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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

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

S1087Introduced

Post-Election Audits by State Auditor

This bill requires North Carolina's State Auditor to conduct post-election audits of county election procedures and systems after each general election is certified. The audits would examine areas like voter roll accuracy, voting equipment testing, ballot records, chain of custody, absentee and provisional ballots, and voter assistance compliance. Audit findings cannot be used to challenge election results and would be reported to state officials and the public.

Senate2026-06-18

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

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

S1005Introduced

We Need More Midwives Act

This bill establishes a Midwifery Education Grant Program that provides up to $20 million in state funding to University of North Carolina constituent institutions to create new certified nurse-midwife training programs. The program aims to increase the number of midwives available to provide prenatal, birth, and postpartum care across North Carolina, with priority given to historically Black colleges and universities and institutions near partner hospitals.

Senate2026-05-05

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

S1037Introduced

DIGITAL NC Act

This bill establishes a nine-member Board of Governors for a North Carolina Digital Sovereignty Authority to develop a comprehensive plan for modernizing, consolidating, and securing the state's information technology systems. The board, composed of technology leaders and cybersecurity experts appointed by the governor and legislature, must submit recommendations to the General Assembly by March 1, 2027, but any actual reorganization or changes require separate legislative approval.

Senate2026-05-04

S966Introduced

The SAVE Act

The SAVE Act defines the practice of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs)—which include nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and clinical nurse specialists—and allows them to practice independently without physician supervision. The bill removes a prior requirement for joint oversight between medical and nursing boards and eliminates restrictions on APRN prescribing authority.

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

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

S915Introduced

2026 Governor's Budget

This is North Carolina's budget bill for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. It appropriates approximately $35.4 billion in General Fund spending for state operations, includes tax policy changes, sets employee salaries and compensation, funds K-12 and higher education, and authorizes capital improvement projects. The bill also modifies existing tax rates and creates new tax credits.

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

S939Introduced

Drivers Education Modifications

This bill requires the Division of Motor Vehicles to provide free printed driver license handbooks to public schools for driver education programs, modifies regulations for commercial driver training schools, extends instructor license renewal periods from 2 to 4 years, and establishes continuing education requirements for instructors. The bill also appropriates $100,000 to the Division of Motor Vehicles to implement these changes.

Senate2026-04-30

S940Introduced

2026 Appropriations Act

This bill appropriates state funding for the normal operations of North Carolina state agencies, departments, and institutions for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. It allocates money from the General Fund, Highway Fund, Highway Trust Fund, and federal block grants to cover ongoing government services and programs.

Senate2026-04-30

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

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

S848Introduced

Rio's Law

Rio's Law requires law enforcement officers, emergency medical services personnel, and firefighters/rescue workers in North Carolina to receive training on recognizing and appropriately interacting with people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have autism spectrum disorder. The bill also establishes a special autism spectrum disorder vehicle registration plate and requires state agencies to adopt rules implementing this training by October 2027-2028.

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

S405Engrossed

Healthcare Investment Act

This bill adjusts Medicaid funding by increasing appropriations by $90 million and requires local managed care organizations to transfer $18 million to the state over two years. It also reduces funding for mental health services, eliminates vacant state positions to save $34 million annually, and cuts capital reserves by $42 million while directing the state to develop a cost-savings plan for Medicaid.

Senate2025-10-23

S416Passed

Personal Privacy Protection Act

This bill prohibits North Carolina public agencies from collecting, disclosing, or publicly releasing personal information about members, volunteers, and donors to nonprofit organizations, except in limited legal circumstances like court-ordered warrants or litigation with protective orders. Violations can result in civil lawsuits for damages of at least $2,500 per violation, up to triple that amount for intentional violations, plus attorneys' fees, and can constitute a Class 2 misdemeanor.

Senate2025-07-29

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

S176Engrossed

Allow Counties to Sign MOU

This bill allows the sheriff's offices in Mitchell County and Yancey County, North Carolina to enter into agreements with the Unicoi County, Tennessee sheriff's office to conduct joint law enforcement operations across state lines. The agreements must specify how liability for damages will be handled and must be reported annually to the North Carolina Department of Justice.

Senate2025-06-10

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

S190Engrossed

Physician Assistant Licensure Compact

This bill establishes a Physician Assistant Licensure Compact that allows PAs with unrestricted licenses in participating states to practice in other participating states through a 'Compact Privilege' without obtaining separate state licenses. The compact creates a national commission to coordinate PA licensure, maintain a shared data system for tracking licensing actions, and set uniform standards while allowing states to maintain their own scope-of-practice rules.

Senate2025-04-28

S671Introduced

Helene Rev. Replace./Locals; Prop Tax Relief

This bill creates a $40 million grant program to help local governments in western North Carolina recover revenue lost from property damage caused by Hurricane Helene, covering losses in property taxes, sales taxes, and water/sewer fees. It also provides property tax interest relief from January 2025 through December 2026 for property owners in affected areas who received over $42,000 in disaster relief or insurance compensation.

Senate2025-04-28

S509Introduced

Health Information Exchange Act Revisions

This bill revises North Carolina's Statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE) Act by requiring certain health care providers and entities that receive state funding to connect to and submit patient data through a state health information network. The bill also establishes new civil penalties for violations and creates an annual assessment fee for providers and entities that fail to comply with connection and data submission requirements.

Senate2025-04-01

S485Introduced

Prohibit Geoengineering

This bill prohibits the intentional release of substances into North Carolina's atmosphere to alter temperature, weather, or sunlight intensity through methods like stratospheric aerosol injection, cloud seeding, and electromagnetic radiation. The bill amends state environmental law to make atmospheric modification activities illegal and requires the Environmental Management Commission to create rules to enforce the prohibition.

Senate2025-03-26

S537Introduced

APRN Definitions

This bill legally defines the scope of practice for four types of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) in North Carolina: Certified Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, and Clinical Nurse Specialists. It establishes a separate APRN license and removes certain requirements for physician oversight of APRN prescribing and medical decision-making, aligning North Carolina with 36 other states that have expanded APRN practice authority.

Senate2025-03-26

S601Introduced

Revise Private Need-Based Scholarship

This bill expands which private colleges and universities in North Carolina can participate in need-based scholarship programs. It adds new categories of eligible institutions, including for-profit schools accredited by SACSCOC at certain levels and schools without on-campus housing requirements, while maintaining accreditation and degree-granting standards.

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

S412Introduced

Childcare Subsidy Rate Increase & West Pilot

This bill increases child care subsidy payment rates to the 75th percentile starting July 1, 2025, and allocates $123.5 million annually for two years to fund these increases. It also creates an $8 million pilot program in western North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Helene to help build new child care capacity through recruitment and mentoring of new providers.

Senate2025-03-25

S404Introduced

RIC FLAIR Act

This bill appropriates $500,000 in state funding to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to study whether North Carolina should establish a professional wrestling museum. The department must report its findings and recommendations to the legislature by July 1, 2026.

Senate2025-03-25

S440Introduced

2025 Governor's Budget

This is North Carolina's biennial budget bill appropriating funds for state government operations from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027. It allocates approximately $34 billion in general funds annually, establishes funding for education, healthcare, transportation, corrections, and social services, and includes tax policy changes such as maintaining tax rates and creating new tax credits for working families and school supplies.

Senate2025-03-25

S411Introduced

School Bus Cameras/Evidence & Contract Length

This bill makes video evidence from school bus safety cameras admissible as legal proof that a vehicle failed to stop for a school bus, and extends the maximum contract length for private vendors operating these camera systems from three years to five years.

Senate2025-03-25

S360Introduced

Healthy Students - A Nurse in Every School

This bill requires every public school in North Carolina to have at least one full-time, permanent school nurse starting in the 2025-2026 school year. The bill applies to traditional public schools, charter schools, regional schools, and laboratory schools, and appropriates $95 million in state funding to help schools meet this requirement.

Senate2025-03-24

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

S155Introduced

Social Work Interstate Licensure Compact

This bill establishes an interstate compact that allows licensed social workers to practice across multiple member states under a single 'multistate license' from their home state, rather than obtaining separate licenses in each state. The compact creates a Social Work Licensure Compact Commission to oversee the system, maintain a data system tracking licenses and disciplinary actions, and establish uniform standards while preserving each state's authority to regulate social work practice and protect public safety.

Senate2025-03-12

S262Introduced

Rescind Old Calls/Constitutional Convention

This bill rescinds all previous applications that North Carolina's General Assembly has made to Congress calling for a constitutional convention under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. Article V allows states to petition Congress for a convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and this bill cancels any such requests North Carolina previously made before December 1, 2024.

Senate2025-03-11

S263Introduced

2025 Appropriations Act

This is a budget bill that authorizes spending from North Carolina's General Fund, Highway Fund, Highway Trust Fund, and federal block grants for state agencies and departments during the 2025-2027 fiscal years. The bill provides the legal framework for appropriating funds to maintain and operate state services, with any unused funds returning to their respective funds at year's end.

Senate2025-03-11

S258Introduced

2025 Appropriations Act

This bill authorizes state budget spending for the 2025-2027 fiscal years across North Carolina state agencies, departments, and institutions. It appropriates funds from the General Fund, Highway Fund, Highway Trust Fund, and federal block grants for current operations and specified purposes.

Senate2025-03-11

S98Introduced

Funds for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

This bill appropriates $1.5 million per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal years to fund Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in North Carolina. The Imagination Library is an early literacy program that mails age-appropriate books to registered children monthly through the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc.

Senate2025-02-17

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

S83Introduced

Extend Primary Care Task Force

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.

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

S56Introduced

Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I

This bill establishes the legal framework for the Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I, which addresses recovery efforts in North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Helene following a presidential major disaster declaration. The bill expresses the General Assembly's intent to transfer funds from the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund (SERDRF) to the Hurricane Helene Disaster Recovery Fund to support relief and recovery assistance.

Senate2025-02-06

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

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

S26Introduced

47th Senatorial District Local Act-1

This is a local bill that applies only to North Carolina's 47th Senatorial District. The bill text provided does not specify what changes or policies it implements—it only establishes that whatever follows applies to this district and becomes effective upon passage.

Senate2025-01-30

S14Introduced

Constitutional Amendment/Repeal Literacy Test

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to remove North Carolina's literacy test requirement for voter registration, which currently requires people to read and write any section of the Constitution in English. The amendment would be submitted to voters in November 2026, and if approved by a majority, would eliminate this registration requirement.

Senate2025-01-30

Ralph Hise

Ralph Hise

Sponsored Bills (54)

Continuing Budget Adjustments

Additional Medicaid Funds and Requirements

2026 Appropriations Act

H'cane Helene Bldg Code Window Exemption

Satellite Annexation Cap/Rural Hall Fire Dist

Post-Election Audits by State Auditor

Foundational Mathematics Act

NC Economic Forecasting Initiative

We Need More Midwives Act

Workforce Act of 2026

DIGITAL NC Act

The SAVE Act

Permit Self-Defense Devices on College Campus

2026 Appropriations Act

2026 Governor's Budget

2026 Appropriations Act

Drivers Education Modifications

2026 Appropriations Act

Community-Based Pharmacy Protections

Tyler's Law

Rio's Law

Tax Fraud Analytics Funding

Healthcare Investment Act

Personal Privacy Protection Act

Const Amend - Disaster Relief Emolument Excpt

Allow Lottery Winners To Be Confidential

Allow Counties to Sign MOU

Pharmacists/Collaborative Practice

Physician Assistant Licensure Compact

Helene Rev. Replace./Locals; Prop Tax Relief

Health Information Exchange Act Revisions

Prohibit Geoengineering

APRN Definitions

Revise Private Need-Based Scholarship

2025 State Investment Modernization Act.-AB

Childcare Subsidy Rate Increase & West Pilot

RIC FLAIR Act

2025 Governor's Budget

School Bus Cameras/Evidence & Contract Length

Healthy Students - A Nurse in Every School

The Sergeant Mickey Hutchens Act

Social Work Interstate Licensure Compact

Rescind Old Calls/Constitutional Convention

2025 Appropriations Act

2025 Appropriations Act

Funds for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

NC Time Zone/Observe DST All Year

Extend Primary Care Task Force

Official Fried Apple Pie Festival

Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I

Access to Sports and Extracurriculars for All

State Emps./No Payroll Dues Deduction

47th Senatorial District Local Act-1

Constitutional Amendment/Repeal Literacy Test

Cosponsored Bills (51)

Regulatory Reform Act of 2026

Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium

Public Workforce Modernization Act

North Carolina Border Protection Act

Eliminating "DEI" in Public Education

Eliminating "DEI" in Public Higher Ed

Dominique Moody Act

Prohibit Foreign Ownership of NC Land

Lower Taxes for All NC

Theft of Temporary Housing During Emergency

Lower Healthcare Costs

Freedom to Carry NC

The Power Bill Reduction Act

SCRIPT Act

The Law and Order Act

Parents Protection Act

State Hiring Accessibility and Modernization

Birth Certificates for Persons Adopted

School Calendar Flexibility:A New Alternative

AEDs and CPR in Schools

Repeal Certificate of Need Laws

Pharmacists/Test and Treat/Influenza & Strep