NC H848

Establishes the Joint Legislative Criminal Laws Study Committee to review North Carolina's criminal laws and identify duplicative statutes that should be repealed.

Committee shall also evaluate whether certain lower-level offenses such as traffic offenses, regulatory offenses, and low-level Schedule IV controlled substance offenses should be reclassified or decriminalized.

Committee composed of eight members: four senators (two majority, two minority) appointed by President Pro Tempore and four representatives (two majority, two minority) appointed by Speaker of the House.

Committee cochairs, appointed by legislative leaders, must call initial meeting within 60 days of the act becoming law; committee members receive per diem, subsistence, and travel allowances.

Committee must submit final report with findings and legislative recommendations to the Joint Legislative Committee on Justice and Public Safety and Joint Legislative Committee on Health and Human Services no later than April 1, 2022, and terminates upon submission of report or that date, whichever is earlier.