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Honor Mike Clampitt

This is a House Resolution honoring the life and memory of James Michael 'Mike' Clampitt, a former North Carolina House Representative from House District 119. The resolution recognizes his decades of service as a firefighter, law enforcement officer, and state legislator, and expresses the General Assembly's appreciation for his contributions to his community and the state.

House2026-06-24

H1238Passed

Honor 2026 Carolina Hurricanes Team

This is a House Resolution that honors the Carolina Hurricanes hockey team for winning the 2026 Stanley Cup championship. The resolution recognizes the team's accomplishments, leadership, and community contributions, and directs that a certified copy be sent to team members, the owner, and head coach.

House2026-06-23

H1089Passed

Const. Amend. Property Tax Levy Limit

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would require the North Carolina General Assembly to pass laws limiting how much local governments (counties, cities, towns, and special districts) can increase their property tax levies each year. The amendment would be submitted to North Carolina voters in the November 2026 general election, and if approved by a majority of voters, would become part of the state constitution.

House2026-05-21

H1193Introduced

Rep. Mike Clampitt Bone Marrow Donation Act

This bill designates November as Marrow Donation Awareness Month in North Carolina and allows people ages 18-40 to indicate their intention to become bone marrow donors when applying for or renewing a driver's license. The bill requires the state to share this information with the National Marrow Donor Program and directs state health and motor vehicle agencies to conduct public awareness campaigns about bone marrow donation, with $100,000 allocated for these efforts.

House2026-05-12

H1192Introduced

Energy and Housing Affordability Act

This bill makes three main changes: (1) it modifies how electric utilities recover fuel costs by requiring them to share 80% of fuel cost increases with customers while absorbing 20% of increases themselves, and share 20% of fuel cost savings with shareholders while crediting 80% to customers; (2) it creates a voluntary "Bring Your Own Generation" program allowing large businesses to install their own power generation on-site, connect it to the grid, and potentially sell excess power back; and (3) it appropriates $35 million to the Workforce Housing Loan Program.

House2026-05-07

H1136Introduced

Cape Fear IBT Moratorium/EMC IBT Reductions

This bill pauses new water transfers out of the upper Cape Fear River Basin until 2030 while a comprehensive study is conducted to assess the basin's water supply sustainability. It also expands the Environmental Management Commission's authority to reduce existing water transfers between river basins if necessary to protect water resources.

House2026-05-04

H1146Introduced

2026 Governor's Budget

This is North Carolina's 2026 state budget bill, which appropriates approximately $35.4 billion in General Fund spending for the fiscal year 2026-2027 and sets salary schedules for state employees, teachers, and officials. The bill includes funding for education, health and human services, transportation, and other state operations, along with various policy changes affecting education, taxation, and state administration.

House2026-05-04

H549Passed

Clarify Powers of State Auditor

This bill expands the powers of North Carolina's State Auditor by exempting their office from certain state oversight requirements for IT procurement and information systems. It also creates new debt collection tools allowing the Department of Revenue to pursue debts discovered by the State Auditor through levy, sale, attachment, and garnishment procedures, similar to tax collection methods.

House2025-07-29

H193Passed

Firearm Law Revisions

This bill allows authorized employees and volunteers at nonpublic schools to carry firearms or stun guns on school property if they meet specific training and authorization requirements. It also permits concealed handgun carry in buildings that are both schools and places of religious worship during worship services. Additionally, the bill increases criminal penalties for assaults and threats against government officers and election workers, requires judges to set pretrial release conditions for such cases, and provides additional protections for relocated law enforcement shooting ranges.

House2025-07-29

H402Passed

Limit Rules With Substantial Financial Costs

This bill requires state agencies to obtain legislative approval before implementing rules that cost $20 million or more over five years, and requires higher voting thresholds (two-thirds for $1+ million costs, unanimous for $10+ million costs) when agency boards or commissions adopt costly rules. It also allows the public to request legislative review of rules if 10 or more people object within one day of Commission approval.

House2025-07-29

H357Passed

Continuing Care Retirement Communities Act.-AB

This bill creates a new regulatory framework for continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) in North Carolina, requiring providers to obtain licenses from the Department of Insurance and meet financial, operational, and disclosure standards. The law applies to both for-profit and nonprofit communities that offer housing plus long-term care services like assisted living or nursing care to residents.

House2025-07-03

H837Introduced

Study Alternative Methods for Highway Funding

This bill directs the North Carolina General Assembly to hire a consultant to study alternative ways to fund highway construction and maintenance, potentially replacing or supplementing the current gas tax system. The study will examine fees on electric and hybrid vehicles, vehicle miles traveled (VMT) fees, and a flat annual highway access fee for non-diesel vehicles, with findings due by May 1, 2026. The study will cost $125,000 from the Highway Fund.

House2025-07-03

H1013Passed

Support for Israel

This house resolution expresses North Carolina's support for Israel and urges the U.S. Congress to take steps to criminalize antisemitic acts and violence against Jewish citizens and Israel supporters. The resolution cites a recent terrorist attack in Colorado and references previous legislative actions by North Carolina supporting Israel.

House2025-06-04

H271Engrossed

Cabarrus Co Local Omnibus

This bill requires referendums in four Cabarrus County municipalities (Concord, Harrisburg, Midland, and Mount Pleasant) on November 3, 2025, asking voters whether to change local elections from nonpartisan to partisan. If voters approve, the change would take effect in December 2027. The bill also modifies how vacancies are filled on the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners.

House2025-05-15

H379Engrossed

Application for a Convention of the States

This resolution asks Congress to call a convention of the states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to propose amendments limiting federal fiscal spending, federal power, and congressional term lengths. North Carolina's application remains active until two-thirds of all states submit similar applications for the same purpose.

House2025-05-08

H765Introduced

Save the American Dream Act

This bill substantially reforms North Carolina's local land development regulations by limiting local government authority over zoning and building standards, accelerating permit approval timelines, and establishing new requirements for water and sewer capacity allocation. It also increases certain stormwater permit fees and mandates specific housing types in larger cities.

House2025-05-06

H254Engrossed

Adopt Tuskegee Airmen Day

This bill designates the fourth Thursday of March each year as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day in North Carolina. The day honors African-American pilots and support staff trained during World War II at Tuskegee Institute who served with distinction in combat operations.

House2025-05-01

H135Introduced

Misbranding/Cell-Cultured Meat/WNC Donations

This bill requires cell-cultured meat and poultry products to be clearly labeled with terms like 'lab-grown' or 'cell-cultured' in at least 20-point font near the product name. It prohibits public schools, charter schools, community colleges, and universities from purchasing these products. The bill also creates a voluntary donation program allowing retailers to collect customer donations for farms affected by Hurricane Helene, and appropriates $1.5 million for a government efficiency audit of North Carolina's disaster response.

House2025-04-29

H836Introduced

North Carolina Sound Money Act

This bill allows North Carolina taxpayers to deduct gains or losses from selling investment coins and precious metal bullion when calculating state income taxes. It also recognizes certain gold and silver coins and bullion as legal tender in North Carolina, though it specifies that no one is required to accept them in transactions.

House2025-04-29

H432Engrossed

Property Tax Relief Study

This bill directs the Revenue Laws Study Committee to examine North Carolina's current property tax relief programs for elderly, disabled, and disabled veteran homeowners, and to evaluate potential modifications and broader property tax reforms. The committee will study options like increasing relief amounts, expanding eligibility, and limiting tax increases, then report findings and recommendations to the General Assembly in 2026.

House2025-04-28

H394Introduced

Distracted Driving/Children and Animals

This bill makes it illegal to hold animals or allow them to sit in a driver's lap while driving, or to interact with children or animals in ways that impair safe vehicle operation on public roads. Violations are classified as infractions with a $100 fine and court costs, though law enforcement will issue warnings only during the first six months after the law takes effect on December 1, 2025.

House2025-04-14

H825Introduced

Election Improvements

This bill makes four changes to North Carolina elections: it prohibits ranked choice voting statewide, clarifies rules about where election-related activity can occur near polling places, reduces the early voting period from the third Thursday before an election to the second Thursday, and modifies the identification requirements for voters requesting absentee ballots.

House2025-04-09

H471Introduced

Food Labeling Transparency Act

This bill requires clear labeling of manufactured-protein food products—including cell-cultured meat and insect-based proteins—sold in North Carolina. Products using meat or poultry terminology must display qualifying terms like 'cell-cultured,' 'lab-grown,' or 'insect-based' prominently on packaging and restaurant menus to distinguish them from traditional animal-derived meat and poultry.

House2025-04-08

H427Introduced

CCW Permit/No Records Provided

This bill changes how North Carolina sheriffs receive mental health information when processing concealed handgun permit applications. Instead of requiring doctors and mental health providers to disclose full medical records, they would only submit a 'Yes' or 'No' answer about whether they have records of a mental illness diagnosis, with detailed records provided only if 'Yes' and only if they document an actual diagnosis.

House2025-04-08

H382Engrossed

Elk Permit Auction/Raffle

This bill authorizes the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to issue elk hunting permits through a raffle (one permit for the 2026 season) and an auction (conducted by a nonprofit wildlife conservation organization involved in elk reintroduction). Revenue from both methods goes to the Wildlife Resources Fund for elk conservation, after covering administrative costs. The bill allows the Commission to continue these methods in future seasons based on elk management goals.

House2025-04-03

H563Passed

House Permanent Rules

This resolution establishes the official operating procedures and rules that govern how the North Carolina House of Representatives conducts its business during the 2025 regular legislative session. The rules cover everything from meeting schedules and debate procedures to committee operations and bill handling processes.

House2025-04-01

H553Introduced

Ensuring Patient Safety w/Mail Order Meds

This bill revises North Carolina law regarding abortion-inducing drugs sent by mail or through remote means. It allows such drugs to be provided if a physician conducts an in-person informed consent meeting at least 72 hours beforehand, the drugs are FDA-approved, and standard informed consent requirements are met. The bill also establishes civil liability and enforcement mechanisms, including private lawsuits and potential criminal penalties.

House2025-03-31

H561Introduced

2025 Youth End Nicotine Dependence Act

This bill creates a Tobacco Use Prevention Fund within the Department of Health and Human Services and directs $17 million annually from North Carolina's Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement funds toward youth tobacco prevention programs. The fund would support local health departments, media campaigns, military readiness initiatives, community college tobacco-free programs, and evaluation of prevention efforts.

House2025-03-31

H514Introduced

APRN Definitions

This bill formally 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 removes the requirement that APRNs obtain joint approval from both the Medical Board and Nursing Board to perform certain medical acts, instead allowing the Nursing Board to grant prescribing and practice authority directly.

House2025-03-26

H490Introduced

Propel NC Funding and Tuition Surcharge

This bill changes how North Carolina community colleges receive state funding by shifting to a model that allocates money based on student enrollment in specific workforce and educational programs, weighted by labor market demand. It also creates a reserve fund for colleges experiencing unexpected enrollment growth and allows individual community colleges to charge students up to 10% additional tuition and fees, with revenue used only for instructional purposes.

House2025-03-25

H470Introduced

The Second Amendment Protection Act

This bill prohibits North Carolina state and local law enforcement officers from enforcing federal firearms laws, regulations, or executive orders within the state's borders. It establishes that violations could result in $50,000 civil penalties and allows citizens to sue for injunctive relief, with limited exceptions for certain serious criminal investigations and interstate cases.

House2025-03-24

H375Introduced

AI/Ban Deceptive Ads

This bill creates new state laws regulating artificial intelligence and synthetic media in North Carolina. It requires clear labeling of AI-generated or manipulated content in political ads, prohibits deceptive deepfakes of candidates, bans AI-generated child sexual abuse material and non-consensual intimate images, requires disclosure when regulated professionals use AI, and establishes criminal penalties and civil remedies for violations.

House2025-03-13

H380Introduced

Conscientious Objections to Vaccine Mandates

This bill adds a 'conscientious objection' exemption to North Carolina's vaccination requirements for students in public schools, colleges, and universities. The exemption allows students or parents to opt out of immunizations by submitting a written statement explaining their conscience-based or religious objections, without needing medical documentation. The bill takes effect for the 2026-2027 school year.

House2025-03-13

H222Introduced

C.O.O.P.E.R. Accountability Act

This bill appropriates $217 million for disaster recovery from Hurricanes Matthew and Florence, establishes detailed monthly reporting requirements to the legislature and State Auditor on how these funds are spent, creates a public dashboard comparing appropriated versus expended funds, and requires that recipients of state disaster aid attempt to obtain insurance settlements and federal aid first, with any alternative funds obtained being returned to the state.

House2025-03-04

H225Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning/Wake Forest & Rolesville

This bill restores the authority of the towns of Wake Forest and Rolesville to initiate down-zoning (reducing development density or permitted uses on property) without obtaining written consent from all affected property owners. The change applies retroactively to December 11, 2024, and reverses a restriction that was imposed by state legislation in 2024.

House2025-02-27

H157Passed

State of the State Invitation

This resolution invites Governor Josh Stein to address a joint session of the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate on March 12, 2025, at 7:00 P.M. in the House chamber. The resolution also extends invitations to cabinet members, Council of State members, and state judges to attend the address.

House2025-02-27

H204Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Cabarrus Co

This bill restores the authority of Cabarrus County and its municipalities to initiate down-zoning (reducing allowed building density or permitted uses on property) without requiring written consent from all affected property owners. The bill applies only to Cabarrus County and is retroactive to December 11, 2024, reversing a recent state law change that had restricted this local authority.

House2025-02-26

James Adams

James Adams

Sponsored Bills (17)

2026 Wildlife Resources Changes

Even-Year Municipal Elections/Catawba Co

Const. Amend./Permitless Carry

Interbasin Transfer Moratorium/Study

Drivers License Expiration Moratorium

The Firearms Liberty Act

Sedimentation Act & Other Env.'l Changes

Gun Dealer Door Lock Exemption

Restore Down-Zoning Authority

Moped Regulation

Code Enforcement Pathways & Procedures Act

Recognize Safety Hold Agreements

Option for Raw Milk Consumption

Threaten Elected Official/Increase Punishment

NC Constitutional Carry Act

Establish Military Appreciation Month

Little Federal Model NC Edition

Cosponsored Bills (40)

DPS/Other Changes

NC Farmland and Military Protection Act

Tax-Free Family Essentials Act

Honor Mike Clampitt

Honor 2026 Carolina Hurricanes Team

Const. Amend. Property Tax Levy Limit

Rep. Mike Clampitt Bone Marrow Donation Act

Energy and Housing Affordability Act

Cape Fear IBT Moratorium/EMC IBT Reductions

2026 Governor's Budget

Clarify Powers of State Auditor

Firearm Law Revisions

Limit Rules With Substantial Financial Costs

Continuing Care Retirement Communities Act.-AB

Study Alternative Methods for Highway Funding

Support for Israel

Cabarrus Co Local Omnibus

Application for a Convention of the States

Save the American Dream Act

Adopt Tuskegee Airmen Day

Misbranding/Cell-Cultured Meat/WNC Donations

North Carolina Sound Money Act

Property Tax Relief Study

Distracted Driving/Children and Animals

Election Improvements

Food Labeling Transparency Act

CCW Permit/No Records Provided

Elk Permit Auction/Raffle

House Permanent Rules

Ensuring Patient Safety w/Mail Order Meds

2025 Youth End Nicotine Dependence Act

APRN Definitions

Propel NC Funding and Tuition Surcharge

The Second Amendment Protection Act

AI/Ban Deceptive Ads

Conscientious Objections to Vaccine Mandates

C.O.O.P.E.R. Accountability Act

Restore Down-Zoning/Wake Forest & Rolesville

State of the State Invitation

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Cabarrus Co

Voting Record (802)