North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
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Introduced by Jay Chaudhuri
This bill allows new corporations, S corporations, and business entities (like LLCs and partnerships) that are less than five years old and have net income under $5,000 to defer their state income taxes for one year. It also encourages state agencies to hire in-state contractors less than five years old and requires the Department of Administration to track and report data on contracts awarded to these newer contractors.
Business & Labor
Introduced by Woodson Bradley
This bill appropriates $2.5 million per year for fiscal years 2025-2027 to the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to nonprofit community health centers. These centers would use the funds to purchase and distribute long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) to uninsured and low-income patients.
Healthcare
Introduced by Caleb Theodros
This bill requires North Carolina's Division of Juvenile Justice to create a program teaching coding, programming, and computer skills to incarcerated youth in youth development centers. The program would include specialized courses, industry certifications, mentorship, internships, and job placement assistance, with $250,000 in funding and implementation required by January 1, 2026.
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Introduced by Kandie Smith
This bill appropriates $3 million in recurring state funding to the Department of Public Safety's Division of Emergency Management to expand the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program and training. The funds will also support partnerships with local community organizations to conduct training sessions and increase public participation in emergency response preparedness.
Introduced by Mike Clampitt
This bill establishes a supplemental insurance program administered by the Department of Insurance to provide mental health benefits to North Carolina first responders (police, firefighters, EMTs, dispatchers, and correctional officers) diagnosed with work-related mental conditions. Benefits include reimbursement for medical expenses up to $5,000 annually, salary support during required medical leave, and disability payments up to $5,000 monthly for those unable to work.
Introduced by Natalie Murdock
This bill would legalize and regulate cannabis for adults 21 and older in North Carolina, similar to alcohol. It establishes a licensing system for cannabis businesses, allows adults to possess and grow limited amounts for personal use, creates funds to reinvest in communities harmed by prior cannabis prohibition, establishes a medical cannabis program, and automatically expunges past cannabis convictions that would now be legal.
Introduced by Donny Lambeth
This bill requires every public school in North Carolina to have at least one full-time, permanent school nurse starting in the 2025-2026 school year. The bill appropriates $95 million in state funding to help local school districts, charter schools, regional schools, and laboratory schools meet this requirement.
Education
Introduced by Terence Everitt
This bill repeals certain confidentiality protections for legislators' documents and requests by making some legislative materials public records. Specifically, it allows documents prepared by legislative staff to become public when introduced as bills, offered as amendments, distributed at committee meetings, or released through other public legislative processes, while maintaining confidentiality for initial drafting requests and supporting documents until they are formally presented.
Local Government
Introduced by Val Applewhite
The Home Comfort Act appropriates $49.25 million over the 2025-2027 biennium to help low-income seniors (65+) age safely at home through three main programs: grants up to $10,000 for home modifications like ramps and bathroom improvements, funding for in-home support services and caregiver assistance stipends, and a statewide hotline and resource guide to help seniors navigate available programs.
Social Services & Welfare
Introduced by Sophia Chitlik
This bill allows North Carolina legislators to vote through an appointed proxy for up to 16 weeks following childbirth, adoption, stillbirth, or miscarriage. The legislator must watch the session remotely via audio or video stream, file a voting designation form, and a party leader casts the vote on their behalf after other chamber members have voted.
Introduced by Becky Carney
This bill requires medical equipment manufacturers to provide hospitals, equipment owners, and independent repair providers with access to documentation, tools, and parts needed to repair and maintain medical imaging and radiation therapy equipment. Manufacturers must provide this information at no cost (except actual printing/shipping), cannot require special authorization to use repair tools, and must offer the same parts prices and training to independent providers as they do to authorized repair providers.
Introduced by Allison Dahle
This joint resolution expresses North Carolina's support for admitting Washington, D.C., as a U.S. state and urges members of Congress to pass federal legislation to make this happen. The resolution does not create law in North Carolina but rather communicates the state's position to federal lawmakers.
Other / General Government
Introduced by Renee Price
This bill increases funding for North Carolina's small county school systems by raising the dollar allotment each eligible small county receives per student. The bill appropriates $20,961,180 in state funds to support these increased allotments starting July 1, 2025.
This bill creates a new property tax relief program called the Secure Home and Future Property Tax Relief Benefit for homeowners who have owned and occupied their primary residence in North Carolina for at least 15 consecutive years. Under the program, annual property tax increases on qualifying homes are capped at 2% or recalculated based on improvements, with deferred taxes becoming due if the property is sold or ceases to be a primary residence.
Taxes & Budget
Introduced by Matthew Winslow
This bill waives the renewal fee for North Carolina driver's licenses for people with an active duty military designation or a veteran military designation. The waiver would apply to license renewals on or after July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Amy Galey
This bill prohibits UNC constituent institutions and community colleges from violating state or federal law in order to comply with requirements from accrediting agencies. It allows exceptions for specific professional programs like law, pharmacy, and engineering that have their own accreditation standards.
Introduced by Deb Butler
This bill strengthens enforcement of North Carolina's migrant housing standards by requiring operators to submit affidavits certifying they are not barred from agricultural labor programs, restricting post-occupancy inspections to operators with compliance issues, and requiring the Department of Labor to maintain detailed records and cross-reference violations by physical address rather than just operator name.
This bill appropriates $3 million in state funds to the Town of Grifton during fiscal year 2025-2026 to design and construct flood mitigation and resiliency projects. The funds come from the state's General Fund and are designated as nonrecurring (one-time) spending.
Introduced by Graig Meyer
This bill would repeal North Carolina's drug tax, which is a tax imposed on illegal drugs and drug paraphernalia. The repeal would eliminate this tax source entirely, though it does not affect taxes or liabilities that arose before the law takes effect.
Introduced by Benton Sawrey
This bill requires health care practitioners in North Carolina to clearly identify their type of license, certification, or registration in advertisements and prohibits them from using deceptive or misleading information about their credentials. It also prevents unlicensed individuals from using physician titles or similar terms that suggest they practice medicine, and establishes enforcement mechanisms through professional licensing boards.
This bill appropriates $100,000 from the state's General Fund to the Town of Pinetops for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to help its volunteer fire department purchase equipment. The funds are nonrecurring, meaning they are a one-time allocation rather than ongoing annual funding.
This bill prohibits foreign governments designated as adversarial by the U.S. Department of Commerce from purchasing, leasing, or holding interests in North Carolina agricultural land or land within 25 miles of specified military installations. The bill includes a $50,000 appropriation for farmland inventory and becomes effective January 1, 2026.
Agriculture
This bill changes how judges are disciplined in North Carolina by giving the State Bar Council the power to appoint four members to the Judicial Standards Commission (instead of the General Assembly), and it reinstates previous procedures for judicial discipline including the ability to issue public reprimands and defining when such discipline is appropriate.
Introduced by Danny Britt
This bill modifies Scotland County's school funding rules by eliminating a mandatory minimum funding requirement for fiscal year 2025-2026. Instead of being required to fund schools at the state average per-student level, the Scotland County Board of Commissioners gains discretion to determine school funding amounts based on various factors. After 2025-2026, standard state budget procedures will apply again.