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NC H908

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/5/2025

Primary Sponsor

Dudley Greene

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Session

AI Summary

  • Requires clerks to notify the district attorney in the county where a respondent was found incapable of proceeding when scheduling civil commitment hearings for individuals charged with violent crimes

  • Allows the district attorney from the county where the respondent was found incapable of proceeding to represent the State's interest at commitment hearings, rehearings, and supplemental rehearings

  • Permits the district attorney to move the venue of commitment hearings to the county where the respondent was originally found incapable of proceeding

  • Changes notification responsibility for proposed discharge or conditional release from the "attending physician" to the "facility" for respondents committed after violent crime charges

  • Effective upon becoming law and applies to commitment hearings initiated on or after that date

Legislative Description

Modify Civil Commitment Hearing Procedures

Public

Last Action

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

5/5/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules and Operations of the Senate5/5/2025
Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House4/29/2025
Judiciary III4/14/2025

Full Bill Text

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