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H1151 • 2025

Additional Magistrates/Mecklenburg County.

Additional Magistrates/Mecklenburg County.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
T. Brown, Helfrich, Lopez, Belk, Carney, Greenfield, Lofton, Logan, Majeed, Reives
Last action
2026-05-04
Official status
Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Additional Magistrates/Mecklenburg County.

Additional Magistrates/Mecklenburg County.

What This Bill Does

  • Additional Magistrates/Mecklenburg County.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-04 House

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

  2. 2026-05-04 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2026-04-30 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Additional Magistrates/Mecklenburg County.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 1151

Short Title: Additional Magistrates/Mecklenburg County. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives T. Brown, Helfrich, and Lopez (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
May 4, 2026
*H1151-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO INCREASE T HE NUMBER OF MAGISTR ATES FOR MECKLENBURG 2
COUNTY. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 7A-133(c) reads as rewritten: 5
"(c) Each county shall have the numbers of magistrates and additional seats of district 6
court, as set forth in the following table: 7
Magistrates Additional 8
County Min. Seats of Court 9
… 10
Mecklenburg 38.543.5 11
…." 12
SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Administrative 13
Office of the Courts the sum of four h undred five thousand five hundred eighty -five dollars 14
($405,585) in recurring funds beginning in the 2026 -2027 fiscal year to be used to hire five 15
additional magistrates to serve in Mecklenburg County pursuant to Section 1 of this act. There is 16
appropriated from the General Fund to the Administrative Office of the Courts the sum of fifteen 17
thousand one hundred forty dollars ($15,140) in nonrecurring funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year 18
to be used to hire five additional magistrates to serve in Mecklenburg County pursuant to Section 19
1 of this act. 20
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2026. 21