North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 2137–2160 of 2,338 bills
Introduced by Grant Campbell
This bill gives Cabarrus County Schools flexibility to start the school year earlier than the current state rule allows. Currently, North Carolina requires schools to open no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26, but this bill would allow Cabarrus County to open as early as the Monday closest to August 19 if they can show they need extra days for weather-related closures.
Education
Introduced by Carolyn Logan
This bill strengthens consumer protections for home service agreements (home warranties) and reorganizes North Carolina's service agreement laws by separating home appliance rules from motor vehicle rules. It requires service agreement companies to provide clear contract details, disclose exclusions prominently, respond to repair claims quickly for essential services, and allow consumers to cancel agreements with pro-rata refunds.
Business & Labor
Introduced by Carson Smith
This bill allows Pender County Schools to align their school calendar with Cape Fear Community College's calendar. Currently, state law restricts when public schools can start and end their academic year, but this bill adds an exception for Pender County to match their schedule with the community college serving their area.
Introduced by Vickie Sawyer
This bill allows North Carolina local governments to borrow money through special 'grant anticipation notes' to speed up transportation projects that are scheduled for state funding under the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The borrowed money would be repaid once the state provides the promised funding, with safeguards requiring an agreement with the Department of Transportation and approval from the Local Government Commission.
Transportation & Infrastructure
Introduced by Joyce Waddell
This bill restores medical benefits for state employees and teachers who began service on or after January 1, 2021, by repealing a 2017 law that eliminated those benefits for this group. The bill allocates $500,000 for fiscal year 2025-2026 and $2 million for fiscal year 2026-2027 to cover the increased costs to the State Health Plan.
Healthcare
Introduced by Deb Butler
This bill increases transparency and public participation in North Carolina's state budget process by requiring at least one week of public comment, public hearings, and multiple committee meetings before budget votes, and by making public the communications between legislators and agencies requesting specific budget provisions or funding once the budget becomes law.
Taxes & Budget
Introduced by Bobby Hanig
This bill exempts public cold baths from North Carolina's public swimming pool regulations if they meet specific requirements: they must be single-occupancy tubs or tanks with water below 60°F, no more than 180 gallons, shallow enough for seated bathers to keep their heads above water, and equipped with continuous filtration and sanitization systems. The bill clarifies existing pool safety laws by creating a separate category for these cold water immersion facilities.
Other / General Government
This bill appropriates $75,000 in one-time state funding for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to My Brother's Keeper of Charlotte, a nonprofit organization that provides programs aimed at improving outcomes for boys and young men of color.
Social Services & Welfare
This bill appropriates $75,000 in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to The Males Place, Inc., a Charlotte-based organization that provides weekly mentoring programs for African American boys ages 12-18. The funds are nonrecurring, meaning they are one-time appropriations rather than ongoing budget allocations.
Introduced by Michael Garrett
This is a local bill that applies only to the 27th Senatorial District in North Carolina. The bill text does not specify what changes or provisions apply to the district—it only establishes that any provisions in the act are limited to that geographic area and become effective upon passage.
Local Government
Introduced by Timothy Moffitt
This bill restores the ability of local governments in Rutherford County and its municipalities to initiate down-zoning (reducing the permitted density or uses of land) without requiring written consent from all affected property owners. The bill reverses a previous state law change from December 2024 and applies retroactively to that date.
Introduced by Kevin Corbin
This bill prohibits wake surfing on Lake Glenville in Jackson County, North Carolina, within 500 feet of the shoreline, structures, moored vessels, kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, or swimmers. Violations would be classified as Class 1 misdemeanors with fines of at least $100, enforceable by Wildlife Resources Commission officers, sheriffs, and other peace officers.
Environment & Energy
This bill grants Kannapolis City Schools flexibility in setting their school calendar by allowing them to start the school year earlier than the standard statewide requirement. Specifically, it permits Kannapolis schools to open as early as the Monday closest to August 19 instead of the Monday closest to August 26, if the State Board of Education approves based on a showing of good cause.
Introduced by John Bell
This bill requires North Carolina's State Human Resources Commission to review job requirements for state positions and reduce unnecessary barriers to employment, such as removing four-year college degree requirements when practical experience, military service, apprenticeships, or trade school education would be sufficient. The commission must report annually on its progress to a legislative committee starting in October 2025.
This bill appropriates $75,000 in state funding for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to the Mecklenburg Council of Elders, a nonprofit organization. The money will support seminars and events in Mecklenburg County that inform residents about their rights and options as citizens, and will assist the organization's Juvenile Court Intervention program.
This bill eliminates the requirement for out-of-state teachers to pass a standardized examination in order to obtain a North Carolina Continuing Professional Teaching License (CPL), provided they have at least three years of teaching experience, hold a valid license in another state with substantially similar requirements, and are in good standing.
Introduced by Sophia Chitlik
This is a local bill that applies only to North Carolina's 22nd Senatorial District. The bill text does not specify what changes or policies it implements—it only establishes that whatever provisions follow would apply to that district and become effective upon passage.
Introduced by Woodson Bradley
This bill restores the ability of local governments in Mecklenburg County and its municipalities to initiate down-zoning (reducing allowed building density or uses on land) without needing written consent from all affected property owners. It reverses a restriction imposed in December 2024 and applies retroactively to restore previously adopted ordinances.
Introduced by Ben Moss
This bill appropriates $2,073,847 in state funding for each of fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 to expand Project C.A.R.E., a state program that provides support services to family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease or other related dementias.
This bill expands the disabled veteran property tax homestead exclusion in North Carolina by increasing the excluded property value from an unspecified amount to $45,000. This means disabled veterans who own and occupy their primary residence can exclude the first $45,000 of their home's appraised value from property taxation, effective for tax years beginning July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Carl Ford
This bill increases the income eligibility limit for North Carolina's elderly or 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.
This bill restores the ability of local governments in Henderson County to reduce zoning restrictions on land for farmland preservation purposes without requiring property owner consent. Previously, North Carolina law required unanimous written consent from all affected property owners before any down-zoning could occur, but this bill creates an exception allowing counties and municipalities to initiate down-zoning for farmland preservation.
Agriculture
This bill would establish a state law in North Carolina explicitly protecting the right of all individuals to marry regardless of sex, gender, or sexual orientation, and would require all state and local government entities to apply marriage laws equally to all couples. The bill also prohibits discrimination in marriage-related services and requires public officials to issue marriage licenses without refusing based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Introduced by Tim Longest
This bill restores North Carolina's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which expired in 2014. The credit would allow working families to receive a state tax credit equal to 20% of the federal EITC they qualify for, with excess credits refunded to taxpayers, effective for tax years beginning January 1, 2025.