HB 1186 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Equipping Law Enforcement for Better Drug Detection.

HB 1186 directs the North Carolina Collaboratory to create a pilot program that provides participating law enforcement agencies with new, more accurate drug-detecting technology to replace traditional color-based field tests. The bill requires these new devices to be portable, avoid relying on visual color changes for identification, and generate digital records for auditing and tracking emerging substances. Additionally, the program must conduct a comprehensive study to measure the technology's impact on case outcomes, officer safety, and the accuracy of drug testing across different communities.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2026

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Governor

Introduced Apr 30, 2026 Last action May 5, 2026

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Filed → Edition 1 · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill text was reformatted and renumbered to correct the legislative version, but the substantive policy content regarding the pilot program for new drug-detection technology remains unchanged. The core requirements for the technology and the research questions to be studied are identical in both versions.

TECHNICAL

The document structure was updated from a 'Filed' draft to 'Edition 1', including renumbering of sections and updating the bill identifier from DRH40703 to H1186-v-1.

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May 5, 2026

Committee

Ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

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Apr 30, 2026

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3 primary · 24 co-sponsors