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Affordable Housing Efficiency Grant Program

This bill establishes the Affordable Housing Efficiency Grant Program, which provides grants to affordable multifamily housing buildings to fund energy efficiency upgrades (like insulation and efficient HVAC systems) and electric building upgrades (like heat pumps and electric vehicle charging). The program allocates $5 million annually and is administered by the State Energy Office within the Department of Environmental Quality.

Senate2026-05-05

S1022Introduced

Consumer Privacy Act

This bill creates a Consumer Privacy Act for North Carolina that gives residents the right to access, delete, and control their personal data held by large companies. It applies to businesses with $25 million or more in annual revenue that process data on 100,000+ consumers, with various exemptions for healthcare providers, government entities, nonprofits, and financial institutions. The Attorney General enforces violations with a 45-day cure period before penalties up to $7,500 per violation can be imposed.

Senate2026-05-05

S1061Introduced

Protect Moms Who Serve

This bill directs the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a study on health issues affecting women who serve in the military, with a focus on maternity care, mental health, and reducing maternal mortality. The department will work with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, gather input from military mothers, and report findings and legislative recommendations by April 1, 2027. The bill appropriates $100,000 for this study.

Senate2026-05-05

S1068Introduced

Supporting Small Farmers for NC's Future Act

This bill establishes a grant program within the North Carolina Department of Agriculture to provide financial assistance to small farmers, defined as those with gross cash farm income of $1 million or less. The program would receive $15 million in state funding for fiscal year 2026-2027 and distribute grants to eligible farmers for equipment, inputs, and operational improvements, with the Commissioner setting priorities based on farm size, income levels, and economic hardship.

Senate2026-05-05

S1070Introduced

Restore the American Dream

This bill provides $30 million in one-time funding to the North Carolina Housing Trust Fund and creates two ongoing revenue streams: redirecting 1.5% of register of deeds fees and 33% of real property transfer excise tax proceeds to the Housing Trust Fund. These funds would support affordable housing programs including home ownership, rentals, and emergency repairs.

Senate2026-05-05

S1026Introduced

Power Bill Protection/Large Load Tariff

This bill creates a new regulatory framework for large electricity customers (those using 50+ megawatts) in North Carolina, requiring utilities to file special tariffs for these customers with long-term contracts, upfront infrastructure costs, and exit fees. It also establishes a surcharge on large customers to fund grid modernization projects that benefit other residents, requires utilities to report on grid planning, and mandates large customers report their energy and water usage annually.

Senate2026-05-05

S1030Introduced

Community Scale Weatherization + Health

This bill expands North Carolina's Weatherization Assistance Program to include health and safety improvements for low-income households and allows for community-scale projects that serve multiple homes in the same area. The bill appropriates $10 million in state funding and requires the Department of Environmental Quality to adopt rules for implementing these expanded services.

Senate2026-05-05

S1045Introduced

Utility Profit Oversight Act

This bill requires the North Carolina Utilities Commission to obtain approval from the General Assembly before allowing electric utility rate increases that would raise a utility's authorized rate of return on equity. The bill also directs the Utilities Commission to study the cost of equity capital for electric utilities and report findings by January 1, 2027.

Senate2026-05-05

S1027Introduced

Extreme Heat/Ban Utility Disconnections

This bill prohibits utility companies and landlords from disconnecting electric and water service to residential customers during periods of extreme heat, extreme cold, or poor air quality. It also allows tenants to install portable cooling and air filtration devices in rental units unless specific safety or structural concerns apply, and requires landlords to offer deferred payment plans to customers affected by extreme weather events.

Senate2026-05-05

S962Introduced

Investing in North Carolina Act

This bill appropriates funds to increase salaries for public school teachers, state employees, community college workers, and UNC employees for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, and provides cost-of-living increases for retirees. The bill only takes effect if the state's regular budget (Current Operations Appropriations Act) does not pass, and it also establishes automatic 5% salary increases for future years if budgets continue to fail to pass.

Senate2026-05-04

S1025Introduced

Constitutional Repeal of Art. XIV Sec. 6

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to repeal North Carolina's current constitutional definition of marriage as only between one man and one woman. The amendment would be submitted to North Carolina voters in November 2026, and if approved by a majority, would take effect January 1, 2027.

Senate2026-05-04

S949Introduced

Fully Fund School Psychologists & Counselors

This bill appropriates $359.3 million in annual state funding to hire additional school psychologists and counselors in North Carolina public schools. The goal is to achieve statewide ratios of at least one school psychologist per 700 students and one school counselor per 250 students, as called for in the Leandro education funding plan.

Senate2026-05-04

S950Introduced

School Meals for Every Child

This bill requires all public schools in North Carolina to provide free breakfast and lunch to every student. The state would appropriate $116 million annually starting in 2026-2027 to fund these meals, with the State Board of Education distributing funds to school districts based on factors like school size and number of low-income students.

Senate2026-05-04

S1019Introduced

Grid Utilization

This bill requires North Carolina electric utilities to submit detailed reports analyzing how efficiently they use their existing power grid infrastructure and to propose ways to improve that efficiency through alternatives like energy storage and distributed generation. The Utilities Commission will evaluate these reports and set performance targets to help utilities better utilize current grid assets.

Senate2026-05-04

S967Introduced

Budget Requirement for Tax Triggers

This bill modifies North Carolina's tax rate reduction trigger by adding a requirement that the General Assembly must pass a Current Operations Appropriations Act (a comprehensive budget spending plan) by July 1 of the fiscal year before automatic tax rate reductions can take effect. Previously, tax rate reductions were triggered solely based on whether General Fund revenue exceeded specified thresholds; this bill adds the budget requirement as an additional condition.

Senate2026-05-04

S1004Introduced

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, and firefighters who are actively serving. Previously, tuition waivers were limited to survivors of officers killed in the line of duty or children of officers permanently disabled in service. The new provision applies to all children of these public safety employees, regardless of disability or death status.

Senate2026-05-04

S997Introduced

Nursing Fellows & Curric. Support Funds/WSSU

This bill establishes the Nursing Fellows Program at Winston-Salem State University to provide forgivable loans to nursing students pursuing Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degrees in nursing. The program aims to recruit and support future nurses and nursing instructors in North Carolina, with loans forgiven through years of service in the state. The bill also appropriates $1.4 million for the program and $650,000 for nursing curriculum support services.

Senate2026-05-04

S898Introduced

Citizens' Tax Relief Circuit Breaker Mods

This bill appropriates $250,000 to help counties advertise North Carolina's property tax relief programs and modifies the Property Tax Homestead Circuit Breaker program by raising the income eligibility limit to $45,000 (with an additional allowance for married couples) and adjusting it annually for cost-of-living increases.

Senate2026-04-30

S870Introduced

Funds for Veterans/HBOT

This bill appropriates $3 million in state funding for fiscal year 2026-2027 to provide free hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) treatment to North Carolina veterans diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The funding will be directed to a nonprofit called HBOT 4 HEROES to deliver an estimated 15,000 treatments to approximately 350 veterans, with program oversight and outcome reporting required.

Senate2026-04-29

S780Introduced

Modernize Medicaid Primary Care Rates

This bill appropriates $48 million in state funds to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for primary care services in North Carolina to match Medicare rates, effective July 1, 2026. The increased payments would apply to primary care services as defined by the state's Primary Care Payment Reform Task Force.

Senate2026-04-23

S805Introduced

Increase Oral Health Care Access in NC

This bill appropriates $80 million in recurring state funds to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for dental services, which have not been meaningfully increased since 2008. The goal is to encourage more dentists to accept Medicaid patients and improve access to oral health care for low-income North Carolinians.

Senate2026-04-23

S372Passed

Confirm McKinley Wooten, Sec. of Rev

This Senate resolution confirms McKinley Wooten, Jr. as Secretary of the Department of Revenue for North Carolina. The Secretary oversees the state agency responsible for tax collection, revenue administration, and related fiscal operations. This confirmation allows Wooten to officially assume the leadership role.

Senate2025-04-17

S584Introduced

Local Govt Transportation System Financing

This bill creates a new Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority that can be established in North Carolina counties with over 1 million residents that border another state and operate a light rail system. It also authorizes local sales tax revenue for public transportation and establishes governance structures, powers, and financial mechanisms for this new authority to finance, operate, and maintain public transportation systems.

Senate2025-04-07

S732Introduced

NC Economic Progress and Well Being

This bill appropriates $200,000 per fiscal year to the NC Department of Commerce to conduct analyses of economic progress and well-being in North Carolina every two years. The department must measure and report on specific economic metrics for the state and each county, including poverty rates, job quality, household spending burdens, and concentrated poverty areas, with reports due to the General Assembly by January 31 of odd-numbered years.

Senate2025-03-26

S549Introduced

State Emp. Leave/Bereavement/Pregnancy Loss

This bill provides North Carolina state employees, public school employees, and community college employees with paid leave for pregnancy loss (such as miscarriage or failed fertility procedures) and paid bereavement leave for the death of immediate family members. The bill appropriates $3.8 million total ($1.8 million annually for pregnancy loss leave and $2 million annually for bereavement leave) to fund these new benefits starting July 1, 2025.

Senate2025-03-26

S588Introduced

Pregnant Workers Protection Act

This bill expands workplace protections for pregnant employees in North Carolina by classifying pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions as a physical impairment under state discrimination law. It requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers—such as frequent bathroom breaks, modified schedules, seating, and assistance with heavy labor—unless doing so would create undue hardship for the business. The bill also clarifies that pregnancy discrimination protections apply to state employment and housing discrimination cases.

Senate2025-03-26

S611Introduced

Allow Consecutive Remote License Renewals

This bill allows North Carolina drivers with non-REAL ID compliant licenses to renew remotely twice in a row, instead of requiring an in-person renewal after the first remote renewal. REAL ID compliant licenses would continue to follow the existing rule allowing only one remote renewal before requiring an in-person renewal. The change takes effect January 1, 2026.

Senate2025-03-26

S659Introduced

Investing in North Carolina Act

This bill appropriates funds to raise salaries for teachers, state employees, community college and university workers, and provides cost-of-living increases for retirees. It also expands the WAGE$ early childhood educator supplement program to all 100 North Carolina counties and creates a tax credit for small businesses with annual receipts of $8 million or less.

Senate2025-03-26

S708Introduced

Working Families Act

This bill makes multiple changes to support working families in North Carolina. It lowers copayments for subsidized child care from 10% to 7% of family income, restores a state child tax credit, increases the minimum wage to $15/hour starting September 1, 2025 and allows cities/counties to set higher local minimum wages, expands property tax relief for homeowners, creates a down payment assistance program for first-time homebuyers in public service jobs (teachers, police, firefighters, military, medics), and establishes a paid family and medical leave insurance program funded through employer and employee payroll contributions.

Senate2025-03-26

S704Introduced

The Ronnie Long No Cap Act

The Ronnie Long No Cap Act removes the $750,000 cap on compensation awarded to people exonerated of felonies in North Carolina, allowing them to receive $50,000 per year of wrongful imprisonment. The bill also directs the state to provide Medicaid coverage to exonerees and requires the Department of Adult Correction to offer transition services (housing, employment, sustenance) up to $25,000 per person upon release.

Senate2025-03-26

S707Introduced

25-Year LEO Retirement With Full Benefits

This bill allows law enforcement officers in North Carolina to retire with full, unreduced benefits after completing 25 years of service, rather than having to wait until age 50 or 55. It applies to officers in the state and local government retirement systems, with changes taking effect January 1, 2026.

Senate2025-03-26

S733Introduced

Tamil Pongal State Holiday

This bill designates January 14th as Tamil Pongal Day in North Carolina. Tamil Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated by Tamil communities, primarily in South India and among Tamil diaspora populations. The designation recognizes this cultural observance as a state day.

Senate2025-03-26

S438Introduced

NC Adopt ERA

This bill would have North Carolina officially ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution, which states that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied based on sex. The bill asserts that the ERA already became the 28th Amendment when Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it in 2020, and North Carolina's ratification would affirm this status.

Senate2025-03-25

S452Introduced

End Child Marriage

This bill raises the minimum marriage age in North Carolina to 18 years old, eliminating the current ability for 16- and 17-year-olds to marry with parental consent or court approval. It removes existing exceptions that allowed minors to marry with permission from parents or judges.

Senate2025-03-25

S440Introduced

2025 Governor's Budget

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

Senate2025-03-25

S384Introduced

2025 Safe Drinking Water Act

This bill requires North Carolina's Commission for Public Health to establish maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for harmful chemicals in drinking water by October 15, 2025. The bill specifically mandates MCLs for PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, hexavalent chromium, and 1,4-Dioxane, and requires annual reviews to update standards based on the latest science.

Senate2025-03-24

S360Introduced

Healthy Students - A Nurse in Every School

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

Senate2025-03-24

S383Introduced

Right to IVF

This bill protects access to assisted reproductive technology (ART) like in vitro fertilization (IVF) by prohibiting the state from limiting or interfering with patients' right to use ART or healthcare providers' right to offer it. The bill also specifies that fertilized eggs and embryos outside the uterus are not considered human beings under state law, and appropriates $500,000 annually to expand Medicaid maternal support services.

Senate2025-03-24

S320Introduced

LEO Special Separation Allowance Options

This bill creates a second calculation option for the special separation allowance (a monthly payment) that state and local law enforcement officers receive when they retire after 30 years of service. Officers who qualify would be able to choose between two different formulas for calculating their allowance amount, with the choice being permanent and made before their first payment.

Senate2025-03-18

S281Introduced

Essential Relief for Child Care Act

This bill appropriates $50 million in state funds to continue child care stabilization grants through the end of the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The grants help compensate child care providers and are intended to prevent facility closures and support families and employers relying on child care services.

Senate2025-03-17

S211Introduced

Reenact the Earned Income Tax Credit

This bill restores North Carolina's Earned Income Tax Credit, which expired in 2014. The credit would allow eligible workers who claim the federal Earned Income Tax Credit to receive a state tax credit equal to 5% of their federal credit amount, and any credit exceeding their state tax liability would be refunded to them.

Senate2025-03-03

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Sponsored Bills (27)

Protecting Workers in the Age of AI Act

Fix Republican Failures on Public Safety Act

NC Small Business Capital & Jobs Act

Lower Healthcare Costs

NC Children's Safe Screens Act/Funds

Epstein Truth and Accountability Act

MOMnibus 3.5

Don't Tread on Me Act

The Children First Act

NC Paid Family Leave Insurance Act

Universal Basic Therapy Act

Save More Tatas Act

The Michael Jordans of Tomorrow Act

Parity Enhancement for Addiction Recovery

Medicaid SUD Services Rate Adjustment Act

MOMnibus 3.0

Language Access & State Holidays Act

School Mental Health Support Act

Voter Fraud Prevention Act

The Hustle Act

Reduce Parent Copays/Subsidized Child Care

Enhanced Penalty/Dom. Violence Strangulation

Children's Online Safety Act/Funds

Automatic Voter Registration

Enact KinCare & Safe Days

Judge Joe John Nonpartisan Jud. Elections Act

17th Senatorial District Local Act-1

Cosponsored Bills (44)

Medicaid Rebase

Carolina Housing Promise Act

No Budget, No Pay Act

Affordable Housing Efficiency Grant Program

Consumer Privacy Act

Protect Moms Who Serve

Supporting Small Farmers for NC's Future Act

Restore the American Dream

Power Bill Protection/Large Load Tariff

Community Scale Weatherization + Health

Utility Profit Oversight Act

Extreme Heat/Ban Utility Disconnections

Investing in North Carolina Act

Constitutional Repeal of Art. XIV Sec. 6

Fully Fund School Psychologists & Counselors

School Meals for Every Child

Grid Utilization

Budget Requirement for Tax Triggers

Family Support for Those Who Serve Act

Nursing Fellows & Curric. Support Funds/WSSU

Citizens' Tax Relief Circuit Breaker Mods

Funds for Veterans/HBOT

Modernize Medicaid Primary Care Rates

Increase Oral Health Care Access in NC

Confirm McKinley Wooten, Sec. of Rev

Local Govt Transportation System Financing

NC Economic Progress and Well Being

State Emp. Leave/Bereavement/Pregnancy Loss

Pregnant Workers Protection Act

Allow Consecutive Remote License Renewals

Investing in North Carolina Act

Working Families Act

The Ronnie Long No Cap Act

25-Year LEO Retirement With Full Benefits

Tamil Pongal State Holiday

NC Adopt ERA

End Child Marriage

2025 Governor's Budget

2025 Safe Drinking Water Act

Healthy Students - A Nurse in Every School

Right to IVF

LEO Special Separation Allowance Options

Essential Relief for Child Care Act

Reenact the Earned Income Tax Credit

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