Rep. Quick introduces North Carolina bill to boost public safety and penalties

A piece of legislation introduced by State Rep. Amos L. Quick, III in the North Carolina House intends to enhance public safety by broadening resources and imposing stricter penalties for select crimes, information from the North Carolina State House shows.

The proposal, designated as HB 1105 and filed on April 29 during the 2025 regular session, is formally titled: ‘North Carolina Transportation Safety Act.’

Below is our summary, which relies on the official bill text and may provide explanatory detail regarding its sections.

Fundamentally, the legislation aims to expand public safety resources and increase penalties in North Carolina. Several components would take effect July 1, 2026, with the majority of new offenses and fines becoming applicable on or after Dec. 1, 2026. It allocates funding for 12 additional state trooper positions and five magistrates in Mecklenburg County, lifts minimum fines for failing to yield to a school bus, and permits vehicle registration or rental records as direct evidence of responsibility. The bill limits what can be disclosed from NCDOT highway camera footage, sets guidelines for record retention and court oversight, and generally prohibits these materials from use in fine collection or private investigations. In addition, it provides funding for 24-hour operations at the Metrolina Transportation Management Center in Charlotte, raises penalties for both the move over law and street takeover violations, sets out new crimes for reckless boating leading to injury or death, and increases the penalty for assaulting a public transit operator to a felony.

Among the four sponsors, Marcia Morey led with 45 bills introduced throughout the 2025 regular session.

Lawmaking in North Carolina requires going through a step-by-step legislative process. A legislator initiates this by filing a bill, after which it moves to a committee for evaluation. The bill is required to have three readings in both chambers. Should one chamber amend the bill after the other chamber passes it, both sides must reach consensus on the final version. Once both chambers have approved identical bills, the legislation is sent to the governor, who has 10 days (or 30 days if the legislature is out of session) to sign it, veto it, or allow it to become law without a signature.

Additional information about bills and similar measures can be accessed here.

Quick earned his degree from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

A Democrat, Quick has represented North Carolina’s 58th House district since his election to the State House in 2017, succeeding Chris Sgro as the district’s prior state representative.