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SBOE Administrative Changes

This bill requires North Carolina's Wildlife Resources Commission to offer voter registration forms and organ donor registry information to anyone applying for a hunting or fishing license. For online applicants, the Commission must work with the State Board of Elections to mail voter registration forms to those who request them.

House2026-08-11

H328Engrossed

Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumables

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

House2026-07-30

H1067Engrossed

Rocky Mount ETJ

This bill amends the Town of Rural Hall's charter to establish a process allowing unaffiliated candidates (those not affiliated with a political party) to run for local municipal office by petition. It adjusts the petition filing deadlines to align with state election law requirements, with a special deadline of noon on July 6, 2026 for the upcoming election and new procedures taking effect January 1, 2027.

House2026-07-30

H437Vetoed

Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping

This bill creates two main policies: (1) establishes drug-free zones around homeless service facilities where drug offenses become Class E felonies, and (2) bans unauthorized public camping on government property statewide, though local governments may designate specific areas for temporary camping if they meet safety and service requirements and receive state approval.

House2026-07-27

H133Passed

NC Farmland and Military Protection Act

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

House2026-07-08

H372Passed

Home-Based Business Fairness Act

This bill prevents North Carolina cities from banning 'no-impact home-based businesses'—small businesses run from home that don't generate extra traffic, parking, or street visibility. Cities can still enforce health and safety rules and can prohibit certain illegal activities, but they cannot require permits, licenses, or rezoning for qualifying home businesses.

House2026-07-08

H1094Passed

Ferry Div. Audit/DOT Omnibus

This omnibus transportation bill requires a state audit of the Ferry Division's operations and finances, directs a study on changing the Division of Motor Vehicles' funding model, and makes numerous changes to vehicle registration, driver licensing, toll operations, and traffic laws. The bill also addresses special registration plates, electric-assisted bicycles, commercial driver training school refunds, and various highway and transportation management provisions.

House2026-07-08

H1126Passed

2026 DST Admin/Technical/Clarifying Changes.-AB

This bill makes administrative, technical, and clarifying changes to North Carolina state laws related to the Department of State Treasurer, retirement systems, state health plans, the NC Investment Authority, unclaimed property, local government finance, and capital facilities. The changes include reinstating military service credit for state employees, clarifying death benefit rules, allowing Legislative Retirement System members more work flexibility, modernizing investment authority responsibilities, and updating various procedural and definitional provisions across multiple state programs.

House2026-07-08

H1104Passed

Improve IVC Process and Enhance Public Safety

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

House2026-07-07

H162Passed

Parking Lot Reform/Stormwater Control

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

House2026-07-07

H1173Passed

Jaleeyah's Law

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

House2026-07-07

H1083Engrossed

Voluntary Portable Benefits Plan Act

This bill creates a voluntary portable benefits plan system that allows independent contractors to build benefit accounts funded by hiring parties. The contributions are not treated as evidence that the worker is an employee, and independent contractors can opt in to have a portion of their pay withheld for these benefits if they choose.

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

H356Engrossed

Various Civil and Insurance Law Changes

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina's insurance and civil laws, including updating peer-to-peer vehicle sharing regulations, allowing small cash convenience fees for insurance payments, prohibiting mortgage lenders from requiring reconstruction cost estimates, modifying bail bondsmen requirements, and establishing arbitration procedures for uninsured/underinsured motorist claims.

House2026-06-30

H1121Introduced

Added Fee for Sexually Oriented Businesses

This bill imposes a $10 fee per customer entry at sexually oriented businesses that serve alcohol in North Carolina. The fees would be collected quarterly by businesses and deposited into the Sexual Assault and Rape Crisis Center Fund to support sexual assault services.

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

H1239Passed

Honor Mike Clampitt

This is a House Resolution honoring the life and memory of James Michael 'Mike' Clampitt, a former North Carolina House Representative from House District 119. The resolution recognizes his decades of service as a firefighter, law enforcement officer, and state legislator, and expresses the General Assembly's appreciation for his contributions to his community and the state.

House2026-06-24

H171Vetoed

Equality in State Agencies/Prohibition on DEI

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

House2026-06-24

H301Engrossed

Social Media & AI Safety

This bill creates protections for children under 16 on social media platforms, requires schools to teach artificial intelligence literacy, and establishes AI policies and training for public schools. The social media portion bans children under 14 from most social platforms and requires parental consent for 14-15 year-olds; it also restricts how platforms can use children's data for recommendations and advertising. The education portions update computer science standards to include AI instruction, create a model AI policy for schools, establish an evaluation framework for AI educational tools, and require teacher training on AI use.

House2026-06-24

H1238Passed

Honor 2026 Carolina Hurricanes Team

This is a House Resolution that honors the Carolina Hurricanes hockey team for winning the 2026 Stanley Cup championship. The resolution recognizes the team's accomplishments, leadership, and community contributions, and directs that a certified copy be sent to team members, the owner, and head coach.

House2026-06-23

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

H258Passed

Worker Safety Act of 2026

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

House2026-06-22

H315Passed

Prohibit Litigation Invest/Amend WC Benefits

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

House2026-06-22

H536Passed

Physical Therapy Practice Act Mods

This bill modernizes North Carolina's physical therapy licensing laws by updating accreditation agency references, adjusting the Board composition, modifying license renewal deadlines, clarifying disciplinary procedures, and adding new provisions for continuing competence assessments and criminal background checks.

House2026-06-22

H1123Passed

UNC Omnibus & Capital Contracting Law Changes

This bill authorizes approximately $636.9 million in capital improvement projects across UNC campuses funded through bonds and non-appropriated sources, standardizes residency requirements for the NC School of Science and Mathematics, expands tuition grants for NCSSM and UNCSA graduates, increases the UNC Board of Governors' authority over capital projects up to $4 million, raises various construction project thresholds, and restricts state agencies from using appropriated funds for public-private partnerships without legislative approval.

House2026-06-19

H1214Introduced

Make E-Verify Great Again

This bill requires state and local government employers to use the federal E-Verify system to confirm employee work authorization. It creates a 30-day cure period for first-time violations, allows the Department of Labor to conduct random compliance checks, increases civil penalties for repeated violations, and protects employees who report E-Verify violations from retaliation.

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

H1058Introduced

Deannexations/Limit Certain Powers

This bill removes specific parcels of property from the corporate limits of four municipalities in North Carolina (the towns of Vass, Red Oak, and Kernersville, and the Village of Walnut Creek), effective June 30, 2026. It also limits the Village of Walnut Creek's authority to exercise municipal powers only within its contiguous corporate boundaries, rather than in surrounding areas.

House2026-06-09

H1109Engrossed

NCDOT STI Study Recommendation

This bill directs the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to study how well the Strategic Prioritization Funding Plan for Transportation Investments (STI) is working, including what problems exist and how to improve it. NCDOT must submit a report with findings and recommendations to legislative committees by November 1, 2026.

House2026-06-08

H87Passed

Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)

This bill allows North Carolina to participate in a federal tax credit program that enables individuals to receive tax credits for donations they make to scholarship granting organizations. The state Education Assistance Authority must identify and maintain a list of qualifying scholarship organizations and submit it to the U.S. Treasury, allowing these organizations to provide scholarships for K-12 education expenses including homeschooling.

House2026-06-03

H1068Introduced

King Sat. Annex./Rural Hall Fire Dist

This bill removes the satellite annexation cap for the City of King, allowing it to annex noncontiguous areas without the 10% size limit that normally applies to other cities. It also removes the Town of Rural Hall from the Forsyth County Countywide Fire Service District, ending Rural Hall's obligation to pay fire service taxes to the county effective July 1, 2026.

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

H165Introduced

Child and Family Welfare Ombudsman Office

This bill creates a new Child and Family Welfare Ombudsman Office within the Department of Health and Human Services to serve foster youth, birth families, and foster parents. The office would investigate complaints, help resolve licensing issues, provide education about foster care laws, and submit annual reports on recurring problems in the foster care system.

House2026-05-28

H1042Engrossed

Affordable Housing Exemption Mods

This bill updates North Carolina's property tax exemptions for affordable housing by creating a new separate exemption for rental housing owned by nonprofits and modifying the existing exemption for owner-occupied affordable housing. It establishes specific eligibility requirements based on whether the rental housing receives government funding, sets income and rent limits for tenants, and requires annual compliance reporting.

House2026-05-22

H1089Passed

Const. Amend. Property Tax Levy Limit

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would require the North Carolina General Assembly to pass laws limiting how much local governments (counties, cities, towns, and special districts) can increase their property tax levies each year. The amendment would be submitted to North Carolina voters in the November 2026 general election, and if approved by a majority of voters, would become part of the state constitution.

House2026-05-21

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

H144Introduced

Elect SBE/Superintendent as SBE Chair

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to change how the State Board of Education is structured and led. Instead of being appointed by the Governor, most board members would be elected by voters in districts for four-year terms, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction would serve as the board's chair. Voters would decide on this amendment in November 2026, with changes taking effect in 2028.

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

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

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

H1219Engrossed

Mem. of Understanding Tennessee Cntys/Madison

This bill allows Madison County's Sheriff's Office to enter into agreements with three neighboring Tennessee counties (Unicoi, Greene, and Cocke) to conduct joint law enforcement operations across state lines. The agreements must specify how liability for damages will be handled and must be reported annually to the North Carolina Department of Justice.

House2026-05-14

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

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

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

H1231Introduced

No Voter Registration Changes At DMV

This bill removes the ability for voters to update their existing voter registration (such as address changes, name changes, or party affiliation changes) through the DMV website or at DMV physical locations. Voters seeking to make these changes would instead be required to do so directly at their county board of elections. New voter registration applications at the DMV would continue to be allowed.

House2026-05-12

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

H1186Introduced

Equipping Law Enf. for Better Drug Detection

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

House2026-05-05

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

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

H1156Introduced

Wastewater Design Flow Modifications

This bill modifies how North Carolina calculates wastewater design flow rates for new homes connecting to multi-unit wastewater systems. It allows the Department of Environmental Quality to approve lower flow rates (down to a minimum of 55 gallons per day per bedroom) if a permittee demonstrates that actual usage data supports the lower rate and there is no harm to public health or the environment. The bill also appropriates $10,000 to the Department to review these proposed flow rate calculations.

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

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

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

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

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

H1108Introduced

Const. Amend./Permitless Carry

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to allow North Carolina citizens to carry firearms openly or concealed without a permit, provided they have not been convicted of violent crimes or drug offenses and have not been adjudicated mentally incompetent. The amendment would be submitted to voters in the November 2026 general election, and if approved, would remove the current legal prohibition on concealed carry without a permit while maintaining an optional permit system for interstate reciprocity.

House2026-04-30

H1069Introduced

New Bern Unfit Dwelling Enforcement Options

This bill allows the City of New Bern to impose civil penalties (fines) on property owners or entities who fail to comply with city orders declaring a dwelling unfit for human habitation. Currently, the city can issue such orders but has limited enforcement tools; this bill adds financial penalties as an additional enforcement option.

House2026-04-29

H1075Introduced

Persistent D.V. Offender Registry

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

House2026-04-29

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

H1043Introduced

CHCCS Act

This bill establishes new parental rights in public schools regarding student records and identity changes, restricts instruction on gender identity and sexuality in kindergarten through fourth grade, creates a legal process for parents to sue schools for violations, and gives the State Auditor authority to investigate and enforce compliance with financial penalties.

House2026-04-27

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

H491Introduced

Medicaid Rebase Funding

This bill appropriates $190 million from the Medicaid Contingency Reserve to adjust North Carolina's Medicaid funding for enrollment changes, service costs, and implementation of a new Children and Families Specialty Plan. It also requires local managed care organizations to transfer $18 million to the state in fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027.

House2025-10-23

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

H42Engrossed

Back the Blue Pay Act

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

House2025-09-22

H549Passed

Clarify Powers of State Auditor

This bill expands the powers of North Carolina's State Auditor by exempting their office from certain state oversight requirements for IT procurement and information systems. It also creates new debt collection tools allowing the Department of Revenue to pursue debts discovered by the State Auditor through levy, sale, attachment, and garnishment procedures, similar to tax collection methods.

House2025-07-29

H402Passed

Limit Rules With Substantial Financial Costs

This bill requires state agencies to obtain legislative approval before implementing rules that cost $20 million or more over five years, and requires higher voting thresholds (two-thirds for $1+ million costs, unanimous for $10+ million costs) when agency boards or commissions adopt costly rules. It also allows the public to request legislative review of rules if 10 or more people object within one day of Commission approval.

House2025-07-29

H318Passed

The Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act

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

House2025-07-29

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

H559Passed

Elevators/Interim Code Council Appt.-AB

This bill increases inspection fees for elevators, amusement devices, and ski lift equipment in North Carolina, and allows these fees to adjust annually based on inflation. It also authorizes the Department of Labor to develop an apprenticeship program for elevator inspectors and expands the timeframe for interim appointments to the Building Code Council and Residential Code Council.

House2025-07-07

H357Passed

Continuing Care Retirement Communities Act.-AB

This bill creates a new regulatory framework for continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) in North Carolina, requiring providers to obtain licenses from the Department of Insurance and meet financial, operational, and disclosure standards. The law applies to both for-profit and nonprofit communities that offer housing plus long-term care services like assisted living or nursing care to residents.

House2025-07-03

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

H768Passed

Emerg. Comm. Code Exempts/Sanitary Board/401

This bill has three main parts: it exempts certain apartment buildings from emergency communication system requirements in the fire code and allows disconnection of existing systems in those buildings; it establishes how vacancies are filled on sanitary district boards in large counties; and it sets specific timelines and procedures for the Department of Environmental Quality to review water quality certification applications for certain federal permit projects.

House2025-07-02

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

H412Passed

Child Care Regulatory Reforms

This bill reforms North Carolina's child care regulations in three main ways: it directs the state to study separating quality rating requirements from subsidy eligibility for state-funded child care by May 2026; it modifies staffing rules to allow lead teachers to oversee up to two groups and recognizes five years of work experience as equivalent to credential requirements; and it updates building code standards for family child care homes to align with residential code requirements.

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

H576Passed

Dept. of Health and Human Services Revisions.-AB

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

House2025-06-27

H568Passed

2025 Omnibus Labor Amendments.-AB

This omnibus bill makes multiple amendments to North Carolina labor laws, including limiting when Department of Labor employees can be subpoenaed in occupational safety cases, streamlining OSHA rule adoption, allowing prehearing discovery in labor commission proceedings, improving fatal injury reporting between medical examiners and the Labor Department, and renaming the Elevator and Amusement Device Division to a Bureau with updated language throughout relevant statutes.

House2025-06-27

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

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

H819Engrossed

DIT Agency Bill

This bill makes several changes to North Carolina's information technology and broadband programs. It adds the State Highway Patrol to entities that can opt out of Department of Information Technology oversight, modifies the Broadband Pole Replacement Program to include underground facility placement, allows more flexibility in using broadband funds for emergency repairs and satellite internet grants, updates BEAD Program definitions, and allows mobile service providers to offer Lifeline service.

House2025-06-26

H421Passed

Motor Vehicle Dealers

This bill makes three changes to North Carolina motor vehicle dealer regulations: it extends the grace period for license renewal from 30 days to 60 days after expiration, changes dealer license plate validity from one year to two years to match dealer license renewal cycles, and extends the mandatory replacement period for dealer plates from three years to four 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

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

H14Introduced

Gambling Loss Tax Deduct, NC Sound Money Act

This bill has two main parts: it allows North Carolina taxpayers to deduct gambling losses from their state income taxes (similar to federal tax law), and it establishes that investment coins and bullion made of gold or silver can be recognized as legal tender in North Carolina, though businesses are not required to accept them.

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

H435Engrossed

Mod. Bd. of Eng'ers & Surveyors

This bill updates North Carolina's licensing and regulation of professional engineers and land surveyors by clarifying definitions of surveying practices, modifying licensure requirements and procedures, updating disciplinary processes, and granting land surveyors limited right of entry onto private land to perform surveys.

House2025-06-16

H811Engrossed

CC Firearm Safety Instruction 18 and Older

This bill requires North Carolina community colleges to develop and offer comprehensive firearm safety instruction courses to adults 18 and older, starting in fall 2025. The state allocates $1 million annually to community colleges to establish and run these courses as noncurricular extension programs.

House2025-06-16

H506Passed

2025 State Investment Modernization Act.-AB

This bill creates a new independent North Carolina Investment Authority to manage the state's retirement systems and other funds. The Authority will be governed by a Board of Directors, led by a Chief Investment Officer, and will have independence from standard state budget controls while maintaining fiduciary duties to protect invested assets.

House2025-06-13

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

H831Introduced

Comm. Inspect. Efficiency Act

This bill authorizes private commercial inspectors and firms to conduct building inspections for commercial structures in North Carolina, creates a certification and registration system for these private inspectors under the State Fire Marshal's office, allows permit holders to use private inspectors instead of local government inspectors, and repeals the state marketplace pool of code-enforcement officials.

House2025-06-12

H150Engrossed

Expedite Surplus Property

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

House2025-06-09

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

H74Passed

House Budget Technical Corrections

House Bill 74 makes various technical corrections and clarifications to North Carolina's budget and existing laws. It extends deadlines for certain grant spending, adjusts disaster relief programs and agricultural assistance timelines, modifies UNC reporting requirements and employment policies, reallocates water and infrastructure funding between communities, transfers the Missing Persons Center to the State Highway Patrol, updates conservation tax credit rules, and makes other administrative changes across multiple state agencies and programs.

House2025-05-15

H560Introduced

Parents Protection Act

This bill modifies North Carolina laws related to child welfare, foster care, and adoption by adding protections for parents and caregivers who raise children consistent with their biological sex. It specifies that such parenting decisions—including the use of pronouns and related medical or mental health choices—cannot be the sole basis for abuse or neglect allegations, and prevents adoption and foster care agencies from denying placements based on prospective parents' refusal to support gender transition.

House2025-05-12

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

H379Engrossed

Application for a Convention of the States

This resolution asks Congress to call a convention of the states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to propose amendments limiting federal fiscal spending, federal power, and congressional term lengths. North Carolina's application remains active until two-thirds of all states submit similar applications for the same purpose.

House2025-05-08

H214Engrossed

Faithful Article V Commissioner Act

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

House2025-05-08

H781Engrossed

Unauthorized Public Camping & Sleeping

This bill prohibits local governments in North Carolina from allowing unauthorized camping or sleeping on public property, with limited exceptions. Local governments may designate one property for up to one year as a camping site only if they meet strict state requirements including adequate shelter beds elsewhere, proper sanitation, health services, and departmental certification.

House2025-05-08

H818Engrossed

Birth Certificates for Persons Adopted

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

House2025-05-08

H415Engrossed

Modify Math & Social Studies Grad. Req

This bill removes the NC Math III requirement for high school graduation, replacing it with a fourth math course aligned to each student's career plan. It also modifies social studies requirements to include four specific courses (World History, US History, Founding Principles, and Economics), adds a US History graduation test based on civics questions, and requires UNC institutions to align college math admissions standards with the new high school requirements.

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

H519Engrossed

Parents' Medical Bill of Rights

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

House2025-05-07

H547Engrossed

Children's Services Protection Act

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

House2025-05-07

H606Engrossed

Civil Procedure Amendment

This bill makes two main changes: First, it extends the statute of limitations for malpractice lawsuits related to gender transition services to 10 years after a patient turns 18, and prohibits medical professionals from having patients waive liability for such services. Second, it restricts the use of state funds for gender transition procedures, puberty-blocking drugs, and cross-sex hormones for minors and prisoners, with an exception for treating medical complications from previously performed procedures.

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

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

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

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

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

H618Engrossed

Ivermectin Access Act

This bill requires North Carolina's State Health Director to issue a statewide standing order allowing pharmacists to dispense ivermectin to customers without a prescription or consultation with a healthcare provider. The bill also provides legal immunity from civil and criminal liability for the State Health Director and any pharmacist who dispenses ivermectin under this standing order.

House2025-05-07

H616Engrossed

Megasites/Selectsites Program Revisions

This bill modifies North Carolina's Megasites and Selectsites economic development programs by expanding the number of selectsites from 15 to 20, adding due diligence funding, including disaster recovery areas (Tropical Storm Helene counties), and consolidating program management under EDPNC. It also clarifies grant limitations, requiring local governments to complete basic due diligence before receiving acquisition funds.

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

H364Engrossed

STIP Grant Anticipation Notes

This bill allows local governments in North Carolina to borrow money now against future state transportation funding to accelerate transportation projects that are part of the State Transportation Improvement Program. The borrowed money (through grant anticipation notes) must be repaid once the state funding arrives, and the arrangement requires an agreement with the Department of Transportation.

House2025-05-07

H94Engrossed

Dis. Veteran Homestead Excl. Prequalification

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

House2025-05-07

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

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

H773Engrossed

School Performance Grade Changes

This bill replaces North Carolina's current school grading system with a new one that calculates school performance scores based on student test proficiency, growth in learning, English language proficiency, graduation rates, and career/college readiness measures. Schools receive letter grades (A-F) based on these scores, with different scoring thresholds for elementary, middle, and high schools.

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

H483Engrossed

Juvenile Justice Legislative Proposals

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina's juvenile justice system, including extending probation and post-release supervision terms for youth convicted of serious violent offenses from one year to up to three years, clarifying victim notification rights, allowing secure custody orders for domestic violence protective order violations, creating a new crime for escaping juvenile facilities, and clarifying where youth under 18 sentenced to adult prison must be held.

House2025-05-05

H516Introduced

Motorcycle Road Guard Safety Act

This bill creates a Motorcycle Road Guard Certification Program that allows trained and certified motorcycle riders to direct traffic while escorting motorcycle groups along approved public routes. Certified road guards must meet safety standards, hold a valid motorcycle driver's license endorsement, and complete a Division-developed certification course, with routes requiring approval from local police chiefs or sheriffs.

House2025-05-05

H406Engrossed

Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws

This bill modifies North Carolina's motor vehicle dealer laws to strengthen protections for franchised dealers. It limits manufacturers' ability to terminate dealership franchises without good cause, restricts conditions manufacturers can place on ownership transfers, requires dealers receive compensation for over-the-air product sales, clarifies dealer succession rights, and ensures dealers are reimbursed for required loaner vehicles and training costs.

House2025-05-05

H139Engrossed

Baby Boxes/Newborn Safety Device

This bill expands North Carolina's safe surrender law by allowing qualified emergency facilities (emergency departments, fire departments, and rescue/emergency medical services squads) to install newborn safety devices where parents can anonymously place infants up to 30 days old. The devices must meet specific safety standards including temperature control, ventilation, automatic alarms that call 911, and regular inspections by the Department of Health and Human Services.

House2025-05-05

H789Engrossed

Mitigating Factor/Pretrial Use of IID

This bill creates a new sentencing consideration for people charged with impaired driving who voluntarily install and use an ignition interlock system (a device that prevents a car from starting if alcohol is detected) for at least six months before their trial. Judges may consider this voluntary action as a mitigating factor when deciding sentencing. The bill also allows people who cannot afford interlock costs to request partial fee waivers from vendors.

House2025-05-05

H614Engrossed

The Michael Mitchke F.I.N.E. Law

This bill requires that an autopsy be performed in any case where human remains are found in connection with a fire incident. Currently, autopsies in fire-related deaths are discretionary; this law would make them mandatory, effective October 1, 2025.

House2025-05-01

H575Engrossed

The Hunter Robinson Act

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

House2025-05-01

H156Engrossed

Increase Access for Small Employers/Insurance

This bill increases access to stop loss and catastrophic insurance coverage for small employers in North Carolina by lowering the threshold of what qualifies as a small employer from businesses with fewer than 12 employees to those with fewer than 5 employees. Stop loss insurance protects employers from unexpected large medical claims by their employees.

House2025-05-01

H261Engrossed

Sent. Enhancement/Immigration-Related Crimes

This bill creates sentence enhancements in North Carolina that increase criminal penalties in three situations: (1) when a person convicted of a felony has a prior federal conviction for illegal reentry into the U.S., (2) when a felony is committed as part of a conspiracy to benefit criminal activity, and (3) when a misdemeanor is committed as part of a conspiracy to benefit criminal activity. Enhanced sentences raise the felony or misdemeanor one class level higher.

House2025-05-01

H146Engrossed

Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military

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

House2025-05-01

H605Engrossed

Definitions for Advanced Recycling

This bill adds three new definitions to North Carolina's environmental law related to advanced recycling: 'mass balance attribution' (a tracking system for recycled materials), 'recycled products' (items made from recyclable materials using this tracking method), and 'third-party certification system' (international standards for verifying the recycling process). The bill clarifies that these recycled products must still meet all existing air, water, and hazardous waste regulations.

House2025-05-01

H92Engrossed

NC Digital Assets Investments Act

This bill authorizes North Carolina's State Treasurer to invest state funds in digital assets like cryptocurrencies and NFTs, but only up to 5% of designated funds and only after independent security review. It also directs the Treasurer to study whether state employees can invest retirement funds in digital assets and requires law enforcement to study creating a state reserve for seized or forfeited digital assets.

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

H38Engrossed

Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act

This bill prohibits payment card networks (like Visa and Mastercard) from using special merchant codes that identify firearms purchases or merchants, and from maintaining records of North Carolina residents who own firearms. The bill allows the Attorney General to enforce violations with civil penalties up to $5,000, and permits affected merchants, customers, and firearm owners to sue for damages up to $10,000 per violation.

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

H806Introduced

Public School Operational Relief

This bill removes North Carolina's class size requirements for public schools and allows schools to employ teachers who are not licensed, as long as at least 50% of teachers in each school hold valid teaching licenses. Unlicensed teachers in core subjects (math, science, social studies, language arts) must be college graduates and complete training in special education, behavior management, and restraint/seclusion procedures.

House2025-04-29

H557Engrossed

The Andy Griffith Show as State TV Show

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

House2025-04-28

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

H574Engrossed

Workforce Development Pilot Project

This bill creates a pilot program that provides grants to small and mid-sized North Carolina employers (20-1,500 employees) to help pay for employee training programs. Eligible employers can receive up to $2,000 per trainee or 50% of training costs (whichever is less), with a maximum of $40,000 per year, to fund training that improves worker skills, increases wages, or reduces turnover.

House2025-04-28

H636Engrossed

Promoting Wholesome Content for Students

This bill establishes procedures for North Carolina public schools to review and approve library media (books, videos, and other materials) before they are available to students. It creates community library advisory committees to evaluate materials, allows parents and county residents to object to books, and permits parents, guardians, or county residents to sue schools for violations, including seeking $5,000 per violation plus attorney fees.

House2025-04-28

H347Introduced

Credit Property Insurance Restrictions.-AB

This bill restricts what types of automobile physical damage insurance can be included in credit property insurance policies (insurance tied to car loans). Specifically, it prohibits coverage for repossession costs, skip/confiscation/conversion coverage, deductibles below $250, and coverage broader than state minimum requirements. Lenders can still offer these coverages separately, but cannot charge borrowers for them.

House2025-04-17

H650Introduced

No Interchange Fees on Sales Tax or Tips

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

House2025-04-17

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

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

H833Introduced

The FRESH Act

The FRESH Act directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to expand North Carolina's Home Processor Program to allow home-based food producers to make and sell refrigerated, frozen, and perishable products—including items like cheesecakes with cream fillings—in addition to products currently allowed. The expanded program would remain subject to existing food safety laws and inspections.

House2025-04-16

H593Introduced

Local Government Audits

This bill changes how local governments, school districts, and public authorities select auditors by requiring sealed-bid processes and giving the State Auditor authority to certify auditors. It also appropriates $3.52 million to the State Auditor to hire 32 finance professionals to help small local governments maintain compliant financial records.

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

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

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

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

H149Engrossed

School Financial Flexibility Pilot Program

This bill creates a pilot program allowing eligible school districts (those with at least 5,000 students and bonding authority) to submit a Financial and Hiring Flexibility Plan to gain greater autonomy in spending state funds and hiring teachers. Participating districts must meet specific academic goals by 2031, including 100% student career planning, 90% teacher retention, improved test score growth, and closing achievement gaps between student groups.

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

H354Engrossed

Civil Procedure/Gatekeeper Orders/Database

This bill creates 'gatekeeper orders' in North Carolina civil courts that require people adjudicated as incompetent to file legal documents only through their guardian or attorney. It also requires the Administrative Office of the Courts to maintain a database of all people adjudicated incompetent so courts can identify and enforce these restrictions, with exceptions allowing direct filing in cases involving guardianship disputes, competency restoration, or cases where the person is being sued.

House2025-04-10

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

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

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

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

H800Introduced

Review Effectiveness & Delivery of Child Care

This bill directs state agencies to study the effectiveness of North Carolina's child care programs (NC Pre-K and Smart Start) and propose improvements. It also appropriates $10 million per year for a pilot program that automatically qualifies full-time child care teachers for child care subsidies for their own preschool-age children, provided they enroll in early childhood education courses.

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

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

H780Introduced

All Pro Dads & Responsible Fatherhood NC

This bill appropriates $5 million to support fatherhood programs in North Carolina. It provides $2 million to expand the All Pro Dad program in schools and creates a new Responsible Fatherhood NC program with $3 million in funding, which will include a statewide media campaign, resources for fathers, and grants to community organizations serving fathers.

House2025-04-07

H776Introduced

NC Religious Freedom Restoration Act

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

House2025-04-07

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

H716Introduced

Bail Bond Omnibus

This bill modifies North Carolina's bail bond laws by expanding the definition of a defendant's address of record, clarifying when bail bond obligations end, establishing procedures for setting aside bond forfeitures, requiring district attorneys to report failed appearances to a national database, and prohibiting electronic systems from acting as bail bondsmen.

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

H702Introduced

Chiropractic Education Changes

This bill modifies North Carolina's chiropractic licensing requirements by changing the education standard from a specific 4,200-hour requirement to requiring a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from an accredited program, adds acupuncture certification authority for chiropractors, and makes updates to board composition and supervision standards for chiropractic students.

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

H680Introduced

The Protect Children from Cannabis Act

This bill creates a state regulatory system for hemp-derived consumable products (like delta-8 THC vapes and edibles) that contain less than 0.3% delta-9 THC but may have high levels of other cannabinoids. It requires retailers and online sellers to obtain permits, prohibits sales to anyone under 21, establishes penalties for violations, and gives the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission enforcement authority.

House2025-04-03

H718Introduced

Bail Bondsmen Revisions.-AB

This bill revises North Carolina's bail bondsman licensing and regulation laws. Key changes include: requiring out-of-state sureties to hire licensed North Carolina bondsmen to arrest defendants in the state, extending the initial supervision period for new bondsmen from 12 to 24 months, establishing new requirements for supervising bondsmen, and moving licensing renewal deadlines from June 30 to May 15.

House2025-04-03

H647Introduced

Ag. PUV Conservation

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

House2025-04-02

H7Introduced

NC REACH Act

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

House2025-04-02

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

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

H563Passed

House Permanent Rules

This resolution establishes the official operating procedures and rules that govern how the North Carolina House of Representatives conducts its business during the 2025 regular legislative session. The rules cover everything from meeting schedules and debate procedures to committee operations and bill handling processes.

House2025-04-01

H591Introduced

Elec. Monitoring in Nursing/Adult Care Homes

This bill permits residents of nursing homes and adult care homes to install electronic monitoring devices (cameras, audio recorders, etc.) in their own rooms at their own expense. Facilities must provide power sources and mounting space for these devices, cannot refuse admission or discharge residents for requesting monitoring, and recordings are admissible as evidence in court proceedings.

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

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

H595Introduced

Parental Rights for Curriculum and Books

This bill restricts curriculum content related to gender identity, sexual activity, and sexuality in K-6 grades and requires parental consent for these topics in grades 7-12. It establishes new procedures for selecting health and safety instructional materials and library books, including public hearings and parent review periods. The bill also requires schools to maintain repositories of instructional materials and restricts minors' access to materials deemed harmful in public libraries.

House2025-04-01

H553Introduced

Ensuring Patient Safety w/Mail Order Meds

This bill revises North Carolina law regarding abortion-inducing drugs sent by mail or through remote means. It allows such drugs to be provided if a physician conducts an in-person informed consent meeting at least 72 hours beforehand, the drugs are FDA-approved, and standard informed consent requirements are met. The bill also establishes civil liability and enforcement mechanisms, including private lawsuits and potential criminal penalties.

House2025-03-31

H556Introduced

2025 Charter Schools Review Board Omnibus

This bill makes several changes to how charter schools are regulated and operated in North Carolina. It gives the Charter Schools Review Board approval power over state rules about charter schools, allows the Review Board to hire its own legal counsel, and makes various operational changes including exempting charter schools from reporting class rank on transcripts, allowing alternate teacher evaluations, and creating a separate grading process for remote charter academies.

House2025-03-31

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

H554Introduced

Rev Laws Tech Chngs/BBA Chngs/P2P Tax Parity

This bill makes various changes to North Carolina's tax laws, including adjustments to personal income tax rules, conforming state partnership tax treatment to federal standards, updating sales tax definitions, making technical changes to excise taxes, and extending highway use taxes to peer-to-peer vehicle rentals (like Airbnb for cars).

House2025-03-31

H518Introduced

Project Newsletter

This bill requires North Carolina local governments and school districts to use a competitive bidding process when selecting newspapers to publish required public notices. Instead of using commercial advertising rates, governments must award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder through an informal bid process that considers quality, performance, circulation, and cost.

House2025-03-27

H440Introduced

Healthy Food Healthy Bodies

This bill would require foods containing vaccines to be labeled and regulated as drugs, and would prohibit the sale of foods containing nine specific artificial additives (certain food dyes and preservatives) starting January 1, 2027, with civil penalties up to $5,000 for first violations and $10,000 for subsequent violations.

House2025-03-27

H16Engrossed

General Assembly: In God We Trust - Display

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

House2025-03-26

H505Introduced

Kayla's Act: Protecting Dom. Violence Victims

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

House2025-03-26

H498Introduced

Military to Teacher Ret. Incentive

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

House2025-03-26

H330Engrossed

Controlled Substances Act - Updates

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

House2025-03-26

H511Introduced

Award Magistrates Salary Increases

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

House2025-03-26

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

H95Engrossed

Threaten Elected Official/Increase Punishment

This bill increases criminal penalties for assaulting or threatening elected officials (including state executives, legislators, judges, and local elected officials) by moving offenses to more serious felony classifications. It also requires that pretrial release decisions for these offenses be made by a judge rather than a magistrate, with judges able to impose specific conditions like stay-away orders.

House2025-03-20

H5Introduced

NC Constitutional Carry Act

This bill allows North Carolina citizens age 18 and older to carry concealed handguns without a permit, while still permitting people to voluntarily obtain permits for reciprocity when traveling to other states. The bill maintains certain restrictions on who can carry concealed handguns, including those with felony convictions, domestic violence convictions, active criminal charges, and those deemed mentally unfit or addicted to controlled substances.

House2025-03-19

H223Engrossed

Town of Mooresville/Property Conveyance

This bill allows the Town of Mooresville to give away or sell town-owned property at favorable terms to create affordable housing for low- and moderate-income residents, veterans, and emergency responders. The town must approve any property conveyance by resolution and post notice on its website at least 10 days before the transfer occurs.

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

H425Introduced

Protect Youth From Harms of Vaping & Nicotine

This bill raises North Carolina's legal sales age for tobacco products from 18 to 21 years old and establishes a state tobacco retail sales permit system administered by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. The permit system covers physical retail stores, delivery sellers, and remote sellers (online/mail order), with requirements for age verification, employee training, and compliance inspections.

House2025-03-19

H411Introduced

Reduce Early Voting Period for Primaries

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

House2025-03-18

H98Introduced

Patriotism Expression Act

This bill legalizes the sale and use of consumer fireworks in North Carolina, subject to local ordinance approval and specific safety regulations. It creates a permitting system for fireworks retailers, establishes rules for possession and use (including age limits and time restrictions), and raises the minimum age for purchasing fireworks from 16 to 18 years old.

House2025-03-17

H62Introduced

Farmers Protection Act

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

House2025-03-17

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

H380Introduced

Conscientious Objections to Vaccine Mandates

This bill adds a 'conscientious objection' exemption to North Carolina's vaccination requirements for students in public schools, colleges, and universities. The exemption allows students or parents to opt out of immunizations by submitting a written statement explaining their conscience-based or religious objections, without needing medical documentation. The bill takes effect for the 2026-2027 school year.

House2025-03-13

H276Introduced

Align Benefits for Firefighters with Cancer

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

House2025-03-12

H52Engrossed

Protect Those Who Serve & Protect Act of 2025

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

House2025-03-12

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

H11Introduced

No Tax on Tips, Overtime, Bonus Pay

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

House2025-03-11

H319Introduced

Funds for Hispanic Grassroots

This bill appropriates $500,000 in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to Hispanic Grassroots, a nonprofit organization that provides education and outreach services to Hispanic communities in North Carolina. The funds would support programs including education scholarships, small business assistance, healthcare education, and civics classes.

House2025-03-10

H314Introduced

Removal of Squatters from Private Property

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

House2025-03-10

H49Introduced

Filial Debt Fairness Act

This bill clarifies North Carolina's existing filial responsibility law by explicitly stating that adult children cannot be held liable for debts their parents incur. The law maintains requirements that adult children with sufficient income support aging parents who are sick or unable to work, but adds protection against being forced to pay their parents' contracted debts.

House2025-03-06

H2Engrossed

Entry Fees for Interscholastic Sports Events

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

House2025-03-06

H296Introduced

Corn Farmer Recovery Act - Phase I

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

House2025-03-06

H142Introduced

Implement Zero-Based Budgeting

This bill requires North Carolina to transition to zero-based budgeting for state agencies, starting with a phased implementation beginning in fiscal year 2027-2028 and completing by the 2031-2033 fiscal biennium. Under zero-based budgeting, agencies must justify all spending from scratch each budget cycle rather than starting from their previous year's budget amount.

House2025-03-04

H82Introduced

Study Commission for LEA Size

This bill creates a study commission to examine whether North Carolina's five largest school districts experience negative outcomes because of their size and to recommend solutions. The nine-member commission, composed of legislators, school board members, and Department of Public Instruction representatives, will report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by 2026.

House2025-03-04

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

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

H222Introduced

C.O.O.P.E.R. Accountability Act

This bill appropriates $217 million for disaster recovery from Hurricanes Matthew and Florence, establishes detailed monthly reporting requirements to the legislature and State Auditor on how these funds are spent, creates a public dashboard comparing appropriated versus expended funds, and requires that recipients of state disaster aid attempt to obtain insurance settlements and federal aid first, with any alternative funds obtained being returned to the state.

House2025-03-04

H229Introduced

Medicaid Rates/Ambulatory Surgical Centers

This bill requires North Carolina's Medicaid program to reimburse ambulatory surgical centers (outpatient surgery facilities) at rates of at least 95% of what Medicare pays for the same services. The state will spend $10.5 million annually to fund this increase, which will draw down $19.1 million in federal matching funds.

House2025-02-27

H234Introduced

Little Federal Model NC Edition

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to change how North Carolina state senators are elected and organized. Specifically, it would require each senator to represent exactly two counties instead of representing districts based on equal population, and it would lock the state at 100 counties. The amendment would need voter approval in November 2026.

House2025-02-27

H157Passed

State of the State Invitation

This resolution invites Governor Josh Stein to address a joint session of the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate on March 12, 2025, at 7:00 P.M. in the House chamber. The resolution also extends invitations to cabinet members, Council of State members, and state judges to attend the address.

House2025-02-27

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

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

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

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

H154Introduced

Reclaim State Assets from NCInnovation

This bill would dissolve the state's relationship with NCInnovation and require the organization to return all state funds and assets back to North Carolina. The returned funds would be deposited into the state's General Fund and would remain unspent unless the General Assembly appropriates them in a future bill.

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

H72Introduced

AG/Restrict Challenge to Presidential EOs

This bill would restrict North Carolina's Attorney General from participating in lawsuits in other states if those lawsuits seek to overturn executive orders issued by the President of the United States. The restriction applies whether the Attorney General acts as a party to the case, files a friend-of-the-court brief, or participates in any other capacity.

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

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

H86Introduced

Citizens' Expungement Clarification of 2025

This bill prohibits people who are not legal residents or citizens of the United States from obtaining expungements (removal of criminal records). It requires courts to verify a petitioner's citizenship or legal residency status before granting an expungement, including contacting Immigration and Customs Enforcement if needed. The bill exempts people who lawfully entered the U.S. and have filed or have had an immigrant petition filed on their behalf.

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

H89Introduced

University Vaccination Freedom Act

This bill removes immunization requirements for students attending North Carolina colleges and universities. It eliminates vaccine documentation rules for higher education institutions while keeping K-12 school requirements unchanged.

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

H76Introduced

Protect Access to In Vitro Fertilization

This bill protects patient access to assisted reproductive technology (ART), including in vitro fertilization (IVF), by prohibiting the state and its subdivisions from blocking, unreasonably limiting, or interfering with these procedures. It also protects health care providers' rights to provide ART services and information about them, while preserving the state's ability to enforce health and safety regulations.

House2025-02-11

H60Introduced

Modernize Medicaid Dental Rates

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

House2025-02-06

H66Introduced

Reduce Early Voting Period

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

House2025-02-06

H61Introduced

Assaults on First Responders

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

House2025-02-06

H46Introduced

Make Healthcare Affordable

This bill requires that any new state legislation creating health insurance mandates (such as coverage requirements for specific treatments, providers, or drugs) must also repeal at least an equal number of existing mandates and must appropriate funds to cover the cost. The bill establishes a definition of health benefit mandates and applies these requirements to both private health plans and the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees.

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

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

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

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

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Annexation of PUV Land/School Capacity

Expand the FarmSHARE Food Hub Program

NC Pre-K Funding/Iredell County

Firearm Law Revisions

Annexation of PUV Land/School Capacity

North Carolina Work and Save

NC Infrastructure Protection Act

Regulate Kratom Products

Social Media Control in IT Act

Protect Towers and Truckers Act

Transportation Goods Unit Pricing Cost

Live Event Ticketing Protections & Reforms

Restore Down-Zoning Authority

Permit/Provisional License Modifications

Misbranding/Cell-Cultured Meat/WNC Donations

School Protection Act

Uniform Energy Rates for Seasonal Service

Human Trafficking Reporting/Response System

Regulate Hemp Consumable Products

Restoring Rivalries Act

Designate State Balloon Rally

Clean Skies Geoengineering Ban

Allow Flex. for Trades HS in Iredell Co

SchCal Mandatory Winter Break/Date Adjustment

Firearm Discharge/Preempt Local Ordinance

Cosponsored Bills (250)

Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons

Budget Technical Corrections Modifications

2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II

SBOE Administrative Changes

Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumables

Rocky Mount ETJ

Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping

NC Farmland and Military Protection Act

Home-Based Business Fairness Act

Ferry Div. Audit/DOT Omnibus

2026 DST Admin/Technical/Clarifying Changes.-AB

Improve IVC Process and Enhance Public Safety

Parking Lot Reform/Stormwater Control

Jaleeyah's Law

Voluntary Portable Benefits Plan Act

Tax-Free Family Essentials Act

Various Civil and Insurance Law Changes

Added Fee for Sexually Oriented Businesses

Modify HC POA/Adv Direct

Honor Mike Clampitt

Equality in State Agencies/Prohibition on DEI

Social Media & AI Safety

Honor 2026 Carolina Hurricanes Team

Limit Use of AI Medicaid/Commercial Insurance

Worker Safety Act of 2026

Prohibit Litigation Invest/Amend WC Benefits

Physical Therapy Practice Act Mods

UNC Omnibus & Capital Contracting Law Changes

Make E-Verify Great Again

Family Support for Those Who Serve Act

Deannexations/Limit Certain Powers

NCDOT STI Study Recommendation

Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)

King Sat. Annex./Rural Hall Fire Dist

Interstate Compact for School Psychologists

HOA Oversight Act

Child and Family Welfare Ombudsman Office

Affordable Housing Exemption Mods

Const. Amend. Property Tax Levy Limit

Const. Amendment: Council of State Vacancies

Elect SBE/Superintendent as SBE Chair

Early Intervention School Attendance Pilot

Principal Fellows & Admin. Intern. Stipends

Mike Clampitt 1st Responder Tax Fairness Act

Mem. of Understanding Tennessee Cntys/Madison

RURAL Care Act

Child Care Initiative Funds/Reform/Study

Prescription Drug Expenses Tax Deduction

Rep. Mike Clampitt Bone Marrow Donation Act

No Voter Registration Changes At DMV

Energy and Housing Affordability Act