Overview

• The House voted 81–31 to accept the Senate’s omnibus package, sending House Bill 307 to the governor with bipartisan support.
• The legislation ends release on a written promise to appear and sets tighter pretrial guidelines for violent charges and defendants with extensive criminal histories.
• It creates triggers for court-ordered mental-health evaluations tied to recent involuntary commitments and authorizes GPS monitoring, conditional bonds, and house arrest.
• An added provision directs officials to adopt another execution method if lethal injection is unavailable or unconstitutional, a step sponsors say could enable executions to resume.
• The measure follows the Aug. 22 killing of Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte’s light rail, as legal analysts and local officials warn of potential jail and court strain without added resources.