North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 1273–1296 of 2,338 bills
Introduced by Mike Colvin
This bill appropriates $5.4 million in state funds to the Town of Spring Lake for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The money is designated for four purposes: $200,000 to restore the Historic Spring Lake Civic Center, $100,000 for the Spring Lake Fire Department, $5 million for infrastructure needs, and $100,000 to assist the Manchester Fire Department or other rural fire departments serving the Spring Lake area.
Taxes & Budget
Introduced by William Rabon
This Senate Resolution confirms Dr. Devdutta Sangvai as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the state agency overseeing health, mental health, social services, and child welfare programs. The confirmation requires Senate approval and, once adopted, makes Dr. Sangvai the head of this cabinet-level department.
Healthcare
Introduced by Karl Gillespie
This bill requires the North Carolina Department of Transportation to install permanent metal corner markers along property lines after completing road projects that involve acquiring right-of-way or easements. The markers must be placed according to surveying standards and tied to the state coordinate system to clearly identify property boundaries.
Transportation & Infrastructure
Introduced by John Blust
This bill appropriates $5 million in state funds to the City of Greensboro for planning and preliminary work to extend water and wastewater infrastructure to economic development sites at Piedmont Triad International Airport. The funds are provided as a grant through the Department of Environmental Quality and become available July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Abraham Jones
This bill creates a one-year window allowing patients or their representatives to file medical malpractice lawsuits against healthcare providers for injuries or deaths occurring after March 1, 2020, even if the normal time limit to file has expired. The bill specifically excludes cases where COVID-19 was the direct cause of injury or death.
Introduced by Zack Forde-Hawkins
This bill removes North Carolina's restrictions on food and nutrition assistance (food stamps) and temporary assistance for needy families for individuals convicted of drug-related felonies, allowing them to receive these benefits after completing substance abuse treatment. It also extends the recertification period for food and nutrition benefits from more frequent intervals to once per year.
Social Services & Welfare
This bill directs the North Carolina Public Utilities Commission to conduct a study examining North Carolina's current energy market structure and whether the state should reform it by adopting an energy imbalance market or a regional transmission organization. The study would evaluate costs, benefits, and impacts on rates, reliability, environmental quality, and vulnerable communities, with results due within one year and $350,000 appropriated for the research.
Environment & Energy
Introduced by Terry Brown
This bill establishes a grant program funded with $2.5 million annually to support high school robotics teams and after-school programs coordinated through public schools or community organizations. The bill also allows students to receive excused absences to participate in school-sanctioned robotics competitions.
Education
Introduced by Mary Harrison
This bill requires North Carolina public schools to use environmentally sensitive cleaning products when it is cost-effective to do so. The Department of Public Instruction will establish guidelines for what qualifies as green cleaning products, and schools that cannot afford to switch must notify the state annually. The requirements apply to public schools, charter schools, regional schools, and universities, while nonpublic schools with 50+ students are encouraged but not required to comply.
Introduced by Vernetta Alston
This bill appropriates $656,000 per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal period to the UNC Health Care System to cover transportation costs for newborn patients when insurance companies deny coverage for ambulance and mileage fees. The UNC system must report annually to the General Assembly on how the funds are spent and their impact on neonatal care.
Introduced by Jake Johnson
This bill directs the Department of Public Instruction, working with the State Board of Community Colleges, to study whether skilled workers and professionals with real-world experience could become Career and Technical Education (CTE) high school teachers without meeting all current licensure requirements. The study must be completed by March 15, 2026, and recommend alternative or modified paths to CTE teacher licensure based on industry credentials and work experience.
Introduced by Cecil Brockman
This bill appropriates $13.3 million in recurring annual funding for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to expand the North Carolina Prekindergarten (NC Pre-K) program by increasing available slots for children seeking to participate. The funding goes to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education, and takes effect July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Ray Jeffers
This bill appropriates $150,000 in state funding to the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice in Durham for fiscal year 2025-2026. The money will be used to develop a green space that provides accessible entry to the center and improves drainage and stormwater management systems at the facility.
Introduced by Ben Moss
This bill modernizes North Carolina's laws governing respiratory care practitioners by creating a new category of advanced respiratory care practitioners (ARCPs) who can perform specialized procedures under physician supervision, updating licensing requirements to reflect current education standards, and establishing clearer practice definitions and Board oversight. The changes are intended to reflect how the respiratory care profession has evolved, particularly following increased demands during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Introduced by Marcia Morey
This bill modifies how North Carolina distributes state funding for regional public transportation projects, particularly rail and multi-county transit services. It establishes clearer funding caps and eligibility categories for commuter rail, intercity rail, and light rail projects, and repeals a previous funding provision.
Introduced by Grant Campbell
This bill establishes a seven-year Fertility Preservation Pilot Program that allocates $2.25 million per year to three medical institutions (Duke University, UNC Chapel Hill, and Atrium Health Levine Cancer Center) to help cancer patients afford fertility services like egg/sperm freezing and IVF/IUI treatments. Eligible participants include uninsured individuals, those with inadequate insurance coverage, or those facing high out-of-pocket costs, with financial assistance capped at $12,000 for female participants and $26,000 for IVF/IUI services.
Introduced by Mark Pless
This bill appropriates $1,524,978 in state funds to the Haywood County School System for specific projects: installing a turf field at Tuscola High School ($998,538), purchasing a metal building for a multipurpose locker room at C.E. Weatherby Stadium ($26,440), and making stadium improvements at Bethel Middle School ($500,000). The funds are nonrecurring and designated for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
This bill requires movie theaters in North Carolina with more than 10 weekly showings to provide open captioning (on-screen text display of dialogue and sound descriptions) for at least one-fourth of showings for movies that play four or more times per week, with a maximum of four captioned showings required per movie per week. Theaters must advertise captioned showings and maintain compliance records, with violations subject to civil penalties of $100-$500.
Introduced by Carolyn Logan
This bill establishes the North Carolina Technology Coalitions Strategic Support Fund, a $10.5 million fund administered by the Department of Commerce to provide grants to regional technology coalitions in areas like artificial intelligence, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and cybersecurity. The grants support coalition infrastructure, workforce training, and cost-matching for federal and private funding to promote technology-based economic growth across North Carolina regions.
Business & Labor
Introduced by Julia Greenfield
This bill requires North Carolina public schools to install at least two Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) in each school building, provide training to school personnel on AED and CPR use, and maintain the devices according to state board rules. The bill applies to all public school types including traditional public schools, charter schools, and regional schools, with implementation beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.
Introduced by Carla Cunningham
This bill creates a three-year pilot program that provides $250,000 annually to up to eight school districts to establish mental health crisis units in their schools. Each crisis unit would include a school nurse, social worker, and licensed mental health counselor to respond to student mental health emergencies during school hours.
This bill reforms how North Carolina courts assess and collect criminal justice fees and costs from defendants. It requires courts to consider a defendant's ability to pay before assessing costs, reduces some specific fees, prohibits driver's license revocation solely for failure to pay fines or appear in court, prevents imprisonment for unpaid fines when an active sentence is already imposed, and eliminates certain court costs for seat belt violations.
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Introduced by Jordan Lopez
This bill changes how North Carolina allocates state funding for public school capital projects by expanding eligibility criteria to include counties with persistent poverty or low-to-moderate income census tracts, and prohibits state agencies from using economic tier designations when allocating education funds to schools and universities.
This bill creates a $25 million Public School Disaster Preparedness Fund administered by the Department of Public Instruction to help schools in high-risk natural disaster areas improve or replace building structures to reduce damage from severe weather. Schools apply through a formal process, with the State Board of Education approving projects that meet established preparedness standards, and must report annually on fund usage and progress.