO ESTABLISH A CRIMINAL OFFENSE FOR POSSESSING CERTAIN EXPLOSIVE OR INCENDIARY DEVICES OR MATERIAL; TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR RECKLESS DRIVING OR STREET RACING THAT CAUSES SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH AND INCREASE PENALTIES FOR HIT AND RUN OFFENSES THAT RESULT IN DEATH; TO CREATE THE OFFENSES OF POSSESSING, BRANDISHING, OR DISCHARGING A FIREARM OR WEAPON OF MASS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION BY A FELON DURING THE COMMISSION OR ATTEMPTED COMMISSION OF A FELONY; TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT FOR LARCENY OF MAIL; TO REVISE THE OFFENSES OF FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURGLARY AND TO ENHANCE THE PUNISHMENT IMPOSED FOR CERTAIN BURGLARY AND BREAKING OR ENTERING OFFENSES COMMITTED BY A PERSON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM OR …
Sponsors
- Britt, Danny Earl (R, 24) · primary sponsor
- Craven, David W. (R, 29) · primary sponsor
- Blue, Dan (D, 14) · primary sponsor
- Adcock, Gale (D, 16)
- Grafstein, Lisa (D, 13)
- Hanig, Bobby (R, 1)
- Hise, Ralph (R, 47)
- Moffitt, Timothy D. (R, 48)
- Mohammed, Mujtaba A. (D, 38)
- Salvador, DeAndrea (D, 39)
- Sanderson, Norman W. (R, 2)
- Theodros, Caleb (D, 41)
Latest actions
- : Ch. SL 2025-71
- : Signed by Gov. 7/9/2025
- : Pres. To Gov. 6/30/2025
- : Ratified
- : Ordered Enrolled
- : Conf Report Adopted
- : Placed On Cal For 06/26/2025
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Conf Report Adopted
Votes
- The Law and Order Act. C RPT Adoption (June 26, 2025): 100 yea, 7 nay, passed
- The Law and Order Act. Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt (June 25, 2025): 46 yea, 0 nay, passed
- The Law and Order Act. Motion 9 To Concur (June 23, 2025): 1 yea, 46 nay, failed
- The Law and Order Act. Second Reading (June 18, 2025): 90 yea, 20 nay, passed
- Utility Worker Protection Act. Second Reading (March 27, 2025): 46 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: INFRASTRUCTURE, WEAPONS, MONITORING & SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS, THEFT, RETAILING, RATIFIED, TRESPASSING, BUILDINGS
Common questions
- What is S311?
- S311 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): The Law and Order Act.
- What does S311 do?
- In its own words: An act to increase the punishment for committing an assault against a utility or communications worker; to create the offense of criminal possession and unlawful sale of embalming fluid and to make other technical revisions; to amend workplace violence prevention laws to cover mass picketing…
- What is the status of S311?
- Signed into law as of July 9, 2025. Latest action: Ch. SL 2025-71 (July 9, 2025).
- Who sponsored S311?
- Britt, Danny Earl (R, 24), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S311?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S311
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