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Jaleeyah's Law

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

House2026-07-07

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

H443Engrossed

Const. Amendment: Council of State Vacancies

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would change how the Governor fills vacancies in eight statewide elected offices (Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Attorney General, and three Commissioners). Under the new process, when a vacancy occurs close to an election, the Governor must choose from a list of three candidates nominated by the political party of the officer who left office. The amendment would be decided by voters in November 2026.

House2026-05-20

H1033Introduced

Dental Board Reform

This bill restructures the North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners by changing it from an elected board to an appointed board with 11 members instead of the previous structure. It adds new consumer protections, voting restrictions, training requirements for board members, and establishes new rules for how occupational licensing boards operate, including requirements for rulemaking, complaint processes, and enforcement procedures.

House2026-05-12

H307Passed

Iryna's Law

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

House2025-10-03

H805Passed

Prevent Sexual Exploitation/Women and Minors

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

House2025-07-29

H620Passed

AOC Agency Requests.-AB

This bill makes numerous modifications to North Carolina court procedures and judicial administration. It adds High Point University School of Law to the list of schools receiving court reports, modifies requirements for accountability courts, strengthens protections for domestic violence victims and name-change applicants, updates guardianship and estate procedures, clarifies judicial authority, and makes various technical corrections to court rules and operations.

House2025-07-02

H388Passed

Amend Business Corporations Act

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina business and estate law. It allows corporations to limit director and officer liability, permits shareholders to bring certain corporate disputes in specific courts, restricts how corporations can issue certain securities, clarifies procedures for shareholder lawsuits against corporations, and updates estate and trust laws regarding wills, electronic will storage by attorneys, spousal and children's allowances, and trust contests.

House2025-07-01

H537Passed

Alena's Law & Office of Vital Records Changes

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

House2025-07-01

H478Introduced

Modify Appointment Process for DA Vacancies

This bill modifies how North Carolina fills District Attorney vacancies when they occur before a term ends. It clarifies the appointment process and requires the Governor to consult with the appropriate political party's district executive committee, which can recommend up to three qualified candidates within 30 days. The appointee serves until an election can be held, with the timing depending on when the original term was set to expire.

House2025-06-10

H690Engrossed

The Citizens Support Act

This bill directs state agencies to verify that applicants for certain state-funded benefits, housing assistance, in-state tuition, financial aid, and unemployment benefits are legally authorized to reside in the United States. Agencies must develop plans to restrict these benefits to U.S. citizens and noncitizens with legal permission, and report on implementation by January 15, 2026.

House2025-05-08

H188Engrossed

Automatic Renewal of Contracts

This bill strengthens North Carolina's requirements for businesses offering automatically renewing contracts (like subscriptions or memberships). It requires clearer disclosure of renewal terms, easier cancellation methods, and advance notice before renewal—with specific formatting rules to make this information stand out to consumers.

House2025-05-08

H535Engrossed

Title Fraud Prevention Act

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

House2025-05-07

H866Engrossed

Automatic Ord/Equitable Distribution Claim

This bill requires North Carolina courts to automatically issue a standing order when someone files for equitable distribution (property division) in a divorce. The automatic order prohibits both spouses from selling, transferring, or hiding assets, taking on excessive debt, or changing insurance and beneficiary designations without the other spouse's written consent or court approval. The order remains in effect until the property division case is finalized.

House2025-05-05

H801Engrossed

LRC Study Paper Towns

This bill directs the Legislative Research Commission to study North Carolina towns that exist legally but do not provide adequate services to residents. The study will examine towns incorporated since 1995, assess whether they're delivering promised services, and recommend whether the General Assembly should suspend or revoke their charters if they're failing to serve residents properly.

House2025-05-01

H648Engrossed

Disposition Placement/Findings of Fact

This bill clarifies how North Carolina courts should decide where to place children in out-of-home care in abuse and neglect cases. It requires courts to make written findings of fact explaining their placement decisions, particularly regarding whether keeping a child in their home community is in the child's best interest and whether the social services department made reasonable efforts to prevent placement.

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

H557Engrossed

The Andy Griffith Show as State TV Show

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

House2025-04-28

H640Introduced

Public Assistance Verification Enhancements

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

House2025-04-15

H791Introduced

Women's Safety and Protection Act

This bill establishes legal definitions of biological sex and gender throughout North Carolina law, creates the Women's Safety and Protection Act requiring single-sex facilities in prisons, detention centers, schools, and shelters that receive state funds, allows private lawsuits against facilities that fail to enforce these rules, and requires driver's licenses and birth certificates to reflect biological sex as defined at birth.

House2025-04-08

H770Introduced

Est. Procedure/Complex Family Financial Cases

This bill establishes a new system for handling complex family financial cases in North Carolina by creating specialized hearing officers appointed by the Chief Justice. These hearing officers would handle cases involving equitable distribution, alimony, post-separation support, and child support that meet complexity criteria such as business valuations, trust issues, or significant asset complications. The bill sets qualifications for hearing officers, establishes a process for designating cases as complex, and adds a $1,100 filing fee split equally among parties.

House2025-04-07

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

H449Introduced

Crimes Against Minors/Revise Law

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

House2025-03-20

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

H237Introduced

Child Welfare

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina's child welfare laws, including shortening timelines for permanency planning (one year instead of reasonable time), establishing rules for a Regional Abuse and Medical Specialist program, requiring training for social services board members, and creating a private cause of action against the Department of Health and Human Services for operating programs without proper rulemaking procedures.

House2025-03-18

H182Engrossed

Rev. Law Perm. Protect Order/Child Abuse

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

House2025-03-17

H334Introduced

GSC Unif. Community Prop. Disp. at Death Act

This bill enacts the Uniform Community Property Disposition at Death Act in North Carolina, which clarifies how community property acquired in other states is handled when a spouse dies. It establishes that the surviving spouse automatically receives half of community property without going through probate, while the deceased spouse's half can be distributed through their will or estate.

House2025-03-10

H164Introduced

Parental Consent to Release Child Autopsies

This bill requires parents or guardians to give written permission before child autopsy records, photos, videos, or audio recordings can be shared. It creates an exception allowing disclosure without consent when necessary for public health, safety, legal compliance, or research, and allows courts to override parental wishes if they find good cause after reviewing the materials in private.

House2025-02-24

Sarah Stevens