North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 529–552 of 2,338 bills
Introduced by Paul Lowe
This bill appropriates $500,000 in state funding to the Department of Health and Human Services to reduce the financial burden that North Carolina counties bear for the State-County Special Assistance in-home program, beginning in fiscal year 2026-2027.
Taxes & Budget
Introduced by Kandie Smith
This bill revises and consolidates the charter (governing document) of the Town of Pinetops in Edgecombe County. It updates the town's organizational structure, including how the mayor and five-member board are elected, establishes key administrative positions, and sets procedures for meetings, contracts, and financial management.
Local Government
Introduced by Vernetta Alston
This bill modifies North Carolina's sales tax rules for prepared foods by exempting certain prepared foods from state sales tax, while maintaining taxes on items like dietary supplements, vending machine food, and soft drinks. The bill clarifies definitions of what counts as prepared food and creates an exception for artisan bakeries that meet specific revenue and product requirements.
Introduced by Woodson Bradley
This bill prohibits people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence offenses from purchasing or possessing firearms. It expands the definition of domestic violence relationships to include intimate partners, and appropriates $1 million for a domestic violence education program.
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Introduced by Kevin Corbin
This bill requires the state to eliminate job positions that have remained unfilled for 24 months or longer, effective July 1, 2026. The money saved from eliminating these positions will be held in a budget reserve for future legislative appropriation, with certain exceptions for positions held by court order, federally funded, or deemed critical for emergency response.
Introduced by Bryan Cohn
This bill appropriates $85 million in state funds to replace federal funding that North Carolina will lose for administering the SNAP (food assistance) program due to changes in federal law (Public Law 119-21). The funds will be distributed to the Department of Health and Human Services and counties based on their actual losses in federal administrative support.
This bill increases teacher salaries across North Carolina using a new monthly salary schedule for the 2026-2027 school year, reinstates education-based salary supplements for teachers with advanced degrees, establishes a $5,000 student teaching grant program to help future teachers during their training, and requires a study on long-term educator compensation strategies. The bill appropriates $1.693 billion in state funding for these initiatives.
Education
Introduced by Robert Reives
This bill creates the Affordable Housing Infrastructure Development Loan Program, which provides below-market interest rate loans to nonprofit organizations for developing land and infrastructure (such as utilities, roads, and site preparation) for affordable housing projects. The program receives $50 million in state funding and is administered by the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency.
Housing
Introduced by Caleb Theodros
This bill prohibits North Carolina state departments and agencies from sharing immigration-related data with federal, state, or local law enforcement for civil immigration enforcement purposes unless the individual consents or a court issues a judicial order, subpoena, or warrant. The bill requires state agencies to notify individuals when their immigration data is requested and to report all such requests annually to the Attorney General.
Technology & Privacy
Introduced by Dana Jones
This bill requires North Carolina schools to teach artificial intelligence literacy to students in grades K-12, establish AI use policies across all public school systems, create a framework for evaluating AI educational tools, and provide $500,000 in funding for educator training on responsible AI use through NC State University's Friday Institute.
This bill creates a new cabinet-level Department of Housing and Community Development in North Carolina state government. The department would be organized into four divisions (Operations, Community Development, Housing, and Policy/Legislative) with a mission focused on housing production, community revitalization, broadband expansion, and assistance to low- to moderate-income residents. The bill appropriates $30 million in recurring annual funding starting in fiscal year 2026-2027.
Introduced by Jim Burgin
This bill proposes five constitutional amendments to be voted on by North Carolina voters in November 2026. The amendments would: (1) tie legislators' salaries to teachers' average starting salary, (2) limit consecutive service to 16 years per chamber, (3) change State Senate elections from every 2 years to every 4 years, (4) cap legislative sessions at 120 days in odd years and 90 days in even years, and (5) withhold legislator pay if the state budget isn't passed by June 30.
This bill requires health insurance plans in North Carolina to cover home dialysis services for all patients who need dialysis treatment. It specifically mandates coverage of staff-assisted home dialysis for people who are blind, visually impaired, cognitively impaired, neurologically impaired, or have mobility limitations. The bill allocates $100,000 to implement these coverage requirements starting in 2026.
Healthcare
Introduced by Ralph Hise
This bill expands the legal definition of 'independent pharmacy' in North Carolina to include community-based pharmacies under independent ownership that are either non-publicly traded or have pharmacy as their core business focus, rather than limiting the definition to groups of 10 or fewer pharmacies. It also appropriates $100,000 to the Department of Insurance for implementation of pharmacy-related regulations.
Business & Labor
Introduced by Sarah Crawford
This bill creates a grant program at North Carolina community colleges to train students as tax preparers through the federal Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, while also providing funding to United Way of North Carolina to expand VITA services. The bill aims to help low-income North Carolinians claim federal tax credits they are eligible for but currently do not claim.
Introduced by Tracy Clark
This bill establishes a 24-hour civil rights helpline within the North Carolina Department of Justice to receive, document, and investigate complaints from people harmed by federal troops or federal law enforcement actions, including immigration enforcement. The Attorney General would maintain a secure database of reports, publish annual public reports with aggregate data and trends, and hold yearly public hearings to present findings.
Introduced by Michael Lazzara
This bill appropriates $3 million in state funding for fiscal year 2026-2027 to provide free hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) treatment to North Carolina veterans diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The funding will be directed to a nonprofit called HBOT 4 HEROES to deliver an estimated 15,000 treatments to approximately 350 veterans, with program oversight and outcome reporting required.
Introduced by Michael Lee
This bill regulates how people can charge fees for helping veterans navigate benefits claims. It limits contingency fees to five times the monthly benefit increase, prohibits upfront charges, requires written agreements with specific disclosures, and bans aggressive solicitation and deceptive guarantees. Attorneys licensed in North Carolina are exempt from these restrictions.
Introduced by Kanika Brown
This bill appropriates $250,000 in nonrecurring state funds for fiscal year 2026-2027 to the MedAid Foundation Incorporated, a nonprofit organization, to expand healthcare access and improve senior care and community health services for vulnerable populations facing barriers to affordable healthcare and preventive care.
This bill appropriates $1 million in one-time funding from the state's General Fund to Forsyth County for a Cure Violence Program aimed at addressing violence in the Triad region. The funds become available starting July 1, 2026.
Rio's Law requires law enforcement officers, emergency medical services personnel, and firefighters/rescue workers in North Carolina to receive training on recognizing and appropriately interacting with people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have autism spectrum disorder. The bill also establishes a special autism spectrum disorder vehicle registration plate and requires state agencies to adopt rules implementing this training by October 2027-2028.
This bill bans food retailers from using dynamic pricing (varying prices within the same day based on demand or personal data) and prevents anti-competitive mergers in the food industry. It also caps credit card surcharges at 2% and creates a Price Transparency Team in the Department of Justice to track and publicly report prices of groceries and utilities quarterly.
Introduced by Lisa Grafstein
This bill prohibits businesses in North Carolina from using surveillance pricing—charging different prices to different customers on the same day based on personal data like browsing history or income—for essential goods and services such as food, water, toiletries, and diapers. The bill allows exceptions for loyalty programs, group discounts, shipping cost differences, and pricing errors. It designates violations as unfair trade practices and allocates funding for the Department of Justice to enforce the law.
Introduced by Phil Rubin
This bill increases salaries for public school employees (teachers, principals, and staff), state employees, and community college workers effective July 1, 2026. It provides a 7% salary increase for most state-funded employees, enhances sick leave benefits for state workers, and provides a 3% cost-of-living adjustment to certain retirees. The bill appropriates approximately $939.8 million for salary increases and $250 million for retiree adjustments.