North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 1921–1944 of 2,338 bills
Introduced by Lisa Grafstein
This bill repeals North Carolina's existing 'Crime Against Nature' law and creates a new, separate criminal offense specifically for bestiality (sexual acts with animals), classified as a Class I felony. The bill updates related statutes to replace references to the old law with the new bestiality offense.
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Introduced by Bobby Hanig
This bill prohibits North Carolina's Attorney General from participating in lawsuits (as a party, supporting amicus, or other participant) that would result in invalidating presidential executive orders. It also requires the Attorney General to report on convictions for impersonating federal immigration agents between January 2021 and March 2025.
Other / General Government
Introduced by Danny Britt
This bill modifies North Carolina insurance law to prohibit certain types of automobile physical damage coverage from being included in credit property insurance policies. Specifically, it bans coverage for repossession costs, skip/confiscation/conversion coverage, deductibles below $250, and coverage broader than minimum state requirements. Insurers can still offer these coverages separately, but cannot charge borrowers for them.
Business & Labor
Introduced by Kevin Corbin
This bill clarifies North Carolina's laws about how insurance producers (agents/brokers) can exchange and share insurance business with each other. It defines what counts as a proper exchange of business, allows producers to split commissions when exchanging business, and sets requirements both producers must meet including being properly licensed and disclosed to the insurer and customer.
Introduced by Todd Johnson
This bill clarifies what insurance companies and agents are allowed to offer customers without it being considered an illegal rebate. It permits insurers and producers to offer value-added products or services (like loss prevention education, financial wellness programs, or health incentives), non-cash gifts up to $250 per policy term, and drawings or raffles, provided these offerings meet specific criteria and are not unfairly discriminatory.
Introduced by John Bell
This bill repeals Section 2 of S.L. 2024-31 (a previous law from 2024) and dismisses any charges filed under that section before this bill takes effect. The repeal applies retroactively to December 1, 2024.
Introduced by William Rabon
This Senate resolution confirms Eddie M. Buffaloe, Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Public Safety, a cabinet-level position overseeing the state's public safety operations. The confirmation was adopted by the Senate on March 13, 2025.
Local Government
Introduced by Jarrod Lowery
This bill strengthens protections for subcontractors in North Carolina construction projects by making 'pay if paid' and 'pay when paid' clauses unenforceable, requiring contractors to pay subcontractors within 7-30 days of receiving payment themselves, and imposing 1% monthly interest on late payments. The bill does not apply to residential construction projects with 12 or fewer units.
Introduced by Sarah Crawford
This bill expands the Public Safety Employees' Death Benefits Act to include public safety employees killed while traveling to or from work, rather than only those killed while actively performing duties. It allocates $300,000 annually for the 2025-2027 budget period to cover these expanded benefits.
Introduced by John Sauls
This bill expands the property tax exemption for religious organizations by allowing them to hold undeveloped land tax-free for up to five years if they plan to use it for religious purposes. The exemption applies to land that does not exceed 200% of the organization's currently exempt property, and the organization must certify within five years that it will begin using or developing the land for religious purposes.
Taxes & Budget
Introduced by Matthew Winslow
This bill creates stronger criminal penalties for forging real estate documents, establishes a court process for homeowners to quickly remove fraudulent claims against their property titles, and requires additional verification steps when recording deeds to prevent title fraud.
Introduced by Eddie Settle
This bill requires all public schools in North Carolina—including traditional public schools, charter schools, and university-operated schools—to display U.S. and North Carolina flags on school grounds and in every classroom. It also requires schools to schedule daily Pledge of Allegiance recitations and teach students about the flag's meaning and history. The bill provides $1 million in funding for the 2025-2026 school year and $100,000 annually after that to help schools purchase flags.
Education
Introduced by Abraham Jones
This bill requires the State Crime Laboratory to inform sexual assault victims about the status of their rape kit testing and notify them when their kit cannot be tested, will not be tested, or is being destroyed. The lab must develop procedures for victims to check on their kit's status and receive these notifications.
Introduced by Mark Pless
This bill restricts the operation of large vehicle-trailer combinations on specific sections of U.S. Route 25/70 in Madison County, North Carolina. Trailers exceeding 30 feet in length or total vehicle-trailer combinations exceeding 48 feet would be prohibited on these designated road segments. Violations would be subject to the same penalties as other motor vehicle violations under state law.
Transportation & Infrastructure
Introduced by Jeffrey McNeely
This bill designates the Carolina BalloonFest, an annual hot air balloon festival held in Statesville each October, as North Carolina's official state balloon rally. The festival, which has been running since 1974, is the second-oldest hot air balloon festival in the United States.
Introduced by Carolyn Logan
This bill reinstates North Carolina's pistol purchase permit law that was previously repealed and expands it to require permits for long gun (rifle and shotgun) purchases as well. Under the bill, sheriffs would issue permits valid for five years after conducting background checks and assessing moral character, with exceptions for antique firearms.
This bill appropriates $7.85 million in state funding to regional councils of government in North Carolina. The money will support 32 new finance professionals to help small local governments achieve financial compliance, and will fund a disaster response and recovery program to assist communities before, during, and after natural disasters.
Introduced by Jonathan Almond
This bill prohibits North Carolina from intentionally releasing materials into the atmosphere to alter temperature, weather, or sunlight intensity through methods like stratospheric aerosol injection, cloud seeding, or electromagnetic radiation. It adds these practices to the state's list of prohibited air pollution activities and requires the Environmental Management Commission to adopt rules to enforce the ban.
Environment & Energy
This bill establishes an interstate compact that allows licensed social workers to practice across multiple member states under a single 'multistate license' from their home state, rather than obtaining separate licenses in each state. The compact creates a Social Work Licensure Compact Commission to oversee the system, maintain a data system tracking licenses and disciplinary actions, and establish uniform standards while preserving each state's authority to regulate social work practice and protect public safety.
Introduced by Robert Reives
This bill appropriates $32.3 million in state funding to combat deed and title fraud in North Carolina. The money will support employee training at county register offices, a public awareness campaign, technology upgrades (including digitization and security improvements), and fraud detection systems across the state.
Introduced by Michael Lazzara
This bill creates a state regulatory system for hemp-derived consumable products (like delta-8 THC, CBD, and other cannabinoids) sold in North Carolina. It establishes licensing requirements for manufacturers, distributors, and sellers; sets testing and packaging standards; restricts sales to people under 21; and prohibits these products on school grounds.
Introduced by David Willis
This bill increases state funding for workforce education by approximately $205 million for fiscal year 2025-2026. It revises how community colleges are funded to reward enrollment growth, expands funding for cooperative innovative high schools based on regional economic development tiers, creates grant programs for STEM and career/technical education, and funds a public awareness campaign about community college opportunities.
Introduced by Mike Clampitt
This bill expands death benefits for North Carolina firefighters by treating certain cancer diagnoses as 'killed in the line of duty' deaths under the Public Safety Employees' Death Benefits Act. It makes permanent a pilot program that provided health benefits to firefighters diagnosed with cancer and allocates $2 million per year to cover the expanded death benefits.
Introduced by Kelly Hastings
This bill creates new criminal penalties for assaulting public safety officers and animals by throwing or spraying substances at them, and expands the definition of 'public safety officer' to include a broader range of workers such as healthcare providers, emergency management workers, and military members. It also consolidates and increases penalties for various assaults on public safety officers across multiple criminal statutes.