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Office of State Fire Marshal ESF Mods

This bill transfers leadership of three emergency response functions—firefighting, search and rescue, and hazardous materials response—from the Division of Emergency Management to the Office of State Fire Marshal. It also establishes a disaster response fund using approximately $4.9 million in unspent Hurricane Helene relief funds to support fire departments and rescue squads.

Senate2026-05-04

S1049Introduced

Licensing Certain Fire Systems

This bill creates a new licensing and permitting system for individuals and firms that install and service portable fire extinguishers and fire suppression systems in North Carolina. It requires digital reporting of all inspections and maintenance activities through a system using location verification, and mandates digital tagging (QR codes) on fire sprinklers and fire alarm systems to track inspection history.

Senate2026-05-04

S983Introduced

TIPs Tax Deduction

This bill allows North Carolina taxpayers to deduct tips from their state income tax calculations. Tips that are already reported to employers would no longer be counted as taxable income for state tax purposes, effective for tax years starting January 1, 2026.

Senate2026-05-04

S1000Introduced

Environmental Management Commission Staffing

This bill allows the chair of the Environmental Management Commission to hire temporary employees through the state's Temporary Solutions Program. It also reduces the General Fund appropriation to the Department of Environmental Quality by $5,000 annually for dedicated EMC staff.

Senate2026-05-04

S994Introduced

Early Voting Procedures at Fire Stations

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

Senate2026-05-04

S378Engrossed

Align Medicaid Eligibility with Federal Law

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

Senate2025-10-23

S13Engrossed

Political Terrorism Prevention Act

This bill creates enhanced criminal penalties for acts of violence motivated by a victim's political beliefs, viewpoints, or affiliations. It allows courts to increase felony sentences by one class level, makes offenders ineligible for parole or early release, and permits consideration of political motivation as an aggravating factor in capital cases.

Senate2025-09-25

S124Passed

State Hiring Accessibility and Modernization

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

Senate2025-07-01

S248Passed

Birth Certificates for Persons Adopted

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

Senate2025-06-13

S477Passed

DNCR Agency Bill.-AB

This bill makes various administrative and operational changes to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, including protecting information about rare species and sensitive habitats, allowing longer lease terms for state recreation areas, establishing free school group admission to state sites, and updating historical publication and symphony management statutes.

Senate2025-06-13

S349Introduced

Property Tax Modifications

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

Senate2025-06-12

S408Engrossed

No High Risk Apps/Gov't Networks & Devices

This bill prohibits state and local government employees, contractors, and other users from downloading or using TikTok and WeChat on government-issued devices and networks. It requires removal of these apps within 30 days if already installed, with exceptions for law enforcement and prosecutorial agencies using them for official investigations.

Senate2025-05-08

S548Introduced

Protect Whistleblower LEOs from Retaliation

This bill requires law enforcement officers to intervene when they observe another officer using excessive force (if safe to do so) and to report suspected unauthorized use of force to a supervisor within 72 hours. It also protects officers who make these reports from retaliation, termination, or discipline by their employer for having made the report, while allowing agencies to still discipline officers for unrelated prior misconduct.

Senate2025-03-26

S552Introduced

ABC Omnibus 2025

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina's alcohol laws, including: appropriating $309.5 million for an ABC Commission automated warehouse with repayment requirements; creating a new "service business permit" allowing complimentary beer and wine to service business customers; clarifying open container laws for takeout alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles; modifying county mixed beverage election requirements; and making technical corrections to existing alcohol regulations.

Senate2025-03-26

S515Introduced

Sign Manufacturing License Exemption

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

Senate2025-03-26

S535Introduced

Regulate Hemp-Derived Beverages

This bill establishes a regulatory framework for hemp-derived beverages in North Carolina by defining them as nonalcoholic beverages containing hemp and various cannabinoids, and by giving the ABC Commission authority to set safety and quality standards for these products. Hemp-derived beverages would be treated similarly to alcoholic beverages for regulatory purposes but would not be classified as alcoholic beverages themselves.

Senate2025-03-26

S219Introduced

Stallings/Marvin Satellite Annexations

This bill removes the 10% cap on satellite annexations (noncontiguous land areas) for the Town of Stallings and the Village of Marvin. Currently, North Carolina law limits how much noncontiguous land a municipality can annex, but this bill exempts these two municipalities from that limitation, allowing them to annex larger noncontiguous areas.

Senate2025-03-26

S491Introduced

NC Debt Settlement Services Act

This bill creates a new licensing and regulatory framework for debt settlement services in North Carolina under the State Banking Commission. It requires companies that negotiate with creditors to reduce or forgive debts to obtain a license, maintain a $1 million surety bond, comply with specific business practices, and undergo regular examinations. The bill exempts banks, credit unions, lawyers, and nonprofit credit counseling organizations.

Senate2025-03-26

S614Introduced

Revise Dam Safety Requirements

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

Senate2025-03-26

S364Introduced

Shorter Separation for Retired ADAs and APDs

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

Senate2025-03-26

S657Introduced

Keeping Our Coaches Act

This bill directs $11 million annually from sports betting tax revenue to the Department of Public Instruction to provide salary supplements to public school athletic coaches. The goal is to ensure each eligible coach receives at least $3,000 total in annual salary supplements from state and non-state combined sources, with any unused funds going to the North Carolina Alliance of YMCAs for youth sports programming.

Senate2025-03-26

S701Introduced

Bring Back Our Heroes

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

Senate2025-03-26

S615Introduced

Property Tax Rate Transparency Act

This bill requires local governments to hold a public vote on whether to use a revenue-neutral tax rate during years when properties are reappraised. A revenue-neutral tax rate would keep tax collections the same as the previous year despite property value changes. If the local board votes yes, they must use this rate; if they vote no, they can set rates normally.

Senate2025-03-25

S377Introduced

Licensing Course Removal/Insurance Producers

This bill eliminates mandatory pre-licensing training course requirements for insurance producers in North Carolina. Instead of requiring applicants to complete a specific number of instructional hours before licensure, the bill allows the Commissioner to determine if an applicant has sufficient competence through other means, while still requiring applicants to pass an examination.

Senate2025-03-24

S368Introduced

Office of State Fire Marshal Omnibus Bill.-AB

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

Senate2025-03-24

S327Introduced

NC Bitcoin Reserve and Investment Act

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

Senate2025-03-19

S296Introduced

Buy American Steel

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

Senate2025-03-18

S306Introduced

WC/Self-Insurance Association Amendments

This bill amends North Carolina's self-insurance laws to clarify definitions and rules for the Self-Insurance Security Association, which protects workers' compensation claims when self-insured employers become insolvent. Key changes include establishing a five-year deadline for filing claims against the Association, defining the Association Aggregate Security System that allows individual self-insurers to collectively secure their liabilities, and allowing the Association to require collateral from participating self-insurers based on their financial condition.

Senate2025-03-18

S298Introduced

Inexperienced Operator Continuous Coverage

This bill requires drivers subject to an inexperienced operator premium surcharge to maintain continuous liability insurance coverage that includes that surcharge, or demonstrate financial responsibility through other authorized means. It also requires insurance companies to notify the Division of Motor Vehicles when someone subject to the surcharge is added or removed from a policy, and clarifies that switching between insurance policies does not count as a lapse in coverage.

Senate2025-03-18

S226Introduced

Align Benefits for Firefighters with Cancer

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

Senate2025-03-17

S271Introduced

Permitted Trade Practices/Insurance Rebates.-AB

This bill clarifies what insurance companies and agents are allowed to offer customers without it being considered an illegal rebate. It permits insurers and producers to offer value-added products or services (like loss prevention education, financial wellness programs, or health incentives), non-cash gifts up to $250 per policy term, and drawings or raffles, provided these offerings meet specific criteria and are not unfairly discriminatory.

Senate2025-03-13

S270Introduced

Credit Property Insurance Restrictions.-AB

This bill modifies North Carolina insurance law to prohibit certain types of automobile physical damage coverage from being included in credit property insurance policies. Specifically, it bans coverage for repossession costs, skip/confiscation/conversion coverage, deductibles below $250, and coverage broader than minimum state requirements. Insurers can still offer these coverages separately, but cannot charge borrowers for them.

Senate2025-03-13

S269Introduced

Insurance Guaranty Association Act Revisions.-AB

This bill revises North Carolina's Insurance Guaranty Association Act, which protects policyholders when insurance companies become insolvent. The changes add cybersecurity insurance coverage protections, expand the definition of covered claims to include transferred policies, set a $500,000 cap on cybersecurity claims per insured event, and clarify the Association's authority to contest settlements and defend claims.

Senate2025-03-13

S273Introduced

Grant's Law/Require Lifeguards at Day Camps

This bill requires North Carolina day camps to have certified lifeguards present when children participate in aquatic activities like swimming or water park visits. The bill sets specific requirements including lifeguard-to-child ratios, lifeguard chair heights, mandatory swim tests, and life jackets for non-swimmers, while prohibiting certain water activities like hot tubs and portable pools.

Senate2025-03-13

S272Introduced

Insurance Producers/Exchange of Business

This bill clarifies North Carolina's laws about how insurance producers (agents/brokers) can exchange and share insurance business with each other. It defines what counts as a proper exchange of business, allows producers to split commissions when exchanging business, and sets requirements both producers must meet including being properly licensed and disclosed to the insurer and customer.

Senate2025-03-13

S276Introduced

Study Residual Property Market Mechanisms

This bill directs North Carolina's insurance underwriting associations to study two potential options for improving how the state handles property insurance claims from natural disasters: allowing excess property coverage policies and issuing post-event catastrophe bonds. The associations must report their findings and recommendations to the legislature by March 1, 2026.

Senate2025-03-13

S268Introduced

Amend NC PEO Act.-AB

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

Senate2025-03-13

S265Introduced

Protecting Our Community Act

This bill creates a state regulatory system for hemp-derived consumable products (like delta-8 THC, CBD, and other cannabinoids) sold in North Carolina. It establishes licensing requirements for manufacturers, distributors, and sellers; sets testing and packaging standards; restricts sales to people under 21; and prohibits these products on school grounds.

Senate2025-03-12

S256Introduced

Funeral Board Transportation Agreements/Ins

This bill creates a new category of funeral service agreements called 'transportation protection agreements' and excludes them from existing preneed funeral contract regulations and life insurance requirements. Transportation protection agreements are defined as agreements that arrange professional services for preparing and transporting human remains or cremated remains.

Senate2025-03-11

S251Introduced

Bail Bondsmen Revisions.-AB

This bill revises North Carolina's bail bondsman licensing regulations to establish clearer rules for supervising new bondsmen, require out-of-state sureties to use licensed NC bondsmen for arrests, extend the new bondsman supervision period from 12 to 24 months, establish qualifications for supervising bondsmen, add grounds for license denial based on felony convictions, and adjust renewal deadlines and business address requirements.

Senate2025-03-10

S240Introduced

Establish NCSTARS Grant Program

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

Senate2025-03-06

S222Introduced

Contracts/Choice of Law & Forum

This bill prevents government contracts involving North Carolina state agencies, counties, municipalities, and other public bodies from including choice of law and forum selection clauses. The bill modifies the legal definition of 'government contract' to explicitly exclude such contracts from provisions that allow parties to choose which state's laws apply or which court handles disputes.

Senate2025-03-04

S218Introduced

Increase Access for Small Employers/Insurance

This bill allows small employers with fewer than 5 employees (instead of the current 12) to purchase stop loss, catastrophic, and reinsurance coverage. These insurance products help protect small businesses from extremely high medical claims costs. The bill maintains existing safeguards around attachment points and claim thresholds to prevent the coverage from being used as primary health insurance.

Senate2025-03-03

S204Introduced

Remove Testing Requirement for Teacher Lisc

This bill removes the requirement that teacher candidates pass a standardized exam to obtain a teacher license in North Carolina. It repeals existing testing requirements and prohibits the State Board of Education from adopting any new rules that would reinstate such exam requirements for teacher licensure.

Senate2025-03-03

S180Introduced

Anson County Board of Commissioners

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

Senate2025-02-27

S178Introduced

Assessment of Self-Storage Facilities

This bill modifies how North Carolina assesses self-storage facilities for property tax purposes. It specifies that self-storage facilities must be taxed based on the land value and depreciated building improvements, excluding any additional value beyond these tangible assets, effective for tax years starting July 1, 2026.

Senate2025-02-27

S165Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning/Union & Iredell Cos

This bill restores the ability of local governments in Union and Iredell Counties to initiate down-zoning (reducing development density or permitted uses on property) without requiring written consent from all affected property owners. It reverses a recent state law change from December 2024 that had restricted down-zoning authority in these counties.

Senate2025-02-26

S128Introduced

Heroes Homestead Act

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

Senate2025-02-24

S105Introduced

Continuing Care Retirement Communities Act.-AB

This bill enacts a new Continuing Care Retirement Communities Act that creates a licensing and regulatory framework for retirement communities offering long-term housing and healthcare services. The Department of Insurance will oversee providers, require financial disclosures, monitor solvency, and protect resident deposits through escrow accounts.

Senate2025-02-18

S51Introduced

Maintain NAIC Accreditation of DOI.-AB

This bill requires large insurance holding company systems in North Carolina to file annual reports on their group capital calculations and participate in liquidity stress tests to ensure financial stability. The bill also prohibits public disclosure of these stress test results and capital information, with limited exceptions, and aligns North Carolina's insurance regulations with national standards set by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).

Senate2025-02-11

S47Introduced

State Emps./No Payroll Dues Deduction

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

Senate2025-02-05

S43Introduced

Window Tint/Inspection/Approach of LEO

This bill removes the safety inspection requirement for window tinting from North Carolina's vehicle inspection process and requires drivers with tinted windows to lower their window when a law enforcement officer approaches their vehicle.

Senate2025-02-04

S12Introduced

35th Senatorial District Local Act-1

This is a local bill that applies only to North Carolina's 35th Senatorial District. The bill text does not specify what changes or policies it implements—it only establishes that any provisions apply exclusively to that district and become effective upon passage.

Senate2025-01-30

Todd Johnson

Todd Johnson

Sponsored Bills (56)

Public Workforce Modernization Act

Incent Development Finance District Funding

North Carolina-Ireland Trade Commission

Office of State Fire Marshal ESF Mods

Licensing Certain Fire Systems

TIPs Tax Deduction

Environmental Management Commission Staffing

Early Voting Procedures at Fire Stations

Align Medicaid Eligibility with Federal Law

Political Terrorism Prevention Act

State Hiring Accessibility and Modernization

Birth Certificates for Persons Adopted

DNCR Agency Bill.-AB

Property Tax Modifications

No High Risk Apps/Gov't Networks & Devices

Protect Whistleblower LEOs from Retaliation

ABC Omnibus 2025

Sign Manufacturing License Exemption

Regulate Hemp-Derived Beverages

Stallings/Marvin Satellite Annexations

NC Debt Settlement Services Act

Revise Dam Safety Requirements

Shorter Separation for Retired ADAs and APDs

Keeping Our Coaches Act

Bring Back Our Heroes

Property Tax Rate Transparency Act

Licensing Course Removal/Insurance Producers

Office of State Fire Marshal Omnibus Bill.-AB

NC Bitcoin Reserve and Investment Act

Buy American Steel

WC/Self-Insurance Association Amendments

Inexperienced Operator Continuous Coverage

Align Benefits for Firefighters with Cancer

Permitted Trade Practices/Insurance Rebates.-AB

Credit Property Insurance Restrictions.-AB

Insurance Guaranty Association Act Revisions.-AB

Grant's Law/Require Lifeguards at Day Camps

Insurance Producers/Exchange of Business

Study Residual Property Market Mechanisms

Amend NC PEO Act.-AB

Protecting Our Community Act

Funeral Board Transportation Agreements/Ins

Bail Bondsmen Revisions.-AB

Establish NCSTARS Grant Program

Contracts/Choice of Law & Forum

Increase Access for Small Employers/Insurance

Remove Testing Requirement for Teacher Lisc

Anson County Board of Commissioners

Assessment of Self-Storage Facilities

Restore Down-Zoning/Union & Iredell Cos

Heroes Homestead Act

Continuing Care Retirement Communities Act.-AB

Maintain NAIC Accreditation of DOI.-AB

State Emps./No Payroll Dues Deduction

Window Tint/Inspection/Approach of LEO

35th Senatorial District Local Act-1

Cosponsored Bills (36)

Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium

North Carolina Border Protection Act

Eliminating "DEI" in Public Education

Eliminating "DEI" in Public Higher Ed

Dominique Moody Act

Wake Surfing Safely

A More Efficient Office of Vital Records

Human Trafficking Omnibus

Lower Taxes for All NC

NC Right to Work Amendment

Constitutional Right to Farm

HALO Law

Grid Utilization

America's Semiquincentennial License Plate

Luggage for Children Placed in Foster Care

Zero-Based Budgeting

Hands Free NC

Const. Amend./Permitless Carry

Freedom to Carry NC

Military and Veteran Support Act