North Carolina 2023-2024 Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 15 D · 5 R · 2 I cosponsors

HB 140 — Civilian Traffic Investigators.

Last action — Signed by Gov. 6/23/2023

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2023. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 30 sponsors

    3 primary, 27 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 3 parties (15 D · 5 R · 2 I) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

40 added · 56 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Bill HB 140, the listing of sponsors has been updated to include additional representatives, indicating wider support for the bill. The bill continues to authorize cities to hire civilian personnel for law enforcement services, and it emphasizes that these individuals must wear uniforms that clearly display their civilian status. This matters because it aims to clarify the roles of civilian staff in public safety, potentially improving community trust and transparency in law enforcement practices.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2023 H 2 HOUSE BILL 140 Committee Substitute Favorable 3/1/23 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2023 H 1 HOUSE BILL 140 Short Title:
Representatives Faircloth, Hardister, Lambeth, and Ross (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
February 20, 2023 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT AUTHORIZING CITIES TO EMPLOY AND ALLOW CIVILIAN PERSONNELTO INVESTIGATE TRAFFIC CRASHES.
Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House February 20, 2023 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT AUTHORIZING CITIES TO EMPLOY AND ALLOW CIVILIAN PERSONNELTO INVESTIGATE TRAFFIC CRASHES.
(2) Each civilian investigator shall attend a training program designed by the North Carolina Justice Academy.
(2) Each civilianinvestigator shallattendatrainingprogramdesignedbythe chief of police, or the chief's designee, or, if applicable, the sheriff of the county with which the cityhas contracted to provide law enforcement services, or the sheriff's designee, in consultation with the North Carolina Justice Academy.
(8) Civilian investigators shall investigate crashes involving only property damage.
*H140-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 (8) Civilian investigators shall investigate crashes involving only property damage.
A report completed by a civilian investigator shall be treated *H140-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 the same as if it were completed by a law enforcement officer for purposes of G.S.
A report completed by a civilian investigator shall be treated the same as if it were completed by a law enforcement officer for purposes of G.S.
(9) Civilian investigators shall have the same authority as law enforcement officers to tow or remove a vehicle that is obstructing a public street or highway and shall use the city's existing police towing rotation system if one has been established.
(9) Civilian investigators shall have the same authority as law enforcement officers to tow or remove a vehicle that is obstructing a public street or highway and shall use the city's existing police towing rotation system if one has been established." SECTION 2.
(10) The employment or use of civilian investigators, either full or part time, shall not supplant or replace any existing sworn law enforcement personnel or otherwise reduce the number of sworn law enforcement officers employed by the city." SECTION 2.
G.S.
20-166.1(i) reads as rewritten:
"(i) Effect of Report.
– A report of an accident made under this section by a person who is not other than a law enforcement officer officer, or a civilian investigator employed pursuant to G.S.
160A-499.6, is without prejudice, is for the use of the Division, and shall not be used in any manner as evidence, or for any other purpose in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of the accident.
Any other report of an accident made under this section may be used in any manner as evidence, or for any other purpose, in any trial, civil or criminal, as permitted under the rules of evidence.
At the demand of a court, the Division must give the court a properly executed certificate stating that a particular accident report has or has not been filed with the Division solely to prove a compliance with this section.
…." SECTION3.
TheNorthCarolinaJusticeAcademyshalldevelop auniform statewide training program for civilian investigators.
This training shall be available to civilian investigators employed by any municipality pursuant to G.S.
160A-499.6.
SECTION 4.
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Action History

  1. Signed by Gov. 6/23/2023

  2. Ch. SL 2023-52

  3. Pres. To Gov. 6/16/2023

  4. Ratified

  5. Concurred In S Com Sub

  6. Ordered Enrolled

  7. Cal Pursuant 36(b)

  8. Placed On Cal For 06/14/2023

  9. Regular Message Sent To House

  10. Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub

  11. Passed 2nd Reading

  12. Passed 3rd Reading

  13. Reptd Fav

  14. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  15. Com Substitute Adopted

  16. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  17. Withdrawn From Com

  18. Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  19. Special Message Received From House

  20. Passed 1st Reading

  21. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  22. Reptd Fav Com Sub 2

  23. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  24. Added to Calendar

  25. Passed 2nd Reading

  26. Passed 3rd Reading

  27. Special Message Sent To Senate

  28. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  29. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  30. Passed 1st Reading

  31. Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  32. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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3 sponsors · 27 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (27)

Not signed on (149)

149 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

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Passed 100 Yea · 6 Nay · 14 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 29104
Unaffiliated 21105
U 1001
Republican 49404
Total 1006014
% of votes cast 83%5%0%12%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Autry — Yea
Harris — Yea
Lucas — Yea
Rudow — Yea
CharlesSmith — Yea
Staton-Williams — Yea
Wray — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Crutchfield — Yea
Elmore — Yea
Faircloth — Yea
Fontenot — Yea
Hardister — Yea
Lowery — Yea
Mills — Yea
Moore — Yea
Reeder — Yea
Sasser — Yea
Sossamon — Yea
CarsonSmith — Nay
Clemmons — Not Voting
Gill — Not Voting
vonHaefen — Not Voting
Cleveland — Not Voting
Saine — Not Voting
F. Jackson — Yea
K. Baker — Yea
Abe Jones Democratic Yea
Allen Buansi Democratic Yea
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Yea
Amber M. Baker Democratic Yea
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Yea
B. Ray Jeffers Democratic Yea
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Brandon Lofton Democratic Yea
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Nay
Cecil Brockman Democratic Not Voting
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Yea
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gloristine Brown Democratic Yea
James Roberson Democratic Yea
Joe John Democratic Yea
Kanika Brown Democratic Yea
Laura Budd Democratic Yea
Lindsey Prather Democratic Yea
Marcia Morey Democratic Yea
Maria Cervania Democratic Yea
Mary Belk Democratic Yea
Pricey Harrison Democratic Yea
Renée A. Price Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Not Voting
Sarah Crawford Democratic Yea
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Terence Everitt Democratic Not Voting
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Yea
Tim Longest Democratic Yea
Vernetta Alston Democratic Yea
Ya Liu Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Not Voting
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. Republican Yea
Allen Chesser Republican Yea
Ben T. Moss, Jr. Republican Nay
Bill Ward Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Yea
Brian Biggs Republican Yea
Celeste C. Cairns Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Nay
Chris Humphrey Republican Yea
David Willis Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Destin Hall Republican Yea
Diane Wheatley Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donnie Loftis Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Dudley Greene Republican Nay
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Erin Paré Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Nay
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jake Johnson Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jeff Zenger Republican Yea
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Yea
Jennifer Balkcom Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John R. Bell, IV Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Yea
Joseph Pike Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Not Voting
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Yea
Matthew Winslow Republican Yea
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Not Voting
Neal Jackson Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Ray Pickett Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Steve Tyson Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Not Voting
William D. Brisson Republican Not Voting
Carla D. Cunningham U Not Voting
Nasif Majeed U Yea

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Second Reading

Passed 43 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 11005
Unaffiliated 7001
Republican 25001
Total 43007
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Bode — Yea
Hunt — Yea
Marcus — Yea
Woodard — Yea
Krawiec — Yea
Perry — Yea
Proctor — Not Voting
P. Newton — Yea
Dan Blue Democratic Yea
DeAndrea Salvador Democratic Yea
Gale Adcock Democratic Yea
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Not Voting
Graig Meyer Democratic Not Voting
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Not Voting
Joyce Waddell Democratic Yea
Julie Mayfield Democratic Yea
Kandie D. Smith Democratic Yea
Lisa Grafstein Democratic Yea
Michael Garrett Democratic Not Voting
Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic Yea
Natalie S. Murdock Democratic Yea
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Yea
Sydney Batch Democratic Yea
Val Applewhite Democratic Not Voting
Amy S. Galey Republican Yea
Benton G. Sawrey Republican Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Yea
Bobby Hanig Republican Not Voting
Brad Overcash Republican Yea
Brent Jackson Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Yea
David W. Craven, Jr. Republican Yea
Eddie D. Settle Republican Yea
Jake Johnson Republican Yea
Jim Burgin Republican Yea
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Lisa S. Barnes Republican Yea
Michael A. Lazzara Republican Yea
Michael V. Lee Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Paul Newton Republican Yea
Phil Berger Republican Yea
Ralph Hise Republican Yea
Steve Jarvis Republican Yea
Timothy D. Moffitt Republican Yea
Tom McInnis Republican Yea
Vickie Sawyer Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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Second Reading

Passed 50 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35000
Democratic 6000
Republican 9000
Total 50000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Apodaca — Yea
Bingham — Yea
Brock — Yea
Foushee — Yea
D.Davis — Yea
J.Jackson — Yea
Smith — Yea
Smith-Ingram — Yea
VanDuyn — Yea
Brown — Yea
J.Davis — Yea
B.Jackson — Yea
Newton — Yea
Tucker — Yea
Barefoot — Yea
Barringer — Yea
Bryant — Yea
Curtis — Yea
Gunn — Yea
Harrington — Yea
Hartsell — Yea
Krawiec — Yea
Meredith — Yea
Pate — Yea
Rabin — Yea
Rucho — Yea
Soucek — Yea
Tarte — Yea
Wade — Yea
Wells — Yea
Woodard — Yea
McKissick — Yea
Randleman — Yea
Stein — Yea
Tillman — Yea
Amanda P. Cook Democratic Yea
Dan Blue Democratic Yea
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Yea
Joyce Waddell Democratic Yea
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Yea
Tracy Clark Democratic Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Michael V. Lee Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Phil Berger Republican Yea
Ralph Hise Republican Yea
Tom McInnis Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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Second Reading

Passed 118 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 12000
Unaffiliated 81002
Republican 23000
U 1000
Total 117002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (119)
Member Party Vote
Avila — Yea
Boles — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Burr — Yea
Collins — Yea
Conrad — Yea
Dobson — Not Voting
Faircloth — Yea
Fisher — Yea
Floyd — Yea
Fraley — Yea
Gill — Yea
Hanes — Yea
Hurley — Yea
L.Bell — Yea
C.Graham — Yea
G.Graham — Yea
D.Hall — Yea
L.Hall — Yea
Jackson — Yea
R.Johnson — Yea
G.Martin — Yea
R.Moore — Yea
Queen — Yea
B.Richardson — Yea
B.Turner — Yea
J.Bell — Yea
Baskerville — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Earle — Yea
Farmer-Butterfield — Yea
Glazier — Yea
Goodman — Yea
Hamilton — Yea
Holley — Yea
Hunter — Yea
Insko — Yea
Lucas — Yea
Luebke — Yea
Salmon — Yea
Wray — Yea
Brawley — Yea
B.Brown — Yea
R.Brown — Yea
L.Johnson — Yea
Jones — Yea
Malone — Yea
S.Martin — Yea
T.Moore(Speaker) — Yea
R.Turner — Yea
Bryan — Yea
Bumgardner — Yea
Catlin — Yea
Cleveland — Yea
Daughtry — Yea
Dollar — Yea
Elmore — Yea
Hager — Yea
Hardister — Yea
Holloway — Yea
Horn — Yea
Jeter — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Lewis — Yea
McElraft — Yea
McNeill — Yea
Millis — Yea
Presnell — Yea
Saine — Yea
Speciale — Yea
Stam — Yea
Szoka — Yea
West — Yea
Yarborough — Yea
Langdon — Yea
McGrady — Yea
Michaux — Yea
Pendleton — Yea
Schaffer — Yea
Steinburg — Yea
Terry — Yea
Whitmire — Yea
Zachary — Not Voting
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Dante Pittman Democratic Yea
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Gale Adcock Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Yea
Graig Meyer Democratic Yea
Joyce Waddell Democratic Yea
Pricey Harrison Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Yea
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John M. Blust Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 140?
HB 140 is sponsored by Charles Smith (Democratic), Faircloth, Hardister, Donny Lambeth (Republican), Stephen M. Ross (Republican), Eric Ager (Democratic), W. Ted Alexander (Republican), Autry, Amber M. Baker (Democratic), Jennifer Balkcom (Republican), Cynthia Ball (Democratic), Mary Belk (Democratic), William D. Brisson (Republican), Gloristine Brown (Democratic), Terry M. Brown Jr. (Democratic), Allen Buansi (Democratic), Deb Butler (Democratic), Becky Carney (Democratic), Clemmons, Crutchfield, Carla D. Cunningham (U), Gill, Harris, Pricey Harrison (Democratic), Zack Hawkins (Democratic), Lucas, Nasif Majeed (U), Marcia Morey (Democratic), Garland E. Pierce (Democratic), and Amos L. Quick, III (Democratic).
What is the current status of HB 140?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2023. Enacted.
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