SB 696 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Limit No-Knock Warrant/Quick-Knock Entry.

This bill requires judges to find probable cause that giving notice would endanger lives before issuing no-knock search warrants. It also mandates officers to wait after announcing their presence for occupants to respond or for officers to verify if forced entry is necessary. These changes apply to all law enforcement executing search warrants in North Carolina, directly affecting how officers enter homes during searches. The bill amends North Carolina General Statutes §§ 15A-244(b) and 15A-249(b) to clarify these procedures.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Mar 25, 2025 Last action Mar 26, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

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The bill underwent formatting and metadata updates as it moved from filing to its first edition. The changes include updating the bill number reference, adding the referral committee and date, and adjusting the bill identifier code. These are administrative changes that do not alter the substantive policy content of the legislation.

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Updated the bill identifier from DRS45346-ND-72 to S696-v-1 to reflect the new edition version.

Added the Senate Rules and Operations committee referral with the date March 26, 2025.

Removed the blank referral line that was present in the filed version.

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Mar 26, 2025

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Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

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Mar 25, 2025

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1 primary · 5 co-sponsors