North Carolina HB 808: Community Cats/Animal Shelter Disposition.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 808

Short Title: NC Infrastructure Protection Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Loftis, McNeely, and Johnson (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: State and Local Government, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar,
and Operations of the House
April 8, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT CONTRACTS OR OTHER AGREEMENTS THAT WOULD 2
GRANT CERTAIN FOREIGN-OWNED COMPANIES ACCESS TO CRITICAL 3
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS STATE AND TO REQUIRE CRIMINAL HISTORY 4
RECORD CHECKS FOR INDIVIDUALS GRANTED ACCESS TO CRITICAL 5
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS STATE. 6
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 7
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PROHIBIT ACCESS TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS STATE BY 9
CERTAIN FOREIGN-OWNED COMPANIES 10
SECTION 1.(a) Chapter 64 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new 11
Article to read: 12
"Article 4. 13
"Prohibit Adversarial Foreign Control of Critical Infrastructure. 14
"§ 64-60. Title. 15
This Article may be cited as the "Infrastructure Protection Act." 16
"§ 64-61. Definitions. 17
The following definitions apply in this Article: 18
(1) Company. – A sole proprietorship, organization, association, corporation, 19
partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or 20
limited liability company, including a wholly owned subsidiary, 21
majority-owned subsidiary, parent company, or affiliate of those entities or 22
business associations, that exists to make a profit. 23
(2) Critical infrastructure. – A communication infrastructure system, 24
cybersecurity system, electric grid, hazardous waste treatment system, or 25
water treatment facility. 26
(3) Cybersecurity. – The measures taken to protect a computer, computer 27
network, computer system, or other technology infrastructure against 28
unauthorized use or access. 29
(4) Designated country. – A country designated by the Council of State as a threat 30
to critical infrastructure under this Article. 31
(5) Governmental entity. – Any State agency, institution, board, commission, 32
bureau, council, department, division, officer, or political subdivision. The 33
term includes counties, municipal corporations, county or city boards of 34

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education, and other local public bodies. The term includes any other entity 1
for which the State has oversight responsibility. 2
"§ 64-62. Prohibited access to critical infrastructure. 3
(a) A governmental entity shall not enter into a contract or other agreement relating to 4
critical infrastructure in this State with a company if (i) under the agreement the company would 5
be granted direct or remote access to or control of critical infrastructure in this State, excluding 6
access specifically allowed by the business entity for product warranty and support purposes, and 7
(ii) the governmental entity knows that the company is either of the following: 8
(1) The majority of stock or other ownership interest of the company is owned, 9
held, or controlled by (i) individuals who are citizens of China, Iran, North 10
Korea, Russia, or a designated country or (ii) a company or other entity, 11
including a governmental entity, that is owned or controlled by citizens of or 12
by the government of China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or a designated 13
country. 14
(2) Headquartered in China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or a designated country. 15
(b) The prohibition described by subsection (a) of this section applies regardless of 16
whether the company's securities or its parent company's securities are publicly traded and 17
regardless of whether the company or its parent company is listed on a public stock exchange as 18
a Chinese, Iranian, North Korean, or Russian company, or as a company of a designated country. 19
(c) A contract or other agreement entered into by a business entity organized under the 20
laws of this State or by a business entity authorized to do business in this State is against public 21
policy and void ab initio if it meets the criteria described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section 22
as applied to a governmental entity. 23
(d) The Council of State may designate a country as a threat to critical infrastructure for 24
purposes of this Article." 25
SECTION 1.(b) This section is effective when it becomes law and applies to 26
contracts entered into, modified, or renewed on or after that date. 27
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REQUIRE CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS FOR INDIVIDUALS GRANTED 29
ACCESS TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 30
SECTION 2.(a) G.S. 7A-349 reads as rewritten: 31
"§ 7A-349. Criminal history record check; denial of employment, contract, or volunteer 32
opportunity. 33
The Judicial Department may deny employment, a contract, or a volunteer opportunity to any 34
person who refuses to consent to a criminal history check authorized under G