The laws themselves, with text, are on What the Law Lets the County Do. These are the people behind them.
| Role | Why they’re here | |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Stein | Governor | Vetoed HB 318 and SB 153 as unconstitutional; overridden; signed the budget that made highway plate readers permanent |
| Jeff Jackson | Attorney General | No position found on plate readers or data sharing; the misuse cases were the SBI’s |
| Chip Hawley | SBI Director | Runs the program aiming at “all entrances and exits to North Carolina” |
| Chuck Edwards | U.S. Representative, NC-11 (through Jan 2027) | The $1.14M RTIC earmark; withdrew from the ballot in August |
| Jennifer Balkcom · Jamie Ager | NC-11 candidates | Neither has a surveillance record |
| Thom Tillis | U.S. Senator, retiring | The “sanctuary” fight with Sheriff Miller |
| Ted Budd | U.S. Senator | Anti-sanctuary legislation; nothing on the cameras |
Outside the state: Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri opened a Senate inquiry into Flock on Aug 26, 2026 and extended it to Axon, Motorola Solutions and Verkada on Sept 2, with documents due Sept 16 (the release). Axon holds Asheville’s contract. On Sept 23 his subcommittee held a hearing on Flock’s network; the chief executives of Flock, Axon, Motorola Solutions and Verkada were invited and none appeared, and researcher Benn Jordan and an Arizona sheriff were among the four witnesses (Roll Call · Nextgov). On Sept 30 he announced a bill, the Stop Flock Abuse Act: deletion of driver data after ten days outside active investigations, a logged written approval for every search, no sale or sharing with private parties, no facial recognition on plate-reader networks (the release). Rep. Greg Steube of Florida introduced the FLAFO Act on Sept 24, requiring a warrant for federal agencies to use networked plate-reader data (the release). Neither bill has had a vote as of Oct 2, 2026.
WNC Legislators: every WNC senator and representative’s roll call on HB 10, HB 318, SB 153, and the budget that made highway plate readers permanent, with links to the transcripts, and who is on the November ballot (Moffitt and Corbin co-sponsored SB 153; Clampitt died in March; Pless lost his primary; Balkcom’s House seat is open).
Related: What the Law Lets the County Do · Western North Carolina and the state