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No Budget, No Pay Act

This bill requires the salaries of North Carolina General Assembly members to be held in escrow (set aside) if the legislature does not pass a budget for fiscal year 2026-2027 by June 30, 2026. The withheld pay would be released once a budget is ratified or the legislative session ends.

Senate2026-05-06

S989Introduced

Epstein Truth and Accountability Act

This bill establishes a Human Trafficking Records Commission within the Department of Justice to review and publicly release records from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation (with victim names redacted), removes legislative privilege protections for any legislators identified in those records, and creates a new extreme risk protection order process to restrict firearm access for individuals identified in the released records. The bill allocates $10 million in funding to implement these provisions.

Senate2026-05-05

S976Introduced

Reduce Healthcare Costs & Protect Patients

This bill aims to reduce healthcare costs and protect patients through four main changes: capping annual prescription drug cost-sharing at $2,000 per person, preventing surprise bills when using in-network facilities, requiring hospitals to publish pricing information for common procedures, and establishing protections against medical debt including limits on collections practices and good-faith price estimates for scheduled procedures.

Senate2026-05-05

S1005Introduced

We Need More Midwives Act

This bill establishes a Midwifery Education Grant Program that provides up to $20 million in state funding to University of North Carolina constituent institutions to create new certified nurse-midwife training programs. The program aims to increase the number of midwives available to provide prenatal, birth, and postpartum care across North Carolina, with priority given to historically Black colleges and universities and institutions near partner hospitals.

Senate2026-05-05

S1029Introduced

Tax Relief on Essentials for Working Families

This bill exempts feminine hygiene products, diapers, and most groceries from North Carolina's sales tax, effective October 1, 2026. It also appropriates $1.6 million to regional councils of government to educate the public about these tax relief measures.

Senate2026-05-05

S988Introduced

Protecting Workers in the Age of AI Act

This bill creates a new AI Workforce Transition Program within the Department of Commerce to help workers displaced by artificial intelligence and automation through job retraining, credentialing, and education programs. It requires employers receiving state economic incentives to report layoffs caused by AI or automation, and appropriates $50 million in existing state funds to support these workforce transition initiatives.

Senate2026-05-05

S987Introduced

Lower Healthcare Costs

This bill creates a special fund to help state employees and teachers maintain their take-home pay when health insurance premiums increase. It transfers $150 million from the Opportunity Scholarship Grant Fund Reserve to pay for premium supplements, ensuring employees' net income doesn't decline due to higher health plan costs.

Senate2026-05-05

S1020Introduced

Affordable Housing Efficiency Grant Program

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

Senate2026-05-05

S1015Introduced

Child Care Omnibus

This bill makes sweeping changes to North Carolina's child care system by increasing subsidy payment rates to the 75th percentile, establishing a $110 million recurring funding stream, creating multiple pilot programs for child care access, establishing a new North Carolina Child Care Finance Agency to help fund child care facility construction, and providing tax exemptions and subsidies for certain worker categories including child care employees.

Senate2026-05-05

S1012Introduced

Ban Online For-Profit Charters

This bill prohibits North Carolina charter schools from using for-profit management companies, requires online charter students to take state tests in person with a social worker present, limits online charter renewals to one year instead of five years, mandates yearly financial audits for online charters, and prevents low-performing online charters from renewing.

Senate2026-05-04

S954Introduced

Learning & Enrichment in Afterschool Programs

This bill establishes the Learning and Enrichment in Afterschool Programs (LEAP) Grant Program, which provides funding to community organizations, schools, and local governments to offer afterschool and summer youth activities. It creates an advisory council to guide the program and appropriates $19.5 million for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, with grants directed toward rural and underserved communities.

Senate2026-05-04

S1019Introduced

Grid Utilization

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

Senate2026-05-04

S1004Introduced

Family Support for Those Who Serve Act

This bill expands tuition waivers at North Carolina community colleges to include children (ages 17-24) of law enforcement officers, experienced correctional officers, and firefighters who are actively serving. Previously, tuition waivers were limited to survivors of officers killed in the line of duty or children of officers permanently disabled in service. The new provision applies to all children of these public safety employees, regardless of disability or death status.

Senate2026-05-04

S964Introduced

Expanded Acc. to Doulas and Midwives/BC Lic

This bill expands access to doula and midwifery services in North Carolina by requiring Medicaid to cover doula services during pregnancy and postpartum, establishing a licensing system for Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs), and creating a licensure process for birth centers. The bill appropriates $1.55 million for implementation and support services.

Senate2026-05-04

S960Introduced

Modernized Children with Disabilities Funding

This bill raises the state funding cap for special education services from 13% to 16% of each school district's student population and creates a new High-Cost Disabilities Support Fund to help districts pay for expensive specialized services for students with complex needs. The bill appropriates $82.8 million for general special education funding and $15 million for the high-cost fund, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year.

Senate2026-05-04

S959Introduced

Study Student Loan Forgiveness Program/SEAA

This bill directs the State Education Assistance Authority to study whether North Carolina should create a student loan forgiveness program for graduates of public universities and community colleges in the state. The study must examine program structure, costs, eligibility requirements, and how it might help retain graduates in North Carolina, with a report due by October 1, 2027. The bill appropriates $150,000 to conduct this study.

Senate2026-05-04

S946Introduced

Keep Our Schools Standing Act

This bill authorizes North Carolina to issue $50 billion in state bonds for public school construction, renovation, and repairs if voters approve it in a November 2026 election. The bond proceeds would be distributed to counties based on factors like student enrollment, facility age, and whether counties are low-wealth, with funds used for new buildings, renovations, technology infrastructure, and security improvements.

Senate2026-05-04

S956Introduced

Omnibus Life Sciences Appropriations

This bill appropriates $10 million for small business support and $2 million for the North Carolina Biotechnology Center. It transfers the Advisory Council on Rare Diseases from UNC Chapel Hill to the Department of Health and Human Services, expands council membership from 15 to 19 members, and allocates $250,000 for its operations. The bill also creates a water/sewer economic development program for large manufacturers investing $2 billion and a $20 million Life Science and Biomanufacturing Technologies Reserve Fund to match federal grants.

Senate2026-05-04

S962Introduced

Investing in North Carolina Act

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

Senate2026-05-04

S942Introduced

Reenact EITC

This bill reenacts North Carolina's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which had previously expired. The credit allows eligible working individuals to receive a state tax credit equal to a percentage of the federal EITC they qualify for, with the credit being refundable if it exceeds the taxpayer's state income tax liability.

Senate2026-04-30

S944Introduced

Keep Families Fed Act

This bill appropriates $6 million in recurring state funding to six regional food banks across North Carolina, beginning in fiscal year 2026-2027. The funding is intended to address food insecurity and ensure these programs continue operating regardless of annual budget passage.

Senate2026-04-30

S915Introduced

2026 Governor's Budget

This is North Carolina's budget bill for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. It appropriates approximately $35.4 billion in General Fund spending for state operations, includes tax policy changes, sets employee salaries and compensation, funds K-12 and higher education, and authorizes capital improvement projects. The bill also modifies existing tax rates and creates new tax credits.

Senate2026-04-30

S924Introduced

Reenact the Earned Income Tax Credit

This bill restores North Carolina's state Earned Income Tax Credit, which expired in 2014. The credit would provide eligible low- to moderate-income working individuals a tax refund equal to 5% of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit they receive, with the credit becoming refundable starting in 2026.

Senate2026-04-30

S895Introduced

Nonprofit Hospitals Tax Exemption

This bill modifies how nonprofit hospitals receive property tax and sales tax exemptions in North Carolina. Instead of exempting all hospital property from taxes, the bill limits exemptions to an amount equal to the actual cost of charity care the hospital provides to low-income uninsured and underinsured patients (those earning up to 300% of the federal poverty level).

Senate2026-04-30

S917Introduced

MELT Act: Support Immigrant Legal Defense

This bill repeals a previous law expanding local jail cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, requires federal immigration officers to obtain judicial warrants (approved by judges based on probable cause) rather than administrative warrants to arrest or detain people in North Carolina, and appropriates $4 million to nonprofit organizations providing legal services to immigrants in removal proceedings and asylum cases.

Senate2026-04-30

S904Introduced

Save SNAP Act

This bill appropriates $16 million and $69 million in state funds to the Department of Health and Human Services to replace lost federal funding for SNAP administrative costs due to changes in federal law (Public Law 119-21). It also appropriates $10 million for grants to develop projects aimed at reducing SNAP payment errors.

Senate2026-04-30

S945Introduced

Safe Camps Act

The Safe Camps Act establishes a statewide permitting and safety program for youth camps in North Carolina. It creates minimum health and safety requirements for youth camps, generally prohibits cabins in floodplains with limited exceptions, requires comprehensive emergency planning and warning systems, and mandates regular inspections. The bill also applies similar floodplain and emergency planning requirements to campgrounds.

Senate2026-04-30

S903Introduced

Public Employees Deserve A Voice Act

This bill repeals North Carolina's ban on collective bargaining agreements between public employees and labor unions. Currently, state law declares such agreements illegal; this bill would remove that prohibition, allowing public employees to negotiate collectively with their employers starting July 1, 2026. The bill also appropriates $100,000 to inform public employees about the change.

Senate2026-04-30

S850Introduced

Pay Teachers What They're Worth Act

This bill increases teacher salaries across North Carolina using a new monthly salary schedule for the 2026-2027 school year, reinstates education-based salary supplements for teachers with advanced degrees, establishes a $5,000 student teaching grant program to help future teachers during their training, and requires a study on long-term educator compensation strategies. The bill appropriates $1.693 billion in state funding for these initiatives.

Senate2026-04-29

S865Introduced

Restore Benefits to Educators/State Employees

This bill restores several benefits and compensation for North Carolina educators and state employees beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year. It reinstates education-based salary supplements for teachers, restores longevity payments (annual bonuses based on years of service), preserves retiree medical benefits for educators hired after January 1, 2021, and expands the NC Teaching Fellows Program to include one additional higher education institution.

Senate2026-04-29

S868Introduced

Medicaid Innovations Waiver Slot Expansion

This bill increases the number of available slots in North Carolina's Innovations waiver program by 1,000 slots, starting July 1, 2026. The bill appropriates $36.2 million in recurring funds to pay for these additional waiver slots.

Senate2026-04-29

S885Introduced

Funding for the Clerks of Superior Court

This bill appropriates $5 million in one-time funding from the state's General Fund to the Administrative Office of the Courts for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to help clerks of superior court better assist executors and administrators with estate handling and filings. The funds may be used to hire additional staff to reduce appointment wait times and distribute educational materials about estate procedures.

Senate2026-04-29

S870Introduced

Funds for Veterans/HBOT

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

Senate2026-04-29

S882Introduced

Reenact EITC

This bill reenacts North Carolina's Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which expired in 2014. The credit would provide eligible working individuals a refundable state tax credit equal to a percentage of the federal EITC they claimed, with the credit taking effect for tax years beginning January 1, 2026.

Senate2026-04-29

S871Introduced

Community Emergency Response Training

This bill appropriates $3 million in recurring state funds to the Department of Public Safety's Division of Emergency Management to expand the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program and training. The funds will support training sessions conducted through local community organizations and develop outreach strategies to increase community participation in emergency response training.

Senate2026-04-29

S853Introduced

Create Dept. of Housing and Comm. Development

This bill creates a new cabinet-level Department of Housing and Community Development in North Carolina state government. The department would be organized into four divisions (Operations, Community Development, Housing, and Policy/Legislative) with a mission focused on housing production, community revitalization, broadband expansion, and assistance to low- to moderate-income residents. The bill appropriates $30 million in recurring annual funding starting in fiscal year 2026-2027.

Senate2026-04-29

S867Introduced

Increased Admin Fund for Medicaid

This bill appropriates $6.5 million in state funds to the Department of Health and Human Services for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to help county departments of social services cover increased administrative costs in the Medicaid program. The funds are designated as nonrecurring (one-time) money and are exempted from certain standard funding requirement procedures.

Senate2026-04-29

S838Introduced

The Frontline Mental Health Support Act

This bill establishes the Frontline Mental Health Support Program to provide free, confidential mental health counseling services to teachers and first responders (including police officers, firefighters, paramedics, 911 dispatchers, and correctional officers) in North Carolina. The bill appropriates $10 million to run the program and $3 million in grants to expand the behavioral health workforce to support it.

Senate2026-04-28

S836Introduced

Domestic Violence Divorce Reform Act

This bill makes three main changes to North Carolina family law: it shortens the separation period required for divorce from one year to six months (with exceptions), allows domestic violence victims to divorce immediately without a separation period if they provide evidence, and eliminates the civil lawsuits for 'alienation of affection' and 'criminal conversation.' The bill also appropriates $3 million to expand family planning education programs.

Senate2026-04-28

S835Introduced

Surveillance Pricing Ban

This bill prohibits businesses in North Carolina from using surveillance pricing—charging different prices to different customers on the same day based on personal data like browsing history or income—for essential goods and services such as food, water, toiletries, and diapers. The bill allows exceptions for loyalty programs, group discounts, shipping cost differences, and pricing errors. It designates violations as unfair trade practices and allocates funding for the Department of Justice to enforce the law.

Senate2026-04-28

S830Introduced

Government Modernization/Funds

This bill directs the Department of Information Technology to study how blockchain technology could improve state government operations in areas like record security, license verification, and procurement transparency. It appropriates $50 million in nonrecurring funds for implementation and requires annual progress reports to the General Assembly, with the bill expiring in 2031.

Senate2026-04-28

S849Introduced

Real Tickets, Real Fans Act

This bill prohibits the use of bots to purchase tickets, bans the sale of speculative tickets (those not yet owned by the seller), and requires ticket sellers to clearly disclose total prices and seat locations. It also prevents deceptive marketing practices like using entertainer names or logos without permission, and establishes enforcement through the Attorney General with civil penalties up to $15,000 per day of violation.

Senate2026-04-28

S831Introduced

25-Year Retirement for First Responders

This bill allows law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical services personnel in North Carolina to retire with full, unreduced benefits after 25 years of service instead of the current requirement of 30 years or age 55 with 5 years of service. The change applies to both state employees and local government employees and takes effect January 1, 2027.

Senate2026-04-27

S784Introduced

Ensure Same-Sex Domestic Violence Prot. Order

This bill expands North Carolina's domestic violence protective order law to include same-sex couples by removing language that limits protections to opposite-sex relationships. It also appropriates $500,000 for a public awareness campaign about domestic violence in same-sex relationships.

Senate2026-04-23

S780Introduced

Modernize Medicaid Primary Care Rates

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

Senate2026-04-23

S791Introduced

Enhanced Penalty/Dom. Violence Strangulation

This bill increases penalties for assault by strangulation in North Carolina by moving certain offenses to more severe felony classifications. Assault with serious bodily injury by strangulation would change from a Class F to Class E felony, assault inflicting physical injury by strangulation would change from Class H to Class G felony, and the bill allocates $3 million for a public awareness campaign about these enhanced penalties, effective December 1, 2026.

Senate2026-04-23

S805Introduced

Increase Oral Health Care Access in NC

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

Senate2026-04-23

S822Introduced

Every School Has Resources Act

This bill creates a three-year grant program to help North Carolina school districts hire a Development Director who seeks external funding sources like grants and donations. The state would cover 100% of the position's cost in year one, 50% in year two, and 25% in year three, with districts covering the remaining costs through matching funds. The program targets rural, small, and lower-wealth school districts that currently lack dedicated grant-writing staff.

Senate2026-04-23

S825Introduced

School-Based Complaint/SROs

This bill defines what a school resource officer (SRO) is in North Carolina and requires all SROs to complete specific training in mental health, disabilities, racial equity, and de-escalation. It also requires that complaints about student misconduct filed by SROs must be approved by a school administrator or social worker before going to juvenile court. The bill provides $1 million in grants to help schools cover costs related to these new requirements.

Senate2026-04-23

S827Introduced

Hate Crimes Prevention Act

This bill expands North Carolina's hate crime laws by increasing penalties for crimes motivated by a victim's race, ethnicity, color, religion, nationality, country of origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, disability, or sexual orientation. It also requires the State Bureau of Investigation to track hate crime statistics, mandates law enforcement training on identifying and reporting hate crimes, and requires prosecutor training on prosecuting hate crimes.

Senate2026-04-23

S378Engrossed

Align Medicaid Eligibility with Federal Law

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

Senate2025-10-23

S402Engrossed

Allow Lottery Winners To Be Confidential

This bill allows North Carolina lottery winners who win $5 million or more to request that their identity be kept confidential for 90 days after claiming their prize. The winner's name and identifying information would be protected from public disclosure during this period, though certain government agencies (like the IRS and state tax authorities) and debt collection programs would still have access as required by law.

Senate2025-06-24

S372Passed

Confirm McKinley Wooten, Sec. of Rev

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

Senate2025-04-17

S612Introduced

Convert School Buses to Electric by 2050

This bill requires all new school buses purchased starting in the 2026-2027 school year to be electric, with all school buses converted to electric by the end of the 2049-2050 school year. It also establishes a grant program to help small counties purchase electric activity buses, and appropriates $350 million for electric school bus purchases and $50 million for the grant program.

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Sponsored Bills (104)

My Power Bill Is Too High

Extreme Heat/Ban Utility Disconnections

Increase Insurance Rate Transparency

Make Enf. Liable & Transparent (MELT) Act

Adopt Official Hip-Hop Song

Military Family Food Security & Readiness Act

Justice for Storm Chantal Survivors Act

Protect Moms Who Serve

AI in Ed Task Force and Standards

Fully Fund School Psychologists & Counselors

School Meals for Every Child

Safe Parks Act

MOMnibus 3.5

NC CROWN Act

The BUMP Act

Small Business Investment Grant

Janell Green Smith Maternal Health Acc. Act

The Ciji Graham Act

Citizens' Tax Relief Circuit Breaker Mods

Kids Over Corporations Act

Expanding Insurance Coverage/Fertility Care

Menopause Omnibus

Protect Children Born from Fertility Care Act

School Mental Health Support Act

Small Business Investment Grant

No Firearm Possession After DV Misdemeanors

Immigration Data Privacy

Compensation for Wrongfully Detained Persons

Keep Immigrant Talent in NC

Safe Schools and Educational Access Act

Study State Emp. Bereavement Leave

Accessing Certified Professional Midwives Act

Broadband Affordability Program

Transportation for the Future Act

Informational Literacy in Schools

County Service Districts/Research & URSD

Fair Competition Study Act

Improve Pedestrian Safety

Pregnant Workers Protection Act

Local Govts/Mental Health/ CC Tuition Waiver

Soil Health Task Force

Reform Animal Cruelty and Neglect laws

Eviction Record Expunction Act

The Fair Sentencing Act

Funds for NC Senior Tar Heel Legislature

Study Automation and the Workforce

Family Empowerment Act

Birth Freedom Act

State Emp. Leave/Bereavement/Pregnancy Loss

Menstrual Products Sales Tax Exemption

Adopt Official Hip Hop Song

MOMnibus 3.0

End Menstrual Poverty Act

Modernize Domestic Violence Protection Order

Fair Procurement and Ownership Reform Act

Environmental Justice

North Carolina Consumer Protection Act

Revise Various Laws/Work 1st Cash Assistance

Greater Access to Fertility Medication

Taskforce on Missing BIPOC Women

AI Innovation Trust Fund

In-State Tuition Equity

Reduce Parent Copays/Subsidized Child Care

Allow Consecutive Remote License Renewals

Lead. Invest. Families/Foster Teen Act (LIFT)

Student Voter ID Grant Program/CCs

Restore the American Dream

Invest in Durham's Ed/Athletic Infrastructure

Safeguard Fair Elections

Right to Use Contraception

Healthy Start NC

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Program

Allow Widow/Widower To Hyphenate Name

NC Adopt ERA

Wendy Williams's Law

Right to Reproductive Freedom Act

Funds for New Siler City Fire Station