North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
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Introduced by Lisa Grafstein
This bill appropriates $2 million annually for the 2025-2027 fiscal years to the Department of Health and Human Services to establish five new mobile crisis units that provide mental health and substance use response services, with priority given to areas with the greatest need.
Healthcare
Introduced by Matthew Winslow
This bill allows Vance County Schools to have more flexibility in setting their school calendar by permitting earlier opening dates without needing State Board of Education approval. Specifically, it enables Vance County to start school as early as the Monday closest to August 19 instead of the required Monday closest to August 26, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.
Education
Introduced by Natalie Murdock
This bill would repeal a 2021 law that was phasing out North Carolina's corporate income tax. If passed, it would stop the phaseout process and maintain the corporate income tax at its current or higher rates going forward.
Taxes & Budget
Introduced by John Torbett
This bill allows Gaston County Schools to start the school year earlier than the current state requirement of no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26. With State Board of Education approval for good cause, Gaston County Schools could begin as early as the Monday closest to August 19, provided the calendar includes enough days to accommodate potential weather-related closures.
Introduced by Carl Ford
This bill increases the income eligibility limit for North Carolina's elderly and disabled property tax homestead exclusion from $25,000 to $48,000, effective July 1, 2025. After 2026, the limit will adjust annually based on Social Security cost-of-living adjustments.
Introduced by William Brisson
This bill establishes the 2024 Agricultural Disaster Corn Crop Loss Program and appropriates $89.5 million from the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to North Carolina corn farmers who experienced verified crop losses from weather disasters in 2024. Eligible farmers in USDA-designated disaster counties can apply for payments based on acreage, county loss estimates, and yield averages.
Agriculture
Introduced by Jim Burgin
This bill directs the State Board of Community Colleges to count students from health sciences centers together with main campuses when determining if Central Carolina Community College's Harnett and Chatham campuses meet the enrollment requirements to maintain their multicampus center status. Previously, health sciences center enrollment may have been counted separately, which could have caused campuses to fall below the threshold needed for multicampus center designation.
Introduced by Kandie Smith
This bill appropriates $1 million in one-time state funding to Edgecombe Community College to help construct a new Industrial Technology and Skilled Trades Facility. The funding comes from the state's General Fund and is intended to support workforce development in the region.
This bill appropriates $100,000 in state funds to the Town of Macclesfield for a one-time grant to purchase equipment. The funds come from the state's General Fund and are intended for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, becoming effective July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Jeffrey McNeely
This bill allows the Iredell-Statesville Schools to operate one Trades High School for grades 10-12 focused on Career and Technical Education, with flexibility from certain state regulations. The school would issue a 'Trades Diploma' requiring at least 22 credits, with diploma requirements set by the local school board and submitted to the State Board of Education.
Introduced by Vickie Sawyer
This bill allows North Carolina state agencies to sell surplus state property through third-party auction services instead of only through the state's own system. Agencies must request approval from the State Surplus Property Agency, which can only deny the request if the auction service has licensing problems, is debarred from state contracts, or charges fees exceeding 8% of the sale price. The bill establishes procedures for listing items, setting minimum bids, and requires agencies to report annually on their use of third-party auctions.
Introduced by Paul Lowe
This bill provides $3.5 million in state funding from the General Fund to renovate and upgrade the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) hangar at Smith Reynolds Airport in Forsyth County. The funds will be used for structural repairs, modernization, HVAC upgrades, and infrastructure improvements, with quarterly reporting required to the legislature.
Transportation & Infrastructure
Introduced by Cynthia Ball
This bill prohibits the farming (aquaculture) of octopus species in North Carolina for human consumption. It allows exceptions for wild-caught octopuses and octopuses used only for research purposes. Violations would result in civil penalties up to $1,000 per day.
Environment & Energy
This bill allows Franklin County Schools to set school opening dates as early as the Monday closest to August 19, instead of the standard Monday closest to August 26, without needing approval from the State Board of Education. The change applies only to Franklin County Schools beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.
Introduced by Dennis Riddell
This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to restrict eminent domain (government power to take private property) to only situations of genuine public use, and to guarantee that property owners can request a jury to determine fair compensation. The bill also updates state law to align with this stricter standard.
Other / General Government
Introduced by Garland Pierce
This bill appropriates $231,000 in state funds to the Town of Gibson for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to support infrastructure and equipment projects, including generators, water meters, lift station repairs, ditch work, and town vehicles.
Introduced by Sophia Chitlik
This bill redirects $6.25 million annually from state funding for crisis pregnancy centers to evidence-based maternal and infant health programs. It also requires the State Auditor to audit Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship and establishes detailed reporting requirements for crisis pregnancy centers that receive state funds, including information about services offered, staffing qualifications, and client demographics.
Introduced by Marcia Morey
This bill repeals a 2021 law that was gradually phasing out North Carolina's corporate income tax. By repealing the phaseout, the bill would maintain the current corporate income tax rate instead of allowing it to continue declining toward zero.
This bill appropriates $134 million in state funds for fiscal year 2025-2026 and $357.3 million for 2026-2027 to add 10,000 new slots to North Carolina's Medicaid Innovations Waiver program, which serves people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The new slots would be distributed to local managed care organizations based on existing formulas, prioritizing people who have waited longest on the current 19,000-person waiting list, with a requirement that direct care workers be paid at least $20 per hour.
Social Services & Welfare
This bill appropriates $530,000 to Edgecombe County Public Schools and $1,675,000 to Pitt County Schools to fund at least one full-time school nurse in every public school in each county, starting July 1, 2025. The funds are recurring, meaning they continue beyond the initial fiscal year, and are meant to supplement existing school nurse funding rather than replace it.
Introduced by Kelly Hastings
This bill clarifies North Carolina's existing filial responsibility law by explicitly stating that adult children cannot be held liable for debts their parents incur. The law maintains requirements that adult children with sufficient income support aging parents who are sick or unable to work, but adds protection against being forced to pay their parents' contracted debts.
Introduced by Michael Garrett
This bill directs the North Carolina Department of Transportation to study the feasibility and costs of building a commuter rail system connecting Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point in the Piedmont Triad region. The study must examine ridership projections, operating costs, land acquisition costs, and provide recommendations by December 29, 2025, with $100,000 allocated for the research.
This bill appropriates $690,000 in state funds to the City of Greenville to purchase a new fire truck. The money comes from the state's General Fund and is designated as a one-time grant for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
Introduced by Graig Meyer
This bill revises how North Carolina allocates state funding to help students with limited English proficiency (LEP) by establishing new distribution guidelines based on the percentage of LEP students in each school district, requiring the State Board of Education to study whether current funding is adequate, and appropriating $16.2 million in new recurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.