North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 1537–1560 of 2,338 bills
Introduced by DeAndrea Salvador
This bill increases criminal penalties for assaulting utility workers in North Carolina. It makes simple assault against a utility worker (such as an electric company or water company employee) a Class A1 misdemeanor, and makes assault with a deadly weapon against a utility worker a Class E felony.
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Introduced by Terence Everitt
This bill requires North Carolina's State Auditor to periodically audit private schools that enroll students receiving state scholarship grants. The audits would apply specifically to nonpublic schools serving students with state-funded scholarships under the scholarship grant program.
Education
Introduced by Sophia Chitlik
This bill establishes the Lasting Economic and Academic Prosperity (LEAP) Endowment Program to fund early childhood development and education initiatives in North Carolina. The program creates an endowment managed by an independent investment manager, uses investment earnings to support child development programs, and establishes a reserve fund that receives matching state dollars for private donations raised by the Division of Child Development and Early Education.
Introduced by Natalie Murdock
This bill creates the North Carolina Healthy Soils Task Force, a state advisory group within the Department of Agriculture tasked with developing a comprehensive plan to improve soil health through conservation practices. The task force will include agricultural leaders, university representatives, and farmers, and must submit recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by January 31, 2027.
Agriculture
This bill appropriates $545,588 in state funds to the Town of Pineville to construct a pedestrian hybrid beacon and crosswalk at Highway 51 and Main Street near Town Hall. The goal is to improve pedestrian safety and walkability in the town.
Transportation & Infrastructure
Introduced by Julie Mayfield
This bill expands breast cancer screening coverage requirements for health insurance plans in North Carolina by requiring equal cost-sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams compared to screening mammograms, updates patient notification rules about breast density, and appropriates $3.6 million for the state health plan and $1.5 million for training mammography technologists in rural areas.
Healthcare
Introduced by Kandie Smith
This bill provides $15 million in state funding for wildlife conservation efforts in North Carolina during fiscal year 2025-2026, including programs to monitor and combat Chronic Wasting Disease in deer, restore habitat for northern bobwhite quail, support red wolf conservation and rural landowners, and modernize hunting and fishing license structures with age-based pricing and payment options.
Environment & Energy
Introduced by Timothy Moffitt
This bill would require local governments in North Carolina to allow residential housing in areas zoned for commercial, office, or retail use without requiring special zoning amendments or permits. It would also permit the conversion of existing commercial buildings to residential use in these zones. Building codes and safety regulations would still apply.
Housing
Introduced by Norman Sanderson
This bill appropriates $6.25 million in one-time state funding and $1 million annually for two years to the North Carolina Coastal Federation for four specific projects: an education and event center in Carteret County, a living shoreline protection program, an oyster shell recycling program, and an abandoned vessel removal program.
Taxes & Budget
This bill appropriates $5 million to Mecklenburg County and $750,000 to the NC Department of Transportation to repair and upgrade orphan roads (privately maintained roads open to public use) in non-municipal areas of the county. Specifically, it requires the Department of Transportation to improve Grand Palisades Parkway in Charlotte to state standards and accept it into the state highway system for ongoing maintenance.
Introduced by Caleb Theodros
This bill creates a Study Committee on Automation and the Workforce to examine how automation technologies—including artificial intelligence, robotics, and software—affect North Carolina workers, with special focus on low-income and minority workers. The 11-member committee will review current and future impacts of automation, education and training needs, and recommend strategies to help workers adapt and find new economic opportunities.
Business & Labor
This bill appropriates $11 million in state funds to the Town of Edenton for downtown development projects known as the TEAPOT Project. The funds can be used for building renovation and other downtown development activities, and the money becomes available starting July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Michael Garrett
This bill creates a state income tax credit for investors who put money into small businesses focused on community infrastructure and resilience projects like transportation, utilities, disaster preparedness, and sustainable energy. Investors can claim a 35% tax credit on their investments, up to $100,000 per person per year, with a statewide cap of $5 million in credits annually.
This bill allows mental health clinicians and peer support specialists who work in municipal and county emergency medical services, rescue, or lifesaving departments to receive a waiver of tuition and registration fees when attending community college courses. The waiver applies to specialized courses approved by the State Board of Community Colleges that support these departments' training needs.
This bill would require employers in North Carolina to provide employees with paid sick days that accrue at one hour per 30 hours worked, with annual limits of 32 hours for small businesses (10 or fewer employees) and 56 hours for larger employers. Employees could use paid sick time for their own illness, family care, medical appointments, and situations involving domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The law would take effect January 1, 2026.
Introduced by Todd Johnson
This bill directs $11 million annually from sports betting tax revenue to the Department of Public Instruction to provide salary supplements to public school athletic coaches. The goal is to ensure each eligible coach receives at least $3,000 total in annual salary supplements from state and non-state combined sources, with any unused funds going to the North Carolina Alliance of YMCAs for youth sports programming.
Introduced by Benton Sawrey
This bill creates two separate systems for measuring economic distress in North Carolina counties. The Department of Commerce will continue using 'development tier' rankings for economic development programs, but all other state departments and programs (such as tax incentives, housing assistance, water infrastructure, and health services) must stop using these rankings by July 1, 2027, and instead develop their own criteria tailored to their specific program goals.
Introduced by Woodson Bradley
This bill reenacts North Carolina's child tax credit, which allows taxpayers to claim a credit on their state income taxes for each dependent child. The credit amounts vary by child's age and family income level, with credits ranging from $1,600 to $1,900 per child for lower-income families, and the credit is refundable, meaning families can receive money back if the credit exceeds their tax liability.
This bill creates a new state review process for hospital mergers and acquisitions valued at $5 million or more. The State Auditor, Attorney General, and State Treasurer must review proposed transactions, hold public hearings, and can object if they determine the deal would harm healthcare competition, access, affordability, or quality in North Carolina.
Introduced by Brad Overcash
This bill amends North Carolina law to allow people to appeal certain agency decisions to superior court, rather than having those decisions be final and non-reviewable. Specifically, it permits judicial review of agency determinations regarding claims for funding assistance under relocation and displacement assistance programs, provided the person has first exhausted all available administrative remedies and files within 30 days of the agency's decision.
Local Government
This bill requires North Carolina local governments to allow at least one accessory dwelling unit (a smaller residential structure on the same lot as a single-family home) in residential areas zoned for single-family homes. It sets statewide standards for how these units can be regulated, such as minimum size requirements and restrictions on parking and fees, while allowing local governments some flexibility on placement and other rules.
This bill removes the sales tax from menstrual products including tampons, pads, menstrual cups, and panty liners in North Carolina. The exemption would take effect October 1, 2025, and apply to all future sales of these products.
Introduced by Val Applewhite
This bill appropriates funds to raise salaries for teachers, state employees, community college and university workers, and provides cost-of-living increases for retirees. It also expands the WAGE$ early childhood educator supplement program to all 100 North Carolina counties and creates a tax credit for small businesses with annual receipts of $8 million or less.
This bill creates new protections for children on social media and online platforms by establishing an Online Safety Division in the Attorney General's office, a Cyberbullying Unit in the State Bureau of Investigation, and an independent Online Child Safety Commission. It requires large platforms (with over 5 million NC users and $25 million+ annual revenue) to implement parental controls, restrict manipulative design features, protect children's data, and submit annual safety assessments. The state would appropriate $5 million initially to implement these new protections.
Technology & Privacy