North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 121–144 of 2,338 bills
Introduced by Robert Davis
This bill makes technical corrections to North Carolina state law by repealing obsolete language from past executive branch reorganizations (particularly from 1971 and 1973), reorganizing where certain statutes are located in the General Statutes, and making various other minor changes to improve clarity and accuracy in state law. The bill does not change the actual functions or powers of state agencies, but cleans up outdated references and reorganizes legal code.
Other / General Government
Introduced by Allen Chesser
This bill creates two new regulatory frameworks for North Carolina: the Digital Asset Financial Act, which allows state banks and credit unions to provide cryptocurrency custody, staking, and transaction services for customers, and the North Carolina Stablecoin Act, which creates a licensing system for companies that want to issue stablecoins (digital assets designed to maintain a fixed value, typically pegged to the U.S. dollar). Both frameworks include detailed requirements for customer protection, reserve management, and regulatory oversight.
Technology & Privacy
This bill modifies North Carolina's laws regarding three types of advance health care planning documents: health care powers of attorney, living wills (advance directives), and advance instructions for mental health treatment. The main changes simplify how these documents are executed, allow them to be combined into single documents, and update who can make health care decisions on behalf of patients who lack capacity and have no advance directives in place.
Healthcare
Introduced by Mark Brody
This bill restricts local governments from requiring minimum parking space minimums in most developments and limits their ability to impose stormwater control requirements on redevelopment projects. It prohibits parking minimums except in historic districts and coastal areas, and prevents stormwater controls from being required on pre-existing built-upon areas during redevelopment unless the project increases impervious surface beyond what existed before.
Local Government
Introduced by Heather Rhyne
This bill expands tuition waivers at North Carolina community colleges to include children (ages 17-24) of law enforcement officers, experienced correctional officers (10+ years), and firefighters. Students would attend community college tuition-free while still meeting admission standards and other college requirements, with the waiver covering the duration of their educational program.
Education
Introduced by William Jackson
This bill prohibits the sale of hemp-derived consumable products and kratom products to people under age 21 and makes it illegal for anyone under 21 to possess these products. Violations are classified as Class 2 misdemeanors with fines ranging from $500 to $1,500 depending on the number of offenses.
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Introduced by Carson Smith
This bill requires state and local government employers to use the federal E-Verify system to confirm employee work authorization. It creates a 30-day cure period for first-time violations, allows the Department of Labor to conduct random compliance checks, increases civil penalties for repeated violations, and protects employees who report E-Verify violations from retaliation.
Business & Labor
Introduced by William Rabon
This is a Senate resolution that confirms Daniel Johnson's appointment as Secretary of the Department of Transportation. Senate confirmation is required for this cabinet-level position, and the resolution officially approves his nomination.
Introduced by John Bell
This bill removes specific parcels of property from the corporate limits of four municipalities in North Carolina (the towns of Vass, Red Oak, and Kernersville, and the Village of Walnut Creek), effective June 30, 2026. It also limits the Village of Walnut Creek's authority to exercise municipal powers only within its contiguous corporate boundaries, rather than in surrounding areas.
Introduced by Michael Lazzara
This bill would expand the City of Jacksonville's boundaries to include certain portions of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station New River, and Marine Corps Special Operations Command at Stones Bay. The annexation would make these federal military properties subject to Jacksonville's municipal taxes starting July 1, 2026, though the bill specifies that Jacksonville cannot regulate or control military operations on these bases.
Introduced by Bob Brinson
This bill prohibits entities from adversarial foreign governments (as defined by federal arms regulations) from purchasing, leasing, or holding agricultural land or property within 50 miles of North Carolina military installations. Entities that owned such land before the law takes effect must register with the Secretary of State and cannot buy additional land. Those acquiring such land after the effective date must divest within one year, or face civil penalties and forced sale through court receivership.
Agriculture
This bill removes a specific 18.93-acre parcel of property from the corporate limits of the City of Washington in Beaufort County. After the bill takes effect on June 30, 2026, the property will no longer be subject to City of Washington municipal taxes, though any existing tax liens will still be collectible.
Introduced by Celeste Cairns
This bill removes three specific parcels of property (identified by Carteret County parcel numbers) from the City of Morehead City's corporate limits, effective June 30, 2026. After this date, these properties will no longer be subject to municipal taxes, though any existing tax liens or special assessments owed to the city before the effective date can still be collected.
Introduced by Wyatt Gable
This bill changes how Jacksonville City Council members are elected by requiring all council seats to be elected at-large (by all city voters) instead of the current mixed system where four council members are elected from specific wards and two are elected at-large. The change would take effect after the 2027 elections.
Elections & Voting
Introduced by Kevin Corbin
This bill removes a specific property (86 Magellan Drive, identified as Haywood County Parcel 8604-93-8795) from the Town of Waynesville's municipal limits, effective June 30, 2026. The property will no longer be subject to municipal taxes starting July 1, 2026, though any existing tax liens from the town can still be collected.
This bill creates a pilot program allowing North Carolina to test shoreline stabilization structures like sheet pile walls in limited locations where oceanfront homes face imminent erosion danger. The University of North Carolina Collaboratory will select a small number of pilot projects based on erosion severity, scientific value, and economic impact, with all construction costs and permits funded by local governments or homeowners associations, not the state.
Environment & Energy
The Seatbelt Act makes several changes to North Carolina's traffic and impaired driving laws. It requires repeat speeding violators to install Intelligent Speed Assistance systems in their vehicles, lowers the alcohol concentration threshold for certain ignition interlock requirements from 0.15 to 0.08, and expands school zone traffic cameras to enforce not just speed limits but also seat belt and texting violations.
This bill requires the North Carolina Office of Vital Records and local registers of deeds to process requests for birth and death certificate amendments within 30 calendar days. It also prohibits Office of Vital Records employees from teleworking unless the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines it necessary during declared disasters or emergencies.
Introduced by Phillip Shepard
This bill directs the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to study how well the Strategic Prioritization Funding Plan for Transportation Investments (STI) is working, including what problems exist and how to improve it. NCDOT must submit a report with findings and recommendations to legislative committees by November 1, 2026.
Transportation & Infrastructure
Introduced by Steve Jarvis
This bill establishes new requirements for data centers in North Carolina, including site assessments and water conservation standards before approval, prohibits ownership by citizens of China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia, requires data centers to have utility service contracts that protect other ratepayers, and includes various energy policy changes such as expedited permitting for energy projects and requirements for nuclear energy development.
Introduced by Jim Burgin
This bill requires political committees receiving donations above $6,800 from any one person to disclose the original source of those funds, the amounts involved, and any intermediaries who transferred the money. The requirement applies to both regular campaign donations and contributions to certain political committees, and takes effect once the bill becomes law.
Introduced by Robert Reives
This bill requires the installation and maintenance of fuel gas detectors in residential rental units, commercial buildings, and public higher education facilities that contain appliances using propane, natural gas, or liquified petroleum gas. Landlords must install detectors within 30 days of acquiring a property, maintain them in working order, and can face civil penalties up to $500 for violations. Universities and community colleges must adopt fuel gas safety policies by July 1, 2027, and implement them by July 1, 2030.
This Senate Resolution fills a vacancy on the UNC Board of Governors by electing Leigh Jeffreys Fanning of Pitt County to serve the remainder of the term left open when O. Temple Sloan III resigned in April 2025. Fanning will serve until June 30, 2027, as required by state law that directs the original electing chamber to fill Board vacancies.
This bill gives the Town of Pine Knoll Shores authority to place and maintain navigation markers and aids in local waterways (canals and Bogue Sound) according to federal standards. The town must notify the U.S. Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers at least six weeks before placing any markers, and state or federal rules take precedence over local ordinances if there is a conflict.