North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
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Introduced by Bryan Cohn
This bill creates a property tax exemption for licensed child care facilities in North Carolina. Facilities that are properly licensed and actually used to provide child care would be exempt from property taxes on their buildings, land, and reasonably necessary adjacent land, with the exemption beginning for tax years after July 1, 2026.
Taxes & Budget
Introduced by Jarrod Lowery
This bill increases the maximum allowable speed limit on North Carolina interstate highways and controlled-access highways from 70 miles per hour to 75 miles per hour. It also updates related traffic enforcement penalties and license suspension thresholds to align with the new higher speed limit.
Transportation & Infrastructure
This bill requires county assessors to provide property owners with clearer notifications during property revaluations. The notices must be written in plain language and include the projected percentage change in the property's appraised value and tax liability, along with information on how to request more details or appeal the revaluation.
Introduced by Brad Overcash
This is a local bill that applies only to North Carolina's 43rd Senatorial District. The bill text provided does not specify what changes or provisions it contains, only that it relates to this district and takes effect upon passage.
Local Government
Introduced by Lisa Grafstein
This bill expands which North Carolina towns are allowed to send official public notices through electronic means (like websites) instead of only traditional methods like newspapers or mail. The bill adds six additional towns to an existing program that previously applied to only five towns in the Wake County area.
Introduced by Kandie Smith
This bill appropriates $300,000 in one-time state funding to the Franklinton Center at Bricks, Inc. for operating expenses and capital improvements, effective July 1, 2025. The funds come from the General Fund and are designated as nonrecurring (one-time only) support.
This bill amends the Town of Garner's charter to increase the dollar limit that the town manager can settle claims against the town without town council approval. For personal injury or property damage claims, the limit increases from $100 to $10,000. The bill also clarifies that all settlements must be approved by the town attorney and reported to the town council.
Introduced by Terry Brown
This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to remove North Carolina's literacy test requirement for voting from the state constitution. The amendment would be submitted to voters in the November 2026 general election, and if approved by a majority, would eliminate this outdated provision that is already prohibited under federal law.
Elections & Voting
Introduced by Dennis Riddell
This bill exempts nationally certified reflexologists from needing a license from the North Carolina Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy. Reflexologists with current certification from the American Reflexology Certification Board (ARCB) and their students working toward certification would be allowed to practice reflexology without state board oversight.
Business & Labor
This bill requires county and municipal boards of equalization and review to notify property owners in plain language about their right to appeal property tax appraisals, and to provide this notice within a reasonable timeframe. It also requires these boards to automatically review properties that have increased in value by 30% or more compared to their previous appraisal.
Introduced by Joyce Waddell
This is a local bill that applies only to the 40th Senatorial District in North Carolina. The bill text does not specify what changes are being made to the district, only that the act relates to it and becomes effective upon passage.
This is a local bill that applies only to North Carolina's 13th Senatorial District. The bill text does not specify what changes or policies it implements—it only establishes that any provisions will affect only that district and become effective upon passage.
Introduced by Timothy Moffitt
This bill creates a new legal process allowing property owners to request law enforcement remove people from their residential property who are occupying it without permission, without a lease, and without paying rent. The property owner files a sworn affidavit with a clerk of court or magistrate, and law enforcement must remove the person within 24 hours.
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
Introduced by Jim Burgin
This bill enacts North Carolina's participation in a multi-state compact that awards monetary prizes to individuals or entities who develop cures for major diseases. The compact creates an interstate commission funded by member states and non-member royalty fees, which evaluates disease treatments, awards prizes equal to estimated five-year public health savings, and ensures cures are made widely available by requiring prize winners to transfer intellectual property rights.
Healthcare
Introduced by Ralph Hise
This bill extends the Primary Care Payment Reform Task Force deadline from May 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026, giving the group additional time to study primary care spending and delivery in North Carolina. It also adds requirements for data security protections and clarifies that the task force can collect healthcare spending data from insurance companies and Medicaid programs to inform recommendations about primary care payment reform.
This bill designates Sparta's annual Fried Apple Pie Festival, held at the Alleghany County Fairgrounds each May, as the official Fried Apple Pie Festival of North Carolina. The festival features food vendors, live music, crafts, family activities, and a fried apple pie competition with awards.
Other / General Government
This bill would allow North Carolina to observe Daylight Saving Time (DST) year-round instead of switching between standard time and DST twice annually, but only if Congress passes federal legislation authorizing states to do so. The bill designates the state's time zone according to federal law and requires the Commissioner of Agriculture to notify the Governor to implement this change once Congress authorizes it.
Introduced by Dante Pittman
This bill gives Wilson County Schools additional flexibility in setting their school calendar by allowing the State Board of Education to waive the requirement that schools open no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26, and instead permit an opening date as early as the Monday closest to August 19, if the county has experienced eight or more school closure days per year due to weather or emergencies during any four of the last ten years.
Education
Introduced by Deb Butler
This bill prohibits North Carolina law enforcement agencies and officers from assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in apprehending people or serving removal warrants on farmland, construction sites, and related agricultural facilities. The bill voids any existing agreements between local law enforcement and ICE that would violate this restriction and allows officers who willfully violate the ban to face certification suspension or revocation.
Introduced by Kelly Hastings
This bill prohibits people who are not legal residents or citizens of the United States from obtaining expungements (removal of criminal records). It requires courts to verify a petitioner's citizenship or legal residency status before granting an expungement, including contacting Immigration and Customs Enforcement if needed. The bill exempts people who lawfully entered the U.S. and have filed or have had an immigrant petition filed on their behalf.
Introduced by Thomas McInnis
This bill allows Cumberland County Schools to align their school calendar with Fayetteville Technical Community College's calendar, modifying state law that normally restricts when local school districts can start and end their academic year. The change applies only to Cumberland County Schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.
Introduced by Wyatt Gable
This bill removes immunization requirements for students attending North Carolina colleges and universities. It eliminates vaccine documentation rules for higher education institutions while keeping K-12 school requirements unchanged.
Introduced by Eric Ager
The Pollinator Protection Act restricts the retail sale and general use of neonicotinoid pesticides in North Carolina to licensed pesticide applicators, farmers, and veterinarians. The bill defines neonicotinoids as a class of systemic insecticides and requires the Pesticide Board to monitor EPA assessments and study seed treatment regulations.
Environment & Energy
Introduced by Ben Moss
This bill requires North Carolina public utilities to install and continuously operate security systems at electrical substations 24 hours a day to protect against vandalism and other security threats. The law takes effect July 1, 2025.