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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

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

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

H1242Introduced

Modernize Law of the Land Clause

This bill proposes to amend North Carolina's Constitution by modernizing the language of Article I, Section 19, which protects due process and equal protection rights. The change would update outdated legal terminology (such as 'disseized of his freehold') to contemporary language while maintaining the same constitutional protections. The amendment would be submitted to North Carolina voters for approval in the November 2026 general election.

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

H1240Introduced

Constitutional Amendment/Early Voting

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would guarantee North Carolina voters the right to early voting in primary and general elections. If approved by voters in November 2026, it would require a minimum of 14 days of early voting with specific operating hours and same-day voter registration at early voting sites.

House2026-06-30

H349Engrossed

Modify HC POA/Adv Direct

This bill updates North Carolina's rules for health care powers of attorney and advance directives (living wills). It clarifies witness requirements, allows certain trained healthcare workers to serve as witnesses in limited situations, and enables people to file these documents electronically with the Secretary of State's Advance Health Care Directive Registry.

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

H565Engrossed

Limit Use of AI Medicaid/Commercial Insurance

This bill prohibits the use of artificial intelligence as the sole basis for denying insurance coverage decisions and claims in North Carolina's Medicaid and commercial insurance programs. It also bars healthcare providers and AI developers from using AI systems designed to promote 'upcoding' (billing for higher-level services than actually provided), and requires healthcare providers to annually attest their compliance with these restrictions.

House2026-06-23

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

H657Introduced

Duke's Rescue Act

This bill establishes statewide minimum standards of care for companion animals (dogs and cats), including adequate food, water, shelter, exercise, space, and veterinary treatment. It creates criminal penalties for violations and allows local governments to adopt equal or stricter standards, while providing $10,000 for public education about these requirements.

House2026-06-16

H369Engrossed

Parking Lot Reform/Stormwater Control

This bill restricts local governments from requiring minimum parking space minimums in most developments and limits their ability to impose stormwater control requirements on redevelopment projects. It prohibits parking minimums except in historic districts and coastal areas, and prevents stormwater controls from being required on pre-existing built-upon areas during redevelopment unless the project increases impervious surface beyond what existed before.

House2026-06-10

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

H1234Introduced

Const. Amend./Supreme Court Ethics

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would require North Carolina Supreme Court Justices to recuse themselves from cases where they have financial interests, personal relationships with parties involved, or previously sponsored the law being challenged. It would also require Justices to publicly disclose large financial transactions ($10,000+), non-salary income, and who funds their travel.

House2026-06-03

H1235Introduced

Restoring Separation of Powers & Leg. Transp

This bill proposes two constitutional amendments to be voted on in November 2026. The first amendment would limit the General Assembly's power to reorganize executive branch functions in ways that weaken the Governor's authority to execute state laws. The second amendment would require bills to address only one subject (with exceptions for budget and tax bills) and mandate at least 48 hours of public notice and bill text availability before final passage.

House2026-06-03

H1236Introduced

Const. Amend./Judicial Standards Commission

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to establish the Judicial Standards Commission in North Carolina's Constitution and changes how it operates. The amendment would require the Commission to have judges, lawyers, and non-lawyer citizens as members, and would make disciplinary hearings and sanctions public instead of confidential.

House2026-06-03

H1026Introduced

Remote Instruction for Excess Emergencies

This bill allows North Carolina public schools to use up to three additional days of remote instruction (or 15 hours) when they experience a second emergency after exhausting their initial remote instruction allowance. Schools must report to the State Board about any additional remote instruction days used and the emergency circumstances that required them. The bill appropriates $5,000 to the Department of Public Instruction for administrative costs.

House2026-06-02

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

H1174Introduced

HOA Oversight Act

This bill requires the North Carolina Department of Justice to collect and track complaints from homeowners association members about disputes with their associations, publish complaint data online, and submit annual reports to the General Assembly. The Department will not resolve disputes but will gather information to identify trends in HOA complaints across the state.

House2026-05-28

H451Introduced

Diabetes Education for Parents

This bill requires all North Carolina public schools to provide parents and guardians with information about Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes at the beginning of each school year. The information must include descriptions of the diseases, risk factors, warning signs, screening processes, and recommendations to consult with healthcare providers if students show symptoms or receive a diagnosis.

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

H122Introduced

North Carolina Board of Integrative Therapies

This bill creates the North Carolina Board of Integrative Therapies and establishes state licensure requirements for art therapists and music therapists. The bill sets up a licensing system with application fees, renewal requirements, and disciplinary procedures, while specifying that only licensed practitioners can be compensated for providing these services.

House2026-05-13

H1154Introduced

Expand the FarmSHARE Food Hub Program

This bill appropriates $4 million to expand the FarmSHARE Food Hub Program, which purchases locally grown food and distributes it free to food-insecure North Carolinians, and $2 million to expand the Double Up Food Bucks Program, which provides matching funds to help nutrition assistance recipients afford fresh produce at farmers markets and food hubs. Both programs require annual reporting on participation, distribution, and outcomes.

House2026-05-13

H1131Introduced

More APS Staff to Address Elder Abuse

This bill appropriates $2.178 million in state funds to hire at least 25 additional Adult Protective Services (APS) workers at county departments of social services statewide, beginning in fiscal year 2026-2027. The funds will be distributed to counties with the greatest need based on factors like number of APS cases, required staffing levels, senior population, and report volume.

House2026-05-13

H1166Introduced

Reorganize & Fund Rare Disease Adv. Council

This bill moves the Advisory Council on Rare Diseases from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to the Department of Health and Human Services, expands the council's membership from 15 to 19 members to include more patients and caregivers, and provides $250,000 in annual state funding to support the council's operations.

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

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

H433Passed

SFRF/NCPRO Revisions

This bill allows North Carolina to reclassify and reallocate remaining State Fiscal Recovery Funds (federal COVID-19 relief money) to different eligible government services and projects, permits the state to use interest earned on certain pandemic relief funds for operations, and extends the North Carolina Pandemic Recovery Office's operations deadline from June 30, 2026, to May 1, 2027.

House2026-05-12

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

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

H390Engrossed

Medicaid Prepaid Health Plan Practices

This bill allows Medicaid Prepaid Health Plans (PHPs) to require itemized bills for large hospital claims, align their claims processing with national standards, and direct certain hospital services to outpatient settings instead of inpatient settings, while giving the Department of Health and Human Services authority to set guidelines for these practices.

House2026-05-12

H1228Introduced

Down-Zoning/Historic Districts-Mecklenburg Co

This bill changes North Carolina law to specify that designating a historic district in Mecklenburg County is not considered 'down-zoning.' Under current state law, down-zoning requires written consent from all affected property owners; this bill exempts historic district designations from that requirement in Mecklenburg County.

House2026-05-07

H1192Introduced

Energy and Housing Affordability Act

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

House2026-05-07

H1212Introduced

HOA Accessory Limitation Ban

This bill prohibits homeowners associations (HOAs) from restricting residents' ability to install and maintain solar panels, grow edible or pollinator gardens, or build accessory dwelling units (like guest houses or rental units) that comply with building codes and zoning laws. The bill applies to both condo associations and traditional HOAs, and includes $100,000 for educational outreach about these new rules.

House2026-05-05

H1206Introduced

Pregnant Workers Fairness Act/Funds

This bill creates the North Carolina Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which requires employers with 15+ employees and all government entities to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnancy-related conditions unless it causes undue hardship. Employees can sue in court for violations and seek damages, back pay, and attorney fees. The bill allocates $600,000 for implementation across the Department of Labor, courts, and legislature.

House2026-05-05

H1208Introduced

Community Safety Risk Protection Act

This bill creates two new firearm restriction mechanisms in North Carolina. First, it requires people subject to civil no-contact orders to surrender firearms to the sheriff if the court finds certain risk factors (such as threats of violence or suicide). Second, it establishes Individual Risk Protection Orders (IRPOs) that allow law enforcement, judges, doctors, and family members to petition courts to temporarily restrict a person's firearm access if they pose a danger to themselves or others, with safeguards including hearings and the ability to retrieve weapons after the order expires.

House2026-05-05

H1197Introduced

Revise NC Teaching Fellows Program

This bill increases financial support for North Carolina's Teaching Fellows Program by raising forgivable loans from $5,000 to $10,000 per academic year, applies recent program improvements retroactively to all current participants, establishes new standards for selecting partner institutions, and funds a $50,000 study to understand why some loan recipients choose to repay loans in cash rather than through teaching service.

House2026-05-05

H1201Introduced

Youth Placement Study

This bill establishes a temporary pilot program through the Department of Health and Human Services to place high-need youth in lower-level care settings with support services instead of psychiatric residential treatment facilities, and directs the department to study reforms to licensure requirements and youth placement practices. The study is due by October 1, 2026, and the program receives $100,000 in funding.

House2026-05-05

H1184Introduced

Voucher School Transparency Act

This bill increases accountability requirements for private schools that accept North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship vouchers. It requires these schools to submit annual financial audits, standardized test performance data, graduation rates, staff background checks, and facility/safety information to state authorities. It also directs the State Auditor to review at least three private school audits each year and report findings to the legislature.

House2026-05-05

H1195Introduced

MOMnibus 3.5

This bill establishes five major programs to address maternal mortality and health disparities in North Carolina: a grant program for community organizations serving Black women, mandatory implicit bias training for perinatal healthcare providers, funding for lactation training programs at historically Black colleges and universities, grants for perinatal education in underserved areas, and a mobile health initiative to expand maternal care access. The bill appropriates approximately $20.5 million over multiple years and requires healthcare providers to complete training by December 2027.

House2026-05-05

H1191Introduced

Fostering Care in NC Act 2026

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina's child welfare and juvenile justice laws, including tightening confidentiality protections for abuse and neglect case records, establishing court procedures for removing individuals from the responsible individuals list, clarifying permanency planning requirements for foster children, streamlining termination of parental rights procedures, and funding a new secure communications platform for court notifications and attorney coordination in child welfare cases.

House2026-05-05

H1198Introduced

SANE Nurses Data/Registration Info Reqs

This bill requires programs that train Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) to report annual data to the North Carolina Board of Nursing about their graduates, including how many graduated and where they work. It also creates a new database where all active nurses must register their training credentials, education, and workplace information, with updates required when licenses renew or employment changes.

House2026-05-05

H1209Introduced

Strengthen Ed by Embedded New Teacher Support

This bill appropriates $1 million in recurring state funding annually to expand the North Carolina New Teacher Support Program, which provides coaching and mentoring to beginning teachers in public schools. The expanded funding aims to increase embedded instructional support within local school districts and connect it more closely with teacher preparation programs.

House2026-05-05

H1207Introduced

Keeping NC Open for Business

This bill creates a Municipal Winter Road Operations Cost Share Program that reimburses North Carolina municipalities for up to 75% of costs related to snow and ice removal, including equipment purchases, staffing, and contracted services. The state would provide $10 million annually plus $20 million upfront for equipment, with municipalities required to contract with private snow-removal providers and maintain GPS tracking and public plowing maps.

House2026-05-05

H1210Introduced

Firearm & Conflict De-escalation Training Act

This bill requires North Carolina public schools to teach firearm safety and conflict de-escalation instruction annually starting in kindergarten, allows parents to opt out of either or both programs, and creates a statewide system for courts to search mental health records during concealed handgun permit applications. It also expands judicial authority to issue involuntary commitment orders and funds a pilot program to pair mental health professionals with law enforcement.

House2026-05-05

H1211Introduced

Home Equity Investment Loan Act

This bill creates a new regulatory framework for home equity investment loans in North Carolina, classifying them as residential mortgage loans and imposing consumer protections including mandatory legal counsel, housing counseling, required disclosures, and limits on the amounts companies can charge. It also prohibits mandatory arbitration clauses in covered mortgage transactions and applies to companies making, brokering, purchasing, or servicing these loans.

House2026-05-05

H1183Introduced

Defend NC

House Bill 1183 'Defend NC' contains multiple provisions: it prohibits North Carolina law enforcement from assisting federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement with immigration enforcement; temporarily suspends sales tax on goods that increased in price by 50% or more due to 2025 federal tariffs during fiscal year 2026-2027; directs state agencies to study and report on federal funding losses and consider replacement funding for health research, Medicaid programs, and education; and appropriates $50,000 to establish a potential North Carolina Institute of Health to support biomedical research.

House2026-05-05

H1178Introduced

The NC Teacher Pay Competitiveness Act

This bill increases teacher salaries in North Carolina starting in 2026-2027 and locks in annual 3.67% raises through 2032-2033, with a dedicated funding reserve to protect these raises from budget delays. It also reduces funding for the Opportunity Scholarship Program (private school vouchers) and tightens eligibility requirements for that program.

House2026-05-04

H1140Introduced

State Employee Bereavement Leave/Up To 40 Hrs

This bill provides North Carolina state employees, public school employees, and community college employees with paid bereavement leave of up to 40 hours when an immediate family member dies and up to 8 hours when a colleague dies. The bill appropriates $2 million to fund this benefit, effective July 1, 2026.

House2026-05-04

H1160Introduced

Reduce Parent Copays/Child Care Subsidy/Funds

This bill reduces the percentage of gross family income that parents must pay as copayments for subsidized child care from 10% to 7%, effective October 1, 2026. The bill appropriates $25 million in recurring state funds annually to cover the cost of this reduction.

House2026-05-04

H1182Introduced

Part-Time Status for Disabled Students

This bill requires North Carolina public schools and charter schools to allow students with disabilities who attend private schools to enroll part-time in public school classes, programs, and services. Schools must develop policies for part-time enrollment and post information about the option on their websites, with $10,000 in state funding provided to help schools implement the policy starting in 2026-2027.

House2026-05-04

H1144Introduced

Dominique Moody Safety Act

The Dominique Moody Safety Act creates a Child Welfare Case Escalation Team within the Division of Social Services to provide additional oversight of high-risk child abuse and neglect cases that involve complex histories. The bill also requires child protective services workers to gather photographic or video evidence during investigations, establishes new protocols for home visits, and funds training programs for CPS employees on recognizing abuse and neglect.

House2026-05-04

H1158Introduced

Increase Market Rate/Rate Floor/Child Subsidy

This bill increases child care subsidy payment rates to the 75th percentile of the 2023 market rate study, with automatic increases whenever new studies are completed. It also establishes a statewide rate floor for child care providers in counties with rates below the state level. The bill appropriates $60 million from the General Fund, $20 million from the Child Care Block Grant, and $160 million from the General Fund to fund these increases, beginning July 1, 2026.

House2026-05-04

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

H1146Introduced

2026 Governor's Budget

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

House2026-05-04

H1149Introduced

Keep NC Working Act

This bill establishes a Short-Time Compensation Program that allows employers to reduce employee work hours by 10-60% as an alternative to layoffs, with affected employees receiving partial unemployment benefits to offset lost wages. The program requires employer applications, Division approval, maintenance of employee health and retirement benefits, and is capped at 52 weeks per employee, with $100,000 appropriated for implementation.

House2026-05-04

H1147Introduced

IDD Omnibus

This comprehensive bill implements changes to support North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) across multiple areas: it provides $183 million to increase direct care worker wages to at least $18/hour, adds 1,000 waiver slots and develops a 10-year plan to address service needs, updates Medicaid eligibility rules for workers with disabilities, studies new employment and community activity services, establishes rental assistance for housing, funds vocational rehabilitation services, restricts prone restraints in schools, and increases funding for special education and accessible transportation.

House2026-05-04

H1141Introduced

Protecting Medicaid & Autism Services

This bill appropriates $1.047 billion to update Medicaid funding to reflect current enrollment and costs, allows Medicaid health plans to create restricted provider networks specifically for research-based behavioral health treatment, and removes statutory rules that would automatically end Medicaid coverage for the expansion population under certain conditions.

House2026-05-04

H1172Introduced

The Ciji Graham Act

The Ciji Graham Act establishes four maternal health initiatives in North Carolina: a care navigation program with nurse consultants in each Medicaid region to help high-risk pregnancy patients access care, a statewide hotline providing clinical guidance to healthcare providers, a digital information hub with clinical guidelines and provider directories for high-risk pregnancies, and standardized referral pathways for patients. The bill appropriates $10 million in recurring annual funding to the Department of Health and Human Services starting in fiscal year 2026-2027.

House2026-05-04

H1138Introduced

Aging With Dignity Act

This bill addresses North Carolina's growing senior population by establishing policies that prioritize home and community-based care for Medicaid beneficiaries aged 55+, requiring medication reviews and behavioral health integration, and funding new initiatives including an integrated senior housing pilot program ($120 million), expansion of the long-term care ombudsman office ($3.5 million), a geriatric workforce development program ($10 million), and a family caregiver support stipend pilot ($13.5 million). The bill also creates a study commission on aging to recommend future policies.

House2026-05-04

H1142Introduced

Expand Quantum Computing Education

This bill allocates $2.6 million to public schools for quantum computing and STEM education programs, establishes a $200,000 grant program through the North Carolina Collaboratory to connect high school students with university quantum computing research, and creates a tax credit up to $100,000 for businesses in defense, technology, and quantum sectors that invest in educational partnerships with high school students.

House2026-05-04

H1136Introduced

Cape Fear IBT Moratorium/EMC IBT Reductions

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

House2026-05-04

H1139Introduced

Learning & Enrichment in Afterschool Programs

This bill establishes the Learning and Enrichment in Afterschool Programs (LEAP) Advisory Council and Grant Program within the Department of Public Instruction. It creates a $19.5 million fund to provide grants to community organizations, schools, and local governments that offer afterschool and summer youth programs, with priority given to rural and underserved communities.

House2026-05-04

H1150Introduced

NC Constitutional Rights Act/Funds

This bill creates a new North Carolina law allowing people to sue individuals (non-government entities) in state court for violations of federal constitutional rights and seek damages, attorney fees, and other relief. It also appropriates $150,000 to educate the public about these new rights.

House2026-05-04

H1133Introduced

HBCU/HMSI Omnibus

This bill appropriates funds and creates programs to support historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and historically minority-serving institutions in North Carolina. It establishes a study committee on HBCU infrastructure, creates completion assistance and nursing fellows programs, funds capital improvements at multiple institutions, and expands merit scholarships.

House2026-05-04

H1159Introduced

Investing in Teen Mental Health

This bill appropriates $1,290,626 in state funding to the Department of Health and Human Services to expand Teen Mental Health First Aid training programs across North Carolina. The training teaches high school students (grades 9-12) how to identify mental health and substance use challenges in their peers and connect them with trusted adults for support.

House2026-05-04

H1157Introduced

Red Wolf Special Registration Plate

This bill authorizes North Carolina to create a special Red Wolf registration plate that vehicle owners can purchase for an additional $30 fee. Revenue from the plate sales will be distributed to support red wolf conservation efforts through the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, and NC State University is directed to promote the plate on campus.

House2026-05-04

H1148Introduced

Universal Pre-K

This bill appropriates $200 million in annual state funding to expand the NC Pre-K program so that all income-eligible four-year-old children in North Carolina can participate, beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year. Currently, the program serves some eligible children but cannot accommodate all who qualify.

House2026-05-04

H1164Introduced

NSF for Taxes Penalty Modification

This bill modifies the penalty that North Carolina counties impose when taxpayers submit checks or electronic payments that are returned due to insufficient funds. Instead of the current penalty of $25 or 10% of the payment amount (whichever is greater, up to $1,000), the new penalty would be $25 plus 1% for the first two violations within five years, or $50 plus 2% for any additional violations, with the same $1,000 cap. The bill also provides $15,000 to the Department of Revenue for educational materials.

House2026-05-04

H1161Introduced

Omnibus Artificial Intelligence Protections

This bill creates multiple regulations on artificial intelligence use across North Carolina in elections, education, employment, insurance, and courts. It prohibits AI in political ads, allows schools to restrict student AI use, requires employers to audit AI hiring tools for bias, limits AI in insurance claim processing, and restricts generative AI in court filings.

House2026-05-04

H1167Introduced

2026 Governor's Budget

This is North Carolina's 2026 state budget bill, which appropriates funds for state government operations for fiscal years 2026-2027. It allocates approximately $35.4 billion in General Fund spending across education, health, human services, transportation, and other state functions, while also making adjustments to tax rates, employee salaries, and various state programs.

House2026-05-04

H1155Introduced

The People's Right to Amend Act

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would allow North Carolina citizens to directly propose changes to the state constitution through a petition and voting process, rather than requiring the General Assembly to propose all amendments. Citizens would need signatures from at least 8% of recent gubernatorial voters (with at least 3% from each congressional district) to place an amendment on the ballot, and the amendment would need 60% voter approval to pass.

House2026-05-04

H1177Introduced

Consumer Protection AI Bill of Rights

This resolution urges Congress to preserve North Carolina's authority to enforce existing consumer protection laws against harmful uses of artificial intelligence, and to reject any federal actions that would limit the state's ability to investigate and regulate deceptive AI practices. The resolution asserts that states should retain full power to protect consumers from fraud and unfair commercial practices involving AI systems.

House2026-05-04

H1175Introduced

Affordability in Healthcare Act

This comprehensive healthcare reform bill aims to lower costs and improve affordability through multiple strategies: establishing a state-supported low-cost health insurance plan option on the marketplace (by 2028), creating a purchasing consortium for public health buyers, expanding chronic disease prevention programs, increasing price and billing transparency, regulating hospital facility fees, strengthening protections for rural healthcare, updating insurance prior authorization rules, and requiring state review of significant hospital transactions to preserve competition.

House2026-05-04

H1180Introduced

Data Center Amendments

This bill establishes new rules for how electric utilities provide service to large data centers (facilities using over 20 megawatts of power). It requires utilities to file special rate plans with the NC Utilities Commission that ensure data centers pay the full cost of infrastructure needed to serve them and that other customers are not burdened with those costs. The bill also repeals certain tax provisions related to data centers.

House2026-05-04

H1179Introduced

Senior Property Tax Relief Modernization Act

This bill modernizes North Carolina's property tax relief programs for seniors and disabled homeowners by replacing sharp income cutoffs with gradual phase-outs, allowing homeowners to combine two relief programs, and addressing barriers for those with shared property ownership. The state will reimburse local governments for lost tax revenue, and $20 million will fund local governments to improve property reappraisal technology.

House2026-05-04

H1181Introduced

Property Tax Modifications

This bill modifies North Carolina's property tax relief programs for elderly and disabled homeowners by increasing income limits for married couples, eliminating deferred tax debt, and expanding eligibility options. It also appropriates $20 million to help counties improve property reappraisal processes and creates a new excise tax on transfers of controlling interests in entities that own real property in the state.

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

H1168Introduced

Limit Electric Util. Hist. Fuel Cost Recovery

This bill modifies how North Carolina's Utilities Commission handles electric utility fuel cost recovery by preventing utilities from recovering fuel costs incurred before a specified test period. It restores a limitation that bars utilities from charging customers for historical fuel costs outside the current review period, while allowing recovery of costs within a defined timeframe plus 30 days before the hearing.

House2026-05-04

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

H1130Introduced

Re-Professionalizing the Teaching Profession

This bill makes multiple changes to improve teacher compensation and working conditions in North Carolina public schools. It reinstates education-based salary supplements, increases base teacher salaries significantly, creates a forgivable loan program for National Board certification fees, establishes a one-year sabbatical program for experienced teachers, provides additional planning time and workdays for teachers, and gives school districts more flexibility with calendar scheduling and remote instruction days.

House2026-04-30

H1082Introduced

Tax Relief for Working Families Act

This bill reestablishes North Carolina's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which provides a tax credit to working families based on a percentage of the federal EITC they qualify for. The credit would be set at 20% of the federal credit amount for 2026 and beyond, and any credit amount exceeding taxes owed would be refunded to the taxpayer.

House2026-04-30

H1085Introduced

Improve Cable Service Complaint Resolutions

This bill adds enforcement tools for the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's Office to address cable service complaints. It allows the state to pursue civil actions to recover revenue from cable providers who commit repeat violations of federal customer service requirements or their own customer agreements, and requires cable companies to include complaint resolution information on customer bills.

House2026-04-30

H1081Introduced

Funds for Veterans/HBOT

This bill appropriates $3 million in state funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to provide free hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) treatment to North Carolina veterans diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The funds will be directed to a nonprofit organization called HBOT 4 HEROES to deliver approximately 15,000 treatments to roughly 350 veterans, with progress reported back to the legislature by June 30, 2027.

House2026-04-30

H1127Introduced

Affordable Maternal Access & Cancer Care Act

This bill establishes three healthcare access programs in North Carolina: a $5 million Maternal Care Access Grant Program to fund community-based organizations addressing maternal health disparities, a $2 million Prostate Cancer Control Program providing free or low-cost screenings for uninsured/underinsured men, and insurance coverage requirements ensuring that diagnostic and supplemental breast imaging have the same patient cost-sharing as screening mammograms.

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

H1092Introduced

Reform NC Property Tax

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to allow property tax relief based on area median income, modifies the homestead property tax circuit breaker program for seniors and disabled homeowners, updates tax exemptions for nonprofit affordable rental housing, and provides $20 million in grants to help counties upgrade property reappraisal technology for more frequent assessments.

House2026-04-30

H1122Introduced

Expand Disabled Veteran Prop. Tax Exclusion

This bill expands North Carolina's property tax break for disabled veterans by excluding their entire home value from taxation instead of just the first $45,000. The state will reimburse local governments and school districts for the tax revenue they lose from this expanded exclusion.

House2026-04-30

H1099Introduced

Funding Vocational Rehabilitation

This bill appropriates $7.5 million to help counties provide vocational training and employment services to people participating in accountability and recovery courts. The funding covers training costs, transportation, and support services like childcare and licensing fees, with grants capped at $150,000 per county per year.

House2026-04-30

H1107Introduced

Funds for Families Providing Foster Care

This bill appropriates $2 million in recurring annual funding to the Department of Health and Human Services starting in fiscal year 2026-2027 to help recruit, train, and support foster care families. The money will be distributed to county social services departments based on their documented needs.

House2026-04-30

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

H1120Introduced

Financial Effectiveness and Transparency Act

This bill redirects $6.75 million in state funding away from Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship to evidence-based maternal and infant health programs through the Department of Health and Human Services. It also establishes new transparency and reporting requirements for crisis pregnancy centers that receive any state funds, and requires these centers to provide clients free copies of their records upon request.

House2026-04-30

H1097Introduced

Government Website Access Act

This bill appropriates $31.5 million in state funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to improve government website accessibility through artificial intelligence tools, provide job training grants for veterans and formerly incarcerated individuals, and support career planning resources for working adults.

House2026-04-30

H1070Introduced

Domestic Violence Divorce Reform Act

This bill allows victims of domestic violence to obtain an absolute divorce in North Carolina without waiting the standard one-year separation period. Victims can qualify by obtaining a domestic violence protection order, a conviction against their spouse for a domestic violence offense, or by proving domestic violence to a judge at a hearing. The bill also provides $50,000 in funding to Compass Center to support domestic violence victims.

House2026-04-29

H1076Introduced

The Innovations Waitlist Reduction Act

This bill increases funding for the Innovations waiver program by $240 million to add 6,635 new slots for individuals with disabilities or long-term care needs. It simultaneously modifies the Opportunity Scholarship Program to prioritize lower-income families and reduces that program's funding by $240 million, redirecting those funds to the Innovations waiver expansion.

House2026-04-29

H1072Introduced

Affordable Housing Infrastructure Development

This bill creates the Affordable Housing Infrastructure Development Loan Program, which provides below-market interest rate loans to nonprofit organizations for developing land and infrastructure (such as utilities, roads, and site preparation) for affordable housing projects. The program receives $50 million in state funding and is administered by the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency.

House2026-04-29

H1077Introduced

NC Working Families Economic Relief Act

This bill creates a grant program at North Carolina community colleges to train students as tax preparers through the federal Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, while also providing funding to United Way of North Carolina to expand VITA services. The bill aims to help low-income North Carolinians claim federal tax credits they are eligible for but currently do not claim.

House2026-04-29

H1066Introduced

Child Care Stabilization & Affordability Act

This bill redirects $390 million from the Opportunity Scholarship program (which funds private school scholarships) to child care subsidies, establishes permanent funding for a tri-share child care cost-sharing program between employers/employees/state, reenacts a state child care tax credit, creates apprenticeships and workforce programs for early childhood educators, increases child care subsidy reimbursement rates, and establishes a health insurance pool for child care workers.

House2026-04-29

H1071Introduced

SNAP Funding in Response to H.R. 1

This bill appropriates $85 million in state funds to replace federal funding that North Carolina will lose for administering the SNAP (food assistance) program due to changes in federal law (Public Law 119-21). The funds will be distributed to the Department of Health and Human Services and counties based on their actual losses in federal administrative support.

House2026-04-29

H1073Introduced

Fair Share for Public Schools Act

This bill creates a new 7% income tax on North Carolina income exceeding $1 million per year for individuals. The revenue collected, minus administrative costs, would be distributed annually to the state public school fund and allocated to local school districts based on the number of students.

House2026-04-29

H1079Introduced

Menstrual Products Sales Tax Exemption

This bill removes the sales tax on menstrual products in North Carolina, including tampons, pads, menstrual cups, panty liners, and similar items. The exemption would take effect October 1, 2026, and apply to all future sales of these products in the state.

House2026-04-29

H1046Introduced

NC Economic Progress and Well-Being

This bill requires North Carolina's Department of Commerce to prepare and publish a biennial report measuring economic opportunity, affordability, and family economic security across the state and by county. The report will track metrics like poverty rates, job quality, housing affordability, education costs, and regional economic opportunity using existing public data sources.

House2026-04-28

H1055Introduced

GTCC Aviation Center Expansion

This bill appropriates $1.8 million in state funds to Guilford Technical Community College for expanding its Aviation Center and related capital expenses, effective July 1, 2026. The funds are nonrecurring and will remain available until spent.

House2026-04-28

H1059Introduced

Fair Minimum Wage Act

This bill raises North Carolina's minimum wage to $15 per hour (with a lower $11 per hour rate for small businesses under $400,000 annual revenue) and automatically adjusts it yearly for inflation. It creates a Wage Board to study wage standards, allows local governments to set higher minimum wages, and establishes a Short-Time Compensation program to help employers reduce hours instead of laying off workers.

House2026-04-28

H1053Introduced

Additional Funding for School Supplies

This bill appropriates $28.6 million in state funding for the 2026-2027 school year to increase classroom materials and instructional supplies for North Carolina public schools. It also expresses the General Assembly's intent to provide additional funding of $15.1 million in 2027-2028 and $22.6 million in 2028-2029, though these future amounts require separate appropriation.

House2026-04-28

H1061Introduced

Plyler Educational Protections Act

This bill establishes protections for all students in North Carolina public schools regardless of immigration status, based on the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision Plyler v. Doe. It prohibits schools from denying enrollment based on citizenship status, requires schools to protect student information from immigration authorities, establishes procedures for handling immigration enforcement requests on school grounds, and restricts school resource officers from cooperating with immigration enforcement.

House2026-04-28

H1057Introduced

Affordable Food Act

The Affordable Food Act is a comprehensive bill that addresses food insecurity in North Carolina through multiple programs: it establishes SNAP nutrition incentive programs to help low-income families buy healthy food, creates a state food procurement program to support farmers, appropriates funds to replace lost federal SNAP administrative funding, protects farmland from development, establishes assistance programs for military veterans and families, expands food distribution in underserved areas, and prohibits grocery stores from using electronic shelf labels to change prices more than once per 24 hours (dynamic pricing). The bill totals approximately $320 million in appropriations for the 2026-2027 fiscal year.

House2026-04-28

H1060Introduced

AG Investigations/Certain ICE & CBP Incidents

This bill requires North Carolina's Attorney General to investigate incidents involving federal immigration enforcement (ICE and CBP officers) that result in serious bodily injury or death. The Attorney General must publicly release findings and recommendations within seven days and report to legislative leaders. The bill allocates $450,000 in funding for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to implement these investigations.

House2026-04-28

H1062Introduced

Immigration Cooperation Agreements

This bill restricts how North Carolina law enforcement can cooperate with federal immigration authorities. It requires federal immigration agents to follow specific conditions when working with local police (such as providing advance notice, being clearly identified, and obtaining judicial warrants), and it prohibits local law enforcement from assisting with civil immigration enforcement without a valid judicial warrant. The bill also appropriates $40 million for county law enforcement hiring.

House2026-04-28

H1054Introduced

Gov't Employee Raises & Retiree COLA

This bill increases salaries for public school employees (teachers, principals, and staff), state employees, and community college workers effective July 1, 2026. It provides a 7% salary increase for most state-funded employees, enhances sick leave benefits for state workers, and provides a 3% cost-of-living adjustment to certain retirees. The bill appropriates approximately $939.8 million for salary increases and $250 million for retiree adjustments.

House2026-04-28

H1048Introduced

Funding for HIV/AIDS Awareness Walk

This bill appropriates $72,000 in state funding for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to support the annual Winston-Salem HIV/AIDS Awareness Walk, a nonprofit event designed to raise public awareness, reduce stigma, and provide education about HIV/AIDS.

House2026-04-28

H1045Introduced

Fair Wages in Health Care Act/Funds

This bill establishes minimum wage requirements for five direct care and health care support occupations in North Carolina, ranging from $18 to $24 per hour depending on the role. It requires the Department of Health and Human Services to adjust Medicaid and state-funded program rates to help employers meet these new wage floors, and appropriates $500,000 for implementation beginning January 1, 2028.

House2026-04-28

H1039Introduced

Const Amend: No Budget No Pay

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would require North Carolina voters to approve a measure preventing state legislators from receiving their salary and allowances after June 30 if the General Assembly has not passed a comprehensive budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The forfeiture would continue until either a budget is ratified or the legislative session ends, whichever comes first. Voters would decide on this amendment at the November 2026 general election.

House2026-04-23

H1024Introduced

Revise NC 529 Program

This bill creates a state matching program that provides up to $100 in matching funds for every $50 contributed to education savings accounts for children 14 and younger from low-income families (up to 250% of federal poverty level), with a maximum match of $1,500 per student. It also allows North Carolina taxpayers to deduct up to $2,000 per year (or $4,000 for married couples) in contributions to these education savings accounts from their state income taxes.

House2026-04-22

H1017Introduced

Sound Basic Education for Every Child

This comprehensive education bill aims to improve North Carolina schools through four main areas: (1) increasing teacher recruitment, retention, and compensation; (2) improving school leadership through principal salary increases and support programs; (3) reforming school funding to provide more resources to disadvantaged students and children with disabilities; and (4) expanding pre-kindergarten and early childhood education programs. The bill appropriates over $3.7 billion for these initiatives for fiscal year 2026-2027.

House2026-04-22

H1021Introduced

Funds for Facilities of DAV Organizations

This bill appropriates $10 million in recurring annual funding through the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to create a grant program for Disabled American Veterans (DAV) nonprofit chapters. The grants, capped at $1 million per chapter per year, can be used to renovate and expand facilities and provide additional resources to disabled veterans, with unused funds rolling over to future years.

House2026-04-22

H1023Introduced

Divine Nine Special Registration Plate Act

This bill creates a new Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority special registration plate in North Carolina and establishes how fees from this plate and other Divine Nine (historically Black Greek letter organization) plates are collected and distributed. Vehicle owners can purchase these plates for an additional $20 fee, with portions going to various state funds and the organizations' national foundations.

House2026-04-22

H1020Introduced

PESA Class Aides & Child. Wartime Vets Funds

This bill makes two changes: (1) it allows Personal Education Student Account (PESA) scholarship funds to be used to pay for one-to-one classroom aides at private schools, with restrictions on who can serve as an aide, and (2) it appropriates $1 million for fiscal year 2025-2026 and $7 million for fiscal year 2026-2027 to increase and expand scholarships for children of wartime veterans.

House2026-04-22

H1031Introduced

Universal Free Breakfast and Lunch

This bill requires all North Carolina public schools to provide free breakfast and lunch to every student at no cost. The state would appropriate $116 million annually beginning in fiscal year 2026-2027 to fund these meals, with the State Board of Education distributing funds to school food authorities based on school size, student need, and other factors.

House2026-04-22

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

H693Engrossed

Interstate Massage Compact

This bill establishes the Interstate Massage Compact, which creates a multistate licensing system allowing massage therapists licensed in one member state to practice in other participating states. The compact creates an Interstate Massage Compact Commission to oversee licensing, maintain a database of licensees, and coordinate enforcement across states while preserving each state's regulatory authority.

House2025-09-25

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

H118Introduced

Disabled Veterans Tax Relief Bill

This bill increases the property tax homestead exclusion for disabled veterans in North Carolina from $45,000 to $61,000 of appraised home value, meaning more of their home's value is not taxed. The state will reimburse local governments for half of the tax revenue they lose from this increase.

House2025-09-23

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

H8Engrossed

NC Managing Environmental Waste Act of 2025

This bill requires state departments, schools, and colleges to purchase recycled, compostable, or recyclable materials when economically practicable, and mandates annual reporting on such purchases and recycling efforts. It also directs a UNC study on food service ware (single-use food containers) and requires the General Assembly and certain state facilities to pilot programs reducing single-use food service products.

House2025-07-31

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

H992Passed

Timeshare Foreclosure/Paternity Matters

This bill creates a streamlined foreclosure process for timeshare associations to collect unpaid assessments without going to court, and makes changes to how paternity is established for children born outside of marriage. The timeshare foreclosure process allows associations to sell a delinquent owner's timeshare through a trustee sale, while owners can object to use this process and demand a traditional court foreclosure instead.

House2025-07-09

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

H546Passed

Medicaid Modernization

This bill makes several updates to North Carolina's Medicaid program, including creating services for substance use disorders, implementing work requirements when approved by federal officials, allowing out-of-state telehealth providers to enroll, establishing a specialty plan for children in foster care, extending postpartum coverage to 12 months, including psychiatric hospitals in a hospital payment program, and exploring Medicaid coverage for personal care services in adult care homes.

House2025-07-07

H837Introduced

Study Alternative Methods for Highway Funding

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

House2025-07-03

H928Passed

Allow PTs in School Concussion Protocol

This bill allows licensed physical therapists to evaluate student athletes for concussions and clear them to return to play or practice, in addition to the medical professionals already authorized to do so. Previously, only doctors and certain other healthcare providers could evaluate and clear students with suspected concussions.

House2025-07-02

H378Passed

Various Ed Law/Tax Acct/NIL Changes

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina education and tax laws. It requires schools to evaluate technology costs and report device repair rates; allows community college students under 18 to share education records with parents; expands dual enrollment pathways for high school sophomores; allows uniformed service members to defer UNC enrollment; authorizes UNC capital projects; protects education savings accounts from creditor claims; and creates rules for athlete agents handling name, image, and likeness contracts.

House2025-07-01

H948Passed

The P.A.V.E. Act

The P.A.V.E. Act creates a new metropolitan public transportation authority for Mecklenburg County and authorizes a 1% local sales tax to fund roadway and public transportation projects, with 40% of revenues going to road maintenance in municipalities and 60% to transit operations, including a planned Red Line rail project. The sales tax requires voter approval through a referendum before implementation.

House2025-07-01

H67Passed

Healthcare Workforce Reforms

House Bill 67 is a comprehensive healthcare workforce reform law that includes multiple provisions: allowing interstate medical licensure compacts for physicians and physician assistants, creating an international physician employee license pathway, expanding clinical psychologist scope of practice, enabling pharmacists to test for and treat influenza and establish collaborative practices, and modifying requirements for physician assistants and other healthcare providers to practice in team-based settings. The bill also requires surgical smoke evacuation systems in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, and expands behavioral health workforce eligibility through community college degrees.

House2025-07-01

H373Passed

UNC Tuition Discounts for Certain Students

This bill allows UNC constituent institutions to offer discounted tuition to two groups of students: those receiving military tuition assistance (federal or North Carolina National Guard) and those enrolled in employer-sponsored financial support programs. The discount amount cannot exceed the difference between the military assistance or employer funding received and the applicable tuition, and UNC must report annually to the legislature on the number of students served and financial impact.

House2025-06-26

H697Engrossed

NC Genetic Counselors Workforce Act

This bill establishes a Genetic Counselors Licensure Board in North Carolina and creates a new licensing system for genetic counselors. Genetic counselors would need to be certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling and meet additional qualifications to practice in the state. The Board would regulate genetic counselors' practice, set ethical standards, investigate complaints, and enforce disciplinary actions.

House2025-06-26

H91Passed

Define Armed Forces/Religious Prop. Tax Excl

This bill adds the United States Space Force to the definition of 'Armed Forces' throughout North Carolina state law to reflect the military branch's creation in 2019. It also extends the lookback period for religious property tax exemption applications from the current timeframe to up to five calendar years, allowing property owners to file late applications and potentially receive tax relief for the prior five years.

House2025-06-26

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

H590Engrossed

Patient Safety/Med. Imaging/Radiation Therapy

This bill creates a new state licensing board and licensing system for medical imaging professionals (radiographers, sonographers, nuclear medicine technologists, radiation therapists, and related specialists) to ensure they meet education and certification standards. Starting January 1, 2026, most people performing medical imaging or radiation therapy procedures in North Carolina must be licensed by the new Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Board of Examiners.

House2025-06-26

H59Introduced

Modify Homestead Exclusions

This bill modifies North Carolina's property tax relief programs for elderly and disabled homeowners. It increases the income limit for married couples in the elderly/disabled homestead exclusion, eliminates the requirement to repay deferred taxes in the homestead circuit breaker program, adds an alternative income qualification based on area median income, and releases any previously accumulated deferred taxes for eligible properties.

House2025-06-25

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

H348Introduced

Annexation of PUV Land/School Capacity

This bill requires cities in counties with 150,000+ residents to get county approval before annexing agricultural or forest land that has been under present-use value taxation. The approval is needed if the annexation would cause residential zoning that increases school enrollment beyond the county's current capacity. Cities can proceed without county approval if they agree to pay the county for school capacity improvements.

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

H777Introduced

Expressing French Friendship

This is a nonbinding House Resolution that honors the historical friendship and alliance between the United States and France, recognizes France's significant economic contributions to North Carolina (including $429 million in investments and 15,500 jobs), and urges the U.S. Congress to strengthen trade relations and cooperation with France. The resolution celebrates French cultural heritage in North Carolina and commits the state to further developing ties with France.

House2025-06-18

H923Introduced

Protect Personal Info/Judicial Personnel

This bill allows judges, prosecutors, public defenders, and other judicial officials to request that state, county, and city websites remove their personal identifying information such as home addresses, phone numbers, and birth certificates. Public agencies must comply with these requests and keep the requests confidential, while the removed information remains a public record if otherwise required to be disclosed.

House2025-06-17

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

H429Engrossed

Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate

This bill reauthorizes a special registration plate for the Turtle Rescue Team at NC State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. The plate, which expired in 2016, would become available again for vehicle owners to purchase at an additional $30 fee beyond regular registration costs.

House2025-06-16

H50Passed

LEO Special Separation Allowance Options

This bill gives state and local law enforcement officers with at least 30 years of service who retire before age 62 a choice between two ways to calculate their special separation allowance. Officers can either receive 0.85% of their current salary for each year of service, or 0.85% of their salary at the time they reached 30 years of service multiplied by 30—whichever they choose provides more benefit.

House2025-06-13

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

H577Introduced

Protect Towers and Truckers Act

This bill creates a Commercial Motor Vehicle Towing and Recovery Commission to oversee towing fees and practices for commercial trucks. It requires tow operators to obtain permits from the Division of Motor Vehicles, establishes training and background check requirements, and sets rules for how towed vehicles and cargo are handled and returned to owners.

House2025-06-11

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

H485Engrossed

Adult Care Home Medicaid PCS Coverage

This bill requires North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services to request federal approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to extend Medicaid coverage for personal care services to certain low-income individuals living in adult care homes. The coverage would apply to people whose income is between the current limit and 180-200% of the federal poverty level, but only if the new services are paid for through savings or cost avoidance and the federal government approves the request.

House2025-05-27

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

H886Engrossed

AEDs and CPR in Public Schools

This bill requires all North Carolina public schools to install at least one automatic external defibrillator (AED) in each school building, primarily in athletic facilities, and mandates training for school personnel on how to use AEDs and perform CPR. The State Board of Education will develop rules for installation, maintenance, and training, with all types of public schools (traditional public, charter, regional, and university-run) required to comply by the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-05-08

H701Engrossed

Adopt Lafayette Day

This bill establishes May 17th as an official annual state holiday in North Carolina called Lafayette Day, honoring the Marquis de Lafayette's contributions to American independence and his advocacy for human rights. The date was chosen because North Carolina renamed Campellton to Fayetteville in honor of Lafayette on May 17, 1783, making it the first state to do so.

House2025-05-08

H602Engrossed

Coach Safely Act

This bill requires coaches and athletic staff at youth sports programs on state or local government property to complete annual training courses on youth sports injury prevention and emergency response. The Department of Health and Human Services will approve courses covering topics like concussions, heat injuries, CPR, and cardiac issues. Medical professionals like doctors, nurses, and athletic trainers are exempt from this requirement.

House2025-05-08

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

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

H81Introduced

Restrict Use of Vehicle Telematics

This bill requires insurance companies and agents to notify customers in writing and get their written consent before collecting or using vehicle telematics data (driving habit information from tracking devices or apps). Customers can revoke their consent at any time, and companies must stop using the data within 24 hours of revocation. Violations are treated as unfair or deceptive trade practices.

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

H772Engrossed

North Carolina Student Lifeline Act

This bill requires all North Carolina schools (public, charter, private, and religious) and community colleges and universities to display the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline phone number (988) and NC Peer Warmline phone number (855-733-7762) in multiple locations, including student IDs, websites, school devices, calendars, and registration documents. Schools must verify these phone numbers are current annually.

House2025-05-07

H909Engrossed

State Infrastructure Bank Board

This bill establishes a State Infrastructure Bank Board to provide loans and financial assistance for transportation, water, sewer, and other infrastructure projects in North Carolina. The Board will manage federal, state, and private funds, offer flexible lending terms including below-market interest rates, and use blended financing to attract private investment in infrastructure.

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

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

H515Engrossed

North Carolina Economic Abuse Prevention Act

This bill creates the North Carolina Economic Abuse Prevention Act, which provides domestic violence survivors and certain other abuse victims legal remedies to challenge debts incurred under duress, coercion, or fraud by abusers. Survivors can provide documentation to creditors and collection agencies to stop collection activities and potentially eliminate their liability for coerced debts, while creditors may pursue claims against the person who coerced the debt.

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

H283Engrossed

Small Business Investment Grant Program

This bill creates a new Small Business Investment Grant Program within North Carolina's One North Carolina Fund, allocating up to $10 million in competitive grants to help small businesses establish new facilities or expand existing ones in the state. It also renames the existing One North Carolina Small Business Account to the Small Business Research and Technology Account.

House2025-05-07

H953Engrossed

Study Committee on ADA/APD/PAC Pay

This bill establishes a 12-member study committee to examine the pay rates and structures of assistant district attorneys, assistant public defenders, and private assigned counsel in North Carolina. The committee will compare North Carolina's pay and conditions to neighboring states and other factors that influence whether lawyers work in these criminal justice roles, with reports due to legislative appropriations committees by March 2026 and March 2027.

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

H297Engrossed

Breast Cancer Prevention Imaging Parity

This bill requires health insurance plans in North Carolina to cover supplemental and diagnostic breast imaging (such as MRI and ultrasound) with the same cost-sharing as standard mammograms. It also prevents out-of-network providers from billing patients above insurance-approved rates for these breast cancer prevention services.

House2025-05-07

H906Engrossed

Reagan's Law

Reagan's Law requires health insurance plans in North Carolina to cover prosthetic and orthotic devices (artificial limbs and braces) based on Medicare's coverage standards. The law ensures coverage includes all necessary materials, instruction, repairs, and replacement devices, including multiple devices for different activities, with no limits based on device lifespan or continuous use.

House2025-05-07

H414Engrossed

1-to-1 Credit for Career and College Promise

This bill allows Career and College Promise students to earn high school graduation credit for specific community college courses in English, math, science, and history. It also removes Math III as a mandatory graduation requirement, allowing students to take math courses aligned with their career development plans instead.

House2025-05-07

H795Engrossed

Increased Access for Youth in Foster Families

This bill creates a new Guardianship Assistance Program (KinGAP) in North Carolina that provides financial support to children who leave foster care and are placed with relative or non-relative legal guardians. The program lowers the minimum age of eligibility from 14 to 10 years old and allows youth to continue receiving assistance until age 21 if they are pursuing education, employment, or have a qualifying disability.

House2025-05-07

H121Engrossed

SchCalFlex/Statewide/Open Cal

This bill gives local school boards more flexibility in setting school calendars by allowing them to start school as early as the Monday closest to August 19 (instead of August 26) if they have experienced significant weather-related closures, and increases the number of remote instruction days schools can use to meet required instructional time when unable to open due to emergencies.

House2025-05-07

H489Engrossed

Insurance Coverage Emergency Ambulance Trans

This bill requires health insurance plans in North Carolina to reimburse out-of-network ambulance services at a minimum rate of 100% of the local government rate (or 400% of Medicare rates if no local rate exists), and caps the patient's cost-sharing for emergency ambulance services at the lesser of $100 or 10% of the reimbursement amount.

House2025-05-07

H896Engrossed

Jesse's Law

This bill creates a study committee to examine whether North Carolina should require specialized training on domestic violence and child abuse for judges, guardians ad litem, mediators, and other court professionals involved in child custody cases. The committee will study training content, duration, providers, costs, and implementation models, then report findings to the General Assembly by June 30, 2026.

House2025-05-07

H444Introduced

Homeowners Association Reform Bill

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina's condominium and planned community association laws. It protects homeowners by limiting how associations can change rules, restricting managing agent compensation based on fines collected, requiring fair approval procedures for home modifications, and preventing foreclosures without allowing payment plans first. It also establishes mandatory mediation before associations can sue members and requires the Department of Justice to collect and report complaints about association disputes.

House2025-05-06

H581Introduced

Career Pathways Transparency Act

This bill creates a 'Know Before You Go' program that provides North Carolina high school sophomores with transparent data about college and career options, including job demand, salary information, graduation rates, and student debt outcomes. It requires state agencies to collect and share this information through a website and local school programs, with $500,000 in grants to help schools implement the initiative.

House2025-05-06

H976Introduced

Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act

This bill establishes a new legal process for dividing property owned jointly by multiple family members, called 'heirs property.' It requires courts to first try dividing the property into separate parcels (partition in kind) rather than forcing a sale, and allows remaining cotenants to buy out those who want to sell before the property is sold as a whole.

House2025-05-06

H24Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning Authority

This bill repeals a 2024 law that restricted local governments' ability to reduce zoning density (down-zoning). It restores municipalities' and counties' authority to initiate down-zoning changes and makes this change retroactive to December 11, 2024, reinstating any ordinances that were affected by the previous restriction.

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

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

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

H254Engrossed

Adopt Tuskegee Airmen Day

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

House2025-05-01

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

H797Engrossed

Residential Property Wholesaling Protection

This bill requires residential property wholesalers to be licensed as real estate brokers and gives homeowners a 30-day right to cancel purchase contracts with wholesalers without penalty. It also requires wholesalers to disclose the homeowner's cancellation rights in 14-point font on the contract and refund all payments within 10 business days if canceled.

House2025-05-01

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

H771Engrossed

Criminal Law Procedures

This bill makes three main changes to North Carolina criminal law: it allows prosecutors to take depositions (recorded testimony) from witnesses in exceptional circumstances to preserve their testimony before trial, it establishes new rights for sexual assault victims regarding evidence collection kits and court proceedings, and it makes minor modifications to how the Conference of District Attorneys operates.

House2025-04-30

H152Engrossed

Access to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

This bill requires health insurance plans in North Carolina that cover transcranial magnetic stimulation (a noninvasive brain treatment for depression and mental disorders) to reimburse all properly licensed healthcare providers and facilities equally, without penalizing claims based on the provider's medical specialty. Insurers retain the right to decide whether to cover the treatment, which conditions it covers, coverage requirements, and reimbursement rates.

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

H649Engrossed

County Tier Designation Study Bill

This bill directs the NC Collaboratory at UNC Chapel Hill to study how different changes to North Carolina's county tier designation system might affect rankings, programs, and business conditions across all 100 counties. The study will examine three types of changes: modifying ranking criteria, changing how tier designations are assigned, and adjusting the timeframe for rankings. The Collaboratory must submit a preliminary report by December 31, 2025, and a final report by December 1, 2026.

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

H873Introduced

DEQ Agency Bill.-AB

This bill makes several administrative and technical changes to North Carolina's environmental regulations, including allowing the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to use school and public buildings for hearings, clarifying rules for hazardous waste recycling facilities, modifying brownfields property fee structures, refining solid waste recycling definitions, expanding eligibility for water project financing, and adjusting wetland mitigation and stewardship practices.

House2025-04-30

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

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

H956Introduced

Enhance Financial Protections/Older Adults

This bill requires North Carolina financial institutions and payment card processors to report to social services when they observe older adults (65+) or disabled adults exhibiting financially harmful behavior patterns or ceasing communication for six months. During the reporting period, covered entities must waive late fees, penalties, and interest charges on loans or credit extended to these individuals.

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

H110Introduced

Nat.l Guard Student Loan Repayment Program

This bill creates a National Guard Student Loan Repayment Program that provides up to $50,000 in student loan repayment assistance to active North Carolina National Guard members who commit to at least three years of service, with additional funds available for longer service terms. The bill appropriates $25.5 million in startup funding and $180,000 for administrative staff to operate the program.

House2025-04-29

H462Introduced

Personal Data Privacy/Social Media Safety

This bill creates two new laws: the Personal Data Privacy Act, which gives North Carolina residents rights to access, correct, delete, and control how companies use their personal data (particularly for targeted advertising and sales), and the Social Media Safety Act, which requires social media platforms to verify users are 18 years old and obtain parental consent before minors can create accounts.

House2025-04-29

H855Introduced

Residency Licenses for Nonpublic EC Teachers

This bill expands who can request residency licenses for teachers in North Carolina by allowing nonpublic schools to request them in addition to public school units. Residency licenses are one-year renewable licenses (up to three years total) for individuals enrolled in teacher preparation programs who meet basic educational and content knowledge requirements.

House2025-04-29

H767Introduced

Market Rate Teacher Pay Study

This bill creates a joint legislative study commission to research how North Carolina public school teacher pay compares to other states and examine factors affecting teacher recruitment and retention. The commission will study teacher salaries, benefits, attrition rates, and the effectiveness of various compensation programs, then report findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by the end of 2026.

House2025-04-29

H592Engrossed

Toxic-Free Medical Devices Act of 2025

This bill prohibits North Carolina manufacturers, sellers, and distributors from intentionally using DEHP (a chemical plasticizer) in intravenous solution containers starting January 1, 2030, and in intravenous tubing starting January 1, 2035. The bill also sets a maximum limit of 0.1% for unintentionally present DEHP and allows delayed compliance until January 2032 for manufacturers awaiting FDA approval or needing equipment upgrades.

House2025-04-28

H610Engrossed

Study on Year-Round School

This bill directs the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to study whether each school district could offer at least one year-round school for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The study will examine costs, logistics, and barriers to implementing year-round schools, with results due to the legislature by January 2027.

House2025-04-28

H635Introduced

Increase Access to Fertility Treatment

This bill requires large group health insurance plans in North Carolina to cover fertility diagnostic care, fertility treatment, and fertility preservation services. Coverage must include at least three in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles per person, though the requirement does not apply to plans offered by religious institutions or self-insured group plans.

House2025-04-17

H573Introduced

Remove Testing Requirement for Teacher Lisc

This bill removes the requirement that teacher license applicants in North Carolina pass a standardized examination. It repeals existing testing requirements and prohibits the State Board of Education from adopting new rules that would require standardized tests for teacher licensure.

House2025-04-17

H924Introduced

Board for Gen. Contractors/Crim. Referrals

This bill allows North Carolina's State Licensing Board for General Contractors to refer violations of contractor licensing laws to law enforcement and district attorneys for criminal prosecution. It also permits the Board to share investigative records with law enforcement and prosecutors to support criminal investigations, and allows the Board to use its resources to assist in prosecutions.

House2025-04-17

H508Introduced

Lower Cap on Credit Card Interest

This bill lowers the maximum interest rate that lenders can charge on credit card and revolving credit accounts in North Carolina from 1.5% per month to 1.17% per month. It also includes minor technical updates to credit card regulations regarding annual fees, late payment charges, and consumer notices.

House2025-04-17

H555Introduced

Medicaid Telehealth Services

This bill allows healthcare providers licensed by North Carolina who offer services exclusively through telemedicine (remote video or phone visits) to become Medicaid providers without needing a physical office location or in-state address. Currently, such providers may be required to have a physical presence in the state to enroll in Medicaid.

House2025-04-17

H634Introduced

Parity Enhancement for Addiction Recovery

This bill updates North Carolina insurance law to align with federal mental health parity requirements and enhance coverage for substance use disorder treatment. It requires health insurance plans to cover mental health conditions with the same terms and conditions as physical health conditions, mandates that substance use disorder treatment decisions use specific clinical criteria from the American Society of Addiction Medicine, and replaces outdated terminology throughout insurance regulations.

House2025-04-17

H213Engrossed

Post NC Veterans' Benefits

This bill requires North Carolina employers with five or more employees to post notices about veterans' benefits in the workplace, alongside existing labor law notices. The notices can be printed with a QR code or digital, and must include information about veterans' services, benefits, employment assistance, and housing support provided by the state.

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

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

H912Introduced

The Hometown Opp. for Mentoring Educators Act

This bill creates the Hometown Teacher Grant Program, which provides $500 monthly salary supplements to teachers who grew up and attended school in their current school district and agree to continue teaching there. The state would allocate $10 million per year to support this program through local school districts.

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

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

H113Introduced

Create Committee on Medicaid Sustainability

This bill creates a joint legislative committee with 6 senators and 6 representatives to study ways to modify North Carolina's Medicaid program if federal funding decreases. The committee will explore options like reducing optional services, adjusting provider payments, and improving managed care efficiency, then report findings and recommendations by April 30, 2026.

House2025-04-15

H399Introduced

NC Board of Nursing Licensure Fees

This bill doubles most licensing fees charged by the North Carolina Board of Nursing for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and related services. The fee increases will take effect October 1, 2025, and apply to new applications, renewals, and reinstatements, with a cap preventing year-to-year increases of more than 20%.

House2025-04-15

H114Introduced

Employment Preference for Military Personnel

This bill expands North Carolina's employment preference policy for military personnel by removing the requirement that service occur during wartime and extending preference to active duty service members, Armed Forces Reserve members, and their spouses and dependents. The expanded preference applies to state job applications, hirings, promotions, reassignments, and transfers.

House2025-04-15

H933Introduced

IDD Omnibus

This bill implements multiple changes to support North Carolina citizens with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). It increases Medicaid rates for direct care workers to at least $18/hour, expands waiver programs, improves Medicaid coverage for workers with disabilities, studies new community services, creates housing assistance programs, increases education funding for students with disabilities, and restricts use of prone restraints in schools.

House2025-04-14

H974Introduced

DHHS Study/Hospice Patient Complaints

This bill directs the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to study how hospice care facilities handle patient and family complaints. The study will analyze complaint data, consult with hospice administrators and industry groups, and provide recommendations to the legislature by April 1, 2026, focusing on best practices for complaint procedures, investigations, communication, and family involvement.

House2025-04-14

H993Introduced

HOA Organization and Reporting Act

This bill requires homeowners associations (HOAs) in North Carolina—both condominium unit owners' associations and planned community lot owners' associations—to incorporate or organize as corporations or limited liability companies and submit annual reports to the Secretary of State. The reports must include contact information for board members, management agents, and links to recorded covenants, with requirements taking effect October 1, 2026.

House2025-04-14

H961Introduced

Criminal Intent Sentence Enhancement

This bill establishes a sentence enhancement for felony crimes motivated by a victim's race, ethnicity, color, religion, nationality, country of origin, or gender. When such motivation is proven beyond a reasonable doubt, the convicted person's sentence would be increased by one felony class level. The bill also updates an existing aggravating sentencing factor to include gender as a protected characteristic.

House2025-04-14

H969Introduced

Study the Abolition of Contrib. Negligence

This bill directs the Legislative Research Commission to study whether North Carolina should eliminate its contributory negligence law and adopt a different legal framework. The study would examine how abolishing contributory negligence affects citizens, evaluate financial impacts across different sectors, and provide recommendations to the General Assembly by 2026.

House2025-04-14

H979Introduced

Update Volunteer System/LTC Ombudsman Program

This bill restructures the system of volunteers who advocate for residents' rights in North Carolina nursing homes and adult care homes. It changes community advisory committees into a volunteer ombudsman representative system under direct oversight of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman office, with clearer accountability, training requirements, and designation procedures.

House2025-04-14

H978Introduced

Est. Youth Mentoring Comm./Mentoring Funds

This bill creates the North Carolina Commission on Youth Mentoring within the Department of Health and Human Services and provides $1.5 million per year for grants to youth mentoring nonprofits. The 15-member commission will establish grant programs, manage applications, and report annually on how funds are distributed and their social impact.

House2025-04-14

H941Introduced

Expand & Enhance the Teaching Fellows Program

This bill expands the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program by increasing loan amounts for teacher education students, expanding the program to 14 institutions instead of 10, adding new focus areas like elementary education and social studies, and allocating $10 million in recurring state funding. It also applies previous program improvements retroactively to all current teaching fellows.

House2025-04-14

H957Introduced

HBCU/HMSI Omnibus

This bill creates a study committee to assess infrastructure needs at North Carolina's Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), establishes several new financial aid and scholarship programs for HBCU students, and appropriates approximately $276 million in state funds for capital improvements and academic support at HBCUs and other historically minority-serving institutions across the state.

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

H947Introduced

Every Child Reads

This bill requires North Carolina schools to screen students for dyslexia in kindergarten through 3rd grade and grades 6 and 9, provide dyslexia training for teachers, and align middle school literacy instruction with the science of reading. It also transfers the NC Pre-K program from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department of Public Instruction.

House2025-04-14

H937Introduced

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, ensuring each eligible coach receives at least $3,000 total in state and non-state funds. Schools that previously provided non-state funds for coach supplements must continue doing so, and any unused funds go to support youth sports programming through the North Carolina Alliance of YMCAs.

House2025-04-14

H970Introduced

Preventing Algorithmic Rent Fixing

This bill prohibits landlords and rental management companies in North Carolina from using pricing algorithms that share or incorporate competitor rental data to set rent prices. It also prevents landlords from contracting with services that collect and analyze rental pricing information from multiple competitors. Violations are treated as unfair trade practices, and renters can sue for damages.

House2025-04-14

H1004Introduced

UNC AI & Technology Hubs

This bill appropriates $124 million to establish artificial intelligence and technology hubs across UNC universities. It designates up to eight UNC institutions as AI Hubs (with at least one being a historically Black college or American Indian university), provides $70 million for technology hubs at all UNC campuses, and allocates $30 million for AI research grants through the NC Collaboratory.

House2025-04-14

H955Introduced

NC Junk Fee Prevention Act

This bill requires businesses in North Carolina to display the full total price of goods and services upfront in advertisements, including all mandatory fees that cannot be avoided. It applies to short-term lodging providers, telecommunications services, ticket sellers, and entertainment venues, and allows the Attorney General to enforce the law with civil penalties up to $5,000 per violation.

House2025-04-14

H900Introduced

Legislators Documents Confidentiality Change

This bill modifies the confidentiality protections for North Carolina legislators' documents by creating specific exceptions to the rule that legislators can keep their documents private. Legislators would now be required to disclose documents in six categories: federal grand jury subpoenas, investigative authority requests, correspondence about state fund appropriations, lobbyist communications, staff compensation records, and correspondence with state agencies about their business interests.

House2025-04-14

H986Introduced

Support Our Teachers

This bill prohibits schools from requiring teachers to post lesson plans or objectives, guarantees teachers have duty-free lunch periods without assigned responsibilities, and requires schools to compensate teachers who lead professional development training for their peers.

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

H905Introduced

Public School Part-Time Enrollment

This bill requires public schools and charter schools in North Carolina to allow students who attend private schools to enroll part-time in public school courses, programs, or services. Schools would receive state funding based on the amount of instructional time each part-time student attends, with full per-pupil funding for students attending one-third or more of a full school day and half funding for those attending less.

House2025-04-14

H893Introduced

Chiropractic Investigatory Costs

This bill limits the costs that North Carolina's State Board of Chiropractic Examiners can charge chiropractors during disciplinary proceedings to $1,000 for settled cases or $3,000 for cases with full hearings (except in cases of bad faith defense). The bill also requires the Board to keep accurate meeting minutes with specific details and to provide itemized cost descriptions to chiropractors, with refunds if overcharged.

House2025-04-14

H885Introduced

Revise Suspension & Parental Notice Policies

This bill revises North Carolina public school discipline policies by defining suspension lengths, limiting their use, creating appeal rights for certain suspensions, requiring clear parental notification, and prohibiting corporal punishment statewide. It also establishes new rules for in-school suspensions, restricts discipline for younger students, and requires early child care settings to report disciplinary data.

House2025-04-14

H887Introduced

Address Abandoned and Derelict Vessels

This bill creates new state authority and procedures to identify, notify owners of, and remove abandoned and derelict vessels from North Carolina waters and public/private lands. It defines 'abandoned vessels' as those left for more than 30 days without permission, and 'derelict vessels' as those in poor condition that pose safety or environmental risks. The bill establishes timelines for owner notification and removal, allows the state to recover removal costs, and limits liability for agencies conducting removals.

House2025-04-14

H888Introduced

Funds for NC Community Health Worker Assn

This bill appropriates $1 million in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to the North Carolina Community Health Worker Association to support training, certification, and workforce development for community health workers in North Carolina. The funds are one-time (nonrecurring) and are directed through the Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health.

House2025-04-14

H892Introduced

CDL Training/Disaster Affected Areas

This bill creates a grant program through the Department of Commerce to help Western North Carolina residents affected by Hurricane Helene obtain commercial drivers licenses (CDLs). The program provides $4,000 per trainee to approved CDL training providers and up to $1,500 per trainee for housing costs, with $2.5 million in state funding allocated for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

House2025-04-14

H914Introduced

Higher Ed./Religious Inst. Affordable Housing

This bill allows colleges and religious institutions in cities over 50,000 people to build affordable housing on their land without special zoning permits or variances. At least 80% of units must be reserved for low-income residents, and the development must follow standard building codes and avoid historic districts and heavy industrial areas.

House2025-04-14

H901Introduced

Recognize Safety Hold Agreements

This bill allows licensed firearms dealers to store firearms temporarily for owners who request it (called a 'safety hold agreement') at no charge. It provides liability protection for dealers against lawsuits related to these agreements, except in cases of negligent storage or unlawful conduct. The bill also keeps these agreements confidential and allows dealers to dispose of firearms if owners don't reclaim them.

House2025-04-14

H903Introduced

Highway and Road Safety Act

This bill increases law enforcement and court resources in Mecklenburg County by adding 12 State Troopers and 5 magistrates, increases penalties for failing to stop for school buses, establishes rules for accessing highway camera videos, and funds 24-hour operation of a transportation management center in Charlotte.

House2025-04-14

H902Introduced

Free to Learn - Library Bill of Rights Act

This bill establishes the Free to Learn – Library Bill of Rights Act, creating legal protections for library users' rights to access information, intellectual freedom, and privacy. It requires libraries statewide to develop policies protecting these rights, establishes a legal resource center in the Attorney General's office, and appropriates $3 million over two years for implementation and enforcement.

House2025-04-14

H910Introduced

DRIVE Recommendations/Teacher Diversity

This bill appropriates $40.7 million to recruit and retain teachers in North Carolina through multiple programs: funding for alternative teacher pathways like 2+2 programs and Grow-Your-Own initiatives; a grant program to increase recruitment and retention of teachers of color; recruitment bonuses for teachers in low-performing schools; teacher residency programs; expansion of loan forgiveness programs for teachers in critical areas; and enhanced reporting on diversity in educator preparation programs. It also eliminates minimum standardized testing requirements for admission to teacher preparation programs.

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

H917Introduced

Establish DATA Division

This bill establishes the Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability Division within the North Carolina General Assembly. The division will have access to state agency data and databases to conduct analyses, and will receive reports from various state departments and authorities. The bill appropriates $2 million annually to operate this new division starting July 1, 2025.

House2025-04-14

H960Introduced

UI/Give Enhanced Benefits During Disasters

This bill allows North Carolina to automatically increase the maximum weekly unemployment insurance benefit from its current amount to $600 when a disaster is declared under state emergency management law. The enhanced benefits would last for the duration of the disaster declaration, with the state maintaining a dedicated reserve fund to pay for these increased benefits.

House2025-04-14

H990Introduced

Notice Requirements for Landlord Fees

This bill requires landlords in North Carolina to provide written notice to tenants before collecting late fees on rental payments. The notice must inform tenants of the fee amount and when it was imposed, and can be delivered by hand, mail, or electronic means as agreed upon in the lease.

House2025-04-14

H982Introduced

NC Highway Safety Act of 2025

This bill creates a 5-year pilot program allowing the North Carolina Department of Transportation to use automated speed cameras in up to 25 highway work zones to detect speeding violations. Drivers caught speeding in these zones face a $250 civil penalty (with an additional $125 penalty if they don't respond within 30 days), and 75% of collected fines go to a school technology fund while 25% goes to public schools.

House2025-04-14

H994Introduced

Western NC Support; Expand Comm. Eco. Dev

This bill appropriates $20.3 million in one-time funding and $1 million in recurring funding to the National Institute of Minority Economic Development to support western North Carolina recovery from Hurricane Helene, expand women's business centers, and provide community economic development services across the state.

House2025-04-14

H952Introduced

Comprehensive Capital for Childcare Expansion

This bill creates the North Carolina Child Care Finance Agency, a new state agency that will provide financing (loans, mortgage insurance, and bonds) to help construct and rehabilitate child care facilities across the state. The agency will be governed by a 12-member board and funded with $20 million in state appropriations and 3.5% of the Innovation Fund.

House2025-04-14

H980Introduced

Remove Barriers to Employment from Court Debt

This bill eliminates driver's license suspensions for failure to pay court fines, penalties, or costs, and for failure to appear in court for motor vehicle offenses. It requires the Division of Motor Vehicles to reinstate all such suspended licenses without fees, forgives certain outstanding fines related to driving with a revoked license when the underlying suspension was for non-payment or non-appearance, and funds a text reminder system for court appearances.

House2025-04-14

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

H977Introduced

Defend NC

This bill contains several provisions: it prohibits North Carolina law enforcement from assisting federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement with immigration enforcement activities; it temporarily suspends sales tax on items that increased in price by over 50% due to 2025 federal tariffs; and it directs state agencies to study federal funding losses and consider alternatives for health research, education, and Medicaid programs.

House2025-04-14

H950Introduced

Elderly/Disabled Prop. Tax Mods

This bill modifies North Carolina's property tax break for elderly and disabled homeowners by raising the age requirement from 65 to 70 years old, removing the income limit requirement, and changing the tax exclusion from 50% of the home's value to 100% of the home's value. The changes would take effect for tax years beginning July 1, 2026.

House2025-04-14

H940Introduced

Protection Against Pregnancy Discrimination

This bill prohibits North Carolina employers with 15 or more employees from discriminating against workers based on pregnancy, childbirth, or pregnancy-related conditions. It requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations (such as modified schedules or break time for nursing), grant pregnancy-related leave, and allow employees to return to their same or similar position after such leave, unless doing so would cause undue hardship to the business.

House2025-04-14

H1005Introduced

Clarify Ballot Language for Art. 46 Tax

This bill modifies the ballot language that North Carolina counties must use when asking voters whether to approve a one-quarter cent sales and use tax. It adds language explaining that tax proceeds can be used to increase teacher and education employee pay, and clarifies which items are exempt from the tax (gas, groceries, motor vehicles, and prescription drugs).

House2025-04-14

H987Introduced

Create Police Leadership Fellows Program

This bill establishes the North Carolina Police Leadership Fellows Program, which provides forgivable loans up to $20,000 to eligible individuals pursuing Bachelor's Degrees in criminal justice and related fields at UNC System universities. Loan recipients must commit to working in law enforcement or corrections for at least eight years after graduation, at which point the loan is forgiven; if they don't fulfill this service requirement, they must repay the loan with interest.

House2025-04-14

H954Introduced

Local Gov'ts Disaster Fund

This bill creates a State Critical Infrastructure and Construction Resiliency Fund administered by the Governor. The fund would be financed by diverting 5% of highway use tax revenue from counties that have experienced gubernatorial disaster declarations in the past three years, and the Governor could use these funds for disaster-related construction, infrastructure, and response activities in affected counties.

House2025-04-14

H1001Introduced

Reports Related to Sexual Assault Exams

This bill requires programs that train sexual assault nurse examiners (SANEs) in North Carolina to submit annual reports to the Board of Nursing. These reports must include the total number of graduates and information about where each graduate is employed or plans to work by county.

House2025-04-14

H945Introduced

Reporting of Sexual Assault on School Buses

This bill requires North Carolina school districts to report sexual assault and harassment incidents that occur on school buses separately from other incidents, increases violence reporting to twice per school year instead of once annually, and makes it a Class I felony for school employees or board members to fail to report acts of violence to the state.

House2025-04-14

H931Introduced

End Predatory Towing Fees and Practices

This bill establishes new regulations on towing companies in North Carolina, requiring them to charge reasonable and clearly disclosed fees, ensure vehicles can be recovered within 24 hours, limit storage fees on days when they're closed, accept multiple payment methods, and accept payment processing fees up to 2%. The Utilities Commission would enforce these rules and can impose penalties up to $5,000 per violation.

House2025-04-14

H942Introduced

Funds to Support Survivors

This bill appropriates $10 million in state funding for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault, which will distribute the money to partner organizations like domestic violence centers, rape crisis centers, and child advocacy centers to support victim advocacy services.

House2025-04-14

H989Introduced

Build Safer Communities and Schools Act

This bill establishes a School Safety Grants Program that provides funding to North Carolina public schools for crisis services, training, and safety equipment. The program is administered by the Center for Safer Schools and funded with $20 million per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal period, with the intent to use recurring funds thereafter.

House2025-04-14

H938Introduced

Right to Repair Digital Electronics Act

This bill requires manufacturers of digital electronic products sold in North Carolina to provide repair information, diagnostic tools, and service parts to independent repair providers and product owners on fair and reasonable terms, similar to what authorized repair shops receive. The bill includes protections for manufacturers' trade secrets and trade agreements with authorized dealers.

House2025-04-14

H967Introduced

Disorderly Conduct at Voting Places

This bill clarifies that voting places are included in North Carolina's disorderly conduct law that applies to public buildings. It adds voting places to the definition of 'public building or facility' so that disruptions at polling locations during voting hours can be prosecuted as disorderly conduct misdemeanors.

House2025-04-14

H951Introduced

SOS (State Owned Structures) Child Care Act

This bill creates multiple initiatives to expand child care access in North Carolina by allowing state-owned buildings to house child care facilities, requiring large state construction projects to include child care centers, establishing pilot programs for state employee and first responder child care, and studying child care feasibility at community colleges and universities. The bill also creates a workgroup to streamline licensing requirements for child care facilities.

House2025-04-14

H943Introduced

Turning High-Achieving Students into Teachers

This bill appropriates $100,000 per year for the 2025-2027 biennium to the North Carolina Teacher Cadet Program, a high school program that encourages high-achieving students to pursue teaching careers. The funds will support curriculum training workshops, expansion into economically distressed counties, and recruitment of male teachers and teachers of color.

House2025-04-14

H911Introduced

Occup. & Phys. Therapist Salaries/Employment

This bill requires local school boards to establish and publicly report minimum salary schedules for occupational and physical therapists, provides salary supplements for these therapists in the 2025-2026 school year, and mandates annual workforce reporting on therapist employment and vacancies to the state.

House2025-04-14

H890Introduced

School Internet Emergency Access Act

This bill requires North Carolina's Department of Public Instruction to develop a plan for providing temporary internet service to public schools during emergencies and establishes a funded Emergency Internet Service Fund. The bill appropriates $3.9 million for the 2025-2026 school year to support this emergency internet access program.

House2025-04-14

H932Introduced

Ten Percent Raise/Teachers/First Responders

This bill establishes a permanent 10% pay raise for North Carolina teachers and first responders, funded by $900 million annually for teachers and $700 million annually for first responders over the 2025-2027 fiscal years. The raises take effect July 1, 2025, and become part of employees' base salaries for calculating future increases.

House2025-04-14

H984Introduced

Regulate Research of Medical Cannabis

This bill creates a regulated research program allowing patients to legally possess and use cannabis as part of registered medical research studies in North Carolina. It establishes a database to track research institutions, physicians, caregivers, and patients, and provides legal protections for researchers and participants.

House2025-04-14

H983Introduced

Prohibit Corporal Punishment in Schools

This bill prohibits corporal punishment in North Carolina public schools statewide, changing current law that allows individual school districts to decide whether to permit it. The bill allows schools to continue using physical restraint and reasonable force for safety purposes, and requires schools to report data on discipline practices to the State Board of Education.

House2025-04-14

H930Introduced

First Responder Bonus/Appreciation Fund/$1500

This bill establishes a one-time $1,500 bonus program for first responders and teachers in North Carolina for fiscal years 2025-2027. The state would appropriate $130 million annually for first responders (law enforcement, firefighters, EMTs, dispatchers, and public hospital nurses) and $165 million annually for teachers, with bonuses distributed through their employing agencies by December 31 each year.

House2025-04-14

H856Introduced

Clarify Deed Restrictions/Solar Collectors

This bill clarifies North Carolina law to make most deed restrictions that prohibit solar collectors void and unenforceable on residential properties. It allows restrictions only on the location or screening of solar collectors if they don't reduce efficiency by more than 10%, or if the panels would be visible from public areas or common spaces.

House2025-04-10

H840Introduced

Reward Schools for Student Growth

This bill modifies how North Carolina grades schools by requiring separate grades for school achievement and school growth, instead of combining them into one overall grade. Schools will receive an achievement grade (based on test scores, graduation rates, and college/career readiness) and a growth grade (based on how much students improve year-to-year), with both displayed prominently on school report cards starting with the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-04-10

H842Introduced

Vis., Hear., Dental Screenings Opt-Out

This bill clarifies how North Carolina schools must notify parents about health screenings (vision, hearing, dental, and developmental screenings) and establishes that schools may conduct these screenings without prior parental consent, though parents must be informed at the beginning of the school year and notified of results.

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

H53Engrossed

Increase Accident Thresholds/Safe Driver Plan

This bill increases the dollar thresholds used to classify car accidents under North Carolina's Safe Driver Incentive Plan. A 'major accident' threshold rises from $3,850 to $5,975 in property damage, an 'intermediate accident' range shifts from $2,300-$3,850 to $3,570-$5,975, and a 'minor accident' threshold increases from $2,300 to $3,570. The changes take effect October 1, 2025.

House2025-04-10

H397Engrossed

Use of Epinephrine Nasal Spray

This bill expands North Carolina schools' ability to treat severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis) by allowing them to stock epinephrine nasal sprays in addition to the auto-injectors currently permitted. It also extends similar permissions to other organizations like camps, restaurants, and sports venues to acquire and use epinephrine delivery systems, provided staff complete required training.

House2025-04-10

H868Introduced

Due Process in LEO Field Drug Testing

This bill requires law enforcement agencies and prosecutors in North Carolina to adopt policies that prevent colorimetric field drug tests (color-based drug identification kits) from being used alone to arrest, charge, or convict someone of drug possession. Instead, a confirmed laboratory test must corroborate the field test result before these actions can occur. The bill also requires that defendants charged based only on field tests be cited and released or released on their own recognizance pending trial.

House2025-04-10

H838Introduced

DIT Agency Broadband Bill

This bill makes several changes to North Carolina's broadband programs under the Department of Information Technology. It redirects satellite broadband grant funding to disaster relief in Hurricane Helene-affected counties, allows up to $50 million in broadband funds to be used for repairing damaged broadband infrastructure, expands the Broadband Pole Replacement Program to include underground facility placement, and creates flexibility for mobile carriers to provide Lifeline service.

House2025-04-10

H839Introduced

Advanced Teaching Roles Updates

This bill modifies North Carolina's Advanced Teaching Roles (ATR) program to provide schools with greater flexibility in how they structure advanced teaching positions and manage class sizes. Specifically, it changes how 'classroom excellence teachers' are defined, increases the percentage of teachers who can be designated as 'adult leadership teachers' and 'classroom excellence teachers,' and allows ATR schools to temporarily exceed kindergarten through third grade class size limits with state approval.

House2025-04-10

H857Introduced

Create Alert/Missing Person w/ Disability

This bill creates the North Carolina Missing with Disability Alert System, a statewide system to rapidly spread information about missing persons or children with disabilities who may be at risk of abuse, neglect, or exploitation. The system requires the NC Center for Missing Persons and law enforcement agencies to issue alerts through media outlets and highway message signs while protecting the missing person's private health information.

House2025-04-10

H863Introduced

Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part 1(b)

This bill appropriates $582.2 million from North Carolina's Savings Reserve to help western North Carolina recover from Hurricane Helene. The funds are distributed to various state agencies and programs to address unmet needs including housing assistance, business recovery grants, infrastructure repairs, agricultural support, and community recovery services in the affected area.

House2025-04-10

H861Introduced

Taxpayer Accountability/Pregnancy Centers

This bill requires pregnancy centers that receive state funding to establish a competitive grant application process with detailed reporting requirements and performance standards. It mandates that funded centers provide extensive information about their operations, staff qualifications, services, and client demographics, and allows the state to recover funds from centers that fail to comply with established standards.

House2025-04-10

H835Introduced

Learning AAPI Contributions in Schools

This bill requires North Carolina public schools to include age-appropriate units about Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) contributions and history in courses from elementary through high school. The curriculum would cover topics such as early Asian immigrant labor, challenges faced by Asian Americans, their role in the Civil Rights Movement, and their contributions to government, arts, sciences, and North Carolina society.

House2025-04-10

H845Introduced

Reduce Drowning Risk/Public Docks

This bill requires state agencies and local government entities to install water safety rescue equipment—primarily ring life buoys with attached lines—at public piers and water access points across North Carolina. The bill sets specific standards for the equipment, including size, visibility, placement, and maintenance requirements, and provides $25,000 in state grants to help economically disadvantaged local governments comply.

House2025-04-10

H160Engrossed

Joel H. Crisp SUDEP Awareness Law

This bill requires the UNC School of Medicine's Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC) to compile and share evidence-based information about Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) with all North Carolina healthcare practitioners. NC AHEC must work with medical boards and professional organizations to create standard information materials and report completed materials to the state legislature by September 1, 2025.

House2025-04-09

H153Introduced

DOT/DEQ to Study Safety and Emissions Inspec

This bill directs the North Carolina Department of Transportation and Department of Environmental Quality to jointly study the state's vehicle safety and emissions inspection program. The study will examine whether inspection frequency can be reduced or eliminated, analyze the program's efficiency in light of modern vehicles, and provide recommendations to the General Assembly by March 1, 2026.

House2025-04-09

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

H826Introduced

No Retaliation Against Mandatory Reporters

This bill protects employees who are legally required to report suspected abuse, neglect, fraud, or other threats to vulnerable persons from being fired, demoted, or otherwise punished by their employers for making those reports. It allows employees to file complaints with the North Carolina Commissioner of Labor and pursue legal action if they face retaliation, with potential remedies including reinstatement, back pay, and civil penalties up to $5,000.

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

H796Introduced

The Student Mental Health Line Awareness Act

This bill requires public schools, charter schools, regional schools, and laboratory schools in North Carolina to print three mental health crisis helpline numbers on student identification cards issued to grades 6-12 students: the 988 Lifeline, Crisis Text Line (text HOME to 741741), and the NC Statewide Warmline (1-855-733-7762). Nonpublic schools are encouraged but not required to do the same. Schools must verify these numbers are accurate and current annually.

House2025-04-08

H815Introduced

Voucher School Accountability Act

This bill expands eligibility for North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship Program (which provides vouchers for private school tuition) and increases accountability requirements for private schools that accept these vouchers. It broadens who can receive scholarships, increases scholarship amounts for low-income students, and requires participating private schools to meet standards including criminal background checks, standardized testing, financial audits, and teacher qualifications.

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

H816Introduced

Voucher School Transparency Act

This bill increases accountability requirements for private schools that accept North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship vouchers. It requires these schools to submit annual reports on student test scores, graduation rates, financial audits, staffing credentials, and safety plans, and directs the State Auditor to review at least three such schools' audits each year.

House2025-04-08

H810Introduced

State Employee Bereavement Leave/Up To 40-Hrs

This bill would provide North Carolina state employees, public school employees, and community college employees with up to 40 hours of paid bereavement leave when an immediate family member dies and 8 hours of paid leave when a colleague dies. The leave would be available immediately upon hire, usable within 180 days of death, and the state would appropriate $2 million annually to fund this benefit beginning July 1, 2025.

House2025-04-08

H335Introduced

Expand Emergency Judge Eligibility

This bill expands eligibility for retired judges to serve as emergency judges by allowing judges who previously served on both superior court and district court to be recalled as emergency judges on either court, rather than only the court from which they most recently retired.

House2025-04-08

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

H85Introduced

Removal of Precinct Officials

This bill clarifies the process for removing precinct election officials who fail to perform their duties, allows county election boards to prohibit removed officials from serving in future elections, establishes a minimum of six emergency election-day assistants per county, and requires specific training topics for all precinct officials.

House2025-04-08

H798Introduced

Expand Access to Cold Weather Shelters/Funds

This bill appropriates $1.72 million per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal period to the Department of Health and Human Services to create a grant program that funds municipalities and nonprofit organizations in establishing or expanding temporary emergency shelters for homeless individuals during severe weather. The Division of Aging will manage the program with selection criteria based on applicant needs and local poverty rates, with individual grants capped at $215,000 annually.

House2025-04-08

H264Introduced

Wire Fraud Prevention Act

This bill modifies North Carolina's wire transfer fraud laws to require banks to verbally verify payment orders with customers and beneficiaries, and to refund a portion of unauthorized payments more quickly. It also adds protections for large deposits made to newly opened accounts by delaying payment for 10 business days.

House2025-04-08

H787Introduced

Revise NC 529 Program

This bill creates two programs to help North Carolinians save for education: a matching contribution program where the state matches $100 for every $50 contributed to a 529 college savings plan (up to $1,500 per student), and a state tax deduction of up to $2,000 per person (or $4,000 for married couples) for contributions to these savings accounts. The matching program is limited to households earning up to 250% of the federal poverty level and students age 14 or younger.

House2025-04-08

H792Introduced

Clean Energy Grants

This bill appropriates $14.5 million in state funding for clean energy grants during the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The money will be distributed through two programs: $10 million for innovation and research grants administered by the Department of Commerce, and $4.5 million for competitive grants supporting clean energy businesses and entrepreneurs.

House2025-04-08

H788Introduced

Fix Our Democracy

This comprehensive bill proposes multiple democratic reforms in North Carolina, including establishing a nonpartisan redistricting commission, converting judicial elections to nonpartisan processes, extending cooling-off periods for legislators-turned-lobbyists, implementing online and automatic voter registration, requiring live-streaming of legislative meetings, reducing absentee ballot witness requirements, ensuring voting places on college campuses, limiting voter roll purges, and reestablishing public campaign financing for judicial candidates with various campaign finance transparency requirements.

House2025-04-08

H807Introduced

Strong Public Schools for a Strong NC

This bill appropriates funds to increase teacher salaries, support special education services, provide free breakfast and lunch to all public school students, establish a device refresh program for student computers, and freeze enrollment in the Opportunity Scholarship program (which provides vouchers for private school tuition) while reducing its future funding.

House2025-04-08

H814Introduced

Power Infrastructure Resiliency & Eff.(PIRE)

This bill promotes the use of advanced conductors and grid-enhancing technologies in North Carolina's electric transmission system. It streamlines the permitting process for upgrading existing transmission lines with these technologies and requires utilities to evaluate such technologies when planning for grid improvements and carbon emission reductions.

House2025-04-08

H809Introduced

Count NC Pre-K for School ADM

This bill requires local school districts that operate NC Pre-K programs to count pre-kindergarten students in their average daily membership (ADM) calculations. Average daily membership is used to determine state funding allocations to school districts, so counting pre-K students would increase funding for districts with these programs.

House2025-04-08

H786Introduced

Working Families Act

This bill makes several changes to support working families in North Carolina: it reduces what families pay for subsidized child care, restores a state tax credit for families with children, gradually raises the minimum wage from $10 to $15 per hour by 2030 with annual adjustments after that, expands property tax relief for homeowners, creates down payment assistance for public servants buying homes for the first time, and establishes a paid family leave insurance program funded by employer contributions to help workers take time off for family or medical needs.

House2025-04-07

H774Introduced

School Breakfast for All

This bill requires all North Carolina public schools to provide free breakfast to students in pre-K through 12th grade who want it, and establishes a farm-to-table initiative to source local farm products for school meals. The state would allocate $39 million annually ($34 million for free breakfast, $5 million for farm partnerships) starting in the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-04-07

H785Introduced

School Funding Flexibility Study

This bill directs the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to study how local school boards could be given more flexibility in managing their budgets, such as combining or transferring funds between different budget categories. The department will report its findings and recommendations to the legislature by April 1, 2026, with $50,000 allocated to conduct the study.

House2025-04-07

H784Introduced

Prohibit Assault Weapons

This bill would prohibit the manufacture, transfer, and possession of semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices (magazines holding more than 10 rounds) in North Carolina, effective December 1, 2025. The law would allow people to keep weapons they already owned before the effective date and includes exceptions for law enforcement, military, and certain other purposes. Violations would be classified as Class E felonies.

House2025-04-07

H766Introduced

Expand Access to Teen Mental Health First Aid

This bill appropriates $1,873,863 in state funding to expand Teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) training across North Carolina. tMHFA is an evidence-based course that teaches high school students (grades 9-12) how to recognize and respond to mental health and substance use challenges in their peers.

House2025-04-07

H760Introduced

Bloodborne Pathogen Training for Tattooists

This bill requires tattooists in North Carolina to complete annual bloodborne pathogen training that meets federal OSHA standards in order to obtain or renew their tattooing permit. The Department of Health and Human Services must verify completion of this training before issuing or renewing a permit, and failure to complete the training can result in permit denial or non-renewal.

House2025-04-07

H758Introduced

Funds for Mind and Heart Haven Project

This bill appropriates $100,000 in state funds for fiscal year 2025-2026 to the Agency for Families in Distress, Inc., a nonprofit organization, to support the Mind and Heart Haven Project, which addresses mental health needs in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, and North Carolina. The funds are nonrecurring, meaning they are a one-time allocation rather than an ongoing annual commitment.

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

H779Introduced

Designate Children's Day

This bill designates the first Sunday of June each year as Children's Day in North Carolina. The designation is ceremonial and does not create any new programs, funding, or legal requirements.

House2025-04-07

H755Introduced

Nonprofit Sales Tax Exemption

This bill creates a sales tax exemption for certain nonprofit organizations, including 501(c)(3) charities (with some exclusions), nonprofit hospitals, volunteer fire departments, and university-affiliated nonprofits. The exemption applies to tangible goods, digital property, and services these organizations purchase to carry out their work, with an annual state cap of $31.7 million and a local cap of $13.3 million.

House2025-04-07

H706Introduced

Change to Needs-Based Capital Funding

This bill changes how North Carolina allocates state funding for public school capital projects by expanding eligibility criteria to include counties with persistent poverty or low-to-moderate income census tracts, and prohibits state agencies from using economic tier designations when allocating education funds to schools and universities.

House2025-04-03

H682Introduced

Public Safety Through Food Access Act

This bill allows North Carolina to remove federal restrictions that prevent individuals convicted of drug-related felonies from receiving food assistance and temporary aid benefits. Instead of permanent disqualification, eligible individuals could receive benefits after either completing substance abuse treatment in prison or six months after conviction without committing additional drug offenses, provided they participate in required treatment programs.

House2025-04-03

H669Introduced

Volunteer Firefighter Reimbursement Program

This bill creates a one-year pilot program that reimburses volunteer firefighters in North Carolina for mileage traveling to emergency calls and for personal equipment used during those responses. The program is funded with $1 million, administered by the Department of Public Safety, and will end June 30, 2026, with a report to the legislature on whether it should be expanded or made permanent.

House2025-04-03

H673Introduced

Neonatal Transport Assistance

This bill appropriates $656,000 per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal period to the UNC Health Care System to cover transportation costs for newborn patients when insurance companies deny coverage for ambulance and mileage fees. The UNC system must report annually to the General Assembly on how the funds are spent and their impact on neonatal care.

House2025-04-03

H683Introduced

Expand Disabled Veteran Prop. Tax Exclusion

This bill expands the current property tax exclusion for disabled veterans in North Carolina by increasing the excluded home value from $45,000 to the entire appraised value of their primary residence. The state would reimburse local governments and cities for lost tax revenue caused by this expanded exclusion.

House2025-04-03

H688Introduced

Funds for Inclusive Playgrounds

This bill establishes a continuing annual appropriation of $100,000 from the state General Fund to the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund specifically for grants to local governments, school units, and public authorities to build or adapt playground and recreational facilities for people with disabilities. Grant awards are capped at $5,000 per recipient, with recipients required to provide local matching funds of $1 for every $5 in state funds.

House2025-04-03

H685Introduced

Rural NC Reinvestment Act

This bill appropriates $595 million in one-time state funding for rural North Carolina across eight areas: water and sewer infrastructure ($200M), public safety equipment ($10M), economic development land acquisition ($20M), rural physician placement ($5M), agricultural development ($10M), rural school construction and repairs ($200M), broadband expansion ($50M), and early learning programs ($100M). Each funding area includes guidelines developed by relevant state departments that prioritize projects based on factors like need severity, efficiency, and people served.

House2025-04-03

H722Introduced

Enact Criminal Justice Debt Reform

This bill reforms how North Carolina courts assess and collect criminal justice fees and costs from defendants. It requires courts to consider a defendant's ability to pay before assessing costs, reduces some specific fees, prohibits driver's license revocation solely for failure to pay fines or appear in court, prevents imprisonment for unpaid fines when an active sentence is already imposed, and eliminates certain court costs for seat belt violations.

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

H725Introduced

MOMnibus 3.0

HB 725, the MOMnibus 3.0 Act, is a comprehensive maternal health bill that addresses North Carolina's high maternal mortality rates, particularly among Black women. The bill establishes grant programs for community-based organizations, requires implicit bias training for perinatal healthcare providers, funds lactation consultant training at historically Black colleges and universities, and creates mobile health initiatives to expand maternal healthcare access in underserved areas.

House2025-04-03

H713Introduced

Universal Free Breakfast and Lunch

This bill requires all North Carolina public schools to provide free breakfast and lunch to every student at no cost. The state would appropriate $144 million in recurring funds for the 2025-2026 school year to cover these meals, with the State Board of Education distributing funds to school districts based on factors like school size, student enrollment, and meal quality standards.

House2025-04-03

H730Introduced

Comprehensive State Communications

This bill requires North Carolina state departments to translate information about state services into the five most common non-English languages spoken at home by residents, as determined by U.S. Census data. The Department of Administration will contract with translation services to provide these translations in the same format (electronic or print) as the English versions, with implementation beginning January 1, 2027, and $5.4 million in funding allocated for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

House2025-04-03

H664Introduced

Eliminate PET Scanners from CON Review

This bill removes PET scanners (Positron Emission Tomography machines used for medical imaging) from North Carolina's Certificate of Need (CON) review process. Currently, hospitals and medical facilities must obtain state approval before purchasing PET scanners; this bill eliminates that requirement.

House2025-04-03

H667Introduced

Reduce Barriers to College Completion

This bill allows certain children of parents holding H-1B or L-1 work visas to pay in-state tuition rates at North Carolina public universities if they are lawfully present in the United States and establish domicile in North Carolina. The bill applies to students with H-4 visas or those continuously enrolled who held an H-4 visa at some point during their enrollment.

House2025-04-03

H735Introduced

Modernize STI Transit Funding

This bill modifies how North Carolina distributes state funding for regional public transportation projects, particularly rail and multi-county transit services. It establishes clearer funding caps and eligibility categories for commuter rail, intercity rail, and light rail projects, and repeals a previous funding provision.

House2025-04-03

H712Introduced

Universal Income/Pay-It-Forward Fund

This bill establishes the North Carolina Universal Income Program (NCUIP) in the Department of Commerce, which would provide eligible individuals up to $3,000 per month for up to five years while they participate in job training, volunteer work, or both. The program would be funded through a Pay-It-Forward Fund supported by private partnerships, tax incentives, and government sources, with program graduates required to pay an additional 1% in state income taxes to support future participants.

House2025-04-03

H709Introduced

K-3 Literacy and Improvement Act

This bill creates a pilot grant program that provides funding to 16 public schools (one traditional school and one charter school from each of North Carolina's eight educational districts) to hire additional teacher assistants in kindergarten through third grade classrooms. The program allocates $14.8 million per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal years, with funding based on statewide average salaries and a standard class size of 21 students.

House2025-04-03

H704Introduced

Establish AAPI Heritage Commission

This bill creates the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Commission within the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to preserve, interpret, and promote AAPI history, arts, and culture in North Carolina. The nine-member commission will advise state officials, support heritage education in schools, and catalog AAPI historical sites and cultural resources. The bill appropriates $250,000 annually for the 2025-2027 biennium to fund the commission's operations.

House2025-04-03

H724Introduced

NC-FACT

This bill creates the NC-Federal Alignment for Critical Technologies Task Force (NC-FACT) within the Department of Commerce to study ways to strengthen science, technology, and innovation in North Carolina. The task force will research collaboration opportunities, streamline resources, develop economic development strategies, and submit annual reports to the General Assembly with actionable recommendations.

House2025-04-03

H691Introduced

Voter Protection and Reliance Act

This bill protects voters by ensuring their ballots are counted based on election rules and procedures that were in place on election day, preventing ballots from being disqualified due to legal changes made after voting occurred. It also requires courts to expedite lawsuits challenging election procedures that are filed within 90 days before or after an election, and clarifies that technical registration errors cannot be used to invalidate a cast ballot unless the voter was actually ineligible.

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

H723Introduced

Technology Coalitions Strategic Support Fund

This bill establishes the North Carolina Technology Coalitions Strategic Support Fund, a $10.5 million fund administered by the Department of Commerce to provide grants to regional technology coalitions in areas like artificial intelligence, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing, and cybersecurity. The grants support coalition infrastructure, workforce training, and cost-matching for federal and private funding to promote technology-based economic growth across North Carolina regions.

House2025-04-03

H672Introduced

Physician Assist. Omnibus/Team-based/Compact

This bill makes two main changes to physician assistant (PA) practice in North Carolina: Part I creates a 'team-based practice' option for PAs with significant experience that allows them to work with less direct physician supervision in hospitals and clinics, and Part II establishes North Carolina's participation in the PA Licensure Compact, which allows PAs licensed in one state to practice in other compact states without getting a separate license in each state.

House2025-04-03

H715Introduced

Universal Pre-K

This bill appropriates $13.3 million in recurring annual funding for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to expand the North Carolina Prekindergarten (NC Pre-K) program by increasing available slots for children seeking to participate. The funding goes to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education, and takes effect July 1, 2025.

House2025-04-03

H665Introduced

DPI Disaster Preparedness Fund

This bill creates a $25 million Public School Disaster Preparedness Fund administered by the Department of Public Instruction to help schools in high-risk natural disaster areas improve or replace building structures to reduce damage from severe weather. Schools apply through a formal process, with the State Board of Education approving projects that meet established preparedness standards, and must report annually on fund usage and progress.

House2025-04-03

H733Introduced

The Everybody Eats Act

This bill removes North Carolina's restrictions on food and nutrition assistance (food stamps) and temporary assistance for needy families for individuals convicted of drug-related felonies, allowing them to receive these benefits after completing substance abuse treatment. It also extends the recertification period for food and nutrition benefits from more frequent intervals to once per year.

House2025-04-03

H748Introduced

Funds/Greensboro Water and Wastewater

This bill appropriates $5 million in state funds to the City of Greensboro for planning and preliminary work to extend water and wastewater infrastructure to economic development sites at Piedmont Triad International Airport. The funds are provided as a grant through the Department of Environmental Quality and become available July 1, 2025.

House2025-04-03

H714Introduced

Universal Healthcare

This bill directs North Carolina's Commissioner of Insurance to develop and implement a state-run universal healthcare plan with income-based sliding scale premiums for residents. The Commissioner must submit an implementation plan by January 1, 2026, and the bill appropriates $100,000 to begin planning and implementation efforts.

House2025-04-03

H668Introduced

NC Working Families Economic Relief Act

This bill establishes a grant program at North Carolina community colleges to train students as tax preparers through the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program and provides funding to United Way of North Carolina to expand VITA services. The bill allocates approximately $2.83 million to help low-income North Carolinians claim federal tax credits they may be missing, with an estimated average benefit of $2,812 per eligible filer.

House2025-04-03

H71Engrossed

Respiratory Care Modernization Act

This bill modernizes North Carolina's laws governing respiratory care practitioners by creating a new category of advanced respiratory care practitioners (ARCPs) who can perform specialized procedures under physician supervision, updating licensing requirements to reflect current education standards, and establishing clearer practice definitions and Board oversight. The changes are intended to reflect how the respiratory care profession has evolved, particularly following increased demands during the COVID-19 pandemic.

House2025-04-03

H731Introduced

Funds for Pauli Murray Center

This bill appropriates $150,000 in state funding to the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice in Durham for fiscal year 2025-2026. The money will be used to develop a green space that provides accessible entry to the center and improves drainage and stormwater management systems at the facility.

House2025-04-03

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

H643Introduced

Clarify Firearm Storage Law

This bill clarifies North Carolina's firearm storage law to explicitly require safe storage of both loaded and unloaded firearms when minors have access to them. The change responds to a 2024 court ruling that found the law ambiguous about whether unloaded firearms stored near ammunition must be secured.

House2025-04-02

H628Introduced

Reenact Child Tax Credit

This bill reinstates North Carolina's child tax credit, which had previously expired. The credit allows eligible taxpayers to reduce their state income taxes by $125-$250 per qualifying child, depending on their filing status and income level, with the credit amount decreasing for higher earners. The credit is refundable, meaning taxpayers can receive a refund if the credit exceeds their tax liability.

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

H655Introduced

Ending Offensive Indian Mascots

This bill prohibits North Carolina public schools from using American Indian mascots. It requires the State Board of Education to monitor school mascots based on definitions from the State Advisory Council on Indian Education, gives schools two years to change their mascots after receiving notice, and establishes penalties for superintendents and charter schools that fail to comply.

House2025-04-02

H639Introduced

Prioritize In-State Applicants/UNC Ed Schools

This bill requires the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to adopt a policy giving priority in admissions to educator preparation programs (teacher training programs) to in-state residents over out-of-state applicants. The policy would apply to all UNC constituent institutions starting with the 2025-2026 academic year.

House2025-04-02

H645Introduced

Friendly NC Act

The Friendly NC Act is a comprehensive civil rights and anti-discrimination bill that would expand legal protections against discrimination in North Carolina across multiple areas including employment, housing, public accommodations, credit, insurance, education, and jury service. It also creates new protections related to reproductive rights, conversion therapy, domestic violence for same-sex couples, and establishes an environmental justice program.

House2025-04-02

H626Introduced

Housing Choice Act

The Housing Choice Act creates incentives for North Carolina municipalities to adopt housing-friendly zoning policies by giving them priority consideration for state water infrastructure funding. Smaller cities (under 100,000 residents) can adopt at least 2 of 6 housing strategies, while larger cities (100,000+ residents) can adopt at least 5 of 12 strategies to qualify for this funding priority. The bill also requires a study on the state's housing needs through 2050.

House2025-04-02

H641Introduced

Transportation for the Future Act

This bill modernizes North Carolina's transportation funding distribution formula by increasing support for non-highway transportation projects like public transit, rail, and bicycle/pedestrian infrastructure. It reallocates state transportation funds from 40% to 30% for statewide highway projects, increases regional projects from 30% to 40%, and requires at least 20% of funds go to non-highway projects. It also updates local zoning and subdivision regulations to better accommodate multimodal transportation planning.

House2025-04-02

H625Introduced

The Prison Resources Repurposing Act

This bill creates a new parole program that allows inmates serving life sentences without parole to become eligible for release after serving at least 20 years if they complete educational, vocational, and work requirements through a 15-year Mutual Agreement Parole Program contract. The bill applies to both current and future inmates, with those already imprisoned for 20+ years eligible for shorter contracts of 1-3 years.

House2025-04-02

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

H644Introduced

DOT Study on Fort Bragg Traffic Congestion

This bill appropriates $500,000 to the North Carolina Department of Transportation to study ways to reduce traffic congestion on roads near Fort Bragg between Vass Road and NC Highway 87. The study will examine potential solutions including expanded rail routes and other surface transportation options.

House2025-04-02

H653Introduced

Adjust FMAP Trigger for Medicaid Expansion

This bill lowers the threshold that would trigger the end of Medicaid expansion coverage in North Carolina. Currently, expansion coverage would only stop if federal funding fell below 90% of the non-expansion Medicaid rate; this bill changes that threshold (the specific new percentage is referenced in existing law but not stated in this excerpt). The bill requires the state to notify lawmakers and begin the discontinuation process if this lower threshold is reached.

House2025-04-02

H646Introduced

Const. Amend.: Remove Slavery as Punishment

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to remove the exception that currently allows involuntary servitude as punishment for crime in North Carolina. If approved by voters in November 2026, it would make slavery and involuntary servitude completely prohibited under all circumstances in the state constitution.

House2025-04-02

H624Introduced

Prescription Drug Pricing

This bill requires prescription drug manufacturers to notify state agencies, insurance companies, and pharmacy benefits managers at least 60 days before implementing price increases of 10% or more, and to disclose justifications, marketing budgets, and price history within 30 days. It also requires manufacturers to disclose dependency risks when marketing drugs to prescribers and establishes a public online portal where North Carolinians can access pricing information and reports on the state's most prescribed and costliest drugs.

House2025-04-02

H633Introduced

Expand Sickle Cell Disease Programs & Svcs

This bill appropriates $2.3 million in state funding for the 2025-2027 fiscal years to expand sickle cell disease programs and services through the Department of Health and Human Services. The funding will support six comprehensive sickle cell medical centers, create transition coordinator positions to help young patients move from pediatric to adult care, provide grants to community organizations, and improve emergency department care for sickle cell patients.

House2025-04-02

H579Introduced

NC House Public Access Act of 2025

This bill appropriates $91,000 in nonrecurring funds and $4,000 in recurring annual funds to install and maintain equipment that allows the public to watch North Carolina House committee meetings and floor proceedings live online and access recordings for 10 years. Committee chairs may choose not to record meetings if they provide advance notice and maintain audio recordings and written minutes instead.

House2025-04-01

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

H619Introduced

Health Care Security Act

This bill removes a provision in North Carolina law that would automatically end Medicaid coverage for the expansion population if federal funding for Medicaid drops below 90%. Currently, state law requires coverage to be discontinued if federal support falls to that threshold; this bill eliminates that automatic discontinuation requirement.

House2025-04-01

H617Introduced

Supporting Small Farmers for NC's Future Act

This bill establishes a new Small Farmers Support Grant Program that provides $20 million in state funding to help small farmers (those with gross farm income of $300,000 or less) purchase equipment, build infrastructure, and improve their operations. It also lowers the income threshold for farmers to qualify for sales tax exemptions from $10,000 to $7,500 annually.

House2025-04-01

H589Introduced

The Second Look Act

The Second Look Act allows people serving prison sentences (except those with life sentences) to request a judge reduce their sentence if they have served at least 10 years or 50% of their sentence, whichever is longer. A judge must hold a hearing and can reduce the sentence if they find the person is not a danger to the community and that reducing the sentence serves justice, considering factors like the person's age, behavior in prison, rehabilitation efforts, and victim input.

House2025-04-01

H426Introduced

Workforce Diploma Program

This bill establishes a two-year Workforce Diploma Program through North Carolina's Community Colleges System to help adults age 21 and older earn high school diplomas while developing job skills. The state will contract with qualified third-party organizations to deliver the program and will provide up to $5 million in funding, paying organizations based on student completion of coursework, certifications, credentials, and diplomas.

House2025-04-01

H599Introduced

Award NC Forest Service Pay Increase

This bill appropriates $2.6 million for fiscal year 2025-2026 and $5.2 million for fiscal year 2026-2027 to give North Carolina Forest Service employees a 7.5% salary increase in each year, beginning July 1, 2025.

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

H580Introduced

SBOE Legislative Changes.-AB

This bill makes several changes to North Carolina election law, including protecting the confidentiality of absentee ballot requesters, allowing earlier counting of some ballots, making poll worker assignment more flexible, clarifying digital photo ID requirements, and adjusting various filing deadlines and thresholds for campaign finance reporting.

House2025-04-01

H608Introduced

Protect Health and Gov't Personnel Info

This bill strengthens protections for sensitive personal information by establishing minimum financial penalties for computer trespassing crimes involving protected health information and government employee personnel records. Victims of such data breaches can now recover at least $5,000 per violation in civil lawsuits, in addition to actual damages sustained.

House2025-04-01

H585Introduced

Human Trafficking Reporting/Response System

This bill appropriates $300,000 in recurring funds to the North Carolina Human Trafficking Commission to develop or use a secure, technology-driven reporting and response system for human trafficking victims, with initial focus on western North Carolina where anti-trafficking resources are limited. The funds may be used to expand the system, hire a regional coordinator, and launch public awareness campaigns.

House2025-04-01

H611Introduced

Increase APs in Public Schools

This bill appropriates state funds to increase the number of assistant principals in North Carolina public schools. Local school districts must hire more assistant principals each year, with the state providing $23.6 million in the 2025-2026 school year and $57.6 million annually from 2026-2027 onward to support this expansion.

House2025-04-01

H609Introduced

Option for Raw Milk Consumption

This bill allows North Carolina farmers to sell raw (unpasteurized) milk and raw milk products directly to consumers from their farms or farm stands, provided they meet strict health and safety requirements including annual veterinary inspections, regular bacterial testing, and proper labeling. Currently, North Carolina only permits the sale of pasteurized milk to consumers.

House2025-04-01

H604Introduced

Rural and Downtown Community Eco. Dev. Grants

This bill creates two grant programs totaling $80 million to help rural communities and downtown areas in North Carolina attract business investment and improve economic conditions. The Rural Community Development Grant Program provides up to $2 million per grant to counties and municipalities lacking amenities like restaurants or parks, while the Downtown Revitalization Grant Program provides similar grants for downtown improvements, with both programs requiring matching funds from non-state sources.

House2025-04-01

H601Introduced

Funds for Facilities of DAV Organizations

This bill appropriates $10 million per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to fund grants for Disabled American Veterans (DAV) chapters. The grants, capped at $1 million per chapter per year, will help DAV organizations repair and expand their facilities and provide additional resources to disabled veterans.

House2025-04-01

H582Introduced

Providing Relief to Impacted Families Act

This bill modifies North Carolina's motor fuel excise tax refund program for nonprofits. It clarifies and continues the existing quarterly refund system that allows certain nonprofits—including volunteer fire departments, rescue squads, food distribution organizations, and others—to receive refunds on fuel taxes they pay, minus one cent per gallon.

House2025-04-01

H588Introduced

School Psychologist Omnibus

This bill aims to increase the number and quality of school psychologists in North Carolina through six main parts: providing salary supplements to school psychologists, establishing a grant program for schools to recruit psychologists, creating an internship program with stipends, funding virtual training programs, increasing university training program funding, and joining an interstate compact to allow school psychologists to practice across state lines.

House2025-04-01

H583Introduced

Law Enforcement/Destroy Certain Firearms

This bill allows North Carolina law enforcement agencies to destroy certain firearms in their possession, including unclaimed guns, firearms confiscated after convictions for certain crimes, and firearms purchased through or voluntarily surrendered to gun buy-back programs. Currently, state law prohibits police from destroying most seized firearms, leading to large storage backlogs costing departments significant money and creating safety risks.

House2025-04-01

H603Introduced

Workforce Housing Loans-Preconstruction Costs

This bill creates a new revolving loan program in the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency that provides short-term loans to developers for preconstruction costs (like surveys, permits, and site preparation) on workforce housing projects. The program allocates $40 million in state funds and reserves 80% of loans for economically disadvantaged counties and 20% for other counties, with individual loans capped at $1 million.

House2025-04-01

H566Introduced

Principal Fellows Changes

This bill makes changes to North Carolina's Principal Fellows Program, which helps prepare school leaders. It adds a new grant program for universities and colleges to develop innovative principal training methods, allows the program to fund statewide professional development activities for school leadership, and establishes reporting requirements to track how well graduates perform as school principals.

House2025-03-31

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

H550Introduced

Modify Mileage and Per Diem

This bill updates the mileage reimbursement rates and per diem (daily allowance) for North Carolina legislators to match the 2025 federal rates, effective when the 2027 General Assembly convenes. It replaces outdated federal rate references from 1993 with current 2024 federal rates for travel and meal expenses.

House2025-03-31

H548Introduced

NC Economic Progress and Well-Being

This bill appropriates $200,000 per fiscal year to the Department of Commerce to conduct biannual analyses measuring North Carolina's economic progress and well-being. The department must report findings to the General Assembly every odd-numbered year, measuring metrics like poverty rates, job quality, household cost burdens, and education affordability across the state and each county.

House2025-03-31

H561Introduced

2025 Youth End Nicotine Dependence Act

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

House2025-03-31

H551Introduced

Clubhouse Expansion

This bill directs the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to develop a statewide plan for reimbursing Clubhouse model programs—psychosocial rehabilitation day programs for adults with severe and persistent mental illness. It allocates $2.5 million in recurring funds starting in fiscal year 2026-2027 to implement the plan, support accreditation, expand services, and provide training, with a report due to the legislature by June 1, 2026.

House2025-03-31

H522Introduced

Crisis Pregnancy Center Fraud Prevention Act

This bill makes it illegal for crisis pregnancy centers to advertise that they provide abortion or emergency contraceptive services when they do not actually offer those services. The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to study crisis pregnancy centers operating in North Carolina, including their funding sources and services offered.

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

H525Introduced

Reorganize & Fund Rare Disease Adv. Council

This bill moves the Advisory Council on Rare Diseases from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to the Department of Health and Human Services, reorganizes its membership structure to include more patients and caregivers, and appropriates $250,000 annually for two years to fund the council's operations.

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

H275Engrossed

Failure to Yield Penalties

This bill makes two changes to North Carolina traffic law: (1) it clarifies that drivers must yield to blind or partially blind pedestrians using white canes or guide dogs at all crossings and intersections, and (2) it increases the penalty for failure to yield that causes serious bodily injury to include a $500 fine and 90-day driver's license suspension. The changes take effect December 1, 2026.

House2025-03-27

H529Introduced

Clean Repeal of HB2

This bill repeals House Bill 2 (HB2), which was enacted in 2016. The repeal removes HB2's provisions from North Carolina law, including requirements related to bathroom access policies and employment protections.

House2025-03-27

H523Introduced

School Social Workers/Master's Pay

This bill changes pay eligibility rules for school social workers in North Carolina. Currently, only school social workers with master's degrees (or higher) can receive education-based salary supplements. The bill removes the master's degree requirement, allowing all certified school social workers to qualify for these supplements. It allocates $500,000 in state funding to cover the cost beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-03-27

H531Introduced

Addressing NC's Teacher Crisis/NTSP

This bill appropriates $4 million in recurring state funds to the University of North Carolina's New Teacher Support Program (NTSP) to help new teachers participate in support services at no cost to local school districts. The funding prioritizes teachers in economically disadvantaged counties and covers services like instructional coaching, professional development, and teacher summits.

House2025-03-27

H521Introduced

Healthy Families & Workplaces/Paid Sick Leave

This bill requires employers in North Carolina to provide employees with paid sick leave, accruing at one hour per 30 hours worked, capped at 32 hours per year for small businesses (10 or fewer employees) and 56 hours per year for other employers. Employees can use this time for their own illness, family member care, medical appointments, and situations involving domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The bill takes effect January 1, 2026.

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

H497Introduced

Ban on Gay & Trans Panic Defense

This bill prohibits defendants in homicide and assault cases from using a legal defense based on discovering, perceiving, or believing a victim's sex, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation. The bill clarifies that such discovery or perception cannot negate the malice element of murder or serve as provocation, while still allowing evidence about a victim's conduct or statements if relevant to the case.

House2025-03-26

H507Introduced

The Children First Act

The Children First Act expands child care affordability and access through increased subsidies and grants, strengthens child health and safety protections including firearm storage laws and online safety requirements, raises tobacco/vaping age to 21, establishes a fetal and infant mortality review team, and funds workforce development programs for child care workers. The bill appropriates approximately $150+ million over the 2025-2027 biennium for these initiatives.

House2025-03-26

H514Introduced

APRN Definitions

This bill formally defines the scope of practice for four types of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) in North Carolina: Certified Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, and Clinical Nurse Specialists. It removes the requirement that APRNs obtain joint approval from both the Medical Board and Nursing Board to perform certain medical acts, instead allowing the Nursing Board to grant prescribing and practice authority directly.

House2025-03-26

H513Introduced

Strengthen Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

This bill appropriates $1 million per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to the Department of Health and Human Services to strengthen North Carolina's Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. The funding will support nine additional regional ombudsman positions and operational expenses to help the state meet national standards for protecting residents in long-term care facilities.

House2025-03-26

H501Introduced

Modernize Domestic Violence Protection Order

This bill modifies North Carolina's domestic violence protection order law to ensure that same-sex couples can obtain protective orders. Currently, the law limits dating relationship protections to 'persons of the opposite sex,' which excludes same-sex couples from this category of protection.

House2025-03-26

H500Introduced

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 on account of sex. The bill argues that the ERA became the 28th Amendment in 2020 when Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it, meeting the three-fourths requirement, and that North Carolina's ratification would be a formal recognition of this constitutional change.

House2025-03-26

H502Introduced

Gender-Affirming Rights Act

This bill repeals North Carolina's current ban on gender-affirming medical procedures for minors and state funding restrictions for these procedures. It establishes a new Gender-Affirming Rights Act that declares gender identity decisions as fundamental rights, requires healthcare providers to complete training on LGBTQ cultural competency, and prevents local governments from imposing stricter regulations than state law allows.

House2025-03-26

H504Introduced

Pilot Co-Responder Police Program

This bill appropriates $474,680 in state funding over two fiscal years to Mecklenburg County municipalities (Matthews, Pineville, and Mint Hill) to establish a pilot program that pairs mental health professionals with police officers to respond to mental health-related emergencies and crisis calls.

House2025-03-26

H499Introduced

NC Paid Family Leave Insurance Act

This bill creates a paid family and medical leave insurance program in North Carolina, funded by employer contributions starting January 1, 2026, with benefits paid to eligible workers beginning January 1, 2027. Eligible individuals can receive between 12-26 weeks of partial wage replacement (typically 90% of wages up to the state average) to take leave for reasons including childbirth, adoption, personal serious health conditions, caring for family members with serious health conditions, and qualifying military family situations.

House2025-03-26

H503Introduced

Don't Tread on Me Act

This bill creates an 'Individual Freedoms Act' that establishes legal protections against state surveillance, requires medical and political privacy in government dealings, protects parental authority, ensures education is fact-based and non-ideological, and prohibits employment and housing discrimination based on political beliefs or medical history. The bill applies a 'compelling state interest' standard, meaning the government can only restrict these rights if it has a strong reason and uses the narrowest possible means to achieve it.

House2025-03-26

H509Introduced

Right to Reproductive Freedom Act

This bill would protect access to abortion in North Carolina by codifying the standards from Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey into state law. It would prohibit the state from placing substantial obstacles to abortion before fetal viability, allow restrictions after viability except when necessary to preserve the pregnant person's life or health, expand which healthcare providers can perform abortions, and remove certain state funding restrictions on abortion coverage in public health plans.

House2025-03-26

H510Introduced

Menstrual Equity for All Act

This bill removes the sales tax on menstrual products like tampons, pads, and menstrual cups, and establishes a $750,000 annual grant program to provide these products in schools. The tax exemption would apply to sales made on or after July 1, 2025.

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

H490Introduced

Propel NC Funding and Tuition Surcharge

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

House2025-03-25

H492Introduced

Repeal Parents' Bill of Rights

This bill repeals Session Law 2023-106, which was known as the Parents' Bill of Rights, along with related provisions added in subsequent laws. The bill also removes references to these provisions from exemptions that apply to schools for the deaf and blind, charter schools, regional schools, and laboratory schools.

House2025-03-25

H495Introduced

Accessing Midwives Act

This bill creates a state licensing system for Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) in North Carolina, establishing the North Carolina Council of Midwives to set standards, issue licenses, and oversee midwifery practice. The bill defines the qualifications, responsibilities, and scope of practice for licensed midwives while requiring them to maintain national certification and collaborate with physicians when necessary.

House2025-03-25

H484Introduced

Honoring NC's Contributions to Civil Rights

This bill authorizes the African American Heritage Commission to study the feasibility of creating monuments commemorating North Carolina's role in the civil rights movement and appropriates $500,000 to place markers and signage along the state's Civil Rights Trail. The Commission must hold public hearings and report its findings by May 1, 2026.

House2025-03-25

H494Introduced

Mental Health Protection Act

This bill prohibits licensed mental health professionals in North Carolina from practicing conversion therapy—treatments attempting to change sexual orientation or gender identity—on minors under 18 and adults with disabilities. It also prohibits state and local government funding for conversion therapy services. Violations would be considered unprofessional conduct subject to disciplinary action.

House2025-03-25

H482Introduced

Reauthorize & Revise Teacher Bonuses/Military

This bill creates a teacher bonus program for the 2025-2027 school years that provides bonuses to teachers based on student performance in advanced courses, career and technical education certifications, and student growth scores. It also allows teachers who leave their positions due to military orders affecting their spouses to still receive bonuses they earned.

House2025-03-25

H486Introduced

Funds for Blue Star Families, Inc

This bill appropriates $1 million in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to Blue Star Families, Inc., a nonprofit organization that serves military families. The funds are divided into three categories: $400,000 for a military spouse career development program in the Fayetteville area, $300,000 for family strengthening programs, and $300,000 for military and veteran caregiver services.

House2025-03-25

H488Introduced

Modify School Performance Grades

This bill changes how North Carolina assigns school performance grades by requiring all schools to receive two separate letter grades: one for school achievement (how well students perform) and one for school growth (how much students improve). Previously, schools received a single overall performance grade combining both measures. The bill also requires these separate achievement and growth grades to be prominently displayed on school report cards.

House2025-03-25

H493Introduced

Gen. Assembly/Safe Workplace Policies

This bill creates a new workplace safety system for the North Carolina General Assembly that includes mandatory annual harassment prevention training, a confidential reporting and investigation process for sexual harassment and improper workplace behavior, clear disciplinary sanctions, and an appeals process. The bill appropriates $250,000 to implement these policies and requires the Legislative Services Commission and Legislative Ethics Committee to adopt the policies by December 31, 2025.

House2025-03-25

H474Introduced

Right to Use Contraception

This bill declares that North Carolina has no legitimate governmental interest in limiting access to or use of contraception to prevent pregnancy. It establishes the right to use contraception as state policy by adding new language to North Carolina's General Statutes.

House2025-03-24

H467Introduced

Reenact Low-Income Housing Tax Credits

This bill restores North Carolina's low-income housing tax credits program, which had been scheduled to expire in 2015, by reenacting it with a new sunset date of January 1, 2030. The program provides state tax credits to developers and investors who build or rehabilitate housing for low-income residents, with credit amounts varying based on the area's income level and the percentage of units made affordable.

House2025-03-24

H475Introduced

State ID Cards for High School Students

This bill lowers the age requirement for obtaining a North Carolina special identification card from 17 to 16 years old and establishes a pilot program in four counties (Mecklenburg, Randolph, Union, and Watauga) to issue these cards to high school students on school grounds during scheduled times. The pilot program runs through December 31, 2027.

House2025-03-24

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

H473Introduced

Right to IVF

This bill protects access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technologies by prohibiting the state from restricting patients' right to use these treatments or health care providers' right to offer them. It also specifies that fertilized eggs and embryos outside the uterus are not considered human beings under state law, and allocates $500,000 annually to expand Medicaid maternal support services.

House2025-03-24

H456Introduced

No Surprises for Ambulance Services Act

This bill requires health insurance plans in North Carolina to cover emergency ground ambulance services without imposing higher out-of-pocket costs than they would for in-network providers, and limits cost-sharing for non-emergency ground ambulance services from out-of-network providers to no more than 110% of in-network costs. The bill also requires insurers to provide clearer information to customers about emergency service coverage and costs.

House2025-03-20

H453Introduced

Increase Medicaid PCS and PDN Rates

This bill increases North Carolina's Medicaid reimbursement rates for two types of home-based care services: personal care services (PCS) would increase to $7.50 per 15-minute increment, and private duty nursing services (PDN) would increase to $16.25 per 15 minutes. The state would spend approximately $139 million annually with federal matching funds totaling approximately $254 million per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal period.

House2025-03-20

H461Introduced

Urging Support for Washington DC Statehood

This joint resolution expresses North Carolina's support for admitting Washington, D.C., as a U.S. state and urges members of Congress to pass federal legislation to make this happen. The resolution does not create law in North Carolina but rather communicates the state's position to federal lawmakers.

House2025-03-20

H460Introduced

Medical Equipment Right to Repair Act

This bill requires medical equipment manufacturers to provide hospitals, equipment owners, and independent repair providers with access to documentation, tools, and parts needed to repair and maintain medical imaging and radiation therapy equipment. Manufacturers must provide this information at no cost (except actual printing/shipping), cannot require special authorization to use repair tools, and must offer the same parts prices and training to independent providers as they do to authorized repair providers.

House2025-03-20

H446Introduced

Prohibition on Disclosing Booking Photographs

This bill prohibits law enforcement agencies from sharing booking photographs with websites that charge fees to remove them, and requires such websites to delete booking photos within seven business days if the person was not convicted. Websites that charge fees to remove photos or fail to delete them can face civil liability including $100 per day in damages.

House2025-03-20

H445Introduced

Fairness & Transparency in Education Salaries

This bill reinstates education-based salary supplements for teachers and instructional support personnel (including school social workers) based on advanced degrees, using salary policies from 2013, and allocates $8 million in state funding for this purpose. It also requires local school boards to publicly post salary schedules for occupational therapists and physical therapists on their websites.

House2025-03-20

H452Introduced

Revise Law/Obstruction of Health Facility

This bill revises North Carolina's law against obstructing health care facilities by adding a new restriction on protesting near health care entrances. The bill creates a new offense that prohibits people from approaching within 8 feet of another person (without consent) to hand out leaflets, display signs, or engage in protest, education, or counseling within 100 feet of any health care facility entrance. The bill also increases criminal penalties for repeat violations of obstruction laws.

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

H448Introduced

Safe Firearm Storage/Sales Tax Exemption

This bill creates a temporary one-year sales tax exemption for firearm storage equipment, including gun safes, lockboxes, and devices that prevent unauthorized access to firearms. The exemption applies to sales made between October 1, 2025, and October 1, 2026, but excludes display cabinets designed primarily to showcase firearms.

House2025-03-20

H438Introduced

Require Paid Rest Breaks

This bill would require North Carolina employers to provide employees working shifts of six hours or more with at least one paid 20-minute break scheduled near the middle of the workday. Violations would result in civil penalties of up to $100 for the first offense and up to $500 for subsequent offenses.

House2025-03-19

H124Engrossed

Adopt Official State Cookie

This bill designates the Moravian cookie as North Carolina's official state cookie. Moravian cookies are thin spice cookies made with molasses, allspice, and ginger that have been produced in Winston-Salem since the 1950s and have historical roots in the Moravian settlers who founded Salem in 1766.

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

H28Engrossed

Gun Violence Prevention Act

This bill creates three new criminal offenses for people with prior felony convictions who illegally possess firearms or weapons of mass death and destruction while committing other felonies. The offenses carry increasingly severe penalties depending on whether the person merely possesses the weapon, brandishes it, or discharges it during the commission of a felony.

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

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

H431Introduced

Preventing Deed Fraud

This bill creates new protections against deed fraud by requiring non-lawyers and non-financial professionals to show government ID when filing property documents, establishing a fraud alert system to notify property owners when documents are recorded in their names, and creating a faster court process to remove fraudulent documents from property records.

House2025-03-19

H428Introduced

Study School Discipline Parent Involvement

This bill requires the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to study how increased parent involvement can reduce repeat student disciplinary problems in schools. The study will examine requiring parents to attend meetings, counseling sessions, or joint counseling with their child as conditions for returning to class after discipline removal, as well as remote instruction alternatives and other evidence-based practices. The department must report findings and recommendations to the legislature by April 15, 2026.

House2025-03-19

H420Introduced

Sound Basic Education for Every Child

H.B. 420 is a comprehensive education reform bill aimed at improving public schools in North Carolina through increased funding and structural changes. It allocates nearly $3 billion for teacher and principal salary increases, teacher recruitment programs, early childhood education expansion, school facility improvements through a $2 billion bond, and support services for low-performing schools. The bill also adjusts how school performance is measured by balancing student growth and proficiency scores.

House2025-03-18

H408Introduced

Fort Fisher Capital Improvements Funds

This bill appropriates $869,000 in state funds to complete remaining items for Phase One and Phase Two capital improvements at Fort Fisher State Historic Site, including a visitor center tower sign, interior partitions and doors, gun carriages, and an ammunition magazine for the reconstructed earthworks.

House2025-03-18

H416Introduced

Funds for Boys & Girls Clubs

This bill appropriates $30,000 in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Durham and Orange Counties. The money is designated for programs covering teen recruitment and retention, emotional safety, youth leadership, trauma-informed practices, cultural responsiveness, and college and career readiness.

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

H409Introduced

Funds for Caswell County Vol. Fire Department

This bill appropriates $1.7 million in state funds to Caswell County for replacing the Casville Volunteer Fire Department's facility. The funds come from the state's General Fund and would be available starting July 1, 2025.

House2025-03-18

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

H419Introduced

School of the Arts Building Purchase

This bill appropriates $4.5 million in state funds for the University of North Carolina School of the Arts to purchase a building adjacent to the Stevens Center in Winston-Salem. The funds would be used in fiscal year 2025-2026 to acquire the real property and any improvements on the site.

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

H398Introduced

Enact KinCare & Safe Days

This bill allows North Carolina employees to use up to five consecutive days of their accrued sick leave per calendar year to care for family members, including children, parents, grandparents, siblings, spouses, domestic partners, and others with equivalent family relationships. The bill also adds protections against employer retaliation for employees who use sick leave for these purposes.

House2025-03-17

H392Introduced

Funds/Forsyth United Way/Summer Learning

This bill appropriates $250,000 in one-time state funding to the United Way of Forsyth County to support summer learning programs for students in the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The United Way will distribute these funds through community agencies to provide summer learning opportunities, including programs for students who do not qualify for school district summer programs.

House2025-03-17

H396Introduced

Nursing Fellows & Curric. Support Funds/WSSU

This bill establishes a Nursing Fellows Program at Winston-Salem State University that provides forgivable loans to nursing students pursuing Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degrees in nursing education. The bill appropriates $1.4 million for the program and an additional $100,000 for curriculum support services at WSSU.

House2025-03-17

H404Introduced

Fair & Affordable Housing Act

This bill directs a study of affordable housing in North Carolina, makes it illegal to discriminate in housing based on source of income (like government vouchers), provides $45 million to the Housing Trust Fund, prevents credit agencies from reporting unsuccessful eviction lawsuits, and creates an optional program allowing landlords of subsidized housing to report tenants' rent payments to credit agencies to help build credit.

House2025-03-17

H407Introduced

Divine Nine Special Registration Plate Act

This bill creates a new Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority special registration plate in North Carolina and sets its additional fee at $20. The bill also clarifies how fees from Divine Nine fraternity and sorority plates are distributed, directing a portion of Sigma Gamma Rho plate fees to the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority National Education Fund.

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

H375Introduced

AI/Ban Deceptive Ads

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

House2025-03-13

H366Introduced

Reenact & Expand Pistol Purchase Permit

This bill reinstates North Carolina's pistol purchase permit law that was previously repealed and expands it to require permits for long gun (rifle and shotgun) purchases as well. Under the bill, sheriffs would issue permits valid for five years after conducting background checks and assessing moral character, with exceptions for antique firearms.

House2025-03-12

H374Introduced

NCARCOG Funding/Operations Improvements

This bill appropriates $7.85 million in state funding to regional councils of government in North Carolina. The money will support 32 new finance professionals to help small local governments achieve financial compliance, and will fund a disaster response and recovery program to assist communities before, during, and after natural disasters.

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

H367Introduced

Provide Rape Kit Status Updates to Victims

This bill requires the State Crime Laboratory to inform sexual assault victims about the status of their rape kit testing and notify them when their kit cannot be tested, will not be tested, or is being destroyed. The lab must develop procedures for victims to check on their kit's status and receive these notifications.

House2025-03-12

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

H362Introduced

Clean Skies Geoengineering Ban

This bill prohibits North Carolina from intentionally releasing materials into the atmosphere to alter temperature, weather, or sunlight intensity through methods like stratospheric aerosol injection, cloud seeding, or electromagnetic radiation. It adds these practices to the state's list of prohibited air pollution activities and requires the Environmental Management Commission to adopt rules to enforce the ban.

House2025-03-12

H365Introduced

Workforce Education Act

This bill increases state funding for workforce education by approximately $205 million for fiscal year 2025-2026. It revises how community colleges are funded to reward enrollment growth, expands funding for cooperative innovative high schools based on regional economic development tiers, creates grant programs for STEM and career/technical education, and funds a public awareness campaign about community college opportunities.

House2025-03-12

H361Introduced

Funds to Fight Deed and Title Fraud

This bill appropriates $32.3 million in state funding to combat deed and title fraud in North Carolina. The money will support employee training at county register offices, a public awareness campaign, technology upgrades (including digitization and security improvements), and fraud detection systems across the state.

House2025-03-12

H242Introduced

Add Psychiatric Hospitals to Medicaid HASP

This bill expands North Carolina's Medicaid Healthcare Access and Stabilization Program (HASP) to include freestanding psychiatric hospitals alongside existing acute care hospitals. It funds increased reimbursements to these psychiatric hospitals through new hospital assessments levied on all freestanding psychiatric hospitals in the state.

House2025-03-11

H342Introduced

Guilford County Schools Funding Requests

This bill appropriates $8.3 million in nonrecurring state funds to Guilford County Schools for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The funds are designated for two programs: $5 million for high dosage tutoring (hiring tutors, expanding subjects, and increasing tutoring sessions) and $3.3 million for learning hubs that provide flexible, individualized programs for at-risk students to help them graduate.

House2025-03-11

H353Introduced

Fair Minimum Wage Act

This bill raises North Carolina's minimum wage from $6.15 per hour to $10.00 in 2026, increasing by $2.00 per year until reaching $18.00 in 2030, then automatically adjusting annually based on inflation. It also requires employers who fail to pay minimum wages to cover employees' attorneys' fees and court costs in legal cases.

House2025-03-11

H341Introduced

Disabled Veterans Tax Relief Bill

This bill modifies North Carolina's property tax homestead exclusion for disabled veterans by changing the exclusion amount based on the veteran's disability rating percentage, ranging from $25,000 for veterans with 10-29% disability ratings to $100,000 for those with 70% or greater ratings. The bill also extends similar protections to surviving spouses of disabled veterans whose death resulted from a service-connected condition.

House2025-03-11

H340Introduced

Universal AIG Screening in Middle Schools

This bill requires North Carolina's State Board of Education to develop or purchase a screening assessment for gifted students and administer it to all sixth-graders in middle schools. The state would allocate $7 million in recurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to implement this universal screening program.

House2025-03-11

H343Introduced

Advocacy for Long-Term Care Residents Act

This bill appropriates $380,000 for fiscal year 2025-2026 and $397,000 for fiscal year 2026-2027 to the Department of Health and Human Services to create four new full-time ombudsman positions. These ombudsmen will advocate for residents in nursing homes, adult care homes, and family care homes, with the goal of bringing North Carolina's long-term care ombudsman program into alignment with national standards.

House2025-03-11

H351Introduced

Recovery-Friendly Workplace Program/Funds

This bill establishes a Recovery-Friendly Workplace Program administered by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to help employers support employees in recovery from substance use disorders. Employers can voluntarily participate at two levels—as a participant or as a certified workplace—by completing orientation, adopting recovery-supportive policies, and maintaining annual reviews. The bill appropriates $300,000 from the Opioid Settlement Fund for fiscal year 2025-2026 to implement the program.

House2025-03-11

H321Introduced

SchCalFlex/Guilford/Open Cal

This bill gives Guilford County Schools flexibility to start the school year earlier than the current state requirement. Currently, North Carolina schools cannot start before the Monday closest to August 26, but this bill allows Guilford County Schools to start as early as the Monday closest to August 19 if the State Board of Education approves their request.

House2025-03-10

H316Introduced

Child Care Act

This bill reinstitutes the North Carolina child tax credit for families with child care expenses, expands the NC Pre-K program to serve 32,000 additional eligible 4-year-olds, increases subsidized child care funding, requires public schools to provide free lunches to all students, funds child care programs at community colleges, and directs a study on creating high school child care apprenticeships.

House2025-03-10

H325Introduced

Legislative Building Field Trip Pilot Program

This bill creates a two-year pilot program that provides grants to North Carolina public schools to fund field trips to the Legislative Building, with up to $2,000 per school available for transportation costs. The program prioritizes funding for schools in economically disadvantaged counties and requires the Department of Public Instruction to manage applications and report on participation.

House2025-03-10

H317Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./City of High Point

This bill restores the City of High Point's authority to initiate down-zoning (reducing allowed development density or permitted uses on property) without needing written consent from all affected property owners. The change applies retroactively to December 11, 2024, and reverses a restriction that was added in a previous 2024 law.

House2025-03-10

H323Introduced

Down-Zoning/Cornelius/Davidson/Huntersville

This bill restores the authority of three North Carolina towns—Cornelius, Davidson, and Huntersville—to initiate down-zoning (reducing property density or permitted uses) without requiring written consent from all affected property owners. The bill reverses a restriction that was imposed in December 2024 and applies retroactively to that date.

House2025-03-10

H324Introduced

Funds for Greensboro Transit Agency

This bill allocates $800,000 in one-time funding from the state Highway Fund to the Greensboro Transit Agency for two purposes: $500,000 for the North/South Crossmax Orange Bus Route and $300,000 for a pilot program to transport high school juniors and seniors to Guilford Technical Community College campuses. The funding takes effect on July 1, 2025.

House2025-03-10

H326Introduced

DPI to Study Increased Teacher Planning

This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to study ways to increase teacher planning time or reduce teacher obligations that interfere with planning time. The department must report its findings and recommendations to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by February 15, 2026, including cost estimates. The state will provide $5,000 in funding for the study.

House2025-03-10

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

H287Introduced

SchCalFlex/Franklin/Open Cal

This bill allows Franklin County Schools to set school opening dates as early as the Monday closest to August 19, instead of the standard Monday closest to August 26, without needing approval from the State Board of Education. The change applies only to Franklin County Schools beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-03-06

H284Introduced

Addtnl Time for School Cal Good Cause Waiver

This bill allows the State Board of Education to waive the requirement that school years begin no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26, permitting schools in Ashe, Allegheny, and Watauga counties to start as early as August 12 if they meet 'good cause' criteria. Good cause is defined as schools in a county being closed at least 8 days per year due to severe weather, energy shortages, power failures, or other emergencies during any 4 of the last 10 years.

House2025-03-06

H292Introduced

SchCalFlex/Gaston/Open Cal

This bill allows Gaston County Schools to start the school year earlier than the current state requirement of no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26. With State Board of Education approval for good cause, Gaston County Schools could begin as early as the Monday closest to August 19, provided the calendar includes enough days to accommodate potential weather-related closures.

House2025-03-06

H290Introduced

Funds for Pineville Pedestrian Beacon

This bill appropriates $545,588 in state funds to the Town of Pineville to construct a pedestrian hybrid beacon and crosswalk at Highway 51 and Main Street near Town Hall. The goal is to improve pedestrian safety and walkability in the town.

House2025-03-06

H286Introduced

SchCalFlex/Vance/Open Cal

This bill allows Vance County Schools to have more flexibility in setting their school calendar by permitting earlier opening dates without needing State Board of Education approval. Specifically, it enables Vance County to start school as early as the Monday closest to August 19 instead of the required Monday closest to August 26, beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-03-06

H303Introduced

Make Corporations Pay What They Owe

This bill repeals a 2021 law that was gradually phasing out North Carolina's corporate income tax. By repealing the phaseout, the bill would maintain the current corporate income tax rate instead of allowing it to continue declining toward zero.

House2025-03-06

H273Introduced

Create/Fund Brushy Mtns. State Natural Area

This bill authorizes the creation of the Brushy Mountains State Natural Area across Alexander, Caldwell, and Wilkes Counties and appropriates $500,000 in state funding for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to purchase land and develop the site. The natural area would be added to North Carolina's State Parks System and could also receive donated land and funding from federal and other sources.

House2025-03-05

H274Introduced

Foster Care Services/Funds

This bill appropriates $5 million in nonrecurring state funding to Crossnore Communities for Children, a nonprofit organization, to provide foster care services across North Carolina during fiscal year 2025-2026. The funds will support programs including trauma resilience training, family reunification, youth independent living services, and foster care support delivered from locations in Winston-Salem, Crossnore, and Hendersonville.

House2025-03-05

H267Introduced

Expunging Certain Eviction Records

This bill allows North Carolinians to have eviction case records automatically removed from court files in certain situations, such as when cases are dismissed before judgment or when defendants win on the merits. For cases where landlords won, tenants can request removal after three years if they've maintained stable housing with consistent rent payments.

House2025-03-05

H282Introduced

STI Funding/Bicycle/Pedestrian Improv

This bill modifies North Carolina's Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) funding rules to allow state funds to be used for independent bicycle and pedestrian improvement projects. Currently, state STI funds cannot support these types of projects except in limited circumstances; this bill removes that restriction.

House2025-03-05

H281Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning/Multiple Municipalities

This bill restores the authority of six specific North Carolina coastal municipalities (Morehead City, Beaufort, Bogue, Cape Carteret, Cedar Point, and Newport) to initiate down-zoning—reducing development density or permitted uses on property—without requiring written consent from all affected property owners. The bill retroactively applies to changes made after December 11, 2024.

House2025-03-05

H280Introduced

Support for the Senior Tar Heel Legislature

This bill appropriates $30,000 in one-time funding to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging and Adult Services, to support the operations of the North Carolina Senior Tar Heel Legislature for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The Senior Tar Heel Legislature is an existing program established under state law that allows older adults to participate in legislative activities.

House2025-03-05

H269Introduced

Workforce Freedom and Protection Act

This bill removes restrictions on labor organizing and collective bargaining, prohibits non-compete agreements for employees earning under $75,000 annually and no-poach agreements between employers, and directs a study to identify and reform unnecessary occupational licensing requirements. The bill aims to increase worker mobility and job market competition while maintaining public safety protections.

House2025-03-05

H277Introduced

SchCalFlex/Johnston/Aug 10 & Assmnts

This bill gives Johnston County Schools additional flexibility in setting their school calendar by allowing them to start school as early as the Monday closest to August 10 (instead of the standard August 26) and permits assessments to be given before the fall semester ends if the calendar concludes before December 31.

House2025-03-05

H103Introduced

NC Am. Indian Hunting/Fishing Rights

This bill exempts members of state-recognized and federally-recognized Indian tribes from North Carolina hunting, trapping, and fishing license requirements. Members may hunt and fish on tribal land without licenses, and state residents who are tribal members may also hunt and fish off tribal land without licenses, though they must still comply with other hunting and fishing regulations, reporting requirements, and hunter education courses.

House2025-03-04

H262Introduced

Designate Chief R. Malloy Overpass

This bill directs the North Carolina Department of Transportation to name an overpass on Interstate 74 in Laurinburg, Scotland County after Chief of Police Robert Lee Malloy. The overpass crosses South Main Street and will be officially designated in his honor.

House2025-03-04

H29Introduced

Use Tribal ID for Alcohol & Tobacco Purchase

This bill allows tribal enrollment cards issued by state or federally recognized Indian tribes to be used as valid identification for purchasing alcohol and tobacco in North Carolina. The bill adds tribal enrollment cards to the list of acceptable forms of ID that sellers can accept to verify a customer's age, alongside driver's licenses, military IDs, and passports.

House2025-03-04

H257Introduced

Funds for Scotland & Hoke Projects

This bill appropriates a total of $170.4 million in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to support various infrastructure and capital projects in Scotland County, Hoke County, the City of Laurinburg, the towns of Gibson and Wagram, and St. Andrews University. The funds are designated for specific purposes including courthouse and jail construction, water and sewer improvements, public safety facilities, workforce training, and hurricane damage repairs.

House2025-03-04

H265Introduced

SchCalFlex/Char-Meck/CC

This bill allows Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to align their school calendar with the calendar of local community colleges that serve the same area. Currently, state law requires school opening and closing dates to fall within specific windows around August 26 and June 11, but this bill creates an exception for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to match their schedule with community college calendars.

House2025-03-04

H259Introduced

Brown-Morgan Science Olympiad Grant

This bill establishes a one-year pilot grant program through the Department of Public Instruction to help public schools start or expand Science Olympiad teams. The program allocates $127,500 in grants that schools can use for registration fees, materials, travel, and teacher stipends, with priority given to schools that did not have a Science Olympiad team in the previous year.

House2025-03-04

H263Introduced

Down-Zoning/Person & Durham Cos

This bill restores the ability of local governments in Durham County, Person County, and the cities of Durham and Roxboro to initiate down-zoning (reducing the allowable density or uses of land) without requiring written consent from property owners. It reverses a recent state law that required all property owners to approve down-zoning amendments and applies retroactively to December 11, 2024.

House2025-03-04

H224Introduced

Strengthen Our Tribal Communities Act

This bill renames the Indian Gaming Education Revenue Fund and appropriates additional money from it to support North Carolina's state-recognized Indian tribes and urban Indian organizations. The new appropriations total approximately $7.75 million over the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium for tribal operating expenses, cultural and economic development programs, and specific grants for tribal schools and services.

House2025-03-04

H253Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning/Farmland & Floodplain

This bill restores Henderson County's authority to initiate down-zoning (reducing permitted land uses or development density) without property owner consent, but only for two specific purposes: farmland preservation in agricultural districts and floodplain mitigation in federally designated flood hazard areas. The bill applies retroactively to December 11, 2024.

House2025-03-03

H256Introduced

Allow Public Employee Collective Bargaining

This bill repeals North Carolina's current ban on collective bargaining for public employees and allows them to organize and negotiate working conditions with government employers, similar to private sector workers. Public employees would gain the right to collectively bargain over wages, benefits, and working conditions through unions or employee organizations.

House2025-03-03

H255Introduced

SchCalFlex/Granville,Vance/Open Cal

This bill gives Granville County Schools and Vance County Schools additional flexibility to set their school opening and closing dates without needing State Board of Education approval. Currently, these districts must follow state rules requiring schools to open no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26 and close no later than the Friday closest to June 11, but this bill removes those restrictions for these two counties specifically.

House2025-03-03

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

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

H208Introduced

Partnership for Children Information Access

This bill expands privacy protections for minors participating in local government programs and programs funded by the North Carolina Partnership for Children. It prevents the release of identifying information (such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and parent/guardian contact details) for minor participants in these programs across specified localities in the Triangle area, while still allowing county, municipality, and zip code information to be public.

House2025-02-27

H225Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning/Wake Forest & Rolesville

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

House2025-02-27

H228Introduced

City of Asheville/Funds for Study

This bill appropriates $25,000 in state funds to the City of Asheville to study whether and how the city's water system could be extended to serve the new Pisgah View State Park. The study would examine the feasibility and costs of this water system extension.

House2025-02-27

H238Introduced

Reimburse Buncombe Co. for Cost of Study

This bill appropriates $300,000 from the state General Fund to reimburse Buncombe County for costs it incurred conducting a study on whether to merge the Buncombe County and City of Asheville school districts. The study was required by state law passed in 2023, and this reimbursement would take effect July 1, 2025.

House2025-02-27

H205Introduced

SchCalFlex/Cabarrus/Open Cal

This bill gives Cabarrus County Schools flexibility to start the school year earlier than the current state rule allows. Currently, North Carolina requires schools to open no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26, but this bill would allow Cabarrus County to open as early as the Monday closest to August 19 if they can show they need extra days for weather-related closures.

House2025-02-26

H196Introduced

Funds Museum of Life and Science Exhibit/Lab

This bill appropriates $1.5 million in state funds to the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science to create a new biotechnology exhibit and laboratory. The funds are intended to showcase North Carolina's biotechnology industry and encourage student interest in STEM careers, becoming effective July 1, 2025.

House2025-02-26

H200Introduced

SchCalFlex/Pender/CC

This bill allows Pender County Schools to align their school calendar with Cape Fear Community College's calendar. Currently, state law restricts when public schools can start and end their academic year, but this bill adds an exception for Pender County to match their schedule with the community college serving their area.

House2025-02-26

H203Introduced

Home Warranty Act

This bill strengthens consumer protections for home service agreements (home warranties) and reorganizes North Carolina's service agreement laws by separating home appliance rules from motor vehicle rules. It requires service agreement companies to provide clear contract details, disclose exclusions prominently, respond to repair claims quickly for essential services, and allow consumers to cancel agreements with pro-rata refunds.

House2025-02-26

H204Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Cabarrus Co

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

House2025-02-26

H197Introduced

Local Communicable Disease Programs/Funds

This bill appropriates $25 million per year for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 to local health departments in North Carolina to support communicable disease response and prevention efforts. The funds will be distributed equally among counties (50%) and based on population served (50%), and can be used to hire staff, retain employees, and expand public health programs.

House2025-02-26

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

H194Introduced

SchCalFlex/Asheville/Open Cal

This bill gives Asheville City Schools flexibility to start their school calendar earlier than the current state requirement. Currently, North Carolina law requires public schools to open no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26, but this bill allows the State Board of Education to waive that requirement for Asheville City Schools, permitting them to open as early as the Monday closest to August 19 if they can show a need for extra makeup days due to weather closures.

House2025-02-26

H191Introduced

SchCalFlex/Durham,Person/Aug 10 & Assmnts

This bill allows Durham County and Person County schools to start their school year as early as the Monday closest to August 10, instead of the current standard of August 26. It also permits these districts to give final exams and assessments before the end of the fall semester if their calendar concludes before December 31.

House2025-02-26

H195Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Chatham Co

This bill restores the ability of local governments in Chatham County and its municipalities to initiate down-zoning (reducing the allowed density or uses of land) without needing written consent from property owners. It reverses a restriction imposed on December 11, 2024, and applies retroactively to that date.

House2025-02-26

H179Introduced

Labor Org. Membership Dues Tax Deductible

This bill allows North Carolina taxpayers to deduct labor union membership dues from their state taxable income, starting with the 2026 tax year. The deduction would apply to dues, fees, assessments, or other required payments for union membership.

House2025-02-25

H176Introduced

SchCalFlex/Kannapolis/Open Cal

This bill grants Kannapolis City Schools flexibility in setting their school calendar by allowing them to start the school year earlier than the standard statewide requirement. Specifically, it permits Kannapolis schools to open as early as the Monday closest to August 19 instead of the Monday closest to August 26, if the State Board of Education approves based on a showing of good cause.

House2025-02-25

H181Introduced

Tax Relief for Working Families Act

This bill restores North Carolina's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which expired in 2014. The credit would allow working families to receive a state tax credit equal to 20% of the federal EITC they qualify for, with excess credits refunded to taxpayers, effective for tax years beginning January 1, 2025.

House2025-02-25

H174Introduced

Marriage Equality Act

This bill would establish a state law in North Carolina explicitly protecting the right of all individuals to marry regardless of sex, gender, or sexual orientation, and would require all state and local government entities to apply marriage laws equally to all couples. The bill also prohibits discrimination in marriage-related services and requires public officials to issue marriage licenses without refusing based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

House2025-02-25

H175Introduced

Const. Amend./Marriage Equality

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would remove North Carolina's current constitutional definition of marriage as between one man and one woman. If passed by voters in November 2026, the amendment would take effect January 1, 2027, and would allow the state to legally recognize marriages between same-sex couples.

House2025-02-25

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

H104Introduced

SchCalFlex/Buncombe/Open Cal

This bill gives Buncombe County Schools flexibility to set their own school calendar opening and closing dates without needing approval from the State Board of Education. Currently, state law requires schools to open no earlier than late August and close no later than early June, but this bill removes that requirement for Buncombe County only.

House2025-02-24

H33Introduced

SchCalFlex/Yadkin, Davie/CC

This bill allows Yadkin County Schools and Davie County Schools to align their school calendars with the calendars of Surry County Community College or Davidson-Davie Community College. It modifies state law to permit these two school districts to coordinate their opening and closing dates with their respective community college partners.

House2025-02-24

H30Introduced

SchCalFlex/WS-F,Stokes,Davdsn/Aug11 & Assmnts

This bill gives Winston-Salem/Forsyth, Stokes, and Davidson County Schools more flexibility in setting school calendars by allowing them to start the school year as early as the Monday closest to August 11 (instead of August 26) and permits assessments to be given before the fall semester ends if schools use an early-closing fall calendar.

House2025-02-24

H111Introduced

SchCalFlex/Chatham/Aug 10 & Assmnts

This bill gives Chatham County Schools flexibility in their school calendar by allowing them to start students as early as the Monday closest to August 10 (instead of the standard Monday closest to August 26) and permits assessments to be given before the fall semester ends if the calendar concludes before December 31.

House2025-02-24

H158Introduced

SchCalFlex/Warren,Weldon,Halifax,RR/Open Cal

This bill allows Warren County Schools, Weldon City Schools, Halifax County Schools, and Roanoke Rapids Graded School District to start the school year as early as the Monday closest to August 19 (instead of August 26) if they can show good cause, such as frequent weather-related closures. The bill gives these four specific school districts more flexibility in setting their school calendars while maintaining state requirements for total instructional days.

House2025-02-24

H51Introduced

SchCalFlex/Orange,CH-Car,Caswell/CC & Assmnts

This bill provides scheduling flexibility for three school systems—Caswell County, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City, and Orange County Schools—by allowing them to align their school calendars with local community colleges and to administer final exams and state assessments earlier if their fall semester ends before December 31.

House2025-02-24

H27Introduced

SchCalFlex/Alamance/Open Cal

This bill gives Alamance County Schools additional flexibility in setting their school calendar by allowing earlier start dates without needing State Board of Education approval. Specifically, it allows Alamance-Burlington Schools to begin the school year as early as the Monday closest to August 19 (instead of August 26) if the district can demonstrate it has experienced eight days of weather-related or emergency closures in any four of the last ten years.

House2025-02-24

H70Introduced

SchCalFlex/Hertford/CC

This bill allows Hertford County Schools to align their school calendar with the calendar of Roanoke-Chowan Community College. It adds an exception to state law that normally sets specific opening and closing dates for public schools, enabling local school boards to coordinate their schedules with community colleges in their area.

House2025-02-24

H168Introduced

North Carolina CROWN Act

This bill, known as the CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair), expands North Carolina's employment discrimination protections to explicitly include hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles like braids, locks, and twists as protected characteristics under race discrimination law. The bill adds these protections to the state's existing anti-discrimination statute and ensures employees cannot be fired or denied employment based on natural hairstyles.

House2025-02-24

H170Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning/Union Co

This bill restores the ability of local governments in Union County and its municipalities to reduce zoning allowances (down-zone property) without getting written consent from all affected property owners. It reverses a December 2024 state law that had required unanimous property owner consent for down-zoning and makes this change retroactive to that date.

House2025-02-24

H167Introduced

Firearm in Unattended Vehicle/Safely Store

This bill makes it illegal to leave a firearm unattended in a motor vehicle unless both the vehicle is locked and the firearm is either secured with a trigger lock or stored in a locked container. Violation is classified as a Class 2 misdemeanor, with the law taking effect December 1, 2025.

House2025-02-24

H31Introduced

Make Election Day A State Holiday

This bill amends North Carolina's state human resources law to designate statewide general election days as paid holidays for state employees. The change maintains the current limit of 13 paid holidays per year by adjusting how holidays are counted.

House2025-02-24

H119Introduced

SchCalFlex/Pitt/MorF Aug 10

This bill changes the earliest date that Pitt County Schools can start the school year from the Monday closest to August 26 to the Monday closest to August 10 (or the Friday or Monday adjacent if August 10 falls on a weekend). The change applies only to Pitt County beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-02-24

H161Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Randolph Co

This bill restores the authority of Randolph County and its municipalities to initiate down-zoning (reducing development density or permitted uses on property) without requiring written consent from affected property owners. It reverses a restriction that was put in place on December 11, 2024, and applies only to Randolph County.

House2025-02-24

H172Introduced

SchCalFlex/Camden/Aug 19

This bill allows Camden County Schools to start their school year as early as the Monday closest to August 19, instead of the current requirement that school start no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26. The change applies only to Camden County Schools beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-02-24

H155Introduced

SchCalFlex/Wilkes,Alexander/Open Cal

This bill gives Wilkes County Schools and Alexander County Schools additional flexibility in setting their school calendar opening and closing dates. Specifically, it allows these two school systems to start the school year as early as the Monday closest to August 19 (instead of the standard August 26) if they meet certain conditions, such as having experienced frequent weather-related closures in recent years.

House2025-02-21

H145Introduced

Funds for Diabetes Research Institute/UNC-CH

This bill appropriates $50 million in state funds to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to establish and develop a diabetes research institute. The funds are designated as nonrecurring (one-time) and would become available starting July 1, 2025.

House2025-02-21

H148Introduced

SchCalFlex/Jackson,Swain,Transyl/Open Cal

This bill gives Jackson, Swain, and Transylvania County Schools additional flexibility in setting their school calendar start and end dates. It allows these three counties to open schools as early as the Monday closest to August 19 (instead of August 26) if they can show they've had eight or more weather-related closures in any four of the last ten years.

House2025-02-21

H151Introduced

SchCalFlex/Wake/CC

This bill allows Wake County Schools to align their school calendar with the calendar of local community colleges that serve the county. It modifies state law to give Wake County Schools this specific flexibility, effective starting with the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-02-21

H132Introduced

SchCalFlex/Cumberland/Open Cal

This bill gives Cumberland County Schools flexibility in setting their school calendar by allowing them to open as early as the Monday closest to August 19 (instead of the standard August 26) if they can show they've had at least 8 days of weather-related closings in 4 of the last 10 years. The change takes effect for the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-02-18

H138Introduced

SchCalFlex/Gates/CC

This bill allows Gates County Schools to align their school calendar with the calendar of College of the Albemarle, a community college in the area. Currently, state law sets specific opening and closing dates for public school calendars, but this bill creates an exception for Gates County to coordinate their schedule with the local community college.

House2025-02-18

H129Introduced

Judge Joe John Nonpartisan Jud. Elections Act

This bill changes North Carolina judicial elections from partisan (party-based) to nonpartisan elections for Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, superior court, and district court judges, effective in 2026. It also reestablishes a public campaign financing program for judicial candidates who voluntarily accept spending limits and demonstrate public support through qualifying contributions.

House2025-02-18

H128Introduced

Establish Prostate Cancer Control Program

This bill appropriates $2 million per year for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 to establish a statewide Prostate Cancer Control Program that provides free or low-cost prostate cancer screenings and follow-up care to uninsured or underinsured North Carolina men ages 40-70 who meet specific income and health criteria.

House2025-02-17

H112Introduced

Increase Permissible Interstate Speed Limit

This bill increases the maximum allowable speed limit on North Carolina interstate highways and controlled-access highways from 70 miles per hour to 75 miles per hour. It also updates related traffic enforcement penalties and license suspension thresholds to align with the new higher speed limit.

House2025-02-13

H115Introduced

Child Care Facility Tax Exemption

This bill creates a property tax exemption for licensed child care facilities in North Carolina. Facilities that are properly licensed and actually used to provide child care would be exempt from property taxes on their buildings, land, and reasonably necessary adjacent land, with the exemption beginning for tax years after July 1, 2026.

House2025-02-13

H99Introduced

Reflexologists Right to Work Act

This bill exempts nationally certified reflexologists from needing a license from the North Carolina Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy. Reflexologists with current certification from the American Reflexology Certification Board (ARCB) and their students working toward certification would be allowed to practice reflexology without state board oversight.

House2025-02-12

H102Introduced

Real Property Appraisal - Owner Notification

This bill requires county assessors to provide property owners with clearer notifications during property revaluations. The notices must be written in plain language and include the projected percentage change in the property's appraised value and tax liability, along with information on how to request more details or appeal the revaluation.

House2025-02-12

H101Introduced

Prop. Tax Appeal Process Transparency

This bill requires county and municipal boards of equalization and review to notify property owners in plain language about their right to appeal property tax appraisals, and to provide this notice within a reasonable timeframe. It also requires these boards to automatically review properties that have increased in value by 30% or more compared to their previous appraisal.

House2025-02-12

H93Introduced

Constitutional Amendment/Repeal Literacy Test

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to remove North Carolina's literacy test requirement for voting from the state constitution. The amendment would be submitted to voters in the November 2026 general election, and if approved by a majority, would eliminate this outdated provision that is already prohibited under federal law.

House2025-02-12

H88Introduced

SchCalFlex/Wilson/Open Cal

This bill gives Wilson County Schools additional flexibility in setting their school calendar by allowing the State Board of Education to waive the requirement that schools open no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26, and instead permit an opening date as early as the Monday closest to August 19, if the county has experienced eight or more school closure days per year due to weather or emergencies during any four of the last ten years.

House2025-02-11

H73Introduced

Energy Security Act of 2025

This bill requires North Carolina public utilities to install and continuously operate security systems at electrical substations 24 hours a day to protect against vandalism and other security threats. The law takes effect July 1, 2025.

House2025-02-11

H75Introduced

Pharmaceutical Full Disclosure Act

This bill requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to include specific information in advertisements for prescription drugs and biological products shown to North Carolina consumers. The required disclosures include the FDA approval date, the date the drug became available for purchase, and detailed information about clinical trials related to any required side effect warnings, such as trial length, number of participants, and frequency of side effects.

House2025-02-11

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

H68Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Granville & Vance

This bill restores the authority of local governments in Granville and Vance Counties to initiate down-zoning (reducing allowed development density or permitted uses on property) without needing written consent from all affected property owners. The change applies retroactively to December 11, 2024, and reverses a recent state law restriction on down-zoning authority.

House2025-02-10

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

H55Introduced

Funds for the IGNITE Program

This bill appropriates $250,000 per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal period to fund the IGNITE Program run by the Autism Society of North Carolina. The program provides activities and educational groups designed to help young adults with autism develop independence and social skills as they transition into adulthood.

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

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

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

H25Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Stanly & Catawba

This bill restores the authority of local governments in Stanly and Catawba Counties to initiate down-zoning (reducing allowed development density or permitted uses on property) without needing written consent from all affected property owners. It reverses a restriction that was imposed in December 2024 and applies retroactively to restore ordinances that were in effect before that date.

House2025-02-03

H10Introduced

Study State Travel Allowance Reimbursements

This bill establishes a bipartisan committee to study whether North Carolina's current travel allowances and reimbursement rates for state employees, teachers, and legislators should be updated. The committee will examine historical rates, federal guidelines, and input from various industries, then submit recommendations to the legislature by March 15, 2026.

House2025-01-30

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

Mary Harrison

Mary Harrison

Sponsored Bills (70)

State Bd of Elections/Independent Agency

No Federal Interference in Elections

Strip Corporations of Political Spending

Save Our Beaches

Datacenter Transparency Act

Limits on Immigration Detention Facilities

Modify Mileage and Per Diem

Prohibit Gambling in Prediction Markets

LEO Facial Coverings and Identifications

Budgeting Accountability and Transparency

Protection of Constitutional Rights

NC Workforce Stability & Economic Protection

Arbor Week Reform

Balcony Solar

Civil Rights Helpline

North Carolina Microplastics Study Act

NC Compassionate Care Act

Uniform Restrictive Employment Agreement Act

North Carolina Consumer Protection Act

Rate Payer Protection Act

Environmental Rights Constitutional Amendment

Strengthen Do Not Call/Text Registry

Poultry Waste Management

Air Conditioning for Rental Properties

Clarify Animal Welfare Statutes

North Carolina Microplastics Study Act

Break Free From Plastic & Forever Chemicals

Aggie Academy Learning Lab/Funds

PFAS Free NC

Prohibit Prop Bets on College/Amateur Sports

Safe Cosmetics Act

Expanding Workforce and Education Act

Common Sense Gun Regulations

Healthy and High-Performing Schools

Environmental Justice in North Carolina

Fair Competition Study Act

Restore Wetlands Protections

Greensboro Public Safety Funds

Limit Excessive Mag Sizes

NC Folk Fest and FIFA Funds

Funds for the Umbrella Center

Ban Ghost Guns & Undetectable Firearms

Equality for All

Opt. Top-2 Same-Day Primary Runoff/Elections

Improve Enforcement/Migrant Housing

Income Tax Rate Reduction Trigger Mods

Skip the Stuff Act

NCIOM Study/Medical Aid in Dying

Marijuana Legalization and Reinvestment Act

Workers' Rights Act

Allow Lottery Winners to be Confidential

DMV Materials in Additional Languages

Economic Security Act

Litter Reduction Act of 2025

Rights of Nature/Certain River Basins

Report Lost/Stolen Firearm Within 24 Hours

Make General Assembly Records Public

Marine Life Stewardship Act

Protect Military Votes

Remove Barriers to Labor Organizing

Expand Project C.A.R.E./Funds

Budgeting Accountability and Transparency

Fiscally Responsible & Sustainable Budgeting

Allow ERPOs to Prevent Suicides & Save Lives

Reenact Solar Energy Tax Credit

The Pollinator Protection Act

Prohibit LEO w/ICE Churches/Schools/Hospitals

Prohibit LEO w/ICE at Farm/Construct. Sites

Environmental Justice

Fair Maps Act

Cosponsored Bills (591)

Budget Technical Corrections Modifications

2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II

Authorize Municipal Deannexation

Honor 250th Anniversary and NC's Role

Safeguarding Elections Act

NC Farmland and Military Protection Act