North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
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Introduced by Michael Lazzara
This bill appropriates $450,000 per year to the Department of Commerce for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to support North Carolina for Military Employment (NC4ME), a workforce development organization that helps transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses find jobs. The bill requires NC4ME to submit annual reports detailing how funds were spent and employment outcomes achieved.
Business & Labor
Introduced by John Torbett
This bill creates criminal penalties for filing fraudulent property deeds, establishes a court process for property owners to remove fraudulent recordings from public records, and allows county commissioners to require tax certification before deeds are recorded.
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Introduced by John Bell
This resolution invites Governor Josh Stein to address a joint session of the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate on March 12, 2025, at 7:00 P.M. in the House chamber. The resolution also extends invitations to cabinet members, Council of State members, and state judges to attend the address.
Other / General Government
Introduced by Julia Howard
This bill ratifies the Governor's emergency unemployment benefits expansion during Hurricane Helene (ending March 1, 2025), increases the maximum weekly unemployment benefit from $350 to $450, and provides employers a tax credit equal to their fourth-quarter 2024 unemployment insurance contributions for the year 2025.
Taxes & Budget
Introduced by Jim Burgin
This bill requires North Carolina's Center for Safer Schools to develop an educational presentation about the legal, medical, and emotional consequences of gun use, substance abuse, gun violence, and gun safety for students in grades 7 and 9. Local school districts must provide this presentation to all students in those grades, with parents receiving at least 14 days' notice and the option to have their child opt out. The bill allocates $900,000 to fund the development and training for this program.
Education
Introduced by William Jackson
This bill appropriates $30,000 per year from the state General Fund to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to pay for a part-time Veteran Services Officer position in Jones County. The position would be funded for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, starting July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Mike Clampitt
This bill creates a Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Fund to help people who cannot afford alcohol monitoring devices required by courts. The fund is financed by adding a 5-cent charge to each bottle of spirituous liquor sold in North Carolina, with proceeds going to the Department of Adult Correction to pay monitoring costs for eligible individuals.
Introduced by Robert Davis
This bill clarifies that electronic signatures are acceptable for business contracts with reciprocal attorneys' fees provisions in North Carolina, provided the electronic signature comes from an affirmative action by the party (such as typing or writing their name on a touchscreen). The bill also updates notary public application procedures to allow electronic submission of signatures while requiring the initial application signature to be written in pen and ink.
Introduced by James Adams
This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to change how North Carolina state senators are elected and organized. Specifically, it would require each senator to represent exactly two counties instead of representing districts based on equal population, and it would lock the state at 100 counties. The amendment would need voter approval in November 2026.
Elections & Voting
Introduced by Timothy Reeder
This bill requires North Carolina's Medicaid program to reimburse ambulatory surgical centers (outpatient surgery facilities) at rates of at least 95% of what Medicare pays for the same services. The state will spend $10.5 million annually to fund this increase, which will draw down $19.1 million in federal matching funds.
Healthcare
Introduced by Eric Ager
This bill appropriates $300,000 from the state General Fund to reimburse Buncombe County for costs it incurred conducting a study on whether to merge the Buncombe County and City of Asheville school districts. The study was required by state law passed in 2023, and this reimbursement would take effect July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Paul Lowe
This bill allows local governments in North Carolina to exempt properties being developed for affordable housing from system development fees (charges imposed on new water and sewer connections). Local governments that choose to offer this exemption must establish criteria to determine which affordable housing projects qualify.
Housing
This bill appropriates $2 million in state funds to the City of Winston-Salem to purchase a ladder truck for Fire Station 19. The funding is nonrecurring and would be available starting July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Mark Pless
This bill appropriates $16.39 million in state emergency funds to repair short-line railroads damaged by Hurricane Helene. The money comes from the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Reserve and will be distributed through the Department of Transportation's Rail Division, with $14 million going to Blue Ridge Southern Railroad for line restoration and $2.39 million going to Great Smoky Mountains Railroad for track repair, facility fixes, and revenue recovery.
Introduced by Marcia Morey
This bill authorizes the Durham Public Schools Board of Education and Durham County to partner together to build and operate affordable rental housing for teachers, police officers, first responders, and other county employees on publicly owned land. The housing can be offered at below-market rental rates, with at least 75% of units reserved for teachers.
Introduced by Vernetta Alston
This bill expands privacy protections for minors participating in local government programs and programs funded by the North Carolina Partnership for Children. It prevents the release of identifying information (such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and parent/guardian contact details) for minor participants in these programs across specified localities in the Triangle area, while still allowing county, municipality, and zip code information to be public.
Technology & Privacy
Introduced by Lindsey Prather
This bill appropriates $25,000 in state funds to the City of Asheville to study whether and how the city's water system could be extended to serve the new Pisgah View State Park. The study would examine the feasibility and costs of this water system extension.
Introduced by Todd Johnson
This bill modifies how North Carolina assesses self-storage facilities for property tax purposes. It specifies that self-storage facilities must be taxed based on the land value and depreciated building improvements, excluding any additional value beyond these tangible assets, effective for tax years starting July 1, 2026.
Introduced by Graig Meyer
This is a local bill that applies only to North Carolina's 23rd Senatorial District. The bill text does not specify what changes or provisions it contains—it only establishes that whatever follows applies to that district and becomes effective when signed into law.
Local Government
Introduced by William Rabon
This bill appoints various individuals to state boards, commissions, and judicial positions based on recommendations from the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House. It also makes technical corrections to appointment terms from a previous 2024 law.
This bill restores the authority of local governments in Forsyth County and its municipalities to initiate down-zoning (reducing allowed development density or permitted uses on property) without requiring written consent from property owners. It reverses a restriction imposed by a 2024 state law and applies retroactively to December 11, 2024.
This bill amends Winston-Salem's city charter to add a requirement that former city employees appointed to the Civil Service Board must have left city employment in good standing without any sustained conduct violations or disciplinary actions that would make them ineligible for rehire. The change applies to board appointments made on or after August 1, 2025.
This is a local bill that applies only to North Carolina's 32nd Senatorial District. The bill text provided does not specify what changes or provisions apply to the district—it only establishes that any provisions in the act are limited to that district and become effective upon passage.
Introduced by Carolyn Logan
This bill creates a new criminal offense specifically for stealing mail or packages from someone else's property. The offense is classified as a misdemeanor or felony depending on the value of the stolen mail and the offender's criminal history, with penalties ranging from a Class A1 misdemeanor to a Class D felony.