North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 1321–1344 of 2,338 bills
Introduced by Vernetta Alston
The Housing Choice Act creates incentives for North Carolina municipalities to adopt housing-friendly zoning policies by giving them priority consideration for state water infrastructure funding. Smaller cities (under 100,000 residents) can adopt at least 2 of 6 housing strategies, while larger cities (100,000+ residents) can adopt at least 5 of 12 strategies to qualify for this funding priority. The bill also requires a study on the state's housing needs through 2050.
Housing
Introduced by Julie von Haefen
This bill reduces the percentage of gross family income that parents must pay as copayments for state-subsidized child care from 10% to 7%. It appropriates $25 million annually for the 2025-2027 fiscal years to fund this reduction in parent costs.
Social Services & Welfare
Introduced by Maria Cervania
This bill designates the week containing March 12th each year as Girl Scouts Week in North Carolina to recognize the Girl Scouts organization and celebrate the accomplishments of Girl Scout Gold Award recipients. The designation is a ceremonial recognition with no budgetary or regulatory requirements.
Other / General Government
Introduced by Mike Colvin
This bill appropriates $500,000 to the North Carolina Department of Transportation to study ways to reduce traffic congestion on roads near Fort Bragg between Vass Road and NC Highway 87. The study will examine potential solutions including expanded rail routes and other surface transportation options.
Transportation & Infrastructure
Introduced by Timothy Reeder
This bill extends the Primary Care Payment Reform Task Force from its original expiration date of May 1, 2024, to December 31, 2026, allowing the group to continue studying primary care spending and payment systems in North Carolina. The bill also adds requirements for data security protections and clarifies that collected data is not subject to public records requests.
Healthcare
Introduced by Garland Pierce
This bill appropriates $35 million in state funds to Scotland County during the 2025-2026 fiscal year specifically for improvements or upgrades to the county's wastewater treatment plant. The funding becomes available on July 1, 2025.
Taxes & Budget
Introduced by Mike Clampitt
This bill splits District Court District 43 and Public Defender District 43 into two separate districts (43A and 43B), with 43A covering Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, and Swain counties, and 43B covering Haywood and Jackson counties. The bill appropriates approximately $1 million to fund one new district court judge, one judicial assistant, one chief public defender, and three assistant public defenders for the new District 43B starting in 2026-2027.
Local Government
Introduced by Tracy Clark
This bill requires prescription drug manufacturers to notify state agencies, insurance companies, and pharmacy benefits managers at least 60 days before implementing price increases of 10% or more, and to disclose justifications, marketing budgets, and price history within 30 days. It also requires manufacturers to disclose dependency risks when marketing drugs to prescribers and establishes a public online portal where North Carolinians can access pricing information and reports on the state's most prescribed and costliest drugs.
Introduced by Phil Rubin
This bill clarifies North Carolina's firearm storage law to explicitly require safe storage of both loaded and unloaded firearms when minors have access to them. The change responds to a 2024 court ruling that found the law ambiguous about whether unloaded firearms stored near ammunition must be secured.
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Introduced by Charles Smith
This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to remove the exception that currently allows involuntary servitude as punishment for crime in North Carolina. If approved by voters in November 2026, it would make slavery and involuntary servitude completely prohibited under all circumstances in the state constitution.
Introduced by Ray Jeffers
This bill requires the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to adopt a policy giving priority in admissions to educator preparation programs (teacher training programs) to in-state residents over out-of-state applicants. The policy would apply to all UNC constituent institutions starting with the 2025-2026 academic year.
Education
Introduced by Carolyn Logan
This bill creates a new parole program that allows inmates serving life sentences without parole to become eligible for release after serving at least 20 years if they complete educational, vocational, and work requirements through a 15-year Mutual Agreement Parole Program contract. The bill applies to both current and future inmates, with those already imprisoned for 20+ years eligible for shorter contracts of 1-3 years.
This bill appropriates $500,000 in state funds to the City of Greensboro for two purposes: $250,000 to cover law enforcement, security, and transportation costs for hosting a FIFA Club World Cup 2025 training camp, and $250,000 for expenses related to the 2025 North Carolina Folk Festival. The funds come from the state's General Fund for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
Introduced by Brian Echevarria
This bill appropriates $22.65 million in state funds for various projects in Cabarrus County during fiscal year 2025-2026. The funds are divided among road improvements in Midland ($7 million), multiple projects in Harrisburg including a rail station and turf fields ($12.7 million), a community health center expansion ($1.95 million), and a nonprofit serving people in crisis ($1 million).
Introduced by Keith Kidwell
The NC REACH Act requires all students graduating from UNC constituent institutions with a bachelor's degree and community colleges with an associate degree to complete at least three credit hours of American history or American government instruction. The course must include reading eight specified founding documents and Constitution-related texts, with a cumulative final exam counting for at least 20% of the grade, while replacing an existing elective rather than adding credit hour requirements.
This bill would prohibit the manufacture, sale, purchase, transfer, and possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines in North Carolina, defined as magazines holding more than 10 rounds for most firearms or more than 8 shotgun shells. Violations would be Class 2 misdemeanors, with enhanced penalties for repeat offenses or use during felonies. The law includes exceptions for military and law enforcement, out-of-state transfers, and allows current owners 180 days to modify, surrender, or sell their magazines.
Introduced by Rodney Pierce
This bill appropriates $10 million per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to fund grants for Disabled American Veterans (DAV) chapters. The grants, capped at $1 million per chapter per year, will help DAV organizations repair and expand their facilities and provide additional resources to disabled veterans.
Introduced by Jeffrey McNeely
This bill creates a new regulatory framework for hemp-derived consumable products (like edibles and vapes containing cannabinoids such as delta-8 and delta-10 THC) in North Carolina. It requires manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to obtain licenses from the Alcohol Law Enforcement Division, establishes testing and labeling requirements, restricts sales to adults 21+, and sets penalties for violations ranging from civil fines to criminal charges.
Business & Labor
Introduced by Paul Scott
This bill modifies North Carolina's motor fuel excise tax refund program for nonprofits. It clarifies and continues the existing quarterly refund system that allows certain nonprofits—including volunteer fire departments, rescue squads, food distribution organizations, and others—to receive refunds on fuel taxes they pay, minus one cent per gallon.
Introduced by Grant Campbell
This bill appropriates $500,000 in state funds to the Department of Public Safety to create a grant program that helps pay for treatment of police officers diagnosed with PTSD. The funds are nonrecurring, meaning they are available only for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
Introduced by David Willis
This bill permits residents of nursing homes and adult care homes to install electronic monitoring devices (cameras, audio recorders, etc.) in their own rooms at their own expense. Facilities must provide power sources and mounting space for these devices, cannot refuse admission or discharge residents for requesting monitoring, and recordings are admissible as evidence in court proceedings.
Introduced by Jim Burgin
This bill authorizes North Carolina's Insurance Commissioner to establish and operate a state-run health benefits exchange where individuals can compare and purchase health insurance plans. It provides $100,000 in initial funding and grants the Commissioner authority to adopt rules, apply for federal funding, and create advisory boards to implement and manage the exchange.
Introduced by Robert Reives
This bill creates two grant programs totaling $80 million to help rural communities and downtown areas in North Carolina attract business investment and improve economic conditions. The Rural Community Development Grant Program provides up to $2 million per grant to counties and municipalities lacking amenities like restaurants or parks, while the Downtown Revitalization Grant Program provides similar grants for downtown improvements, with both programs requiring matching funds from non-state sources.
Introduced by Amber Baker
This bill makes several changes to North Carolina election law, including protecting the confidentiality of absentee ballot requesters, allowing earlier counting of some ballots, making poll worker assignment more flexible, clarifying digital photo ID requirements, and adjusting various filing deadlines and thresholds for campaign finance reporting.
Elections & Voting