Overview

• House Bill 307 would end cashless bail for specified offenses and create a new “violent offenses” category requiring GPS monitoring, house arrest, or secured bonds.
• The measure increases oversight of magistrates by adding state Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby to those who can remove local magistrates.
• The bill mandates mental‑health evaluations in certain cases and directs authorities to take previously committed defendants accused of a crime to a hospital for potential recommitment, while ordering a broader system study.
• Death‑penalty provisions tighten appeal timelines and add committing a capital felony on public transit as an aggravating factor, with no changes to execution methods included.
• The plan funds 10 new prosecutor positions in Charlotte but adds no money for police or mental‑health services, and lawmakers also plan votes on six veto overrides covering permitless carry, immigration, scholarship tax credits, and DEI limits.