North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H1105: North Carolina Transportation Safety Act.
Status: In committee, April 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to increase state troopers in mecklenburg county, to increase magistrates in mecklenburg county, to revise certain penalties for failure to stop for a school bus and authorize the use of vehicle registration as prima facie evidence of responsibility, to prohibit disclosure of highway camera video records stored by the north carolina department of transportation with certain exceptions, to expand the operational hours of the north carolina department of transportation metrolina transportation management center in charlotte, to increase the monetary penalty for viola…
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCREASE STATE TROOPERS IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY, TO INCREASE MAGISTRATES IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY, TO REVISE CERTAIN PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO STOP FOR A SCHOOL BUS AND AUTHORIZE THE USE OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF RESPONSIBILITY, TO PROHIBIT DISCLOSURE OF HIGHWAY CAMERA VIDEO RECORDS STORED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, TO EXPAND THE OPERATIONAL HOURS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION METROLINA TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT CENTER IN CHARLOTTE, TO INCREASE THE MONETARY PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE MOVE OVER LAW, TO ADD A MONETARY PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE STREET TAKEOVER LAW, TO ESTABLISH THE OFFENSE OF DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY BY RECKLESS BOATING, AND TO INCREASE THE PENALTY FOR ASSAULT ON PUBLIC TRANSIT OPERATORS. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: INCREASE TROOPERS IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY SECTION 1.(a) There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Highway Patrol the sum of nine hundred ninety-nine thousand four hundred dollars ($999,400) in recurring funds beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be used to fund 12 full-time State Trooper positions. SECTION 1.(b) Notwithstanding G.S. 143B-1724 and any rules and regulations created pursuant to that statute, the State Trooper positions funded in this act shall result in an increase of at least 12 State Troopers assigned …