Overview

• The House approved HB 307 by 81–31 a day after a 28–8 Senate vote that followed a Democratic walkout, with several House Democrats joining Republicans.
• The package curbs cashless release for many offenses and requires judicial officials to review criminal history and issue written findings when setting pretrial conditions.
• It creates a new category of violent offenses that can trigger secured bond, GPS monitoring or house arrest, and it mandates mental-health evaluations in specified circumstances.
• Late amendments direct corrections officials to identify an alternative execution method if lethal injection is unavailable and set deadlines to move long-pending capital appeals.
• Legal and local officials warn the measure could strain jails, courts and psychiatric capacity, while the accused in the Charlotte stabbing remains in custody during a court-ordered competency process.