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Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumables

This bill creates a regulatory system for hemp-derived consumable products (like delta-8 and delta-10 THC products) sold in North Carolina, requiring licenses for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers; setting testing and labeling requirements; restricting sales to adults 21+; and banning the sale of kratom as a controlled substance. The bill takes effect July 1, 2026, for hemp regulations and December 1, 2025, for the kratom ban.

House2026-07-30

H133Passed

NC Farmland and Military Protection Act

This bill prohibits entities controlled by adversarial foreign governments from purchasing, leasing, or holding agricultural land or property within 50 miles of North Carolina military installations. It requires existing foreign owners to register with the Secretary of State, allows the Attorney General to enforce violations through forced sales, and establishes penalties for non-compliance.

House2026-07-08

H162Passed

Parking Lot Reform/Stormwater Control

This bill restricts local governments' authority to regulate off-street parking by prohibiting minimum parking space requirements and limiting parking space size standards. It also modifies stormwater control requirements so that property owners redeveloping existing sites only need to manage stormwater from new impervious surfaces, not from areas that existed before redevelopment.

House2026-07-07

H1104Passed

Improve IVC Process and Enhance Public Safety

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina's involuntary commitment (IVC) process and mental health procedures. It directs various state agencies to study and develop plans for improving how people in mental health crises are evaluated, treated, and moved through the justice and mental health systems. It also creates new capacity restoration programs for defendants found mentally unable to stand trial and modifies procedures for outpatient commitment orders.

House2026-07-07

H1173Passed

Jaleeyah's Law

Jaleeyah's Law makes several changes to North Carolina's criminal gang statutes and court costs. The bill increases court costs for criminal cases, tightens the definition of criminal gang membership, creates new felony offenses related to gang activity (including recruiting minors and gang members possessing firearms), and enhances sentencing for crimes committed as part of gang activity. The law takes effect December 1, 2026.

House2026-07-07

H1200Engrossed

Tax-Free Family Essentials Act

This bill removes sales tax from five categories of essential items: diapers, baby wipes, over-the-counter children's medication, prenatal vitamins, and feminine hygiene products. The tax exemption takes effect October 1, 2026.

House2026-07-01

H600Introduced

Recognition of the Tuscarora

This bill officially recognizes The Tuscarora Indians of Kahtenuaka Territories as a state-recognized Native American tribe and grants them representation on the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs and the American Indian Heritage Commission. The bill is based on the Tuscarora's historical treaties with North Carolina dating back to 1712-1717 and their continuous presence as a community in the state.

House2026-07-01

H1241Passed

Honor Louis Milford Pate Jr

This is a commemorative resolution honoring Louis Milford Pate Jr., a former North Carolina state senator and House member who passed away on August 29, 2025. The resolution recognizes his 20-year military service, his terms as Mayor of Mount Olive, and his legislative service representing eastern North Carolina from 1995-2009 and 2011-2019.

House2026-07-01

H34Engrossed

Strengthen Medicaid Provider Controls

This bill strengthens oversight of Medicaid providers in North Carolina by establishing a Provider Enrollment Credentialing Committee to review provider applications and eligibility, expanding grounds for denying or terminating provider enrollment based on criminal convictions and licensing actions, and requiring providers to report criminal convictions of their employees. The bill also makes changes to prepaid health plan networks and Medicaid eligibility.

House2026-06-25

H936Engrossed

Robocall Solicitation Modifications

This bill modifies North Carolina's telephone solicitation laws to specifically address robocalls. It defines robocalls as artificial or prerecorded voice messages (including soundboard technology and ringless voicemails) and spam/scam text messages, and establishes stricter rules for their use. The bill requires prior express written consent (rather than just invitation or permission) before most robocalls can be made, creates specific penalties for violations, and adds protections against spoofing and impersonating government officials.

House2026-06-24

H1239Passed

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

H171Vetoed

Equality in State Agencies/Prohibition on DEI

This bill prohibits North Carolina state agencies and local governments from spending money on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, policies, or staff positions. It defines DEI as initiatives that influence hiring or employment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, nationality, country of origin, or sexual orientation outside of merit-based processes, and establishes penalties for violations including fines up to $10,000 and potential removal from employment.

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

H258Passed

Worker Safety Act of 2026

This bill clarifies the process for filing complaints about workplace retaliation under North Carolina's worker protection laws. It specifies what information complaints must contain, allows employers to submit response statements within seven days, requires extra materials submitted with complaints to be destroyed and kept confidential, and establishes how time periods are calculated in these cases.

House2026-06-22

H315Passed

Prohibit Litigation Invest/Amend WC Benefits

This bill has two main parts: it prohibits litigation investments (third-party funding of lawsuits in exchange for a share of any settlement or judgment) in North Carolina civil cases, and it increases workers' compensation benefit amounts for certain injuries, including raising maximum awards for facial disfigurement from $20,000 to $40,000 and other injury categories from $10,000-$20,000 to $20,000-$40,000.

House2026-06-22

H1203Introduced

Family Support for Those Who Serve Act

This bill expands tuition waivers at North Carolina community colleges to include children (ages 17-24) of law enforcement officers, experienced correctional officers (10+ years), and firefighters. Students would attend community college tuition-free while still meeting admission standards and other college requirements, with the waiver covering the duration of their educational program.

House2026-06-10

H1199Introduced

The Seatbelt Act

The Seatbelt Act makes several changes to North Carolina's traffic and impaired driving laws. It requires repeat speeding violators to install Intelligent Speed Assistance systems in their vehicles, lowers the alcohol concentration threshold for certain ignition interlock requirements from 0.15 to 0.08, and expands school zone traffic cameras to enforce not just speed limits but also seat belt and texting violations.

House2026-06-09

H1124Introduced

Interstate Compact for School Psychologists

This bill adopts an interstate compact that allows school psychologists licensed in one state to practice in other participating states without repeating all licensure requirements. The bill also appropriates $1 million to East Carolina University for a virtual school psychology training program.

House2026-06-02

H496Introduced

Patriotic Youth Group Access

This bill requires North Carolina public schools to allow youth groups designated as patriotic societies (like Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts) to give brief presentations to students about membership and civic education during the school day. Presentations are limited to 10 minutes and do not count toward instructional time requirements.

House2026-05-19

H1143Introduced

Principal Fellows & Admin. Intern. Stipends

This bill modifies North Carolina's Principal Fellows Program, which provides forgivable scholarships to help prepare school leaders, and adds a new stipend for administrative interns. The bill appropriates $5 million to expand the program and creates financial support for people in administrative internship programs.

House2026-05-19

H1110Introduced

Early Intervention School Attendance Pilot

This bill establishes a two-year pilot program in one North Carolina school district to test a data-driven attendance monitoring and intervention system designed to reduce chronic absenteeism. The Department of Public Instruction will select a vendor and school district to implement the system, which includes real-time attendance tracking, automated family communication, and intervention protocols, with $75,000 in state funding allocated for the 2026-2027 school year.

House2026-05-19

H1019Engrossed

Mike Clampitt 1st Responder Tax Fairness Act

This bill expands the highway use tax exemption for volunteer fire departments and rescue squads that are not part of local government and have no more than two paid employees. The exemption now applies to fire trucks, pump trucks, tanker trucks, ladder trucks, four-wheel drive forest fire fighting vehicles, and emergency services vehicles.

House2026-05-18

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

H1086Introduced

Child Care Initiative Funds/Reform/Study

This bill establishes free training academies to help people become child care lead teachers, provides $15 million for mental and behavioral health services in child care settings, allows child care centers to share administrative credentials between two staff members, funds a study on liability insurance for child care providers, and updates bidding requirements for Smart Start contracts.

House2026-05-12

H1090Introduced

RURAL Care Act

This bill creates a Rural Healthcare Infrastructure Fund and Council to provide grants and below-market loans to rural healthcare facilities for construction, renovation, and modernization projects. It replaces the previous Rural Health Care Stabilization Program and requires the new Council to develop a detailed plan by July 1, 2027, for how the program will operate, which must be approved by the General Assembly before funds can be awarded.

House2026-05-12

H1074Introduced

Prescription Drug Expenses Tax Deduction

This bill allows North Carolina taxpayers to deduct up to $5,000 per year in out-of-pocket prescription drug expenses from their state income taxes, starting in 2026. The deduction covers unreimbursed medication costs and pharmacy co-pays, but excludes amounts already covered by tax-advantaged accounts like Health Savings Accounts or Flexible Spending Accounts.

House2026-05-12

H1186Introduced

Equipping Law Enf. for Better Drug Detection

This bill establishes a pilot program through the North Carolina Collaboratory to provide law enforcement agencies with advanced drug-detection technology to replace traditional field drug tests. The program will measure the technology's impact on case outcomes, officer safety, testing accuracy, and cost-effectiveness, with findings reported to the legislature by 2028.

House2026-05-05

H1163Introduced

Workforce Act of 2026

This bill appropriates approximately $14.1 million to expand North Carolina's workforce development and education-to-career pathway programs. It funds apprenticeship support, industry credentials, postsecondary transfer technology, career planning platforms, a career development pilot program for middle and high school students, and a consolidated teacher bonus program rewarding performance in advanced courses, career-technical education, and student growth.

House2026-05-04

H1176Introduced

North Carolina-Ireland Trade Commission

This bill creates the North Carolina-Ireland Trade Commission, a seven-member commission administratively housed in the Department of Commerce. The commission's duties are to encourage bilateral trade and investment between North Carolina and Ireland, promote cultural and educational exchanges, and submit annual reports to the General Assembly, with $10,000 in funding appropriated for administrative services in fiscal year 2026-2027.

House2026-05-04

H1134Introduced

Secret Peeping on Minor/Increase Punishment

This bill increases criminal penalties for secret peeping offenses when the victim is a minor. Currently, many of these offenses are Class 1 misdemeanors or Class I felonies; the bill elevates them to Class A1 misdemeanors or Class H/G felonies when a minor is the victim. The bill also allocates $25,000 for a public awareness campaign about these laws.

House2026-05-04

H1111Introduced

Military Service Buyback Reduction: Teachers

This bill allows veterans who work as full-time public school employees in North Carolina to purchase up to four years of military service credit toward their teacher retirement benefits at a reduced cost. Instead of paying the full actuarial cost, eligible veterans would pay only 25% of the cost, with the state covering the remaining 75% through appropriated funds.

House2026-04-30

H1118Introduced

Workforce Housing Loan Renewal Act

This bill appropriates $35 million in recurring annual funding from the state's General Fund to the Housing Finance Agency for the Workforce Housing Loan Program, beginning in fiscal year 2026-2027. The funds are intended to support loans that help workforce-level earners access housing.

House2026-04-30

H1095Introduced

Tier System Reevaluation

This bill requires North Carolina state agencies to stop using the development tier system (which currently classifies counties as tier 1, 2, or 3 based on economic development) by July 1, 2028, and replace it with new, program-specific criteria. Each agency must develop and propose new replacement criteria tailored to their specific programs, which must then be approved by the General Assembly before implementation.

House2026-04-30

H1075Introduced

Persistent D.V. Offender Registry

This bill creates a registry of people convicted of domestic violence offenses in North Carolina. People convicted of a domestic violence offense who have at least one prior domestic violence conviction must register, with registration periods of 2-10 years depending on the number of prior convictions. The State Bureau of Investigation will maintain a public online registry containing offenders' names, birth dates, conviction dates, county, and photographs.

House2026-04-29

H434Engrossed

Lower Healthcare Costs

This bill aims to lower healthcare costs and increase price transparency in North Carolina through multiple measures: requiring hospitals and surgical facilities to publicly report pricing information on common procedures, mandating clear billing disclosures to patients about out-of-network providers, establishing good-faith cost estimates for scheduled procedures, limiting facility fees charged by hospitals, and strengthening prior authorization and appeals processes for health insurance.

House2026-04-06

H307Passed

Iryna's Law

Iryna's Law modifies North Carolina's criminal justice system in multiple ways: it changes pretrial release conditions to make release harder for certain defendants (especially those charged with violent crimes), expands sentencing factors, requires mental health evaluations for some defendants, modifies death penalty procedures, extends probation terms for juveniles convicted of serious crimes, provides funding for additional prosecutors in Mecklenburg County, and creates a study on mental health in the justice system.

House2025-10-03

H13Introduced

Charges for Credit & Charge Cards

This bill caps the amount merchants in North Carolina can charge customers for credit or charge card payments at 2% of the transaction total, requires clear disclosure of these fees at points of sale, and prohibits charging card fees when no other payment method is available. The bill also increases the filing fee for nonprofit corporation articles of incorporation from $60 to $65.

House2025-09-23

H42Engrossed

Back the Blue Pay Act

This bill provides salary increases and bonuses to state and local law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and related personnel. It also increases pension benefits for firefighters, rescue squad workers, and National Guard members, and raises death benefits for public safety employees killed in the line of duty. The total state investment across the 2025-2027 fiscal years is approximately $103.7 million in recurring and nonrecurring funds.

House2025-09-22

H192Engrossed

Defund Planned Parenthood & Cost Transparency

This bill has two main parts: it prohibits Planned Parenthood from participating in North Carolina's Medicaid program, and it establishes new billing transparency and collections practices for hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities. The billing provisions require hospitals to provide itemized cost estimates for scheduled services, limit final bills to within 5% of the estimate, and prohibit sending bills to collections without first providing an itemized breakdown.

House2025-09-22

H389Engrossed

Continuing Budget Operations Part III

This budget adjustment bill appropriates funds for various state operations and programs during the 2025-2027 fiscal years. It allocates money for education programs at UNC Charlotte, healthcare initiatives including mental health services and electronic health records, natural resources operations, school safety grants, law enforcement equipment, emergency services, veterans home renovations, and other state agency needs.

House2025-09-22

H318Passed

The Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act

This bill requires North Carolina jail facilities to check whether inmates charged with certain crimes are U.S. citizens or legal residents, and to query Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if their status is unclear. When ICE issues a detention order, facilities must hold the person for up to 48 hours or until ICE takes custody, and must notify ICE before release.

House2025-07-29

H805Passed

Prevent Sexual Exploitation/Women and Minors

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina law by defining sex in state policies as biological sex only, establishes requirements for age verification and consent documentation on websites hosting pornographic images, restricts state funding for gender transition procedures, allows parents to control their children's library book access, permits students to opt out of classroom activities based on religious objections, and requires students to sleep in quarters separated by biological sex on school trips.

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

H907Introduced

NC Recovery and Resiliency Act

This bill establishes a new special fund called the Disaster Readiness and Response Fund within the Office of the State Treasurer, separate from the state's General Fund and other existing funds. The bill does not specify funding amounts, how money enters the fund, or how it will be used.

House2025-07-28

H210Passed

Perpetual Care of Certain Cemeteries

This bill establishes clearer standards for how cemeteries in North Carolina must be maintained, defines what 'care and maintenance' includes, and gives the Cemetery Commission authority to enforce these standards through penalties and fines. It also requires cemeteries to provide annual financial reports showing the maintenance work they performed.

House2025-07-07

H537Passed

Alena's Law & Office of Vital Records Changes

This bill makes three main changes: (1) it creates a legal presumption that someone has died if they disappeared and remained missing for at least 90 days during a declared disaster; (2) it requires the Office of Vital Records to process birth and death certificate amendments within 30 days; and (3) it prohibits Office of Vital Records employees from working remotely except during declared emergencies.

House2025-07-01

H975Passed

EMS Personnel Provisions

This bill allows emergency medical services (EMS) personnel to carry pepper spray while on duty after completing training and receiving approval from their EMS provider. It also permits EMS personnel to provide emergency medical care and transport to injured police K-9 units and certified search and rescue dogs at emergency scenes, with legal protection from prosecution if they act in good faith.

House2025-07-01

H576Passed

Dept. of Health and Human Services Revisions.-AB

This bill makes technical and organizational changes to North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services. It adjusts school nurse responsibilities, extends a Medicaid enrollment option through 2028, clarifies coverage rules for people released from incarceration, increases penalties for unlicensed adult care homes, aligns various health regulations with federal standards, and establishes pilot programs for mental health capacity restoration.

House2025-06-27

H612Passed

Fostering Care in NC Act

This comprehensive bill makes several changes to North Carolina's child welfare and social services systems. Key provisions expand the Guardianship Assistance Program to include youth as young as 10 years old, establish procedures for judges to issue permanent no-contact orders against defendants convicted of violent offenses, make it a felony when caregivers commit or allow sexual acts against children under 16, and require cities and counties to conduct criminal history background checks for any applicant offered a position working with children.

House2025-06-26

H251Passed

Various Disaster Recovery Reforms

This bill makes several changes to North Carolina's disaster response and recovery procedures. It prohibits discrimination based on political affiliation in state disaster recovery assistance, increases penalties for theft of temporary housing during emergencies, automatically adopts certain federal health care waivers during emergencies, provides building code exemptions for Hurricane Helene-damaged downtown commercial structures, allows temporary reconstruction flexibility in flooded areas, and streamlines permits for processing hurricane debris into mulch and compost.

House2025-06-26

H79Introduced

North Carolina Work and Save

This bill creates the North Carolina Work and Save Program, a state-facilitated retirement savings program for small business employees and self-employed individuals who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. The program would offer payroll deduction IRAs (Individual Retirement Accounts) managed by private financial providers, with a default option of a Roth IRA with a 5% contribution rate, and includes $1 million in state funding for startup costs through 2027.

House2025-06-25

H480Engrossed

Medical Board Licensing Efficiency Act

This bill creates a faster licensing pathway for physicians, physician assistants, and anesthesiologist assistants who are already licensed in other U.S. states. Instead of going through the full licensing process, qualified medical professionals can apply for 'licensure by endorsement' if they have at least five years of active experience, a job offer in North Carolina, and a clean disciplinary record. The bill also keeps Medical Board investigation records confidential.

House2025-06-25

H578Engrossed

The Jason Flatt Act of North Carolina

This bill requires North Carolina public schools to include suicide prevention education as part of their school-based mental health policies. It mandates that all licensed educators receive annual suicide prevention training, establishes a suicide risk referral protocol for schools, and requires the State Board of Education to develop model programs and training materials that schools must follow.

House2025-06-24

H126Passed

Revise Voluntary Ag. District Laws

This bill strengthens protections for farmland in voluntary agricultural districts by requiring government agencies to wait longer before taking land through condemnation or rezoning. Agencies must now wait 120 days after receiving the local agricultural advisory board's recommendation before proceeding, up from the previous requirement. The advisory board also gets 45 days instead of 30 days to hold a public hearing and submit its findings.

House2025-06-20

H615Engrossed

Enrollment Stability for Military Students

This bill allows military families to enroll their children in North Carolina public schools before they officially move, if the parent is on active duty and receiving transfer orders to the state or separating from military service within 12 months. Families can register remotely and begin attendance while living in temporary housing, with up to one year to provide proof of residency documentation.

House2025-06-19

H778Introduced

Expressing UK Friendship

This House Resolution expresses North Carolina's support for strengthening economic and cultural ties with the United Kingdom and urges the U.S. Congress to work more closely with the UK on trade relations. The resolution recognizes the historical friendship between the two nations, acknowledges British cultural influence on North Carolina, and highlights the economic significance of UK investment and trade to the state.

House2025-06-18

H187Engrossed

Credit Union Update

This bill updates North Carolina's credit union laws by modernizing language, clarifying regulatory procedures, and expanding the powers and membership options available to credit unions. It updates definitions, streamlines the appeals process, allows credit unions to offer additional financial services, permits membership for underserved populations, and clarifies record-keeping and examination procedures.

House2025-06-18

H860Introduced

Social Media Control in IT Act

This bill requires social media platforms with over 1 million U.S. users to protect North Carolina users' data privacy and prohibits using minors' personal information in algorithmic recommendation systems. The bill sets default privacy protections for minors, requires clear data disclosures, allows users to control how their data is used, and creates a state task force to monitor compliance. Violations become enforceable as unfair business practices starting January 1, 2027.

House2025-06-17

H231Passed

Social Work Interstate Licensure Compact

This bill establishes the Social Work Licensure Compact, an interstate agreement allowing licensed social workers to practice in multiple member states through a single multistate license issued by their home state. The compact creates a commission to oversee implementation, maintain a shared database of licensure and disciplinary information, and establish uniform standards while preserving each state's right to regulate social work practice within its borders.

House2025-06-13

H150Engrossed

Expedite Surplus Property

This bill allows certain educational organizations and state agencies to more quickly obtain surplus and decommissioned federal materials and property without following standard procedures. Educational nonprofits can access surplus federal property for educational purposes, and state agencies can access it for public safety purposes.

House2025-06-09

H569Engrossed

PFAS Pollution and Polluter Liability

This bill allows North Carolina's Secretary of Environmental Quality to order PFAS manufacturers whose pollution has contaminated public drinking water systems to pay for the costs of removing or treating that contamination. The bill applies to cases where a water system has spent over $50 million on PFAS remediation and can trace the contamination to a specific manufacturer's discharge, and it applies retroactively to costs incurred since January 1, 2017.

House2025-06-05

H214Engrossed

Faithful Article V Commissioner Act

This bill establishes rules for North Carolina legislators who would serve as commissioners to an interstate convention for proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution under Article V. It specifies how commissioners are selected (7 total: 3 from Senate, 3 from House, 1 at-large), sets qualification requirements, limits their authority to the scope of state applications, and makes it a felony for commissioners to vote on matters outside their authorized scope.

House2025-05-08

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

H818Engrossed

Birth Certificates for Persons Adopted

This bill changes how adopted persons can obtain copies of their birth certificates in North Carolina. Currently, only the State Registrar issues these certificates, but the bill allows county registers of deeds to also issue them. The bill requires these staff to complete training on privacy and proper procedures before issuing adoptee birth certificates.

House2025-05-08

H754Engrossed

Fin. Exploit. Prevention/Savings Bank Updates

This bill has two main parts: Part I strengthens protections against financial exploitation of older adults (65+) and disabled adults by giving financial institutions authority to delay transactions for up to 30 days (extendable to 60 days) when they suspect fraud, and requires them to report suspected exploitation to law enforcement and social services. Part II updates North Carolina's savings bank laws to align more closely with commercial banking regulations, including changes to branch approval processes and application of existing banking confidentiality rules.

House2025-05-08

H597Engrossed

Adopt Osprey as State Raptor

This bill designates the osprey as North Carolina's official state raptor. The osprey is a fish-eating bird of prey found throughout North Carolina in coastal and inland waterways.

House2025-05-08

H782Engrossed

Civic Club Registration Plate Clarification

This bill clarifies the rules for issuing special registration plates for members of civic organizations like Rotary, Kiwanis, and Lions Club. It specifies that both individual members and the organizations themselves can register vehicles with these plates, and requires a minimum of 300 applications before the Division of Motor Vehicles can issue a new civic club plate design.

House2025-05-07

H552Engrossed

Ag Manufacturing Economic Development

This bill creates a new Agricultural Manufacturing Investment Grant Account within North Carolina's economic development fund to provide competitive grants up to $500,000 total to agricultural manufacturers. Eligible companies must invest at least $5 million in private funds, maintain at least 25 employees at competitive wages, and may receive up to $100,000 per year for up to five years.

House2025-05-07

H520Engrossed

Abuse and Deception by Telemarketers

This bill prohibits North Carolina telemarketers from displaying fake, misleading, or misrepresented phone numbers on caller identification systems. It requires telemarketers to show their actual phone number or the legitimate business entity they represent, establishes record-keeping requirements for telemarketing calls, and creates civil penalties for violations ranging from $500 to $10,000 per call.

House2025-05-07

H547Engrossed

Children's Services Protection Act

This bill limits the liability of private contractors providing children's services under state agencies like DHHS. Contractors can be sued for their own negligence but not for negligence by the government agency they work with, and they would face the same monetary damage caps as public agencies—unless they commit abuse.

House2025-05-07

H535Engrossed

Title Fraud Prevention Act

This bill creates new criminal penalties for title fraud and requires registers of deeds to verify identity before recording deeds from non-professionals. It also establishes a court process for property owners to quickly challenge fraudulent recordings, requires deeds to show their source of title, and directs a study on creating a statewide fraud alert system.

House2025-05-07

H841Engrossed

Shellfish Leasing Study

This bill requires the North Carolina Collaboratory to conduct a comprehensive study on shellfish aquaculture leasing regulations, including the effectiveness of current rules, the history of existing moratoriums, best practices from other states, and potential conflicts between shellfish farming and other coastal uses. The study must be completed by May 1, 2026, with an interim report by December 1, 2025.

House2025-05-07

H741Engrossed

Veterans Registration Plate Modifications

This bill allows the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue Military Veteran special registration plates with personalized backgrounds, and it modifies the plate design to place the branch of service insignia on the left side instead of across the top. The bill exempts these plates from certain application requirements that normally apply to other special plates.

House2025-05-07

H4Engrossed

Sam's Law

Sam's Law requires all North Carolina public schools to develop and implement Medical Condition Action Plans for students diagnosed by doctors as at risk for medical emergencies, and Medical Emergency Plans for all schools to address medical crises. The law also clarifies that school employees authorized to provide emergency medical care are protected from civil liability unless their actions constitute gross negligence or intentional wrongdoing.

House2025-05-07

H572Engrossed

Veterans/eTMS Pilot Program

This bill authorizes North Carolina's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to select a provider to run a statewide pilot program offering eTMS (electroencephalogram combined transcranial magnetic stimulation) treatment to veterans, first responders, and their immediate family members who have conditions like PTSD, substance use disorders, traumatic brain injuries, and sleep disorders. The program must include peer support networks, counseling, and outcome reporting by September 2026.

House2025-05-07

H94Engrossed

Dis. Veteran Homestead Excl. Prequalification

This bill allows disabled veterans and their surviving spouses to prequalify for North Carolina's disabled veteran property tax homestead exclusion before they purchase a home. Currently, veterans must already own a permanent residence to apply for the tax benefit. The prequalification process lets veterans determine in advance whether they qualify for the tax relief, which can help with mortgage calculations and lending decisions.

House2025-05-07

H567Engrossed

Ensure Access to Biomarker Testing

This bill requires health insurance plans in North Carolina to cover biomarker testing (blood tests and tissue analysis that detect disease markers) when supported by medical evidence, such as FDA approval or national clinical guidelines. It also applies these same coverage requirements to North Carolina's Medicaid program and protects individuals from insurance discrimination based on biomarker test results.

House2025-05-07

H519Engrossed

Parents' Medical Bill of Rights

This bill revises North Carolina law regarding when minors can consent to medical treatment without parental approval and when parents can access their minor child's medical records. It restricts minors' ability to independently consent to certain treatments (like venereal disease treatment and pregnancy-related care), requires parental consent for emergency-use vaccines, and limits parental access to medical records only in specific circumstances such as abuse investigations or reportable conditions.

House2025-05-07

H851Engrossed

Hospital Police Officer/Authority/Info Access

This bill creates a distinct category for hospital police officers within North Carolina's company police framework and grants them specific authorities and access to law enforcement databases. Hospital police officers would be authorized to enter mutual aid agreements with local governments, access criminal justice information systems (CJLEADS and DCIN) similar to campus police, receive tuition waivers for specialized training at community colleges, and use the VIPER emergency communications system.

House2025-05-07

H908Engrossed

Modify Civil Commitment Hearing Procedures

This bill modifies procedures for civil commitment hearings involving individuals charged with violent crimes who were found incapable of proceeding. It allows district attorneys from the county where the defendant was found incapable of proceeding to represent the state's interest and, if they choose to do so, to move that all related hearings be held in that same county rather than where the facility is located.

House2025-05-05

H97Engrossed

Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer

This bill adds certain occupational cancers to the list of firefighter deaths eligible for death benefits under North Carolina's Public Safety Employees' Death Benefits Act. Firefighters who die from mesothelioma, testicular cancer, small intestine cancer, esophageal cancer, oral cavity cancer, pharynx cancer, gastric cancer, prostate cancer, or colon cancer are presumed to have died in the line of duty if the cancer is occupationally related to firefighting.

House2025-05-05

H140Engrossed

Authorize Gullah Geechee Heritage Trail

This bill authorizes the creation of the Gullah Geechee Greenway/Blueway Heritage Trail in Brunswick County, a 21-mile multiuse trail with 9 segments that will feature historical sites and cultural landmarks related to Gullah Geechee heritage. The state is authorized to support, promote, and facilitate the trail's establishment on state and other public and private lands, while respecting the rules and policies of non-state property owners.

House2025-05-01

H146Engrossed

Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military

This bill allows active duty military members stationed outside North Carolina, along with their spouses and dependent children, to renew their driver's licenses remotely two consecutive times instead of just once. The exception applies when the license is not REAL ID compliant or is being converted from REAL ID compliant to non-compliant status.

House2025-05-01

H575Engrossed

The Hunter Robinson Act

The Hunter Robinson Act modifies North Carolina's post-release supervision laws by increasing the time inmates must serve before release and extending supervision periods for certain felony offenses. Specifically, it increases the required prison time served before release eligibility for Class B1-C felonies from 12 to 24 months, maintains 18 months for Class D-E felonies, and keeps 9 months for Class F-I felonies. It also extends post-release supervision periods from 12 to 24 months for Class B1-C felonies while keeping other supervision periods unchanged.

House2025-05-01

H512Engrossed

Emer. Care/Animals/Vet. Practice

This bill allows emergency medical services (EMS) personnel to provide emergency medical care to injured police K-9 units and certified search and rescue dogs at emergency scenes without needing a veterinary license. It also protects EMS personnel from prosecution when they provide such emergency care in good faith, though this protection does not apply to cases involving gross negligence, wanton conduct, or intentional wrongdoing.

House2025-05-01

H163Engrossed

Pharmacy Benefits Manager Provisions

This bill regulates pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) in North Carolina by prohibiting spread pricing (charging insurers more than they pay pharmacies), restricting certain fees and concessions, establishing standards for specialty pharmacy accreditation, clarifying patients' right to choose their pharmacy, and strengthening audit protections for pharmacies. The bill also requires PBMs to report concession data to the Insurance Commissioner.

House2025-04-30

H663Introduced

Living Donor Protection Act

This bill protects living organ donors in North Carolina by prohibiting insurance companies from discriminating against them, provides a state income tax credit of up to $5,000 for unreimbursed donation-related expenses like lost wages and travel costs, and grants state employees up to 30 days paid leave for organ donation and 7 days for bone marrow donation.

House2025-04-30

H250Engrossed

Annual Rep't Due Date/Deployed Servicemembers

This bill extends annual report filing deadlines for North Carolina businesses (corporations, LLCs, and limited liability partnerships) that are majority-owned by active-duty military members who are deployed. Affected businesses can file their annual reports up to 90 days after their owner's deployment ends, rather than on the standard due date, if they submit an affidavit of deployment beforehand.

House2025-04-30

H107Engrossed

Adopt SUDEP Awareness Week

This bill designates the second week in November as SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy) Awareness Week in North Carolina and encourages local school boards to provide seizure awareness training for teachers and school personnel who work with students who have epilepsy or seizure disorders.

House2025-04-30

H570Engrossed

Responsible Firefighting Foam Management Act

This bill prohibits the use of firefighting foams containing PFAS chemicals (a type of 'forever chemical') for training and practice purposes by firefighters and emergency responders in North Carolina. It allows PFAS-containing foam to still be used in actual emergencies but requires safe containment and disposal when used for testing, and mandates the use of non-fluorinated alternative foams for training instead.

House2025-04-30

H288Engrossed

POW/MIA Flag/State Bldgs. & Schools

This bill requires the POW/MIA (Prisoner of War/Missing in Action) flag to be displayed alongside the U.S. flag at all state-owned buildings and public schools in North Carolina, as long as the flag can be attached to an existing flagpole. The state will purchase flags for state buildings, while local school boards may accept donations or use available funds to purchase flags for schools.

House2025-04-30

H613Introduced

The Vehicle Registration Convenience Act

This bill allows North Carolina vehicle owners to choose which month their vehicle registration renews each year, instead of having a fixed renewal date. Owners would elect their renewal month when initially registering their vehicle, and subsequent renewals would occur annually in that month. The registration fee for the initial period is prorated based on the number of months until the owner's chosen renewal date.

House2025-04-30

H217Engrossed

Driver Educ./18 Yrs & Older & Unlicensed

This bill requires adults age 18 and older who have never held a driver's license to complete a driver education course before obtaining a license in North Carolina. The course must include at least three hours of instruction on state traffic laws, the effects of alcohol and drugs on driving, and high-risk driving behaviors like distracted and fatigued driving. The course can be taken online or in person at licensed driving schools.

House2025-04-30

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

H703Introduced

Memorials in Veterans Cemeteries

This bill allows North Carolina state veterans cemeteries to sell monuments and memorials—such as memorial trees, granite markers, and benches—to families of those buried there. The cemeteries can set style requirements but cannot prohibit these sales, must charge market rates, and must use the revenue for cemetery maintenance and improvement.

House2025-04-29

H557Engrossed

The Andy Griffith Show as State TV Show

This bill designates 'The Andy Griffith Show' as the official television show of North Carolina. The bill highlights Andy Griffith's birth in Mount Airy, his seven-decade career in entertainment, and the show's 249-episode run from 1960-1968 that became the #1 rated show in America.

House2025-04-28

H329Engrossed

Tobacco and Hemp on Nonpublic School Grounds

This bill encourages nonpublic schools (private, religious charter, and qualified nonpublic schools) to adopt policies prohibiting tobacco products and hemp-derived consumable products on school grounds. The bill uses existing public school tobacco regulations as a model for these policies but does not mandate compliance.

House2025-04-28

H949Introduced

School Protection Act

This bill allows sworn law enforcement officers hired as armed security guards at nonpublic (private) schools to carry firearms on school property. It amends North Carolina law to create an exemption for these certified officers from restrictions on carrying weapons in educational settings.

House2025-04-17

H650Introduced

No Interchange Fees on Sales Tax or Tips

This bill prohibits payment card networks, banks, and processors from charging interchange fees (transaction fees) on the sales tax or tip portions of credit and debit card payments in North Carolina. Merchants can avoid these fees by reporting tax and tip amounts during payment processing, or they can request refunds up to 180 days after a transaction if they submit documentation.

House2025-04-17

H985Introduced

Increase Punishment for Assaulting Teachers

This bill increases the punishment for assaulting school employees or volunteers from a Class A1 misdemeanor to a Class I felony. It also requires school supervisors to report assaults on employees that result in physical injury to the principal, and prohibits school administrators from intimidating employees who report assaults to law enforcement.

House2025-04-17

H695Introduced

Support VIPER/Assist 911 Operations/Dispatch

This bill requires North Carolina's 911 Board to allocate a minimum of 20% of 911 service charge revenues to the State Highway Patrol for maintenance and support of the VIPER public safety radio system. VIPER is used to enable 911 system interoperability and coordinate first responder dispatch across the state. The change takes effect July 1, 2025.

House2025-04-16

H272Engrossed

The Sergeant Mickey Hutchens Act

This bill allows law enforcement, probation/parole, and corrections officers who have earned advanced certificates to purchase up to four years of additional service credit in the state retirement system by paying the full cost upfront. The law applies to both the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System and the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System, and becomes effective January 1, 2027, pending IRS approval.

House2025-04-16

H218Engrossed

Emergency Info on DMV Applications

This bill requires the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles to add a request for emergency contact information to driver's license applications and renewal forms. The provision of this emergency contact information by applicants is optional, and the bill takes effect October 1, 2026.

House2025-04-16

H106Introduced

Revive High-Need Retired Teachers Program

This bill revives a program that allows retired teachers to return to work in high-need schools (Title I schools or schools with D/F grades) without losing their retirement benefits. Retired teachers in STEM and special education fields can earn higher starting salaries, while those in other subjects earn entry-level pay. The program requires IRS approval and includes $10 million in annual state funding.

House2025-04-16

H69Engrossed

Military and Veterans Educational Promise Act

This bill prohibits North Carolina's public universities from denying admission based on military service, allows active duty service members and their spouses to defer enrollment for 2-5 years, and grants in-state tuition rates to honorably discharged veterans who meet specific criteria (such as graduating from an NC high school after 2004, serving with a permanent NC station, or receiving a Purple Heart).

House2025-04-16

H640Introduced

Public Assistance Verification Enhancements

This bill requires North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services and public housing authorities to regularly verify eligibility for public assistance programs (food stamps, Medicaid, temporary assistance, and housing) by checking multiple state and federal databases for changes in income, employment, residency, incarceration status, lottery winnings, and other circumstances. It also requires the department to verify applicants' information before enrollment rather than accepting self-attestation and to publish quarterly data about fraud investigations and improper payments.

House2025-04-15

H968Introduced

Youth CERT Preparedness K-12 Training

This bill requires all North Carolina public schools to teach emergency preparedness education from kindergarten through high school, with content differentiated by grade level. Elementary students (grade 3+) learn about disasters and school safety plans; middle school students study past disasters and mass casualty responses; high school students receive training based on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Community Emergency Response Team manual. Local school boards decide which courses will include this instruction.

House2025-04-14

H899Introduced

Return Oversight of OSFM to DOI Commissioner

This bill eliminates the independent Office of the State Fire Marshal and returns its oversight to the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance. Current employees and rules would continue under the Commissioner's authority, with the transition occurring October 1, 2025.

House2025-04-14

H1006Introduced

Const. Amend. Single Subject Bills

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment requiring that all state laws address only one subject, which must be clearly stated in the bill's title. The amendment would allow exceptions for general appropriation bills, revenue bills, and technical correction bills. If passed by the General Assembly, voters would decide on this amendment in the November 2026 general election.

House2025-04-14

H935Introduced

Fire/Emergency Agency Property Voting Limits

This bill adds an exemption to allow fire and emergency response agencies to opt out of having their facilities used as voting locations if the fire chief determines that doing so would interfere with emergency response capabilities. The exemption requires the fire chief to appeal to the county board of commissioners, which must make a final determination supporting the exemption.

House2025-04-14

H895Introduced

Emergency Citizen Pilot Training Program

This bill establishes the Emergency Citizen Pilot Training Program within North Carolina's Division of Emergency Management to train and certify private pilots to assist with disaster response and recovery operations. The program will set standards, maintain a registry of certified pilots, require continuing training, and provide job protection for certified pilots called to emergency service.

House2025-04-14

H846Introduced

Teacher Retention and Recruitment

This bill aims to improve teacher recruitment and retention through multiple provisions: offering tuition waivers for children of veteran teachers with 12-16 years of service, reviving a program allowing retired teachers to work in high-need schools, expanding teacher licensure reciprocity for out-of-state teachers, and strengthening reporting requirements for threats and assaults against teachers.

House2025-04-10

H877Introduced

Childcare Pilot

This bill establishes a pilot program to create an affordable childcare facility through a public-private partnership. The state would provide land and a building shell on state or university property, while a private operator would run the facility and charge rates at least 25% below market rates. The state would invest $5 million to support the project.

House2025-04-10

H266Engrossed

Adopt Women Veterans Day

This bill designates May 1st of each year as Women Veterans Day in North Carolina. The day would be officially recognized by the state to honor women who have served in the military.

House2025-04-10

H883Introduced

Support Students with Disabilities Act

This bill creates a new grant program allowing school districts to apply for state funding to cover extraordinary costs of educating students with disabilities, including placements in private schools. The state will reimburse 75% of qualifying costs for students whose total service costs exceed four times the state average per-pupil spending on special education, and requires annual monitoring reports on homebound, modified day, and hospital placements.

House2025-04-10

H487Introduced

Shorter Separation for Retired ADAs and APDs

This bill allows retired Assistant District Attorneys (ADAs) and Assistant Public Defenders (APDs) with at least 5 years of service to return to work for the Judicial Branch after a 2-month waiting period instead of the standard 6-month separation required for other retirees. The bill requires the State Treasurer to obtain IRS approval to ensure the change does not jeopardize the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System.

House2025-04-09

H828Introduced

Prohibit Prop Bets on College/Amateur Sports

This bill prohibits proposition bets (wagers on individual statistics or actions that don't affect the final outcome) on college and amateur sports in North Carolina. It also prevents in-person sports betting at facilities hosting college sports events for eight hours before and during those events.

House2025-04-09

H227Engrossed

U.S. & N.C. Flags/Made In USA

This bill requires state institutions and political subdivisions in North Carolina to purchase only U.S. and North Carolina flags that are 100% manufactured in the United States using domestically-grown or produced materials. The requirement applies to all purchases made with public funds beginning October 1, 2025.

House2025-04-09

H794Introduced

Study Highway Patrol Staffing/Salary Scale

This bill directs the North Carolina State Highway Patrol to conduct a comprehensive study of its staffing levels and salary scales, including overall patrol size, regional troop needs, and compensation for different ranks. The Highway Patrol must report its findings and recommendations to legislative committees by March 1, 2026.

House2025-04-08

H790Introduced

Prohibit Vape/Tobacco Shops Near Schools

This bill makes it illegal to sell tobacco products, vaping products, and alternative nicotine products within 1,000 feet of public or nonpublic school buildings in North Carolina. The restriction does not apply to businesses where such sales are incidental to their primary operations, and it excludes home schools and colleges. Violations would be classified as Class 2 misdemeanors.

House2025-04-08

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

H384Introduced

Nat. Guard Tax Deduction for Fed. Pay

This bill allows enlisted members of the North Carolina Army National Guard and Air National Guard with ranks E-1 through E-5 to deduct their federal basic pay from their state income taxes. It also redirects sports wagering tax revenue by reducing funding to collegiate athletics and the Major Events fund, while increasing the amount going to the state's General Fund.

House2025-04-08

H776Introduced

NC Religious Freedom Restoration Act

This bill creates the North Carolina Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which requires state and local government actions to meet strict legal standards when they burden religious practice. It also protects religious gatherings in homes and neighborhoods from housing restrictions, and ensures religious institutions receive equal treatment during emergencies.

House2025-04-07

H753Introduced

LEOs Return to Work

This bill allows certain law enforcement officers in North Carolina to receive retirement benefits while continuing to work. State and local law enforcement officers age 59.5 or older can elect to start receiving retirement payments while still employed, and retired officers can return to work and continue receiving their retirement benefits. The bill includes funding of $10 million per year and expires December 31, 2029.

House2025-04-07

H726Introduced

Youth Mentoring & Academic Enhancement Comm

This bill creates a new North Carolina Commission on Youth Mentoring and Academic Enhancement within the Department of Administration. The Commission will establish a grant program to fund small and medium-sized nonprofit mentoring and tutoring organizations across the state, with goals of reducing substance use and gang involvement among high school students while increasing positive adult connections.

House2025-04-03

H295Engrossed

Req. DOT to Install Prop. Corner Markers

This bill requires the North Carolina Department of Transportation to install permanent metal corner markers along property lines after completing road projects that involve acquiring right-of-way or easements. The markers must be placed according to surveying standards and tied to the state coordinate system to clearly identify property boundaries.

House2025-04-03

H355Engrossed

OSFM to Study Future of Rural Firefighting

This bill directs the Office of the State Fire Marshal to conduct a comprehensive study of rural firefighting in North Carolina by March 1, 2027. The study will examine volunteer recruitment and retention, funding gaps, interagency cooperation, firefighter health and wellness, public education, and long-term sustainability, with input gathered through three regional public hearings and a 90-day public comment period.

House2025-04-03

H677Introduced

Open Movie Captioning in Movie Theaters

This bill requires movie theaters in North Carolina with more than 10 weekly showings to provide open captioning (on-screen text display of dialogue and sound descriptions) for at least one-fourth of showings for movies that play four or more times per week, with a maximum of four captioned showings required per movie per week. Theaters must advertise captioned showings and maintain compliance records, with violations subject to civil penalties of $100-$500.

House2025-04-03

H692Introduced

AEDs and CPR in Schools

This bill requires North Carolina public schools to install at least two Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) in each school building, provide training to school personnel on AED and CPR use, and maintain the devices according to state board rules. The bill applies to all public school types including traditional public schools, charter schools, and regional schools, with implementation beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-04-03

H721Introduced

Muddy Sneakers/St. Gerard House

This bill appropriates $500,000 in recurring funds to the Muddy Sneakers program to support hands-on science learning for fifth graders, and $2,750,000 in nonrecurring funds to St. Gerard House to support autism treatment programs. Both appropriations are funded from the General Fund and take effect July 1, 2025.

House2025-04-03

H654Introduced

Adopt Girl Scouts Week

This bill designates the week containing March 12th each year as Girl Scouts Week in North Carolina to recognize the Girl Scouts organization and celebrate the accomplishments of Girl Scout Gold Award recipients. The designation is a ceremonial recognition with no budgetary or regulatory requirements.

House2025-04-02

H647Introduced

Ag. PUV Conservation

This bill allows nonprofit and private conservation organizations that hold agricultural, horticultural, or forestland to have that property taxed at present-use value (a lower tax rate based on current agricultural/forest use rather than potential development value). It also allows property with conservation easements to maintain present-use value tax status even after being transferred to a new owner, as long as the easement requirements are met.

House2025-04-02

H7Introduced

NC REACH Act

The NC REACH Act requires all students graduating from UNC constituent institutions with a bachelor's degree and community colleges with an associate degree to complete at least three credit hours of American history or American government instruction. The course must include reading eight specified founding documents and Constitution-related texts, with a cumulative final exam counting for at least 20% of the grade, while replacing an existing elective rather than adding credit hour requirements.

House2025-04-02

H300Introduced

Vet Care for Retired First Responder Dogs

This bill establishes a state fund to reimburse owners of retired police, fire, and correctional canines for veterinary care costs. Eligible dogs must have been certified and retired after July 1, 2024, and owners can receive up to $1,500 per fiscal year in reimbursements for covered veterinary expenses. The bill appropriates $400,000 in recurring state funds to support the program.

House2025-04-01

H571Introduced

Funds for PTSD Treatment for Police Officers

This bill appropriates $500,000 in state funds to the Department of Public Safety to create a grant program that helps pay for treatment of police officers diagnosed with PTSD. The funds are nonrecurring, meaning they are available only for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

House2025-04-01

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

H564Introduced

State Retirees Cost-of-Living Increase/Funds

This bill provides a 2% cost-of-living increase to retirement payments for state employees, teachers, judges, and legislators who retired through the state retirement systems. The bill appropriates $106.2 million in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to cover this increase, which takes effect July 1, 2025.

House2025-03-31

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

H540Introduced

Additional Funds for Patriot Star Scholarship

This bill appropriates $2 million in state funding for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to support the North Carolina Patriot Star Family Scholarship Program, which is operated by the Patriot Foundation under the UNC Board of Governors. The funds are designated as recurring, meaning they would continue annually unless changed by future legislation.

House2025-03-27

H542Introduced

Child Care Mental & Behavioral Services/Funds

This bill appropriates $7.5 million per year for fiscal years 2025-2027 from the ARPA Temporary Savings Fund to the North Carolina Partnership for Children to expand mental and behavioral health services for children, families, and staff in child care facilities and after-school programs. The bill also establishes a special fund to hold and manage these allocations, allowing unspent funds to carry over year to year rather than revert to the state.

House2025-03-27

H534Introduced

Funds for Sexual Assault Nurse Programs

This bill appropriates $700,000 in state funding to establish Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) training programs at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and Wake Technical Community College. Each college receives $350,000 to hire staff, purchase equipment, and develop the certification programs for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

House2025-03-27

H498Introduced

Military to Teacher Ret. Incentive

This bill allows military veterans who become teachers in North Carolina to receive up to four years of service credit toward their teachers' retirement pension based on their active duty military service. The employer must pay a lump sum to cover the full cost of this additional retirement benefit plus an administrative fee.

House2025-03-26

H330Engrossed

Controlled Substances Act - Updates

This bill updates North Carolina's Controlled Substances Act by adding dozens of newly synthesized drugs to the state's Schedule I and Schedule II controlled substance lists. These additions include synthetic opioids (such as U-47700 variants and nitazene derivatives), fentanyl derivatives, synthetic cannabinoids, and other designer drugs, while also making minor corrections to existing drug names in the statute.

House2025-03-26

H511Introduced

Award Magistrates Salary Increases

This bill increases salaries for full-time magistrates in North Carolina effective July 1, 2025, and appropriates $11.5 million in recurring annual funds for the 2025-2027 fiscal period to pay for these increases. The salary table shows new pay ranges for magistrates at different experience levels, with entry-level positions increasing from $47,228 to $56,674 annually.

House2025-03-26

H505Introduced

Kayla's Act: Protecting Dom. Violence Victims

Kayla's Act makes three main changes to North Carolina domestic violence law: it allows courts to admit statements from witnesses who are unavailable because a defendant caused that unavailability; it extends the statute of limitations for certain domestic violence misdemeanors to 10 years; and it permits domestic violence victims to testify remotely (outside the defendant's physical presence) in criminal proceedings if the defendant doesn't object or if the court finds the victim would suffer serious emotional distress from testifying in person.

House2025-03-26

H16Engrossed

General Assembly: In God We Trust - Display

This bill requires North Carolina's Legislative Services Officer to display the national motto 'In God We Trust' above and behind the speaker's dais in both the House and Senate chambers, matching a similar display in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill prioritizes using private donations to cover costs, with state funds available if needed after 90 days.

House2025-03-26

H134Engrossed

Prohibit Misbranding of Certain Food Products

This bill requires cell-cultured meat and poultry products (grown from animal cells in a lab rather than from slaughtered animals) to be clearly labeled with qualifying terms like 'cell-cultured,' 'lab-grown,' or 'fake' in at least 20-point font near the product name if they use meat or poultry terminology. Products that fail to meet these labeling requirements are considered misbranded under North Carolina law.

House2025-03-26

H236Engrossed

Remember 9/11 with Freedom Flag

This bill designates the Freedom Flag as an official state symbol of remembrance for the lives lost in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It allows the Freedom Flag to be displayed alongside U.S. and North Carolina state flags on public buildings, institutions, and county courthouses on September 11 each year, and permits public officials to accept donated Freedom Flags for this purpose.

House2025-03-26

H466Introduced

Birthplace of Am. Independence Special Plate

This bill authorizes North Carolina to create a special vehicle registration plate called 'Birthplace of American Independence' featuring a feather pen design and commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Halifax Resolves signed in Halifax on April 12, 1776. Drivers who choose this plate would pay an additional $30 fee, with revenue split between the Special Registration Plate Account ($10) and the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account ($20), with quarterly funds from the latter going to Halifax County Business Horizons, Inc. for commemorative and educational activities.

House2025-03-24

H184Engrossed

Promote North Carolina Sawmills

This bill allows small sawmills and certain other mills to sell ungraded lumber directly to homeowners for residential construction, provided the mill operator completes a state-approved lumber grading training program, the lumber meets building code standards, and code officials inspect the framing. The bill requires mills to mark and certify their lumber and register with the North Carolina Forest Service.

House2025-03-20

H465Introduced

Waive Renewal Fee/Military Drivers Licenses

This bill waives the renewal fee for North Carolina driver's licenses for people with an active duty military designation or a veteran military designation. The waiver would apply to license renewals on or after July 1, 2025.

House2025-03-20

H449Introduced

Crimes Against Minors/Revise Law

This bill increases criminal penalties for online solicitation of minors, requires sex offender registration petitions to be placed on the criminal docket for court hearings, and creates two new felony offenses for people with multiple indecent exposure convictions who must register as sex offenders.

House2025-03-20

H463Introduced

First Responders Mental Health Plan Act

This bill establishes a supplemental insurance program administered by the Department of Insurance to provide mental health benefits to North Carolina first responders (police, firefighters, EMTs, dispatchers, and correctional officers) diagnosed with work-related mental conditions. Benefits include reimbursement for medical expenses up to $5,000 annually, salary support during required medical leave, and disability payments up to $5,000 monthly for those unable to work.

House2025-03-20

H47Passed

Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I

This bill appropriates $524 million from North Carolina's disaster relief fund to help communities recover from Hurricane Helene through programs supporting home reconstruction, agricultural losses, private road repairs, and small business infrastructure. It also extends regulatory flexibilities for disaster recovery activities through June 30, 2025, and requires detailed reporting on fund usage.

House2025-03-20

H186Engrossed

The Stars and Stripes Commitment Act

This bill requires North Carolina schools to schedule daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance within one hour of the school day's start, display U.S. and North Carolina flags in classrooms, and provide instruction on the flag and Pledge's history. It also 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, or recite the Pledge.

House2025-03-20

H430Introduced

Protect Youth From Harms of Vaping & Nicotine

This bill raises North Carolina's legal sales age for tobacco products (including vaping and e-cigarettes) from 18 to 21 years old. It creates a new permitting system requiring retail sellers, delivery sellers, and remote sellers of tobacco products to obtain state permits from the ABC Commission. The bill establishes penalties for illegal sales to minors and rules for how tobacco products can be sold and displayed.

House2025-03-20

H37Engrossed

Enhance Firefighter Benefits & Representation

This bill increases monthly pension benefits for North Carolina firefighters and rescue squad workers from $180 to $175 (effective January 1, 2026), clarifies pension eligibility rules for disabled and displaced members, provides survivor benefits for members killed in the line of duty, and adds a representative from the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association to the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council.

House2025-03-19

H35Engrossed

Establish Military Appreciation Month

This bill designates November as Military Appreciation Month in North Carolina each year. The designation is a ceremonial recognition with no funding or operational requirements attached.

House2025-03-19

H21Engrossed

Drivers License Designation/Autism

This bill directs North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles to create an optional autism spectrum disorder designation that can be added to a driver's license upon request. The designation would be stored in electronic records and made available only to law enforcement to facilitate safe interactions, with strict privacy protections and voluntary participation.

House2025-03-19

H418Introduced

K-5 Performing and Visual Arts Requirement

This bill requires all North Carolina elementary schools (K-5) to provide students with at least one day of instruction in performing arts (music, dance, or theatre) and visual arts every five school days. Classes must be taught by licensed instructors, last at least 30 minutes, and follow class size limits. The requirement begins in the 2026-2027 school year.

House2025-03-18

H422Introduced

Beyond The Choice Act

This bill allows veterans, their dependents, and other individuals covered under the federal Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act to pay in-state tuition at North Carolina colleges and universities without meeting the standard 12-month residency requirement, as long as they qualify for admission. The change applies to the 2025-2026 academic year and beyond.

House2025-03-18

H411Introduced

Reduce Early Voting Period for Primaries

This bill reduces the early voting period for primary elections, runoff elections, and special elections from 17 days to 6 days, while keeping the early voting period for general elections unchanged. The bill also applies the 6-day early voting limit to municipal elections and special elections not held at regular times.

House2025-03-18

H391Introduced

More APS Staff to Address Elder Abuse

This bill appropriates $2.178 million for fiscal year 2025-2026 and $4.542 million for fiscal year 2026-2027 to fund 50 additional Adult Protective Services (APS) workers at county departments of social services across North Carolina. The new workers would investigate reports of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, with funds distributed to counties based on their caseload and elderly population.

House2025-03-17

H182Engrossed

Rev. Law Perm. Protect Order/Child Abuse

This bill makes two main changes to North Carolina law: (1) it expands permanent no contact orders so that judges can prohibit convicted violent offenders from contacting not just crime victims, but also the victim's immediate family members, and (2) it clarifies that child abuse laws apply to anyone providing care or supervision of a child under 16 who commits or allows sexual acts upon that child, classifying this as a felony.

House2025-03-17

H62Introduced

Farmers Protection Act

This bill prohibits North Carolina banks, savings and loans, savings banks, and credit unions from denying, restricting, or canceling services to farmers based on their greenhouse gas emissions, use of fossil fuel fertilizers, or use of fossil fuel-powered machinery. If a financial institution has environmental, social, or political (ESG) commitments related to agriculture, the law presumes any denial of service to a farmer violates this rule unless the institution can prove the decision was based solely on financial reasons.

House2025-03-17

H387Introduced

Eliminate Tax on Gov't Retirees

This bill makes retirement income from North Carolina state government, local government, and federal government retirement plans exempt from North Carolina state income tax. The exemption applies to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026.

House2025-03-13

H137Introduced

Gabe Torres Act

This bill expands the Public Safety Employees' Death Benefits Act to include public safety employees killed while traveling to or from work, rather than only those killed while actively performing duties. It allocates $300,000 annually for the 2025-2027 budget period to cover these expanded benefits.

House2025-03-12

H276Introduced

Align Benefits for Firefighters with Cancer

This bill expands death benefits for North Carolina firefighters by treating certain cancer diagnoses as 'killed in the line of duty' deaths under the Public Safety Employees' Death Benefits Act. It makes permanent a pilot program that provided health benefits to firefighters diagnosed with cancer and allocates $2 million per year to cover the expanded death benefits.

House2025-03-12

H52Engrossed

Protect Those Who Serve & Protect Act of 2025

This bill creates new criminal penalties for assaulting public safety officers and animals by throwing or spraying substances at them, and expands the definition of 'public safety officer' to include a broader range of workers such as healthcare providers, emergency management workers, and military members. It also consolidates and increases penalties for various assaults on public safety officers across multiple criminal statutes.

House2025-03-12

H11Introduced

No Tax on Tips, Overtime, Bonus Pay

This bill allows North Carolina taxpayers to deduct overtime compensation, tips, and up to $2,500 in annual bonus pay from their state income tax. The deductions apply to income that would normally be taxed, effectively reducing the amount of state income tax owed by workers who receive these forms of compensation.

House2025-03-11

H314Introduced

Removal of Squatters from Private Property

This bill creates a faster legal process for property owners to remove squatters (unauthorized persons) from residential property in North Carolina. Property owners can file a sworn affidavit with a clerk of court or magistrate for a $25 fee, and law enforcement must remove the unauthorized person within 24 hours if conditions are met.

House2025-03-10

H289Introduced

Add Member to NC Training Standards Commiss

This bill adds one new member to the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, bringing the total from 35 to 36 members. The new member would be a full-time sworn law-enforcement officer selected by the North Carolina Police Benevolent Association.

House2025-03-06

H299Introduced

Increase Disabled Veteran Prop Tax Benefit

This bill increases the property tax homestead exclusion for disabled veterans in North Carolina from $45,000 to $54,000 in appraised home value. This means disabled veterans would pay property taxes on a smaller portion of their home's value, resulting in lower annual property tax bills.

House2025-03-06

H2Engrossed

Entry Fees for Interscholastic Sports Events

This bill requires public schools in North Carolina to accept cash as payment for admission to high school and middle school sporting events. Schools may deposit the cash the next business day and must have procedures for handling it safely before deposit.

House2025-03-06

H296Introduced

Corn Farmer Recovery Act - Phase I

This bill establishes the 2024 Agricultural Disaster Corn Crop Loss Program and appropriates $89.5 million from the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to North Carolina corn farmers who experienced verified crop losses from weather disasters in 2024. Eligible farmers in USDA-designated disaster counties can apply for payments based on acreage, county loss estimates, and yield averages.

House2025-03-06

H310Introduced

Eminent Domain

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to restrict eminent domain (government power to take private property) to only situations of genuine public use, and to guarantee that property owners can request a jury to determine fair compensation. The bill also updates state law to align with this stricter standard.

House2025-03-06

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

H235Introduced

Fraudulent Deeds

This bill creates criminal penalties for filing fraudulent property deeds, establishes a court process for property owners to remove fraudulent recordings from public records, and allows county commissioners to require tax certification before deeds are recorded.

House2025-02-27

H230Introduced

Create Crime for Habitual Domestic Violence

This bill creates a new felony crime called 'habitual domestic violence' for people with two or more prior domestic violence convictions within 15 years, with penalties starting at Class H felony and increasing for repeat offenses. It also allows police officers to make warrantless arrests when they have probable cause to believe a misdemeanor domestic violence offense has occurred.

House2025-02-27

H48Engrossed

Increase UI Max Benefit/2025 UI Tax Credit

This bill ratifies the Governor's emergency unemployment benefits expansion during Hurricane Helene (ending March 1, 2025), increases the maximum weekly unemployment benefit from $350 to $450, and provides employers a tax credit equal to their fourth-quarter 2024 unemployment insurance contributions for the year 2025.

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

H130Introduced

Agriculture Crops Disaster Relief

This bill establishes the 2024 Agricultural Disaster Crop Loss Program and appropriates $475 million to help North Carolina farmers recover from verified crop losses caused by natural disasters in 2024. The program provides financial assistance to farmers in counties designated as agricultural disaster areas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with funds transferred from state reserves and distributed based on acreage, county loss estimates, and yield/price averages.

House2025-02-26

H177Introduced

Reduce Barriers to State Employment

This bill requires North Carolina's State Human Resources Commission to review job requirements for state positions and reduce unnecessary barriers to employment, such as removing four-year college degree requirements when practical experience, military service, apprenticeships, or trade school education would be sufficient. The commission must report annually on its progress to a legislative committee starting in October 2025.

House2025-02-25

H159Introduced

Orphan Roads Maintenance Program Grant

This bill establishes the Orphan Roads Maintenance Program Grant, which allocates $75 million in state funding to help counties and municipalities improve subdivision streets that don't meet state highway standards. Eligible roads must be improved to meet Department of Transportation standards before being transferred to state or local maintenance responsibility, with counties required to provide 25 cents in matching funds for every dollar awarded, up to $250,000 per subdivision.

House2025-02-24

H90Introduced

State & Local Gov't Retirees COLA

This bill provides a 3% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to retirement benefits for retirees of North Carolina's state and local government retirement systems, effective July 1, 2025. The bill appropriates $250 million from the General Fund to cover this increase.

House2025-02-11

H60Introduced

Modernize Medicaid Dental Rates

This bill increases North Carolina's Medicaid reimbursement rates for dental services from 35% to 46% of average 2023 dentist charges, starting July 1, 2025. The state would spend $52 million annually (matched with $95 million in federal funds) over the 2025-2027 fiscal period to fund these rate increases.

House2025-02-06

H61Introduced

Assaults on First Responders

This bill increases the punishment for assaulting first responders with a firearm from a Class D felony to a Class B1 felony. It expands the definition of protected first responders to include emergency medical technicians, emergency health care providers, medical responders, firefighters, and telecommunicators, in addition to law enforcement, probation, parole officers, National Guard members, and detention facility employees.

House2025-02-06

H66Introduced

Reduce Early Voting Period

This bill reduces North Carolina's early voting period by starting it on the second Monday before an election instead of the third Thursday before the election. This shortens the early voting window by approximately one week while maintaining voting on the last Saturday before Election Day.

House2025-02-06

H54Introduced

Funds for NC APSE

This bill provides $125,000 per year for two years to the North Carolina Association of People Supporting Employment First (NC APSE) to develop training programs on evidence-based supported employment services. These programs will help individuals with serious mental illness, intellectual disabilities, or developmental disabilities prepare for, find, and maintain paid competitive jobs.

House2025-02-05

H39Introduced

Disabled Veteran Motor Vehicle Tax Exclusion

This bill excludes motor vehicles owned by veterans with a 100% disability rating from North Carolina property tax. Veterans with this certification from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs would no longer pay property tax on their vehicles starting January 1, 2026.

House2025-02-05

H36Introduced

Maintenance of State Veterans Cemeteries

This bill requires North Carolina's Department of Veterans and Military Affairs to improve maintenance at the state's four veterans cemeteries by addressing specific issues like delayed headstone installation, grounds damage, and poor appearance. It also directs the department to review and potentially adjust policies around funeral services at these cemeteries, with findings due to the General Assembly by October 1, 2025.

House2025-02-04

H12Introduced

Observe Standard Time All Year

This bill would make North Carolina observe standard time year-round, eliminating the practice of switching to daylight saving time in the spring. The bill aligns with a provision in the federal Uniform Time Act that allows states to remain on standard time permanently.

House2025-02-03

H18Passed

Honor Joe John, Former Member

This is a memorial resolution honoring Joseph Robert John, Sr., a former North Carolina House member who represented House District 40 from 2017 to 2025 and passed away on January 20, 2025. The resolution recognizes his career in public service, including his work as a lawyer, judge, and legislator, and expresses the House's appreciation for his contributions to the state.

House2025-01-29

Donna White

Donna White

Sponsored Bills (43)

Medicaid Prepaid Health Plan Practices

SFRF/NCPRO Revisions

Investing in Teen Mental Health

Museum of Life/Sciences Appropriation

Omnibus Life Sciences Appropriations

Medicaid Rebase Funding

Continuing Budget Operations

Medicaid Modernization

Patient Safety/Med. Imaging/Radiation Therapy

Reagan's Law

Breast Cancer Prevention Imaging Parity

Limited Immunity/Nurses

Increase Access for Small Employers/Insurance

Allow Live-In DSPs in Group Homes

Expand Treatment Access/Opioid Use Disorder

Reg. Public Trans. Authority Service Area

Parity Enhancement for Addiction Recovery

Amend Hazing Laws

NC Board of Nursing Licensure Fees

Create Committee on Medicaid Sustainability

IDD Omnibus

DHHS Study/Hospice Patient Complaints

No Retaliation Against Mandatory Reporters

Joel H. Crisp SUDEP Awareness Law

Nicotine & Vaping Prevention in Schools

State Employee Bereavement Leave/Up To 40-Hrs

Expand Access to Teen Mental Health First Aid

The Joe John Remembrance Act

Clubhouse Expansion

2025 Youth End Nicotine Dependence Act

Failure to Yield Penalties

APRN Definitions

Healthy Students - A Nurse in Every School

Increase Medicaid PCS and PDN Rates

Nursing Fellows & Curric. Support Funds/WSSU

Add Psychiatric Hospitals to Medicaid HASP

Funds for Hispanic Grassroots

SchCalFlex/Johnston/Aug 10 & Assmnts

Support for the Senior Tar Heel Legislature

Medicaid Rates/Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Local Communicable Disease Programs/Funds

Funds Museum of Life and Science Exhibit/Lab

Strangulation/Increase Punishment

Cosponsored Bills (196)

Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons

SBOE Administrative Changes

Authorize Municipal Deannexation

Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumables

NC Farmland and Military Protection Act

Parking Lot Reform/Stormwater Control

Improve IVC Process and Enhance Public Safety

Jaleeyah's Law

Tax-Free Family Essentials Act

Recognition of the Tuscarora

Honor Louis Milford Pate Jr

Strengthen Medicaid Provider Controls

Robocall Solicitation Modifications

Honor Mike Clampitt

Equality in State Agencies/Prohibition on DEI

Honor 2026 Carolina Hurricanes Team

Worker Safety Act of 2026

Prohibit Litigation Invest/Amend WC Benefits

Family Support for Those Who Serve Act

The Seatbelt Act

Interstate Compact for School Psychologists

Patriotic Youth Group Access

Principal Fellows & Admin. Intern. Stipends

Early Intervention School Attendance Pilot

Mike Clampitt 1st Responder Tax Fairness Act

Rep. Mike Clampitt Bone Marrow Donation Act

Child Care Initiative Funds/Reform/Study

RURAL Care Act

Prescription Drug Expenses Tax Deduction

Equipping Law Enf. for Better Drug Detection

Workforce Act of 2026

North Carolina-Ireland Trade Commission

Secret Peeping on Minor/Increase Punishment