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Public Workforce Modernization Act

This bill replaces North Carolina's current human resources system (Chapter 126) with a new modernized system (Chapter 126A) that applies to state employees in the executive branch, judicial branch, and legislative branch. The new system aims to simplify hiring, compensation, and personnel management by decentralizing some authority to individual agencies while maintaining standards for employee protections, leave benefits, and nondiscrimination policies.

Senate2026-07-07

S801Engrossed

Address Confidentiality/Study & DL

This bill creates a task force to study how to protect military personnel, special operations forces, elected officials, and others from doxing and swatting by removing or shielding their personal information from public records. It also immediately allows special operations force members to obtain driver's licenses and identification cards with substitute addresses instead of their home addresses.

Senate2026-07-01

S992Engrossed

Truth in Taxation

This bill requires local governments to follow specific notification and public hearing procedures before adopting a property tax rate that exceeds the 'revenue-neutral rate' (the rate that would generate the same total revenue as the previous year despite property reappraisals) during reappraisal years. The bill also increases the late reinstatement fee for real estate appraiser trainees and clarifies that tax refunds can be issued when governments fail to follow these procedures.

Senate2026-07-01

S1057Engrossed

Required Disclosures/Proxy Advisory Services

This bill requires proxy advisory services operating in North Carolina to disclose whether their voting recommendations are based on written financial analyses. If recommendations against company management are not based on financial analysis, proxy advisors must clearly inform shareholders and company boards; if they are based on financial analysis, they must make the analysis available upon request. Violations are treated as unfair and deceptive trade practices.

Senate2026-06-29

S602Engrossed

H'cane Helene Bldg Code Window Exemption

This bill allows commercial buildings in downtown areas of Hurricane Helene-affected counties to repair damage using windows with the same fire-protection rating they had before the hurricane, rather than upgrading to current state building code standards. The exemption is temporary (two years to apply), applies only to restoration work that doesn't expand the building, and requires owners to sign a notarized affidavit assuming liability risks.

Senate2026-06-29

S1047Engrossed

Regulatory Reform Act of 2026

The Regulatory Reform Act of 2026 makes dozens of changes to North Carolina state laws to streamline regulations and reduce compliance burdens across energy, construction, environmental, licensing, and property development sectors. Key changes include reorganizing energy savings contract rules, lowering certain environmental fees, authorizing new construction contracting methods, modifying mining permit procedures, adjusting building code requirements, and establishing timelines for local government permit reviews.

Senate2026-06-29

S153Passed

North Carolina Border Protection Act

This bill requires North Carolina state law enforcement agencies to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, restricts state-funded benefits and housing assistance to legally authorized residents, verifies immigration status for unemployment benefits, removes liability protections for local governments that adopt sanctuary policies, and prohibits UNC universities from limiting immigration law enforcement on campus.

Senate2026-06-24

S558Passed

Eliminating "DEI" in Public Higher Ed

This bill prohibits North Carolina public universities and community colleges from maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices or programs, requiring employees to affirm certain concepts, or endorsing what the bill defines as 'divisive concepts' related to race and sex. It requires institutions to certify annual compliance and allows instruction on these topics only if the institution makes clear it does not endorse them.

Senate2026-06-24

S227Passed

Eliminating "DEI" in Public Education

This bill prohibits North Carolina public schools from teaching, promoting, or requiring professional development related to what it defines as "divisive concepts" — including ideas that individuals should feel guilt based on race or sex, that meritocracy is inherently racist or sexist, or that character traits should be ascribed to people based on race or sex. Schools must certify annual compliance and cannot maintain offices or employ staff whose primary duties involve promoting these concepts or discriminatory practices.

Senate2026-06-24

S809Passed

Satellite Annexation Cap/Rural Hall Fire Dist

This bill removes the satellite annexation cap for 30 cities and 54 towns in North Carolina, allowing them to annex noncontiguous land without the standard 10% limit. It also removes the Town of Rural Hall from the Forsyth County Countywide Fire Service District, effective June 30, 2026.

Senate2026-06-24

S401Passed

NC Farm Act of 2025-2026

This comprehensive agricultural law makes multiple changes to North Carolina's farming and aquaculture regulations. The bill addresses water management planning for farms, creates a feral swine control program, adjusts penalties for agricultural crimes, streamlines shellfish aquaculture regulations, and modernizes various agricultural licensing and assessment procedures.

Senate2026-06-22

S280Engrossed

Dominique Moody Act

The Dominique Moody Act makes comprehensive changes to North Carolina's child welfare system to improve child safety. Key provisions include creating a statewide Child Welfare Case Escalation Team to review high-risk cases, requiring photo/video documentation during abuse investigations, establishing a predictive risk modeling program to identify at-risk children, creating a public dashboard showing county-level child safety data, and requiring public disclosure of child fatalities and near-fatalities with prior protective services contact.

Senate2026-06-22

S889Passed

Property Tax Reappraisal Moratorium

This bill delays the use of new property values from 2026 reappraisals in counties with populations over 15,000 for the 2026-2027 tax year, requiring them to use the previous schedule of values instead. Starting in 2027-2028, counties will use the 2026 reappraisal values going forward. The bill also requires county assessors to pay a $20 examination fee to the Department of Revenue.

Senate2026-06-19

S1009Introduced

Repeal Hardened Structure Ban

This bill repeals North Carolina's ban on hardened erosion control structures (like seawalls and jetties) and instead allows them with state regulation to prevent significant harm to private property or public beaches. It also appropriates $850,000 to update the state's Beach and Inlet Management Plan.

Senate2026-06-17

S1013Introduced

2026 Office of the State Auditor Agency Bill.-AB

This bill modifies the Office of the State Auditor's authority and operations, including allowing the Auditor to charge state agencies for financial statement audits, enabling the Auditor to contract with district attorneys for criminal prosecution of audit-related matters, and providing $500,000 in state funding for Annual Comprehensive Financial Report audits. The bill also allows the Auditor to convert certain positions to receipt-supported status and exempts the Auditor from some Department of Administration oversight.

Senate2026-06-17

S863Introduced

Streamline Adult Care Home Inspections

This bill allows adult care homes to use passing inspection results from the state's Adult Care Licensure Section to satisfy similar routine inspections by other state or local departments, rather than requiring separate inspections. The bill includes exceptions for complaint-based investigations, abuse allegations, and inspections prompted by specific safety concerns, and provides $100,000 in funding to implement the streamlined process.

Senate2026-06-17

S59Engrossed

Age 21 Hemp-Derived Consumables/Kratom

This bill prohibits the sale of hemp-derived consumable products and kratom products to people under age 21 and makes it illegal for anyone under 21 to possess these products. Violations are classified as Class 2 misdemeanors with fines ranging from $500 to $1,500 depending on the number of offenses.

Senate2026-06-10

S1008Introduced

Pilot for Shoreline Stabilization Projects

This bill creates a pilot program allowing North Carolina to test shoreline stabilization structures like sheet pile walls in limited locations where oceanfront homes face imminent erosion danger. The University of North Carolina Collaboratory will select a small number of pilot projects based on erosion severity, scientific value, and economic impact, with all construction costs and permits funded by local governments or homeowners associations, not the state.

Senate2026-06-09

S821Engrossed

Deannex Property from Town of Waynesville

This bill removes a specific property (86 Magellan Drive, identified as Haywood County Parcel 8604-93-8795) from the Town of Waynesville's municipal limits, effective June 30, 2026. The property will no longer be subject to municipal taxes starting July 1, 2026, though any existing tax liens from the town can still be collected.

Senate2026-06-09

S832Engrossed

Washington Deannexation

This bill removes a specific 18.93-acre parcel of property from the corporate limits of the City of Washington in Beaufort County. After the bill takes effect on June 30, 2026, the property will no longer be subject to City of Washington municipal taxes, though any existing tax liens will still be collectible.

Senate2026-06-09

S1006Introduced

K-12 Innovation and Transformation Act

This bill makes significant changes to K-12 education in North Carolina by establishing new commissions and programs to redesign high schools, expanding advanced teaching roles and teacher apprenticeships, creating competency-based education pathways, and implementing various student support and teacher development initiatives. The bill appropriates millions in state funding for these programs and grants schools new flexibilities in how they operate.

Senate2026-06-03

S310Engrossed

Criminal Law Changes

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina criminal law, including increasing penalties for firearm discharge, creating a new offense for shoplifting preparation, increasing penalties for peeping offenses involving minors, raising penalties for disrupting religious services, allowing law enforcement to obtain cell phone location data in emergencies, requiring written explanations for no probable cause findings in DUI cases, increasing penalties for providing alcohol to minors, allowing oral drug screening tests, prohibiting rideshare drivers from driving after consuming alcohol, and creating pathways for license restoration for repeat DUI offenders.

Senate2026-06-03

S1007Introduced

Human Trafficking Omnibus

This bill creates a new statewide human trafficking reporting and response system allowing the public and professionals to report suspected trafficking through multiple channels with AI-assisted analysis and real-time routing to law enforcement. It also imposes a 10% excise tax on materials deemed harmful to minors sold at physical retail locations, with proceeds funding anti-trafficking efforts and domestic violence services, while making technical clarifications about employee training requirements and government device usage.

Senate2026-06-02

S1084Introduced

Reduce Early Voting Period

This bill reduces the early voting period for North Carolina elections from the current period (beginning the third Thursday before an election) to a shorter period (beginning the second Thursday before an election). It also standardizes early voting periods for special elections and municipal elections to 10 consecutive days.

Senate2026-05-22

S1080Passed

Lower Taxes for All NC

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would lower North Carolina's maximum income tax rate from 7% to 3.5%. The amendment would be submitted to voters in the November 2026 election, and if approved, would take effect for tax years beginning January 1, 2027.

Senate2026-05-21

S1082Engrossed

NC Right to Work Amendment

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would protect workers' rights to employment without being required to join or pay dues to labor unions. If approved by voters in November 2026, it would establish as state policy that employment cannot be denied based on union membership or non-membership.

Senate2026-05-20

S1081Introduced

Constitutional Right to Farm

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would add a new section to the North Carolina Constitution explicitly protecting the right of people to engage in farming and forestry activities, including crop cultivation, livestock raising, dairy and apiary production, and timber harvesting. The amendment would be subject to voter approval in the November 2026 general election.

Senate2026-05-18

S814Passed

Nathaniel Denny; NC Dept I.T

This is a Senate confirmation resolution that approves Nathaniel Denny's appointment as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Information Technology. The resolution was adopted by the Senate on May 13, 2026, and becomes effective immediately.

Senate2026-05-13

S991Introduced

Community College Workforce Readiness Act

This bill appropriates $3.85 million in recurring funds to expand workforce training programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities across up to 25 community colleges, $4.9 million in nonrecurring funds to implement digital credential systems statewide, and directs ApprenticeshipNC to develop an expedited pathway for apprentices to become teachers.

Senate2026-05-13

S1044Introduced

Foundational Mathematics Act

This bill establishes requirements for high-quality mathematics instruction in North Carolina public schools for kindergarten through eighth grade, including mandatory screening assessments three times per year, individualized Mathematics Success Plans for struggling students, and a state-approved list of instructional materials. The bill creates the Office of Learning Research to evaluate math curriculum vendors and appropriates $21 million in recurring funds plus $2.5 million for research and implementation.

Senate2026-05-13

S985Introduced

HALO Law

The HALO Law creates a new crime in North Carolina that makes it illegal to approach within 25 feet of a first responder (police officers, firefighters, EMTs, probation officers, and corrections staff) after being warned not to do so, if the person intends to impede their duties, threaten them, or harass them. The law classifies this violation as a Class 2 misdemeanor and includes $25,000 in state funding for a public awareness campaign.

Senate2026-05-13

S990Introduced

Students First Act

This bill contains three main parts: (1) the Protect Campus Survivors Act, which keeps student disciplinary records at public universities and community colleges confidential by exempting them from public records requests if they contain personally identifiable information; (2) a $300,000 appropriation to study transitioning K-12 school funding from an allotment-based model to a weighted student funding formula; and (3) a $445,000 pilot program allowing one high school to provide students up to $395 each to use toward approved educational activities like career training, arts, STEM programs, and civic engagement through individual electronic accounts.

Senate2026-05-13

S813Introduced

NC Economic Forecasting Initiative

This bill establishes the North Carolina Economic Forecasting Initiative at UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School and appropriates $3 million annually starting in fiscal year 2026-2027. The Initiative will collect and provide county-level economic data and forecasts to state policymakers, businesses, and economic developers to support economic growth and development across North Carolina.

Senate2026-05-07

S316Engrossed

Lower Healthcare Costs

This bill increases healthcare price transparency and protects consumers from unexpected medical bills by requiring hospitals to publicly disclose pricing for common procedures, mandating advance notice of out-of-network providers, limiting facility fees, and establishing good-faith cost estimates for scheduled procedures. It also strengthens insurance appeals processes and removes requirements for certificate-of-need approval for rehabilitation facilities.

Senate2026-05-06

S866Introduced

Add Home Schools to Opportunity Scholarships

This bill expands North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship program to include home schools alongside private schools. Home school students would receive $1,500 per year in scholarship grants, with funds usable for books, equipment, and other required educational materials. The bill also increases overall funding for the scholarship program from $700-825 million annually to $950 million-$1.075 billion annually.

Senate2026-05-06

S896Introduced

Increase Medicaid PCS and PDN Rates

This bill increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for two types of home healthcare services in North Carolina: personal care services (PCS) to $7.50 per 15-minute increment and private duty nursing (PDN) services to $16.25 per 15-minute increment. The state would allocate $120.8 million and $20.1 million respectively from the General Fund, with matching federal funds, beginning in fiscal year 2026-2027.

Senate2026-05-06

S986Introduced

Workforce Act of 2026

The Workforce Act of 2026 appropriates approximately $8.85 million to expand North Carolina's workforce development programs, including apprenticeships, industry-recognized credentials, short-term training grants, and career information resources. The bill also funds technology improvements to make it easier for students to transfer credits between colleges and universities.

Senate2026-05-05

S969Introduced

First Grade Reading Promise

This bill appropriates $5 million to provide first grade students with tutoring based on reading science methods, clarifies that schools can offer tutoring virtually, and requires schools to publicly report detailed reading proficiency data for grades 1-3 including student performance rates and reading camp attendance.

Senate2026-05-05

S947Introduced

Military Influence Areas

This bill allows local governments in North Carolina to create zoning regulations for areas within 5 miles of major military installations. These regulations would require developers to coordinate with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, include noise and light buffers, and notify military commanders of development decisions to prevent uses that could interfere with military operations.

Senate2026-05-04

S955Introduced

Permit Self-Defense Devices on College Campus

This bill allows people age 18 and older to carry self-defense devices such as pepper spray, tasers, mace, and ordinary pocket knives on North Carolina college and university campuses. It also provides $10,000 in funding to publicize this change to students, staff, and the public.

Senate2026-05-04

S1019Introduced

Grid Utilization

This bill requires North Carolina electric utilities to submit detailed reports analyzing how efficiently they use their existing power grid infrastructure and to propose ways to improve that efficiency through alternatives like energy storage and distributed generation. The Utilities Commission will evaluate these reports and set performance targets to help utilities better utilize current grid assets.

Senate2026-05-04

S1046Introduced

A.I. in Environmental Permitting

This bill establishes a program allowing the Department of Environmental Quality and Environmental Management Commission to use artificial intelligence as a decision-support tool to help staff review and draft environmental permits. The bill requires that humans independently review all AI-generated work, prohibits permits from being approved based solely on AI output, and mandates transparency by informing applicants when AI was used and requiring annual performance reports.

Senate2026-05-04

S996Introduced

North Carolina-Ireland Trade Commission

This bill creates a seven-member North Carolina-Ireland Trade Commission to encourage bilateral trade, investment, and cultural exchanges between North Carolina and Ireland. The commission will be administratively housed in the Department of Commerce, meet at least twice yearly, and submit annual reports to the General Assembly. The state will appropriate $10,000 in nonrecurring funds to support the commission's administrative operations.

Senate2026-05-04

S916Introduced

2026 Appropriations Act

This bill authorizes spending from North Carolina's General Fund, Highway Fund, Highway Trust Fund, and federal block grant funds to pay for the normal operations of state agencies, departments, and institutions during the 2026-2027 fiscal year. The bill sets maximum spending amounts and allows any unspent money to be returned to the appropriate fund at year's end.

Senate2026-04-30

S914Introduced

2026 Appropriations Act

This bill authorizes the North Carolina state government to spend money from various funding sources—including the General Fund, Highway Fund, Highway Trust Fund, and federal block grants—to operate state agencies, departments, and institutions for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. The bill allows unused appropriated funds to be returned to their respective accounts at the end of the fiscal year.

Senate2026-04-30

S913Introduced

Screen Free Schools

This bill restricts students' use of wireless communication devices (phones, tablets, laptops, smartwatches, gaming devices) in North Carolina public schools. Students in K-8 are prohibited from using these devices anywhere on school premises, while high school students (grades 9-12) cannot use them during the school day except for state testing, though schools may allow use before/after school hours. Teachers may authorize device use for educational purposes or emergencies, and students with medical needs or IEP/504 plans may use devices as required.

Senate2026-04-30

S870Introduced

Funds for Veterans/HBOT

This bill appropriates $3 million in state funding for fiscal year 2026-2027 to provide free hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) treatment to North Carolina veterans diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The funding will be directed to a nonprofit called HBOT 4 HEROES to deliver an estimated 15,000 treatments to approximately 350 veterans, with program oversight and outcome reporting required.

Senate2026-04-29

S873Introduced

Innovations Waiver Tiers

This bill directs the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to develop a plan for a tiered Innovations waiver program to address the waitlist for individuals needing services. The tiered system would offer three benefit levels ($25,000, $75,000, and full waiver benefits) and requires a report back to the legislature by December 1, 2026, with $100,000 allocated for implementation.

Senate2026-04-29

S840Introduced

Teacher Licensure Modifications

This bill removes testing requirements for entry into teacher preparation programs, allows teachers to pass licensing exams within their first three years of teaching instead of before, permits teachers with positive student growth data to skip exams for permanent licensure, and streamlines out-of-state teacher licensing by requiring only three years of experience and good standing rather than additional testing.

Senate2026-04-29

S855Introduced

Community-Based Pharmacy Protections

This bill expands the legal definition of 'independent pharmacy' in North Carolina to include community-based pharmacies under independent ownership that are either non-publicly traded or have pharmacy as their core business focus, rather than limiting the definition to groups of 10 or fewer pharmacies. It also appropriates $100,000 to the Department of Insurance for implementation of pharmacy-related regulations.

Senate2026-04-29

S860Introduced

Nonprofit Fundraising Sales Tax Exemption

This bill provides sales tax exemptions for certain nonprofit organizations and expands existing exemptions. It exempts diapers prescribed by Medicaid providers, exempts fundraising events held by nonprofits from entertainment tax, allows nonprofits to lease (rather than only own) property used for low-income housing and still qualify for property tax exemptions, and establishes a process for nonprofits to obtain sales tax exemption numbers with an annual cap of $31.7 million in state exemptions and $13.3 million in local exemptions.

Senate2026-04-29

S693Engrossed

Veteran Access, Liberty, Options for Recovery

This bill regulates how people can charge fees for helping veterans navigate benefits claims. It limits contingency fees to five times the monthly benefit increase, prohibits upfront charges, requires written agreements with specific disclosures, and bans aggressive solicitation and deceptive guarantees. Attorneys licensed in North Carolina are exempt from these restrictions.

Senate2026-04-29

S851Introduced

America's Semiquincentennial License Plate

This bill authorizes North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles to create and issue a special license plate commemorating America's 250th anniversary (semiquincentennial), featuring the phrase 'America 250' and related imagery. Vehicle owners would be able to voluntarily purchase this plate if they choose to.

Senate2026-04-29

S861Introduced

Cut State Gov. Jobs Vacant 24 Months or More

This bill requires the state to eliminate job positions that have remained unfilled for 24 months or longer, effective July 1, 2026. The money saved from eliminating these positions will be held in a budget reserve for future legislative appropriation, with certain exceptions for positions held by court order, federally funded, or deemed critical for emergency response.

Senate2026-04-29

S847Introduced

Tyler's Law

Tyler's Law requires that all apparent suicide deaths in North Carolina undergo a full investigation before being officially classified as suicide, including interviews, gunshot residue testing (when applicable), and completion of medical examiner duties. The bill also increases the fee paid to medical examiners for each investigation from $200 to $400 and appropriates $579,000 in state funding to cover the increased costs to counties.

Senate2026-04-28

S812Introduced

Tax Fraud Analytics Funding

This bill appropriates $4.4 million in annual funding starting in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the Department of Revenue to expand its tax fraud detection and analytics work through a partnership with the Government Data Analytics Center (GDAC). The funds will support software, analytics tools, case management systems, and technical infrastructure used to identify and collect on fraudulent tax claims.

Senate2026-04-23

S829Introduced

Drivers License Reciprocity/Taiwan

This bill clarifies that North Carolina's Commissioner of Motor Vehicles can enter into reciprocity agreements with foreign nations and directs the commissioner to negotiate an agreement with Taiwan to recognize each other's non-commercial driver's licenses. The bill requires the commissioner to first verify that Taiwan and North Carolina have comparable driver testing standards, and appropriates $5,000 for a public awareness campaign.

Senate2026-04-23

S800Introduced

Zero-Based Budgeting

This bill requires North Carolina state agencies to use zero-based budgeting on a rotating schedule, starting in 2026. Under zero-based budgeting, agencies must justify all spending from scratch rather than basing budgets on previous year amounts, and must document the purpose, cost, and effectiveness of each activity.

Senate2026-04-23

S796Introduced

Compact to Award Prizes for Curing Disease

This bill establishes a multi-state compact where participating states pool resources to award prizes for disease cures. States would contribute to prize funds based on their population and expected healthcare savings, and winners who develop approved cures must transfer patent rights to the commission so the cure can be manufactured and distributed affordably.

Senate2026-04-23

S816Introduced

Child. of Wartime Vets Sch'ship Funds & Flex

This bill appropriates $11 million to expand the Children of Wartime Veterans Scholarship program. It provides $1 million for the 2025-2026 academic year to restore reduced scholarship amounts, allocates $10 million in recurring funds starting 2026-2027, and doubles the number of available Class II and Class III scholarships from 100 to 200 recipients per class for 2026-2027.

Senate2026-04-23

S818Introduced

Even-Yr Elections/Voting/Pink Hill

This bill changes the Town of Pink Hill's municipal elections from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years, aligning them with general elections. It also restores in-person voting on election day at local precincts and extends the current mayor and commissioners' terms by one year, with regular elections resuming in 2028.

Senate2026-04-23

S810Introduced

Even-Year Municipal Elections/Catawba Co

This bill moves municipal elections in eight Catawba County municipalities (Brookford, Catawba, Claremont, Conover, Hickory, Long View, Maiden, and Newton) from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years, starting in 2028. To make this transition, the bill skips elections in 2027 and extends current officeholders' terms by one year.

Senate2026-04-23

S797Introduced

Hands Free NC

Hands Free NC replaces existing distracted driving laws with a comprehensive ban on using wireless communication devices while operating a motor vehicle. Drivers cannot hold devices in their hands, watch videos, or text, with exceptions for emergency calls and certain professionals performing official duties. Violations result in fines ($100-$200) and potential insurance points, with stricter penalties for school bus operators and repeat offenders.

Senate2026-04-22

S50Vetoed

Freedom to Carry NC

This bill allows North Carolina citizens age 18 and older to carry concealed handguns without a permit, while still offering optional permits for reciprocity when traveling to other states. The bill maintains restrictions for people ineligible to possess firearms (such as convicted felons, domestic violence offenders, and those adjudicated mentally ill), increases line-of-duty death benefits for law enforcement families from $100,000 to $150,000, enhances penalties for assaulting emergency and law enforcement personnel, creates new felony charges for felons possessing or discharging firearms during felonies, and establishes a scholarship program for children of permanently disabled or killed law enforcement and first responder officers.

Senate2026-04-06

S378Engrossed

Align Medicaid Eligibility with Federal Law

This bill directs North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services to terminate Medicaid contracts with Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its associated entities, and to arrange for other Medicaid providers to deliver services that Planned Parenthood currently provides.

Senate2025-10-23

S249Passed

Realign Congressional Districts 2025

This bill redraws North Carolina's 14 congressional districts by changing which counties and specific census blocks are included in each district. The bill modifies the boundaries of Congressional Districts 1 and 3, adding and removing various counties and subdivisions to realign the districts' geographic composition.

Senate2025-10-22

S55Passed

Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons

This bill creates an expedited court process for property owners to remove people occupying residential property without legal authorization, such as unpaid squatters. The process requires a court hearing within 48 hours of filing, and if the property owner wins, the unauthorized person must vacate within 4 hours of the court order.

Senate2025-08-06

S479Passed

SCRIPT Act

The SCRIPT Act is comprehensive pharmacy legislation with multiple parts that regulate pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs), require transparency in drug pricing and rebates, establish pharmacy of choice protections, create licensing requirements for pharmacy service organizations, strengthen pharmacy audit protections, and require consumers receive benefits from prescription drug rebates. The law takes effect gradually between October 2025 and January 2027.

Senate2025-07-09

S311Passed

The Law and Order Act

The Law and Order Act makes multiple changes to North Carolina criminal law, including increasing penalties for assaults on utility workers and street racing, creating new offenses for possessing explosives, stealing gift cards, and possessing embalming fluid, enhancing burglary sentences when firearms are involved, and establishing workplace protections against mass picketing. The bill also adds a mitigating factor for impaired driving cases where defendants voluntarily install ignition interlock systems before trial, and shortens the waiting period for misdemeanor expunction from five to three years.

Senate2025-07-09

S375Passed

Harrison's Law

Harrison's Law makes two main changes to North Carolina law. First, it strengthens penalties for hazing by making it a Class 2 A1 misdemeanor for students who haze and a Class I felony for school staff who engage in or enable hazing, while expanding the definition to include serious psychological injury. Second, it requires local school boards to publish detailed compensation and position information for central office employees on their websites by August 15, 2025, and annually thereafter.

Senate2025-07-09

S706Passed

County Waste Management Assistance

This bill restores and increases state assistance to counties and municipalities for cleaning up scrap tires by reestablishing the Scrap Tire Disposal Account and increasing the percentage of scrap tire tax revenue directed to local government grants from 50% to 75%. The bill also dedicates more funding specifically to help local governments manage tire disposal problems.

Senate2025-07-07

S125Passed

Various Education Changes

This bill reorganizes North Carolina's community college system laws by moving and renumbering existing statutes for clarity, makes technical updates to community college programs including tuition waivers and workforce training, allows certain nonpublic schools to request residency licenses for teachers, and extends the reversion date for school safety grant funds from June 2025 to June 2027.

Senate2025-07-03

S442Passed

Parents Protection Act

This bill protects parents and caregivers from abuse or neglect charges solely for raising a child consistent with the child's biological sex, including through pronoun use and related medical or mental health decisions. It also prevents adoption agencies from denying placement or adoptive parent opportunities based on refusal to support gender transition. The bill clarifies that such parenting practices do not constitute child abuse under state law.

Senate2025-07-03

S690Passed

Various Real Estate and Business Law Changes

This bill makes four main changes to North Carolina real estate and business law: it creates an alternative path for real estate appraisers to gain experience through technology-based training programs instead of traditional apprenticeships (expiring in 2030), allows real estate salespersons to register with multiple dealers under common ownership, clarifies what out-of-pocket expenses landlords can recover from tenants in evictions, and permits buyer's agent compensation to be included in purchase offer forms.

Senate2025-07-02

S710Passed

DPS Agency Changes.-AB

This bill modernizes North Carolina's alarm systems licensing regulations, updates private protective services board laws, enhances background check procedures for security-related licenses, strengthens ABC Commission oversight authority, allows law enforcement agencies to review officer personnel records during hiring, and modifies North Carolina National Guard military court procedures.

Senate2025-07-02

S295Passed

Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws

This bill strengthens protections for motor vehicle dealers in North Carolina by restricting manufacturers' ability to reject dealership ownership transfers, terminating franchises, or imposing unreasonable conditions. It also requires manufacturers to compensate dealers for over-the-air product sales, warranty work, loaner vehicles, and unsold inventory during franchise terminations, and clarifies definitions related to vehicle sales and dealer succession.

Senate2025-07-01

S321Passed

Accounting Workforce Development Act

This bill modifies North Carolina's CPA certification requirements by creating two educational pathways: one requiring 150 semester hours with an accounting concentration (needing 1 year of experience) and another requiring only a bachelor's degree with an accounting concentration (needing 2 years of experience). It also renames the State Board of Accountancy to the State Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners and becomes effective January 1, 2026.

Senate2025-07-01

S328Engrossed

Age 21 Hemp-Derived Consumables

This bill prohibits the sale of hemp-derived consumable products (such as gummies, edibles, or inhalable products containing cannabinoids) to anyone under age 21 and makes it illegal for people under 21 to possess these products. Violations are classified as Class 2 misdemeanors. The bill does not apply to topical hemp products or FDA-recognized safe seed products.

Senate2025-06-26

S101Engrossed

Protect Tax-Advantaged Accts. & Living Donors

This bill creates three protections: (1) shields funds in education savings accounts (529 plans) and ABLE accounts from creditor claims and legal judgments, (2) prohibits insurance companies from discriminating against or charging more to living organ donors, and (3) provides up to 30 days of paid leave for state employees who donate organs and 7 days for bone marrow donation.

Senate2025-06-26

S771Introduced

Const Amend - Disaster Relief Emolument Excpt

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would add an exception to North Carolina's emoluments clause (which prohibits special privileges from government) to allow disaster relief assistance for restoring privately-owned structures damaged by federally-declared natural disasters. The amendment would be submitted to North Carolina voters in the March 2026 primary election.

Senate2025-06-26

S402Engrossed

Allow Lottery Winners To Be Confidential

This bill allows North Carolina lottery winners who win $5 million or more to request that their identity be kept confidential for 90 days after claiming their prize. The winner's name and identifying information would be protected from public disclosure during this period, though certain government agencies (like the IRS and state tax authorities) and debt collection programs would still have access as required by law.

Senate2025-06-24

S423Engrossed

Title Fraud Prevention

This bill creates criminal penalties for filing fraudulent deeds and implements identity verification requirements for property deed recordings. It allows property owners to sue in civil court to clear fraudulent recordings from their titles, requires source-of-title documentation on deeds, mandates tax certification checks, and directs a study of a statewide fraud alert system.

Senate2025-06-23

S639Engrossed

North Carolina Farm Act of 2025

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina agricultural laws, including updating water protection plans, creating a feral swine control working group, allowing denial of special use permits that harm agricultural production, repealing a violation points system for swine farms, modifying composting rules, allowing school absences for agricultural events, increasing penalties for crop theft and aquaculture violations, and making various technical updates to pesticide registration, public weighmaster licensing, and propane assessments.

Senate2025-06-18

S248Passed

Birth Certificates for Persons Adopted

This bill modifies North Carolina's process for issuing birth certificates to adopted persons by allowing registers of deeds to issue certified copies of new adoptee birth certificates directly to eligible individuals, rather than requiring all requests to go through the State Registrar. The bill also requires registers of deeds to digitize adoptee birth certificate records within two business days when requested and mandates annual privacy training for staff handling these sensitive documents.

Senate2025-06-13

S349Introduced

Property Tax Modifications

This bill modifies North Carolina's property tax relief programs for elderly and disabled homeowners. It eliminates the deferred tax liability system under the Property Tax Homestead Circuit Breaker, meaning qualifying homeowners would become exempt from paying certain property taxes rather than deferring payment. The bill also makes related changes to income eligibility definitions and tax record disclosure rules.

Senate2025-06-12

S605Engrossed

IBT Subbasin/TMDL Transport Factor

This bill eliminates separate subbasin designations for the Haw River, Deep River, and Contentnea Creek, allowing water transfers within the Cape Fear and Neuse River basins without requiring interbasin transfer certificates. It also revises how nutrient offset credits are calculated for wastewater permits in the Neuse River Basin by expanding the applicability of transport factor rules and directing the state to conduct new watershed modeling to potentially update these factors.

Senate2025-05-08

S554Engrossed

Farmers Protection Act

This bill prohibits banks, savings and loans, savings banks, and credit unions from denying or canceling services to farmers based on their greenhouse gas emissions, use of fossil-fuel fertilizers, or use of fossil-fuel powered machinery. The state Commissioner would enforce this rule during regular bank examinations.

Senate2025-05-08

S336Introduced

Interstate Med.l Lic. Comp./Intern'l Phys

This bill creates an Interstate Medical Licensure Compact allowing doctors to obtain expedited licenses in multiple states through a streamlined process, and establishes a new "internationally-trained physician employee license" for foreign-trained doctors to work at North Carolina hospitals or rural medical practices. The compact requires doctors to meet strict eligibility standards and allows state medical boards to share disciplinary information and coordinate enforcement.

Senate2025-05-07

S576Introduced

E-Bike Definition and Local Regulation

This bill clarifies North Carolina's definition of electric-assisted bicycles by establishing three classes based on motor power and speed capabilities, and authorizes cities and counties to regulate where e-bikes can be used and set safety requirements like helmet rules. The bill also requires the Department of Transportation to create educational materials about e-bike safety.

Senate2025-05-06

S207Engrossed

Litter Law/Rebuttable Presumption

This bill creates a legal presumption that a person littered if litter is found bearing their name on documents or objects such as bank statements, utility bills, or prescription bottles. The presumption can be challenged in court, and the bill excludes advertising and campaign materials from triggering this presumption.

Senate2025-05-06

S345Engrossed

PA Team-Based Practice

This bill allows physician assistants (PAs) with significant experience to practice in team-based settings (like hospitals and clinics) without direct physician supervision, while maintaining some oversight for certain procedures. It also transfers regulation of nurse practitioners and nurse midwives from a joint Medical Board-Nursing Board subcommittee to the Board of Nursing alone, and increases physician assistant representation on the Medical Board from one to two members.

Senate2025-05-06

S754Engrossed

School Calendar Flexibility:A New Alternative

This bill provides North Carolina local school boards with flexibility in setting school start and end dates while establishing enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance. It allows boards to choose between two calendar options (starting no earlier than August 26 or August 19) and creates reporting requirements, state oversight procedures, and allows private citizens to sue school boards for calendar violations.

Senate2025-05-05

S357Engrossed

Pharmacists/Collaborative Practice

This bill expands the role of pharmacists in North Carolina by allowing them to work under collaborative practice agreements with physicians to manage drug therapy, modify dosages, and order tests. It also requires health insurance plans to cover pharmacist-provided healthcare services when performed within their scope of practice and applies these coverage requirements to third-party administrators and pharmacy benefits managers.

Senate2025-05-05

S89Introduced

AEDs and CPR in Schools

This bill requires all North Carolina public schools, charter schools, and participating nonpublic schools to install at least two automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) in each school building and provide training to school staff on how to use them. The State Board of Education will establish rules for installation, maintenance, and training, and the bill appropriates $12 million to help schools purchase AEDs and train personnel.

Senate2025-05-01

S372Passed

Confirm McKinley Wooten, Sec. of Rev

This Senate resolution confirms McKinley Wooten, Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Revenue for North Carolina. The Secretary oversees the state agency responsible for tax collection, revenue administration, and related fiscal operations. This confirmation allows Wooten to officially assume the leadership role.

Senate2025-04-17

S335Engrossed

Pharmacists/Test and Treat/Influenza & Strep

This bill allows North Carolina pharmacists to test for and treat influenza and streptococcal infections using FDA-approved tests, and requires health insurance plans to cover pharmacist-provided services that would be covered if performed by other healthcare providers. The bill also requires insurers, pharmacy benefits managers, and third-party administrators to reimburse pharmacists fairly for services within their scope of practice.

Senate2025-04-15

S63Introduced

Board of Motor Vehicles/Authority Study

This bill creates a 9-member Board of Motor Vehicles to appoint and oversee the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, replacing the current system where the Secretary of Transportation directly appoints the Commissioner. It also directs the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of creating an independent Motor Vehicle Authority to potentially replace the Division of Motor Vehicles entirely, with findings due by January 1, 2026.

Senate2025-04-07

S361Introduced

Protecting First Responders Act

This bill increases criminal penalties for assaulting emergency responders, creates new felony charges for intentionally exposing first responders to fentanyl or harmful chemicals, and appropriates $10.35 million in grants for bulletproof vests and backpack plates for paramedics and EMTs.

Senate2025-04-01

S758Introduced

Water & Sewer Allocation Reforms

This bill restricts how local government water and sewer utilities can allocate service to new housing developments. It prohibits utilities from imposing certain conditions (like impact fees or design requirements) or using scoring systems based on building design, minimum square footage, or parking specifications when deciding which projects receive water and sewer connections. The bill also requires utilities receiving public funds to publish quarterly capacity reports, develop expansion plans, and explain any capacity constraints.

Senate2025-03-26

S515Introduced

Sign Manufacturing License Exemption

This bill exempts sign manufacturers who are UL (Underwriters Laboratories) certified from needing a general contractor license in North Carolina. It also requires applicants claiming this exemption to submit documentation proving their UL certification and a verified affidavit to local building inspectors, who must verify the exemption claim with the state licensing board.

Senate2025-03-26

S619Introduced

AI Academic Support Grant Program

This bill establishes the AI Academic Support Grant Program, which provides funding to North Carolina public school units in grades 6-12 to contract with Khan Academy for use of Khanmigo, an AI tool that helps teachers develop lesson plans and supports students with comprehension. The bill appropriates $10,060,560 in recurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and requires schools to evaluate the program's effectiveness annually.

Senate2025-03-26

S478Introduced

Enhancing Ag. Opportunities in Rural NC

This bill allows banks to deduct interest, fees, and penalties they receive from agricultural loans from their state income taxes. The deduction applies to loans that are secured by agricultural land, beginning in 2025.

Senate2025-03-26

S709Introduced

2025 State Investment Modernization Act.-AB

This bill creates the North Carolina Investment Authority, an independent state agency that will manage the state's investment programs starting January 1, 2026. The Authority will oversee investments for retirement systems, the General Fund, and other special funds currently managed by the State Treasurer's office, with its own Board of Directors, Chief Investment Officer, and separate budget authority.

Senate2025-03-26

S724Introduced

Safe Parks & Public Spaces Act

This bill prohibits unauthorized camping in North Carolina public spaces like parks and sidewalks, except in designated campsites or approved homeless encampments. First-time offenders are directed to emergency shelters rather than charged criminally, while repeat offenses become Class 3 misdemeanors. The bill also prevents local governments from blocking enforcement of these rules and allows residents, business owners, and the Attorney General to sue municipalities that don't enforce the prohibition.

Senate2025-03-26

S700Introduced

Create the Office of Engineering and Codes

This bill creates a new Office of Engineering and Codes within the Department of Labor, headed by an independently appointed State Engineer. It transfers responsibility for building codes, manufactured housing standards, home inspector licensing, and code official qualifications from the Department of Insurance (Office of State Fire Marshal) to this new office, effective July 1, 2026.

Senate2025-03-26

S670Introduced

Drones/Certain Vendor Purchases Prohibited

This bill prohibits North Carolina state government and local governments from purchasing small unmanned aircraft systems (drones weighing under 55 pounds) that are manufactured or assembled by certain foreign entities, specifically those from China or Russia, those on U.S. screening lists, or those controlled by those governments. The ban takes effect July 1, 2027.

Senate2025-03-26

S614Introduced

Revise Dam Safety Requirements

This bill clarifies North Carolina's dam safety requirements by specifying that downstream inundation maps (which show areas that would be affected if a dam failed) do not need to be prepared by a licensed professional engineer, except for dams associated with coal combustion residuals. The bill also exempts very small dams (less than 15 feet high or with less than 50 acre-feet capacity) from needing inundation maps unless the Department determines site-specific factors warrant one.

Senate2025-03-26

S654Introduced

End Dual Licensure for Audiologists

This bill eliminates the requirement that audiologists, audiology technicians, and audiology assistants hold dual licenses (both an audiology license and a hearing aid dealer license) to fit or sell hearing aids in North Carolina. It also requires hearing aid sellers and audiologists to disclose to customers in writing that locked hearing aids can only be serviced at specific facilities, and establishes record-keeping requirements for these sales.

Senate2025-03-26

S748Introduced

Teach Critical Thinking in Elementary

This bill requires North Carolina public elementary schools (kindergarten through grade 5) to include instruction in critical thinking as part of their standard curriculum, starting in the 2025-2026 school year. The instruction would teach students to evaluate information rather than simply memorize it.

Senate2025-03-26

S688Introduced

Local Government Land Use Reform

This bill restricts local government authority over land use and zoning regulations in North Carolina. It limits design requirements for residential buildings, reduces parking and driveway standards, requires minimum residential density allowances, restricts conditional zoning conditions, removes certain "harmony" requirements for affordable housing developments, and creates new legal remedies for property owners to challenge local land regulations.

Senate2025-03-26

S701Introduced

Bring Back Our Heroes

This bill allows North Carolina law enforcement officers to receive retirement benefits while continuing to work, and provides special separation allowances for officers with at least 30 years of service. Officers age 59.5 or older can begin collecting retirement while still employed, and retired officers can return to law enforcement work while continuing their retirement payments. These provisions expire December 31, 2029, unless renewed.

Senate2025-03-26

S481Introduced

Definitions for Advanced Recycling

This bill adds definitions to North Carolina's environmental law for advanced recycling processes, specifically defining 'mass balance attribution' (a tracking system for recycled materials), 'recycled products' (products made from recyclable materials using this tracking method), and 'third-party certification system' (the international standards used to verify these processes). The bill clarifies that products labeled as recycled through these methods still must follow all air, water, and hazardous waste regulations.

Senate2025-03-26

S540Introduced

Increase Small County Funding

This bill increases funding for North Carolina's Small County School System Supplemental Allotment by raising the dollar amounts that eligible small county school districts receive based on their student enrollment (ADM). The bill appropriates $20,961,180 in recurring state funds to support these increased payments, effective July 1, 2025.

Senate2025-03-26

S444Introduced

Controlled Substances Act - Updates

This bill updates North Carolina's Controlled Substances Act by adding numerous synthetic drugs to the state's list of Schedule I controlled substances, including new opioid derivatives (such as AP-237 variants and U-47700 analogs), nitazene derivatives, fentanyl derivatives, synthetic cannabinoids, and other designer drugs. The bill also makes technical corrections to existing drug classifications.

Senate2025-03-25

S448Introduced

Remove Employment Barriers/Ppl w Disabilities

This bill removes income and resource limits from North Carolina's Medicaid buy-in program for workers with disabilities, allowing people with disabilities to earn more money and accumulate savings while maintaining health coverage. The bill requests federal approval for these changes and appropriates $165,000 in state funding to support the program.

Senate2025-03-25

S396Introduced

Medical Board Licensing Efficiency Act

This bill creates a new 'licensure by endorsement' pathway that allows physicians, physician assistants, and anesthesiologist assistants licensed in other states to obtain North Carolina licenses more quickly if they meet certain requirements, including 5 years of active licensure elsewhere, a job offer in North Carolina, and a clean disciplinary record. The bill also adjusts various medical licensing fees.

Senate2025-03-25

S426Introduced

Student Borrowers' Bill of Rights

This bill establishes a licensing and regulatory system for student loan servicers in North Carolina under the Commissioner of Banks, creates protections for student loan borrowers through a "Student Borrowers' Bill of Rights," and establishes a Student Loan Ombudsman position to assist borrowers and investigate complaints.

Senate2025-03-25

S443Introduced

Local Govts/Compensation Disclosure

This bill requires all insurance and benefit providers (such as insurance companies, brokers, and administrators) who work with North Carolina counties and cities to submit annual reports disclosing all compensation they receive from those local governments. The disclosure must include commissions, fees, bonuses, and other payments, and must confirm that no compensation has been given to county or city employees or elected officials.

Senate2025-03-25

S365Introduced

Theft of Temporary Housing During Emergency

This bill creates a new Class F felony offense for entering someone's premises without permission and damaging, taking, or destroying their temporary housing (such as tents, trailers, or mobile homes) during a declared state of emergency in a county designated as an emergency area. It also allows victims to sue offenders for three times the actual damages plus court costs and attorney fees.

Senate2025-03-24

S374Introduced

Licensing Certain Fire Safety Equip. Work

This bill requires individuals and businesses to obtain state licenses and permits from the North Carolina State Fire Marshal before installing, servicing, or inspecting portable fire extinguishers and fire suppression systems. The bill establishes fees ($250 for business licenses, $100 for individual permits), insurance requirements, examination standards, and enforcement penalties for violations.

Senate2025-03-24

S376Introduced

Increase Funding to State Auditor

This bill provides $16.195 million in new funding to the North Carolina State Auditor's office over the 2025-2027 fiscal period. The money will be used to hire 70 new staff members, increase employee compensation, upgrade technology systems, and support office infrastructure, with the goal of improving the auditor's ability to conduct financial audits and detect fraud and waste in state government.

Senate2025-03-24

S368Introduced

Office of State Fire Marshal Omnibus Bill.-AB

This bill makes multiple changes to fire safety and building code enforcement in North Carolina. Key provisions include requiring public schools and state agencies to obtain additional insurance coverage, allowing the State Fire Marshal to contract for specialized services, making school participation in the state property insurance fund mandatory, waiving training course fees for firefighters and emergency responders, clarifying the State Fire and Rescue Commission's authority to conduct hearings, updating terminology and procedures for code officials, and expanding the State Fire Marshal's oversight of local building inspections.

Senate2025-03-24

S333Introduced

Prohibit Illegal Accreditation Requirements

This bill prohibits UNC constituent institutions and community colleges from violating state or federal law in order to comply with requirements from accrediting agencies. It allows exceptions for specific professional programs like law, pharmacy, and engineering that have their own accreditation standards.

Senate2025-03-20

S332Introduced

Health Care Practitioner Transparency Act

This bill requires health care practitioners in North Carolina to clearly identify their type of license, certification, or registration in advertisements and prohibits them from using deceptive or misleading information about their credentials. It also prevents unlicensed individuals from using physician titles or similar terms that suggest they practice medicine, and establishes enforcement mechanisms through professional licensing boards.

Senate2025-03-20

S346Introduced

Good Samaritan Law/Immunity

This bill expands North Carolina's Good Samaritan law to provide legal immunity for people who seek emergency medical help during drug and alcohol overdoses. It protects both the person calling for help and the overdose victim from arrest and prosecution for certain drug possession and underage alcohol possession charges, provided they meet specific conditions like calling 911 in good faith and providing their name.

Senate2025-03-20

S327Introduced

NC Bitcoin Reserve and Investment Act

This bill would authorize North Carolina's State Treasurer to invest up to 10% of public funds into Bitcoin as a long-term strategic reserve. The Bitcoin would be held securely by the state, managed by a new department within the Treasurer's office, and could only be used for emergencies, approved investments, infrastructure projects, or research with approval from the General Assembly.

Senate2025-03-19

S322Introduced

Utility Worker Protection Act

This bill adds a new offense to North Carolina law that makes assaulting a utility or communications worker a Class 1 misdemeanor when the worker is readily identifiable (wearing company uniform or logo) and performing their job duties. The bill groups this offense with other enhanced assault penalties, such as assaults on sports officials, that already carry Class 1 misdemeanor charges.

Senate2025-03-19

S320Introduced

LEO Special Separation Allowance Options

This bill creates a second calculation option for the special separation allowance (a monthly payment) that state and local law enforcement officers receive when they retire after 30 years of service. Officers who qualify would be able to choose between two different formulas for calculating their allowance amount, with the choice being permanent and made before their first payment.

Senate2025-03-18

S312Introduced

The Stars and Stripes Commitment Act

This bill requires North Carolina public schools (traditional, charter, regional, and laboratory schools) to schedule daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance within one hour of the start of the school day, and requires the State Board of Education and local school governing bodies to begin their meetings with the Pledge. The bill specifies that no one can be compelled to stand, salute the flag, or recite the Pledge, and requires age-appropriate instruction on the flag and Pledge's meaning and history.

Senate2025-03-18

S296Introduced

Buy American Steel

This bill requires North Carolina state and local governments to use American-produced iron and steel products in public works projects funded with state money. The requirement applies to construction materials like pipes, structural steel, and other iron/steel components, with exceptions for cases where American products aren't available, cost more than 20% extra, or involve minimal foreign materials.

Senate2025-03-18

S315Introduced

More Transparency/Efficiency in Utiliz. Rev

This bill increases transparency and efficiency in health insurance utilization reviews—the process insurers use to approve or deny medical services. It sets faster approval timelines (24 hours for urgent care, 3 business days for non-urgent), requires clearer notification to patients and doctors, mandates that qualified medical professionals (not just algorithms) make decisions, and requires insurers to disclose their prior authorization requirements on websites and membership cards.

Senate2025-03-18

S302Introduced

The Sergeant Mickey Hutchens Act

This bill allows law enforcement, probation/parole, and correctional officers with advanced certifications to purchase up to four years of additional service credit in North Carolina's retirement systems by paying a lump sum equal to the full cost to the retirement fund. The officers must have at least five years of service and obtain the applicable advanced certificate before purchasing the additional service credit.

Senate2025-03-18

S309Introduced

Changes to Estates and Trusts Statutes

This bill modernizes North Carolina's estate and trust laws by allowing electronic wills (wills created and signed digitally), updating rules for calculating spouse inheritance rights in trusts, clarifying procedures for challenging trusts after someone dies, and increasing the financial support amounts available to surviving spouses ($60,000) and minor children ($10,000) from a deceased person's estate. These changes take effect January 1, 2026.

Senate2025-03-18

S317Introduced

Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act

This bill creates a new legal process for partitioning 'heirs property'—land inherited within families that has no written agreement governing its division. When property meets the definition of heirs property, courts must follow specific steps including determining fair market value through appraisal, allowing cotenants to buy out those wanting to sell, and preferring to divide the property physically (partition in kind) rather than force a sale, unless division would cause substantial harm.

Senate2025-03-18

S300Introduced

NC REACH Act

The NC REACH Act requires all students earning bachelor's degrees at UNC schools and associate degrees at North Carolina community colleges to complete at least three credit hours of American history or American government instruction. The courses must include reading seven specific foundational documents (Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, Federalist Papers essays, MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail, Gettysburg Address, and NC State Constitution) and a final exam worth at least 20% of the grade. The bill also aligns similar requirements for high school Founding Principles courses.

Senate2025-03-18

S261Engrossed

Energy Security and Affordability Act

This bill modifies North Carolina's carbon reduction requirements for electric utilities by removing an interim 2030 target and keeping only the 2050 carbon neutrality goal. It also creates a new cost recovery mechanism allowing utilities to increase rates outside standard proceedings for baseload power plant construction costs, if the project shows long-term savings for customers.

Senate2025-03-18

S268Introduced

Amend NC PEO Act.-AB

This bill updates North Carolina's Professional Employer Organization (PEO) law by clarifying financial definitions, adjusting financial requirements for PEO licensing, allowing more flexibility in financial documentation, and modifying reporting requirements. It implements recommendations from the Department of Insurance to streamline the regulatory process.

Senate2025-03-13

S278Introduced

The Smart Heart Act

This bill requires all North Carolina public schools to develop cardiac emergency response plans and install at least one automatic external defibrillator (AED) in each school. Schools must train staff in CPR and AED use, conduct annual practice drills, and coordinate with local emergency services. The state provides $2 million in funding to help schools purchase AEDs and develop these plans.

Senate2025-03-13

S267Introduced

Amend Business Corporations Act

This bill amends North Carolina's Business Corporations Act to modernize corporate governance rules. It allows corporations to limit director and officer liability through their articles of incorporation, clarifies emergency procedures for board meetings and shareholder meetings during catastrophic events, establishes forum selection rules for internal corporate disputes, prohibits bearer-form share certificates and scrip, refines derivative lawsuit procedures, clarifies board committee authority, and updates merger rules for parent entities and subsidiaries.

Senate2025-03-13

S265Introduced

Protecting Our Community Act

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.

Senate2025-03-12

S264Introduced

Flags at Every School

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.

Senate2025-03-12

S231Introduced

State Surplus Property/Third-Party Auctions

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.

Senate2025-03-06

S150Passed

Confirm Joey Hopkins/Sec. of DOT

This Senate resolution confirms Joey R. Hopkins as Secretary of the Department of Transportation for North Carolina. The resolution was adopted on March 5, 2025, and becomes effective immediately upon passage.

Senate2025-03-05

S195Introduced

Protect Campus Survivors Act

This bill exempts student disciplinary records containing personally identifiable information from North Carolina's public records law at public universities and community colleges. The records would remain confidential even if federal law (FERPA) would otherwise permit their release.

Senate2025-03-03

S172Introduced

STIP Grant Anticipation Notes

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.

Senate2025-02-26

S128Introduced

Heroes Homestead Act

This bill increases the property tax homestead exclusion for disabled veterans in North Carolina from $45,000 to $76,500 of their home's appraised value. This means disabled veterans would pay property taxes on a smaller portion of their home's value, resulting in lower tax bills starting in 2026.

Senate2025-02-24

S123Introduced

Flags at Every School

This bill requires all North Carolina public schools, charter schools, and university-affiliated schools to display the United States and North Carolina flags on school grounds and in every classroom, and to schedule daily Pledge of Allegiance recitation with age-appropriate instruction about the flag's meaning and history. The bill provides $1 million in funding for the 2025-2026 school year and $100,000 in ongoing funding for schools to purchase flags, while clarifying that no student can be compelled to stand, salute, or recite the pledge.

Senate2025-02-24

S109Introduced

Veterans Appreciation Act

This bill expands the property tax homestead exclusion for disabled veterans in North Carolina by allowing them to exclude not only the first $45,000 of their home's appraised value, but also any additional value added by VA-funded housing adaptations for service-connected disabilities. The bill also creates a prequalification process that allows disabled veterans to qualify for this tax benefit before they purchase a home, which can help them and lenders determine affordability.

Senate2025-02-18

S113Introduced

Removal of Squatters from Private Property

This bill creates a faster legal process for property owners to remove squatters (unauthorized occupants with no legal right to be there) from residential property in North Carolina. A property owner can file a sworn affidavit with a clerk of court or magistrate, and law enforcement must remove the person within 24 hours if the conditions are met.

Senate2025-02-18

S24Engrossed

Govt Mandates Increase Healthcare Costs

This bill requires that any new state legislation creating health insurance mandates (such as requiring coverage of specific treatments or services) must also repeal an equal number of existing mandates and appropriate funds to cover the new mandate's cost. It applies to both private health insurance plans and the state employee health plan, with an exception if an actuarial analysis shows a mandate would actually decrease costs.

Senate2025-02-17

S92Introduced

Released Time Education Act

This bill allows North Carolina public school districts to adopt policies permitting students to leave school during the instructional day to attend religious moral instruction courses offered by outside organizations. Districts may award up to two elective credits for completed courses, provided the courses are evaluated using secular criteria and no public funds subsidize them beyond minimal administrative costs.

Senate2025-02-13

S81Introduced

NC Time Zone/Observe DST All Year

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.

Senate2025-02-12

S82Introduced

Compact to Award Prizes for Curing Disease

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.

Senate2025-02-12

S78Introduced

Official Fried Apple Pie Festival

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.

Senate2025-02-12

S31Introduced

The Wells Act

The Wells Act directs the Legislative Library to request documentation and activity updates from all state boards, committees, and commissions. Any that don't respond within 120 days or haven't met in the past 12 months will be added to a list submitted to the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee, which will then recommend legislation to repeal these inactive entities.

Senate2025-02-11

S61Introduced

I-95 Toll Prohibition

This bill prohibits tolls on Interstate 95 in North Carolina for ten years (until July 1, 2035). After that date, any tolling of I-95 would require explicit approval from the North Carolina General Assembly rather than being allowed through current state transportation authority.

Senate2025-02-06

S47Introduced

State Emps./No Payroll Dues Deduction

This bill repeals the state law that allows public employees (including teachers and state workers) to have union and employee association dues automatically deducted from their paychecks. Currently, employees can authorize their employers to deduct membership fees for certain employee associations; this bill would eliminate that payroll deduction option.

Senate2025-02-05

S48Introduced

Access to Sports and Extracurriculars for All

This bill allows students from public schools without certain sports or extracurricular programs, as well as private school and homeschool students, to participate in those activities at nearby public high schools. Schools can charge reasonable fees to non-enrolled students, and local school boards must publish their fee schedules online by October 15 each year.

Senate2025-02-05

Timothy Moffitt

Timothy Moffitt

Sponsored Bills (79)

Various Local Provisions V

Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium

Rocky Mount/Louisburg Utility Rev./Advisory

Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners Amendments

Various Local Provisions VIII

Clarify Tourism-Related Expenditures

Universal Licensure/Limit Continuing Ed

Prohibit Foreign Ownership of NC Land

FUTURE NC Infrastructure Act

Theft of Temporary Housing During Emergency

Portable-Scale Solar Energy Devices

Early Voting Procedures at Fire Stations

Outdoor Advertising Revisions

Real Tickets, Real Fans Act

Const. Amend./Permitless Carry

Personal Privacy Protection Act

The Power Bill Reduction Act

Coastal Regulatory Reform

Brownfields Property Reuse Act Revisions

Rutherford Cty/Isothermal CC Construction

Henderson County/Blue Ridge CC Construction

Expand Academic Trans. Pathways/Sophomore HS

Temp. Local Sales Tax Changes/Buncombe Co

No High Risk Apps/Gov't Networks & Devices

Land Use Clarification and Changes

North Carolina Work and Save

Property Tax Modifications

Helene Rev. Replace./Locals; Prop Tax Relief

Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer

Cosmetic Art Deregulation

Prohibit Geoengineering

Allow Housing Near Jobs

Augment Agency Appeal Rights

Regulation of Accessory Dwelling Units

Limit Rules With Substantial Financial Costs

Limit Local Gov't Environmental Rqmt's

NC Genetic Counselors Workforce Act

Consumer Privacy Act

Minors Health Protection Act

ABC Omnibus 2025

Regulate Hemp-Derived Beverages

Single Stair Bldg. Code Reform

NC Farmland and Military Protection Act

Expand Middle Housing

Patient Safety/Med. Imaging/Radiation Therapy

Improper Action Claims Act

DOT Permit Review Time Periods

Horse Race Wagering Modifications

IBT Reforms

Pharmacists/Test and Treat

End Block Scheduling

Amend Dangerous Dog Statutes

Increase Medicaid PCS and PDN Rates

Vaccination Schedule Variance/Minors

Expand Certain APA Standing Provisions

Eliminate ETJ Overlap

NC REINS Act

Regulation of Short-Term Rentals

AG/Restrict Challenge to Presidential EOs

Create 13,000 Jobs Serving People With I/DD

Raise DSP Pay to $25 Per Hour

Remove Testing Requirement for Teacher Lisc

Housing Support for Hurricane Impacted Areas

Increase Access for Small Employers/Insurance

Home Ownership Market Manipulation

Revise Filing Period/Elections/Hendersonville

Teacher License Reciprocity

Restore Down-Zoning/Farmland Preservation

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Rutherford Co

Booking Photograph Privacy Act

Swannanoa Valley TDA

Modify Insufficient Funds Tax Payment Fee

Promote NC Sawmills

Enhance Firefighter Benefits & Representation

Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons

Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I

Mobile Drivers Licenses