HB 83 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Revise Laws on Minors/Human Trafficking.

HB 83 increases criminal penalties for adults who share inappropriate content with minors under 13 (Class G felony) or under 16 (Class H felony), and creates a new felony for habitual indecent exposure near minors (two prior convictions). It requires courts to consider sex offender registration for these offenses and prohibits transportation companies (like ride-share services) from serving unemancipated minors without parental consent. The bill directly affects adults sharing content with minors, individuals exposing themselves to minors, and transportation companies serving minors. It focuses on concrete policy changes to strengthen protections for minors through stricter penalties and registration requirements.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2026
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Jul 2026
Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Signed Jul 2, 2026
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What changed between versions

Ratified SL 2026-34 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was formally ratified and assigned the official Session Law number 2026-34. Substantive text changes include a clarification of the offense definition for disseminating harmful material to minors and an expansion of the Human Trafficking hotline's purpose to include a new system for notifying officials, triaging reports, and facilitating real-time communication between investigators and survivors.
Scope change
The bill's scope was expanded to include a new system for managing high-priority human trafficking reports and improving communication between law enforcement and survivors.
TECHNICAL

The document header was updated from 'Ratified Bill' to 'Session Law 2026-34' and the version number was incremented from v-5 to v-6.

DEFINITION

The definition of the offense of disseminating harmful material to minors was rephrased to clarify that the person must do either of two specific actions.

REQUIREMENT

A new requirement was added to establish a system that notifies law enforcement and child protection officials of high-priority reports, provides a secure dashboard for triaging reports, and supports real-time communication between investigators and survivors.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 16, 2026 · House Jun 23, 2026

How they voted

450
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 50
Jun 16, 2026
D Democratic19
17 Yea 2
89% Yea
R Republican31
28 Yea 3
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
41
Key actions
11
Committee
11
Amendments
5
Jul 2, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Gov. 7/2/2026
executive
Jun 23, 2026
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (104-3-9)
house
Jun 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Concurred In S Com Sub
lower
Jun 18, 2026
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Jun 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
upper
Jun 16, 2026
Introduced
Amend Tabled A4
upper
Jun 16, 2026
Amended
Amend Failed A2
upper
Jun 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Amend Adopted A3
upper
Jun 16, 2026
Introduced
Amend Tabled A1
upper
Jun 15, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reptd Fav
upper
Jun 10, 2026
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Jun 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Com Substitute Adopted
upper
Jun 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
upper
Jun 9, 2026
Committee
Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
Re-ref to the Com on Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
0 primary · 5 co-sponsors

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