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NC S655

Bill

Status

Passed

7/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Ted Alexander

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Session

AI Summary

  • North Carolina courts must give full faith and credit to judgments, decrees, and orders from Catawba Indian Nation Tribal Courts, including limited driving privileges, to the same extent as other states' court orders

  • Catawba Indian Nation Tribal Police Department and Marshals Service officers gain state law enforcement authority on Catawba trust lands within North Carolina, subject to the same certification requirements as Cherokee law enforcement under Article 1 of Chapter 17C

  • Catawba Indian Nation is authorized to establish a probation and parole agency, with marshals having access to NC Department of Public Safety probation and parole records for persons under Catawba Tribal Court jurisdiction

  • First degree trespass provisions extended to Catawba Indian Nation lands, making it a criminal offense to enter after being excluded by resolution of the Catawba Indian Nation Executive Committee, effective December 1, 2025

  • Catawba Nation Tribal Courts will receive 3 copies of NC appellate division reports, and Catawba Indian Nation law enforcement, fire, and EMS personnel become eligible for community college tuition waivers for training courses

Legislative Description

Extend Certain Rights to Catawba Nation

Boards

Last Action

Ch. SL 2025-57

7/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules and Operations of the Senate6/18/2025
Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House6/17/2025
Judiciary I6/5/2025
Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House5/8/2025
Rules and Operations of the Senate5/6/2025
Judiciary5/1/2025
Rules and Operations of the Senate3/26/2025

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