North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H1191: Fostering Care in NC Act 2026.
Status: In committee, May 5, 2026
What the bill says
An act to make various changes to the laws affecting juveniles and associated services, agencies, and departments.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE LAWS AFFECTING JUVENILES AND ASSOCIATED SERVICES, AGENCIES, AND DEPARTMENTS. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: PART I. CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS SECTION 1.1. G.S. 7B-2901(a) reads as rewritten: "(a) The clerk shall maintain a complete record of all juvenile cases brought pursuant to Subchapter I of this Chapter and filed in the clerk's office alleging abuse, neglect, or dependency.office. The records shall be withheld from public inspection and, except as provided in this subsection, may be examined only by order of the court. The record shall include the summons, petition, custody order, court order, written motions, the electronic or mechanical recording of the hearing, and other papers filed in the proceeding. The recording of the hearing shall be reduced to a written transcript only when notice of appeal has been timely given. After the time for appeal has expired with no appeal having been filed, the recording of the hearing may be erased or destroyed upon the written order of the court or in accordance with a retention schedule approved by the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources under G.S. 121‐5(c). The following persons may examine the juvenile's record maintained pursuant to this subsection and obtain copies …
Sponsors
- Chesser, Allen (R, 25) · primary sponsor
- Loftis, Donnie (R, 109) · primary sponsor
- Reeder, Timothy (R, 9) · primary sponsor
- Alston, Vernetta (D, 29) · primary sponsor
- Ager, Eric (D, 114)
- Belk, Mary (D, 88)
- Brown, Gloristine (D, 8)
- Carney, Becky (D, 102)
- Cervania, Maria (D, 41)
- Clark, Tracy (D, 57)
- Colvin, Mike (D, 42)
- Cotham (R)
Latest actions
- : Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: MINORITIES, GUARDIANSHIP, SBI, SOCIAL SERVICES DEPTS., COURT CLERKS, EXPUNCTIONS, CONTRACTS, ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT
Common questions
- What is H1191?
- H1191 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Fostering Care in NC Act 2026.
- What does H1191 do?
- In its own words: An act to make various changes to the laws affecting juveniles and associated services, agencies, and departments.
- What is the status of H1191?
- In committee as of May 5, 2026. Latest action: Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (May 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1191?
- Chesser, Allen (R, 25), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H1191?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H1191
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