FILED SENATE
May 1, 2024
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
S.B. 792
SESSION 2023 PRINCIPAL CLERK
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SENATE BILL DRS45387-NDa-188
Short Title: Create Public App. for Reporting Threats. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Marcus (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO DEVELOP AN
3 OPERATIONAL PLAN TO CREATE A DIGITAL APPLICATION TO REPORT
4 THREATS AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS.
5 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
6 SECTION 1. The Department of Public Safety shall, in consultation with the
7 Department of Information Technology and the State Bureau of Investigation, develop an
8 operational plan for the creation of a digital public safety application that does, at a minimum,
9 each of the following:
10 (1) Allows any member of the public to quickly and anonymously report
11 information regarding threats to public safety.
12 (2) Communicates with existing applications and initiatives designed to protect
13 public safety.
14 (3) Communicates with State and local law enforcement agencies regarding
15 reported threats deemed to be credible.
16 SECTION 2. No later than April 1, 2025, the Department of Public Safety shall
17 report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety with the plan
18 required by Section 1 of this act.
19 SECTION 3. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of
20 Public Safety the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in nonrecurring funds for the
21 2024-2025 fiscal year to be used to develop the plan required by Section 1 of this act.
22 SECTION 4. This act becomes effective July 1, 2024.
*DRS45387-NDa-188*