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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

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

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

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

S1083Passed

Daniel Johnson (Senate; Transportation)

This is a Senate resolution that confirms Daniel Johnson's appointment as Secretary of the Department of Transportation. Senate confirmation is required for this cabinet-level position, and the resolution officially approves his nomination.

Senate2026-06-09

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

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

S994Introduced

Early Voting Procedures at Fire Stations

This bill requires county boards of elections to implement specific procedures when early voting takes place at fire stations. These procedures include providing traffic control, security, phone support for voters, clear signage, liability protection for fire stations, and ensuring the fire station's normal emergency services are not disrupted.

Senate2026-05-04

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

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

S245Passed

Expand Remote Drivers License Services

This bill expands remote driver's license services in North Carolina by allowing additional remote renewals, authorizing remote issuance of full provisional licenses for 16-17 year-olds, and eliminating the driving log requirement for obtaining a full provisional license. The bill also includes appropriations for court technology, cybersecurity, and state law enforcement administrative positions.

Senate2025-09-30

S118Passed

Military and Veteran Support Act

This bill makes multiple changes to support military service members and veterans in North Carolina, including reducing concealed handgun permit fees for honorably discharged veterans, allowing military families more time to provide proof of residency for school enrollment, prohibiting universities from discriminating against applicants based on military service, providing in-state tuition to qualifying veterans, regulating compensation for veterans' benefits services, allowing remote driver's license renewals for active duty military stationed out-of-state, adjusting scholarship awards for children of wartime veterans, and authorizing sheriffs to send concealed handgun permit expiration notices by email.

Senate2025-07-09

S124Passed

State Hiring Accessibility and Modernization

This bill modernizes North Carolina's state hiring system by reducing educational barriers to state jobs, streamlining job applications, simplifying job postings, and giving state agencies more flexibility in recruiting, hiring, and compensating employees. It also allows agencies to hire temporary employees permanently and rehire qualified candidates from previous postings without reposting positions.

Senate2025-07-01

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

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

S223Engrossed

Expand Academic Trans. Pathways/Sophomore HS

This bill expands academic transition pathways for sophomore high school students to include career technical education programs in five specific fields: industrial and engineering technologies, agriculture and natural resources, transportation technology, construction, and business technologies. It also allows qualified freshman and sophomore students to pursue college transfer pathways if they meet academic requirements and receive proper consent and advising.

Senate2025-06-05

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

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

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

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

S369Engrossed

Medicaid Telehealth Services

This bill allows telehealth providers who are licensed in North Carolina to become Medicaid providers without needing to have a physical office or location within the state. It applies to both individual providers and provider groups that exclusively offer telehealth services.

Senate2025-04-28

S370Engrossed

Repeal Certificate of Need Laws

This bill repeals North Carolina's Certificate of Need (CON) laws, which currently require healthcare facilities to obtain state approval before making major purchases, expansions, or opening new services. The bill removes the requirement that healthcare providers get government permission for significant capital expenditures and facility changes, while making technical updates to state law to remove references to the repealed CON system.

Senate2025-04-28

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

S666Introduced

2025 Water Safety Act

This bill establishes a $56 million fund to help local water systems detect and remove PFAS (harmful chemicals) from drinking water and wastewater, allocates $14 million for research on PFAS treatment at UNC, sets state drinking water standards for six types of PFAS, and requires industrial facilities and treatment plants that discharge PFAS into surface waters to monitor and reduce those discharges by January 2026.

Senate2025-03-26

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

S364Introduced

Shorter Separation for Retired ADAs and APDs

This bill reduces the required waiting period before retired Assistant District Attorneys (ADAs) and Assistant Public Defenders (APDs) can return to work for the state from six months to 30 days. Current law requires a six-month separation from any state employment before retirees can return, but this bill creates a specific exception for these legal professionals.

Senate2025-03-26

S441Introduced

Revive High-Need Retired Teachers Program

This bill revives a program that allows retired teachers to return to work in high-need schools without losing their retirement benefits or having their earnings count against them. The program is set to expire on June 30, 2027, and includes provisions allowing retired teachers to maintain health insurance coverage while working in these positions.

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

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

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

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

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

S226Introduced

Align Benefits for Firefighters with Cancer

This bill expands death benefits for firefighters who die from cancer by including any cancer that qualified them for the state's Firefighters' Cancer Insurance Program in the definition of deaths 'killed in the line of duty.' It also makes the cancer insurance program permanent and allocates $2 million annually for related death benefits.

Senate2025-03-17

S290Introduced

NC REINS Act

The NC REINS Act (Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act) increases legislative oversight of state agency regulations by requiring public objections from 10 or more people to delay a rule's effective date pending potential legislative disapproval, and mandating that rules with an estimated cost of $1 million or more over 12 months must be approved by the General Assembly before taking effect.

Senate2025-03-17

S291Introduced

Regulation of Short-Term Rentals

This bill prevents North Carolina cities from banning short-term rentals or imposing certain restrictions on them, while allowing cities to regulate short-term rentals through permitting, occupancy limits, parking requirements, and zoning compliance. The bill aims to protect property owners' rights to rent their homes while maintaining some local oversight through health and safety standards.

Senate2025-03-17

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

S259Introduced

School Psychologist Omnibus

This bill increases pay for school psychologists, creates grant and internship programs to recruit and train more of them, funds university training programs, and establishes an interstate compact allowing school psychologists licensed in one state to practice in other member states more easily.

Senate2025-03-11

S240Introduced

Establish NCSTARS Grant Program

This bill establishes the NCSTARS Grant Program, which provides up to $500,000 per year to three community colleges that partner with public schools and local employers to create work-based learning programs in apprenticeships and preapprenticeships for students 16 and older. The program runs from 2026-2029 with $4.75 million in state funding and requires participants to secure local matching funds.

Senate2025-03-06

S228Introduced

Disabled Veterans Tax Relief Bill

This bill modifies North Carolina's property tax exemption for disabled veterans by changing how much of their home's value is excluded from taxation. Instead of a fixed $45,000 exclusion, disabled veterans would exclude a percentage of their home's appraised value equal to their disability rating (as determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs). For example, a veteran with a 50% disability rating would exclude 50% of their home's appraised value from property taxes.

Senate2025-03-05

S180Introduced

Anson County Board of Commissioners

This bill establishes that the Anson County Board of Commissioners will have seven members, each elected from their own single-member district. Candidates must live in the district they represent, but all county voters can vote for each position. The bill uses election districts from 2020 and 2022 as the boundaries and becomes effective in December 2026.

Senate2025-02-27

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

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

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

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

S86Introduced

Enhance Firefighter Benefits & Representation

This bill increases pension benefits for North Carolina firefighters and rescue squad workers from $180 to $175 per month (effective January 1, 2026), clarifies payment procedures for pension contributions, and adds representation from the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association to the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council.

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

S71Introduced

Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons

This bill creates a new legal process allowing property owners to request law enforcement remove people from their residential property who are occupying it without permission, without a lease, and without paying rent. The property owner files a sworn affidavit with a clerk of court or magistrate, and law enforcement must remove the person within 24 hours.

Senate2025-02-12

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

S5Introduced

29th Senatorial District Local Act-1

This is a local bill that applies only to the 29th Senatorial District in North Carolina. The bill text does not specify what changes or provisions it contains—it only establishes that whatever follows applies to that district and becomes effective upon passage.

Senate2025-01-30

Danny Britt

Danny Britt

Sponsored Bills (39)

Support the Dept. of Adult Correction.-AB

Winter Sports Safety and Accidents

Address Confidentiality/Study & DL

Clarify Tourism-Related Expenditures

Criminal Law Changes

2026 Water Safety Act

Veteran Access, Liberty, Options for Recovery

Const. Amend./Permitless Carry

Freedom to Carry NC

Charter School Changes

The Power Bill Reduction Act

The Law and Order Act

2025 Public Safety Act

SCRIPT Act

Extend Certain Rights to Catawba Nation

DPS Agency Changes.-AB

Accounting Workforce Development Act

GSC Uniform Comm. Code/Emerging Technologies

ROD Removal/Gov. Security Breach Notice Costs

Protect Private Property Rights.-AB

Protecting First Responders Act

Update 1987 Rates/Organs and Disfigurement

Bring Back Our Heroes

Bail Bond Omnibus

Remove Barriers to Employment from Court Debt

The Ronnie Long No Cap Act

RIC FLAIR Act

Medical Board Licensing Efficiency Act

Lower Taxes for Scotland County

Utility Worker Protection Act

The Stars and Stripes Commitment Act

Credit Property Insurance Restrictions.-AB

Amend NC PEO Act.-AB

Insurance Guaranty Association Act Revisions.-AB

Permitted Trade Practices/Insurance Rebates.-AB

Protecting Our Community Act

Celebrate America's 250th-Let Freedom Ring!

Maintain NAIC Accreditation of DOI.-AB

24th Senatorial District Local Act-1

Cosponsored Bills (60)

Continuing Budget Adjustments

Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium

Public Workforce Modernization Act

North Carolina Border Protection Act

Eliminating "DEI" in Public Education

Dominique Moody Act

NC Farm Act of 2025-2026

Daniel Johnson (Senate; Transportation)

Human Trafficking Omnibus

Reduce Early Voting Period

Lower Taxes for All NC

NC Right to Work Amendment

Constitutional Right to Farm

HALO Law

Early Voting Procedures at Fire Stations

Military Influence Areas

Permit Self-Defense Devices on College Campus

Align Medicaid Eligibility with Federal Law

Expand Remote Drivers License Services

Military and Veteran Support Act

State Hiring Accessibility and Modernization

Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws

Title Fraud Prevention

North Carolina Farm Act of 2025

Birth Certificates for Persons Adopted

Expand Academic Trans. Pathways/Sophomore HS

PA Team-Based Practice

Litter Law/Rebuttable Presumption

Pharmacists/Collaborative Practice

School Calendar Flexibility:A New Alternative

Medicaid Telehealth Services

Repeal Certificate of Need Laws

Confirm McKinley Wooten, Sec. of Rev

2025 Water Safety Act

Water & Sewer Allocation Reforms

Shorter Separation for Retired ADAs and APDs

Revive High-Need Retired Teachers Program