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S723 • 2025

DAC Exemption from State Device Content Ban.

DAC Exemption from State Device Content Ban.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Alexander, Galey
Last action
2025-03-26
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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DAC Exemption from State Device Content Ban.

DAC Exemption from State Device Content Ban.

What This Bill Does

  • DAC Exemption from State Device Content Ban.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-26 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-03-26 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-03-25 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

DAC Exemption from State Device Content Ban.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 723

Short Title: DAC Exemption from State Device Content Ban. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Alexander and Galey (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 26, 2025
*S723-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT EXEMPTING DEP ARTMENT OF ADULT COR RECTION'S INVESTIGATIONS 2
FROM STATE DEVICE CONTENT PROHIBITION. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 143-805 reads as rewritten: 5
"§ 143-805. Prohibit viewing of pornography on government networks and devices. 6
… 7
(d) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to an official or employee that 8
is engaged in any of the following activities in the course of that official's or employee's official 9
duties: 10
(1) Investigating or prosecuting crimes, offering or participating in law 11
enforcement training, or performing actions related to other law enforcement 12
purposes. 13
(2) Identifying potential security or cybersecurity threats. 14
(3) Protecting human life. 15
(4) Establishing, testing, and maintaining firewalls, protocols, and otherwise 16
implementing this section. 17
(5) Participating in judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings. 18
(6) Conducting or participating in an externally funded research project at one of 19
the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina. 20
(7) Researching issues related to the drafting or analysis of the laws of this State 21
as necessary to fulfill the requirements of the employee's official duties. 22
(8) Investigating matters involving of fenders incarcerated with, or otherwise 23
under the supervision of , the Department of Adult Correction , or matters 24
related to the misuse of devices owned by the Department of Adult Correction. 25
…." 26
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to investigations 27
performed before, on, or after that date. 28