Much of the bill entitled “Iryna’s Law” focuses on eliminating cashless bail for many crimes, limiting the discretion that magistrates and judges have in making pretrial release decisions.
‘There are so many ways to skin a cat.’
Democrats roundly condemned the bill as anti-immigrant.
There was little debate on adding the last-minute campaign finance provision to an otherwise unrelated bill, which was already controversial.
Opponents of the measure said it undercuts the bipartisan Second Chance Act of 2019, which guaranteed automatic expunctions to people who have not guilty verdicts or who have their cases dismissed by a district attorney.
Bill headed to Governor’s desk calls for 16 and 17 year-olds to be tried as adults for crimes including murder, robbery and assaults with firearms.
Just because the budget’s enactment still will get Medicaid expansion across the finish line doesn’t mean it will be easy for Democrats to vote for the plan.
North Carolina becomes the 22nd state to enact legislation restricting or banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.
Currently a sheriff must issue a five-year permit to an applicant that meets several qualifications.
Under the bill, county sheriffs would no longer be required to perform evaluations of an applicant’s character and mental wellness.
