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Constitutional Amendment/Early Voting

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

House2026-06-30

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

H1197Introduced

Revise NC Teaching Fellows Program

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

House2026-05-05

H1195Introduced

MOMnibus 3.5

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

House2026-05-05

H1209Introduced

Strengthen Ed by Embedded New Teacher Support

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

House2026-05-05

H1175Introduced

Affordability in Healthcare Act

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

House2026-05-04

H1159Introduced

Investing in Teen Mental Health

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

House2026-05-04

H1155Introduced

The People's Right to Amend Act

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

House2026-05-04

H1138Introduced

Aging With Dignity Act

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

House2026-05-04

H1141Introduced

Protecting Medicaid & Autism Services

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

House2026-05-04

H1147Introduced

IDD Omnibus

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

House2026-05-04

H1167Introduced

2026 Governor's Budget

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

House2026-05-04

H1178Introduced

The NC Teacher Pay Competitiveness Act

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

House2026-05-04

H1146Introduced

2026 Governor's Budget

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

House2026-05-04

H1128Introduced

Arbor Week Reform

This bill moves North Carolina's official Arbor Week from March to November, with the designated week now containing November 15 instead of March 15. The bill also appropriates $10,000 to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to create education and training materials for Arbor Day celebrations during the new November timeframe.

House2026-04-30

H1105Introduced

North Carolina Transportation Safety Act

This bill increases law enforcement staffing in Mecklenburg County, increases penalties for traffic safety violations (school bus stops, move-over law, street takeovers), restricts public access to highway camera recordings, expands 24-hour operation of a Charlotte traffic management center, creates new criminal offenses for reckless boating deaths/injuries, and increases penalties for assaults on public transit operators.

House2026-04-30

H1087Introduced

Smith Reynolds Airport Hangar Improvements

This bill appropriates $15.5 million in state funds to the Department of Transportation's Division of Aviation for renovations, structural repairs, modernization, and infrastructure improvements to two hangar facilities at Smith Reynolds Airport in Forsyth County during the 2026-2027 fiscal year.

House2026-04-30

H1127Introduced

Affordable Maternal Access & Cancer Care Act

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

House2026-04-30

H1099Introduced

Funding Vocational Rehabilitation

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

House2026-04-30

H1092Introduced

Reform NC Property Tax

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

House2026-04-30

H1096Introduced

First in Flight Act

The First in Flight Act appropriates $175.1 million in state funding for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to support North Carolina's aerospace industry through airport infrastructure grants, community college workforce training programs, apprenticeships, dual-enrollment education pathways, university research funding, and supply chain support services.

House2026-04-30

H662Introduced

Support the State Highway Patrol

This bill provides approximately $40.5 million in annual pay raises for State Highway Patrol officers and staff, establishes new secondary employment policies for troopers, encourages retired officers to return to work, and appropriates funds for bulletproof glass in patrol vehicles and infrastructure improvements at the Huntersville station.

House2026-04-30

H1064Introduced

Civil Rights Helpline

This bill establishes a 24-hour civil rights helpline within the North Carolina Department of Justice to receive, document, and investigate complaints from people harmed by federal troops or federal law enforcement actions, including immigration enforcement. The Attorney General would maintain a secure database of reports, publish annual public reports with aggregate data and trends, and hold yearly public hearings to present findings.

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

H1076Introduced

The Innovations Waitlist Reduction Act

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

House2026-04-29

H1065Introduced

Prepared Foods Sales Tax Modification

This bill modifies North Carolina's sales tax rules for prepared foods by exempting certain prepared foods from state sales tax, while maintaining taxes on items like dietary supplements, vending machine food, and soft drinks. The bill clarifies definitions of what counts as prepared food and creates an exception for artisan bakeries that meet specific revenue and product requirements.

House2026-04-29

H1070Introduced

Domestic Violence Divorce Reform Act

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

House2026-04-29

H1080Introduced

Public Safety Reinvestment Act

This bill appropriates approximately $371 million to improve public safety operations across North Carolina by: equipping public transit with emergency trauma kits and implementing fare enforcement measures ($10 million); hiring additional court staff in Wake and Mecklenburg counties ($60 million); providing salary increases for Department of Adult Correction employees ($250 million); raising State Highway Patrol pay ($40 million); funding juvenile justice staffing ($25 million); supporting the State Crime Lab ($4 million); and enhancing retirement benefits for correctional officers ($11 million).

House2026-04-29

H1077Introduced

NC Working Families Economic Relief Act

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

House2026-04-29

H1079Introduced

Menstrual Products Sales Tax Exemption

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

House2026-04-29

H1066Introduced

Child Care Stabilization & Affordability Act

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

House2026-04-29

H1071Introduced

SNAP Funding in Response to H.R. 1

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

House2026-04-29

H1057Introduced

Affordable Food Act

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

House2026-04-28

H1046Introduced

NC Economic Progress and Well-Being

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

House2026-04-28

H1056Introduced

Relieving Housing Bottlenecks

This bill aims to increase housing supply and affordability in North Carolina through multiple strategies: allowing residential development in commercial zones, eliminating parking minimums, creating a program to reimburse local governments for faster housing permit processing, limiting large-scale corporate purchases of single-family homes to 25 or fewer per company, establishing a loan program for workforce housing development costs, and appropriating $160 million to the Housing Finance Agency.

House2026-04-28

H1051Introduced

Funding for Senior Care/Community Health

This bill appropriates $250,000 in nonrecurring state funds for fiscal year 2026-2027 to the MedAid Foundation Incorporated, a nonprofit organization, to expand healthcare access and improve senior care and community health services for vulnerable populations facing barriers to affordable healthcare and preventive care.

House2026-04-28

H1055Introduced

GTCC Aviation Center Expansion

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

House2026-04-28

H1052Introduced

Cure Violence Program Grant

This bill appropriates $1 million in one-time funding from the state's General Fund to Forsyth County for a Cure Violence Program aimed at addressing violence in the Triad region. The funds become available starting July 1, 2026.

House2026-04-28

H1053Introduced

Additional Funding for School Supplies

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

House2026-04-28

H1061Introduced

Plyler Educational Protections Act

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

House2026-04-28

H1049Introduced

Funding for Shotgun House Museum

This bill appropriates $250,000 in one-time state funding to Triad Cultural Arts, Inc., a nonprofit organization, to support improvements to a restored Shotgun House museum in Winston-Salem. The funds are intended to help the museum serve as an educational and community gathering space for students and visitors.

House2026-04-28

H1050Introduced

Funding for Sex Ed Health Awareness

This bill appropriates $31,000 in state funding for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to Joyful Soul Treasures, Inc., a nonprofit organization, to conduct a marketing campaign and eight-week workshop for teenagers ages 13-18 focused on sexual health education and awareness.

House2026-04-28

H1054Introduced

Gov't Employee Raises & Retiree COLA

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

House2026-04-28

H1048Introduced

Funding for HIV/AIDS Awareness Walk

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

House2026-04-28

H1045Introduced

Fair Wages in Health Care Act/Funds

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

House2026-04-28

H1059Introduced

Fair Minimum Wage Act

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

House2026-04-28

H1031Introduced

Universal Free Breakfast and Lunch

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

House2026-04-22

H1021Introduced

Funds for Facilities of DAV Organizations

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

House2026-04-22

H1022Introduced

Pickleball Wellness Initiative: Health Equity

This bill appropriates $196,760 to North Carolina State University to create and evaluate a pilot pickleball wellness program in eastern Wake, Halifax, and Lenoir Counties. The program aims to increase physical activity, social connection, and mental well-being in communities with limited access to recreational resources through weekly pickleball instruction and gameplay, with results to be used to develop a toolkit for similar programs statewide.

House2026-04-22

H1032Introduced

Repeal Two Percent Local Grocery Tax

This bill removes groceries from North Carolina's local sales tax, reducing the local tax rate from 2% to 1% on food items. Currently, counties can levy up to a 2% local sales tax that includes groceries; this bill would exempt groceries from that tax while keeping the 1% tax on other items.

House2026-04-22

H1024Introduced

Revise NC 529 Program

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

House2026-04-22

H1023Introduced

Divine Nine Special Registration Plate Act

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

House2026-04-22

H1017Introduced

Sound Basic Education for Every Child

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

House2026-04-22

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

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

H389Engrossed

Continuing Budget Operations Part III

This budget adjustment bill appropriates funds for various state operations and programs during the 2025-2027 fiscal years. It allocates money for education programs at UNC Charlotte, healthcare initiatives including mental health services and electronic health records, natural resources operations, school safety grants, law enforcement equipment, emergency services, veterans home renovations, and other state agency needs.

House2025-09-22

H378Passed

Various Ed Law/Tax Acct/NIL Changes

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

House2025-07-01

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

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

H777Introduced

Expressing French Friendship

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

House2025-06-18

H778Introduced

Expressing UK Friendship

This House Resolution expresses North Carolina's support for strengthening economic and cultural ties with the United Kingdom and urges the U.S. Congress to work more closely with the UK on trade relations. The resolution recognizes the historical friendship between the two nations, acknowledges British cultural influence on North Carolina, and highlights the economic significance of UK investment and trade to the state.

House2025-06-18

H429Engrossed

Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate

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

House2025-06-16

H50Passed

LEO Special Separation Allowance Options

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

House2025-06-13

H297Engrossed

Breast Cancer Prevention Imaging Parity

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

House2025-05-07

H283Engrossed

Small Business Investment Grant Program

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

House2025-05-07

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

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

H57Engrossed

Adopt State Veterans Museum

This bill designates the Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas in Brevard as North Carolina's official state veterans history museum. The museum, which opened in 2016, preserves military artifacts and honors veterans through exhibits, educational programs, and community gathering spaces.

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

H254Engrossed

Adopt Tuskegee Airmen Day

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

House2025-05-01

H570Engrossed

Responsible Firefighting Foam Management Act

This bill prohibits the use of firefighting foams containing PFAS chemicals (a type of 'forever chemical') for training and practice purposes by firefighters and emergency responders in North Carolina. It allows PFAS-containing foam to still be used in actual emergencies but requires safe containment and disposal when used for testing, and mandates the use of non-fluorinated alternative foams for training instead.

House2025-04-30

H649Engrossed

County Tier Designation Study Bill

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

House2025-04-30

H767Introduced

Market Rate Teacher Pay Study

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

House2025-04-29

H462Introduced

Personal Data Privacy/Social Media Safety

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

House2025-04-29

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

H631Introduced

State Infrastructure Bank Study

This bill creates a study commission to examine whether North Carolina should establish a state-owned infrastructure bank that could provide financing for projects like roads, housing, schools, and utilities. The 17-member commission will study how such a bank could work, what it would finance, how it should be organized, and what regulations it would need before reporting back to the legislature by the end of 2026.

House2025-04-17

H824Introduced

Expand Treatment Access/Opioid Use Disorder

This bill expands insurance coverage for opioid use disorder and overdose treatment by requiring health plans to cover all FDA-approved medications for these conditions without prior authorization, requiring pharmacists' services to be covered like other healthcare providers, and updating language throughout state insurance law to reflect current medical terminology and federal parity requirements.

House2025-04-17

H363Introduced

Reg. Public Trans. Authority Service Area

This bill modifies North Carolina law to allow regional public transportation authorities to operate buspool and vanpool services beyond their territorial boundaries without the current 10-mile distance limitation. The change exempts these specific services from geographic restrictions that apply to other public transportation operations.

House2025-04-17

H634Introduced

Parity Enhancement for Addiction Recovery

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

House2025-04-17

H69Engrossed

Military and Veterans Educational Promise Act

This bill prohibits North Carolina's public universities from denying admission based on military service, allows active duty service members and their spouses to defer enrollment for 2-5 years, and grants in-state tuition rates to honorably discharged veterans who meet specific criteria (such as graduating from an NC high school after 2004, serving with a permanent NC station, or receiving a Purple Heart).

House2025-04-16

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

H671Introduced

Competitive Speech and Debate Grant Pilot

This bill establishes a four-year pilot program (2025-2029) that provides grants up to $10,000 per year to North Carolina public high schools to create or expand speech and debate teams. The program allocates $500,000 annually to fund coach stipends, competition fees, and travel costs, with participating teams required to join the Tarheel Forensic League and National Speech and Debate Association.

House2025-04-15

H399Introduced

NC Board of Nursing Licensure Fees

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

House2025-04-15

H941Introduced

Expand & Enhance the Teaching Fellows Program

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

House2025-04-14

H915Introduced

Reenact Film Credit

This bill reinstates North Carolina's film production tax credit, which allows production companies to claim a 25% tax credit on qualifying in-state expenses (minimum $250,000) such as wages, equipment, and services. The credit, which was previously repealed, would apply to feature films, television series, documentaries, and other productions, with a $20 million cap per feature film and a sunset date of January 1, 2015.

House2025-04-14

H954Introduced

Local Gov'ts Disaster Fund

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

House2025-04-14

H933Introduced

IDD Omnibus

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

House2025-04-14

H903Introduced

Highway and Road Safety Act

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

House2025-04-14

H960Introduced

UI/Give Enhanced Benefits During Disasters

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

House2025-04-14

H994Introduced

Western NC Support; Expand Comm. Eco. Dev

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

House2025-04-14

H968Introduced

Youth CERT Preparedness K-12 Training

This bill requires all North Carolina public schools to teach emergency preparedness education from kindergarten through high school, with content differentiated by grade level. Elementary students (grade 3+) learn about disasters and school safety plans; middle school students study past disasters and mass casualty responses; high school students receive training based on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Community Emergency Response Team manual. Local school boards decide which courses will include this instruction.

House2025-04-14

H977Introduced

Defend NC

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

House2025-04-14

H932Introduced

Ten Percent Raise/Teachers/First Responders

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

House2025-04-14

H942Introduced

Funds to Support Survivors

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

House2025-04-14

H930Introduced

First Responder Bonus/Appreciation Fund/$1500

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

House2025-04-14

H839Introduced

Advanced Teaching Roles Updates

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

House2025-04-10

H840Introduced

Reward Schools for Student Growth

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

House2025-04-10

H266Engrossed

Adopt Women Veterans Day

This bill designates May 1st of each year as Women Veterans Day in North Carolina. The day would be officially recognized by the state to honor women who have served in the military.

House2025-04-10

H879Introduced

Air Conditioning for Rental Properties

This bill requires landlords in North Carolina to provide and maintain operable air conditioning in residential rental units capable of cooling the premises to a reasonable temperature during warm weather. The requirement applies to new rental agreements and renewals starting when the law takes effect.

House2025-04-10

H397Engrossed

Use of Epinephrine Nasal Spray

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

House2025-04-10

H842Introduced

Vis., Hear., Dental Screenings Opt-Out

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

House2025-04-10

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

H809Introduced

Count NC Pre-K for School ADM

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

House2025-04-08

H786Introduced

Working Families Act

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

House2025-04-07

H760Introduced

Bloodborne Pathogen Training for Tattooists

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

House2025-04-07

H756Introduced

Funds for Harmony Empowerment Life Center

This bill appropriates $100,000 in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to the Harmony Empowerment Life Center, a nonprofit organization, to expand its mental health and youth development program called 'Never Limit An Athlete's Mind' into seven additional North Carolina counties: Wake, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg, Union, and Anson.

House2025-04-07

H759Introduced

Family and Community Wellness Act/Funds

This bill appropriates $100,000 in state funds to Forsyth County for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to support two initiatives: mobile units providing health, social services, and nutritional support across seven counties, and a work-based learning program for adults focused on community engagement and economic mobility.

House2025-04-07

H757Introduced

Funds for Joyful Soul Treasures

This bill appropriates $31,000 in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to Joyful Soul Treasures, Inc., a nonprofit organization, to support their "Safe Haven for Safe Sex" project. The project provides sexual health education and awareness for teenagers aged 13-18, with goals of reducing stigma and providing young people with health knowledge and skills.

House2025-04-07

H758Introduced

Funds for Mind and Heart Haven Project

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

House2025-04-07

H766Introduced

Expand Access to Teen Mental Health First Aid

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

House2025-04-07

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

H784Introduced

Prohibit Assault Weapons

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

House2025-04-07

H686Introduced

Safe Cosmetics Act

This bill prohibits cosmetic products sold in North Carolina from containing certain restricted chemicals—including PFAS, heavy metals, parabens, phthalates, formaldehyde, and others—either as intentionally added ingredients or as unintentional by-products/contaminants above detectable limits. The North Carolina Board of Agriculture can issue notices requiring manufacturers to certify compliance, with enforcement beginning January 1, 2026.

House2025-04-03

H669Introduced

Volunteer Firefighter Reimbursement Program

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

House2025-04-03

H673Introduced

Neonatal Transport Assistance

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

House2025-04-03

H688Introduced

Funds for Inclusive Playgrounds

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

House2025-04-03

H685Introduced

Rural NC Reinvestment Act

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

House2025-04-03

H725Introduced

MOMnibus 3.0

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

House2025-04-03

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

H672Introduced

Physician Assist. Omnibus/Team-based/Compact

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

House2025-04-03

H714Introduced

Universal Healthcare

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

House2025-04-03

H665Introduced

DPI Disaster Preparedness Fund

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

House2025-04-03

H722Introduced

Enact Criminal Justice Debt Reform

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

House2025-04-03

H731Introduced

Funds for Pauli Murray Center

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

House2025-04-03

H141Engrossed

The Joe John Remembrance Act

This bill removes the additional fee that fire department and rescue squad members must pay when obtaining a special registration plate. Currently, these members pay the standard vehicle registration fee plus an extra charge; this bill eliminates that extra charge so they only pay the standard fee.

House2025-04-03

H668Introduced

NC Working Families Economic Relief Act

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

House2025-04-03

H684Introduced

Environmental Justice in North Carolina

This bill establishes a formal Environmental Justice State Policy in North Carolina requiring state agencies to consider how their decisions affect different communities' exposure to environmental burdens and access to environmental benefits. It creates an Environmental Justice Advisory Council and mandates that eight covered state agencies develop engagement plans, track spending on environmental projects, and report annually on how they are distributing environmental benefits fairly across communities.

House2025-04-03

H724Introduced

NC-FACT

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

House2025-04-03

H728Introduced

Shared Investment in Our Heroes Act

This bill increases property tax exemptions for disabled veterans by gradually raising the homestead exclusion from $45,000 to $125,000 of home value, allows disabled veterans to prequalify for these exemptions before buying property, exempts one primary motor vehicle owned by 100% disabled veterans from property taxes, and establishes a state reimbursement program to cover 50% of local government revenue losses from these exemptions. The bill also creates a $10 million grant program for veteran housing, infrastructure, and employment initiatives.

House2025-04-03

H730Introduced

Comprehensive State Communications

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

House2025-04-03

H712Introduced

Universal Income/Pay-It-Forward Fund

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

House2025-04-03

H667Introduced

Reduce Barriers to College Completion

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

House2025-04-03

H726Introduced

Youth Mentoring & Academic Enhancement Comm

This bill creates a new North Carolina Commission on Youth Mentoring and Academic Enhancement within the Department of Administration. The Commission will establish a grant program to fund small and medium-sized nonprofit mentoring and tutoring organizations across the state, with goals of reducing substance use and gang involvement among high school students while increasing positive adult connections.

House2025-04-03

H733Introduced

The Everybody Eats Act

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

House2025-04-03

H711Introduced

Recovery Support Via Revenue Stabilization

This bill repeals North Carolina's scheduled corporate income tax phaseout and instead maintains the corporate tax rate at 2.25% permanently. Previously, the state had planned to gradually reduce the corporate tax rate to 0% by 2030, but this bill stops that reduction and keeps the current rate steady to generate revenue for Hurricane Helene recovery efforts.

House2025-04-03

H715Introduced

Universal Pre-K

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

House2025-04-03

H708Introduced

IROBOT - Increasing Robotics Opportunities

This bill establishes a grant program funded with $2.5 million annually to support high school robotics teams and after-school programs coordinated through public schools or community organizations. The bill also allows students to receive excused absences to participate in school-sanctioned robotics competitions.

House2025-04-03

H713Introduced

Universal Free Breakfast and Lunch

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

House2025-04-03

H651Introduced

Reduce Parent Copays/Child Care Subsidy/Funds

This bill reduces the percentage of gross family income that parents must pay as copayments for state-subsidized child care from 10% to 7%. It appropriates $25 million annually for the 2025-2027 fiscal years to fund this reduction in parent costs.

House2025-04-02

H641Introduced

Transportation for the Future Act

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

House2025-04-02

H646Introduced

Const. Amend.: Remove Slavery as Punishment

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

House2025-04-02

H644Introduced

DOT Study on Fort Bragg Traffic Congestion

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

House2025-04-02

H653Introduced

Adjust FMAP Trigger for Medicaid Expansion

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

House2025-04-02

H654Introduced

Adopt Girl Scouts Week

This bill designates the week containing March 12th each year as Girl Scouts Week in North Carolina to recognize the Girl Scouts organization and celebrate the accomplishments of Girl Scout Gold Award recipients. The designation is a ceremonial recognition with no budgetary or regulatory requirements.

House2025-04-02

H624Introduced

Prescription Drug Pricing

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

House2025-04-02

H628Introduced

Reenact Child Tax Credit

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

House2025-04-02

H642Introduced

Funds/Scotland Cty. Wastewater Improvements

This bill appropriates $35 million in state funds to Scotland County during the 2025-2026 fiscal year specifically for improvements or upgrades to the county's wastewater treatment plant. The funding becomes available on July 1, 2025.

House2025-04-02

H658Introduced

Optometrists Telehealth Services

This bill allows licensed optometrists in North Carolina to provide telehealth services to patients in the state without being physically located in North Carolina or holding a license in the state where they are physically located. The optometrist must have a valid North Carolina license and remain subject to all state laws and Board regulations.

House2025-04-02

H633Introduced

Expand Sickle Cell Disease Programs & Svcs

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

House2025-04-02

H630Introduced

Restore LEA Sales Tax Benefit

This bill restores a sales tax refund program for local school districts and joint school purchasing agencies on their direct purchases of tangible goods and services. The refund applies to items like food service materials, supplies, and equipment, but excludes utilities and certain other services. The state will adjust the public school fund budget to account for the restored refund.

House2025-04-02

H643Introduced

Clarify Firearm Storage Law

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

House2025-04-02

H603Introduced

Workforce Housing Loans-Preconstruction Costs

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

House2025-04-01

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

H604Introduced

Rural and Downtown Community Eco. Dev. Grants

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

House2025-04-01

H621Introduced

Funds for the Umbrella Center

This bill appropriates $1.5 million in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to Safe Alliance, Inc. for its Umbrella Center (Family Justice Center) in Charlotte. The money will be used for land acquisition and a deceleration lane to support services for people affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse, and human trafficking.

House2025-04-01

H585Introduced

Human Trafficking Reporting/Response System

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

House2025-04-01

H617Introduced

Supporting Small Farmers for NC's Future Act

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

House2025-04-01

H579Introduced

NC House Public Access Act of 2025

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

House2025-04-01

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

H586Introduced

YMCA Expansion Funding

This bill appropriates $2 million in state funding to the YMCA of Southeastern North Carolina to help expand the Midtown YMCA facility in Wilmington. The expanded 50,000 square foot facility is part of a public-private partnership project with a total cost of $15 million, and is expected to provide fitness, aquatic, youth programs, and child care services to the region.

House2025-04-01

H619Introduced

Health Care Security Act

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

House2025-04-01

H589Introduced

The Second Look Act

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

House2025-04-01

H599Introduced

Award NC Forest Service Pay Increase

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

House2025-04-01

H550Introduced

Modify Mileage and Per Diem

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

House2025-03-31

H548Introduced

NC Economic Progress and Well-Being

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

House2025-03-31

H545Introduced

Ban Ghost Guns & Undetectable Firearms

This bill would make it illegal for most people in North Carolina to manufacture, sell, transfer, or possess ghost guns (firearms without serial numbers) and undetectable firearms (guns that can't be detected by metal detectors or are made entirely of plastic or 3D-printed materials). Licensed federal firearms manufacturers would be exempt from this prohibition. Violation would be a Class I felony.

House2025-03-31

H564Introduced

State Retirees Cost-of-Living Increase/Funds

This bill provides a 2% cost-of-living increase to retirement payments for state employees, teachers, judges, and legislators who retired through the state retirement systems. The bill appropriates $106.2 million in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to cover this increase, which takes effect July 1, 2025.

House2025-03-31

H275Engrossed

Failure to Yield Penalties

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

House2025-03-27

H533Introduced

Funds/Various Public Projects in Chatham Co

This bill appropriates $27.85 million in state funds for public infrastructure projects in Chatham County during the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The funds support downtown streetscape improvements and a main street coordinator in Siler City ($2.45 million), a new recreational facility and stadium improvements in Siler City ($10.4 million), a new fire station in Siler City ($5 million), and fire station construction and equipment purchases in Pittsboro ($10 million).

House2025-03-27

H542Introduced

Child Care Mental & Behavioral Services/Funds

This bill appropriates $7.5 million per year for fiscal years 2025-2027 from the ARPA Temporary Savings Fund to the North Carolina Partnership for Children to expand mental and behavioral health services for children, families, and staff in child care facilities and after-school programs. The bill also establishes a special fund to hold and manage these allocations, allowing unspent funds to carry over year to year rather than revert to the state.

House2025-03-27

H531Introduced

Addressing NC's Teacher Crisis/NTSP

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

House2025-03-27

H532Introduced

County Service Districts/Research & URSD

This bill modifies North Carolina laws governing Research and Production Service Districts (RPSDs) and Urban Research Service Districts (URSDs)—special taxing districts that fund services in designated research and development areas. The changes allow these districts to span multiple counties, clarify how developers can serve as agents for service provision, increase the property tax rate limit from 10 cents to 20 cents per $100 of value, and adjust advisory committee appointment procedures.

House2025-03-27

H509Introduced

Right to Reproductive Freedom Act

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

House2025-03-26

H510Introduced

Menstrual Equity for All Act

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

House2025-03-26

H499Introduced

NC Paid Family Leave Insurance Act

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

House2025-03-26

H513Introduced

Strengthen Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

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

House2025-03-26

H503Introduced

Don't Tread on Me Act

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

House2025-03-26

H500Introduced

NC Adopt ERA

This bill would have North Carolina officially ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution, which states that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied on account of sex. The bill argues that the ERA became the 28th Amendment in 2020 when Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it, meeting the three-fourths requirement, and that North Carolina's ratification would be a formal recognition of this constitutional change.

House2025-03-26

H507Introduced

The Children First Act

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

House2025-03-26

H484Introduced

Honoring NC's Contributions to Civil Rights

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

House2025-03-25

H495Introduced

Accessing Midwives Act

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

House2025-03-25

H494Introduced

Mental Health Protection Act

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

House2025-03-25

H473Introduced

Right to IVF

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

House2025-03-24

H474Introduced

Right to Use Contraception

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

House2025-03-24

H467Introduced

Reenact Low-Income Housing Tax Credits

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

House2025-03-24

H431Introduced

Preventing Deed Fraud

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

House2025-03-19

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

H21Engrossed

Drivers License Designation/Autism

This bill directs North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles to create an optional autism spectrum disorder designation that can be added to a driver's license upon request. The designation would be stored in electronic records and made available only to law enforcement to facilitate safe interactions, with strict privacy protections and voluntary participation.

House2025-03-19

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

H436Introduced

Counties/Semiannual Assessments

This bill allows North Carolina counties to give property owners the option to pay special assessments in semiannual (twice per year) installments in addition to the existing annual installment option. It increases the maximum number of semiannual installments allowed from 10 to 40 and annual installments from 10 to 20, giving counties and property owners more flexibility in how assessments are paid over time.

House2025-03-19

H410Introduced

NCIOM Study/Medical Aid in Dying

This bill directs the North Carolina Institute of Medicine to conduct a comprehensive study on the advantages and disadvantages of legalizing medical aid in dying (MAID) in North Carolina, with findings due by April 1, 2027. The study will examine how MAID operates in the 11 U.S. jurisdictions where it is currently legal, including applicant processes, safeguards, patient demographics, and impacts on families and healthcare systems. The bill appropriates $150,000 for the study and requires at least one public hearing for community input.

House2025-03-18

H416Introduced

Funds for Boys & Girls Clubs

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

House2025-03-18

H418Introduced

K-5 Performing and Visual Arts Requirement

This bill requires all North Carolina elementary schools (K-5) to provide students with at least one day of instruction in performing arts (music, dance, or theatre) and visual arts every five school days. Classes must be taught by licensed instructors, last at least 30 minutes, and follow class size limits. The requirement begins in the 2026-2027 school year.

House2025-03-18

H419Introduced

School of the Arts Building Purchase

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

House2025-03-18

H422Introduced

Beyond The Choice Act

This bill allows veterans, their dependents, and other individuals covered under the federal Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act to pay in-state tuition at North Carolina colleges and universities without meeting the standard 12-month residency requirement, as long as they qualify for admission. The change applies to the 2025-2026 academic year and beyond.

House2025-03-18

H403Introduced

Workers' Rights Act

This bill makes major changes to North Carolina employment law, including abolishing at-will employment so workers can only be fired for just cause, requiring paid work breaks and meal periods, eliminating the subminimum wage for tipped employees, protecting workers' rights to discuss wages, allowing public employee collective bargaining, creating protections for contract workers in state government, and allowing local governments to set minimum wages and establish worker safety programs.

House2025-03-17

H391Introduced

More APS Staff to Address Elder Abuse

This bill appropriates $2.178 million for fiscal year 2025-2026 and $4.542 million for fiscal year 2026-2027 to fund 50 additional Adult Protective Services (APS) workers at county departments of social services across North Carolina. The new workers would investigate reports of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, with funds distributed to counties based on their caseload and elderly population.

House2025-03-17

H404Introduced

Fair & Affordable Housing Act

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

House2025-03-17

H407Introduced

Divine Nine Special Registration Plate Act

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

House2025-03-17

H396Introduced

Nursing Fellows & Curric. Support Funds/WSSU

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

House2025-03-17

H398Introduced

Enact KinCare & Safe Days

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

House2025-03-17

H401Introduced

Allow Lottery Winners to be Confidential

This bill allows North Carolina lottery winners to keep their identity confidential if they request it, with certain exceptions for tax authorities, law enforcement, and court orders. The confidentiality protection applies to winners of $50 million or more for 90 days after claiming the prize, and indefinitely for winners with protective orders or those in the Address Confidentiality Program.

House2025-03-17

H43Engrossed

Designate State Balloon Rally

This bill designates the Carolina BalloonFest, an annual hot air balloon festival held in Statesville each October, as North Carolina's official state balloon rally. The festival, which has been running since 1974, is the second-oldest hot air balloon festival in the United States.

House2025-03-12

H374Introduced

NCARCOG Funding/Operations Improvements

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

House2025-03-12

H371Introduced

DMV Materials in Additional Languages

This bill requires North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles to provide driver license handbooks and written tests in Khmer and in any language spoken as a primary language by at least 2% of the state's population. The change takes effect January 1, 2026.

House2025-03-12

H367Introduced

Provide Rape Kit Status Updates to Victims

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

House2025-03-12

H365Introduced

Workforce Education Act

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

House2025-03-12

H361Introduced

Funds to Fight Deed and Title Fraud

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

House2025-03-12

H366Introduced

Reenact & Expand Pistol Purchase Permit

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

House2025-03-12

H242Introduced

Add Psychiatric Hospitals to Medicaid HASP

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

House2025-03-11

H289Introduced

Add Member to NC Training Standards Commiss

This bill adds one new member to the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, bringing the total from 35 to 36 members. The new member would be a full-time sworn law-enforcement officer selected by the North Carolina Police Benevolent Association.

House2025-03-06

H269Introduced

Workforce Freedom and Protection Act

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

House2025-03-05

H280Introduced

Support for the Senior Tar Heel Legislature

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

House2025-03-05

H267Introduced

Expunging Certain Eviction Records

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

House2025-03-05

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

H259Introduced

Brown-Morgan Science Olympiad Grant

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

House2025-03-04

H262Introduced

Designate Chief R. Malloy Overpass

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

House2025-03-04

H260Introduced

Reallocate Raeford Sewer Infrastructure Funds

This bill expands how the City of Raeford can use $3 million in state funds previously allocated for sewer line extensions to the Cameron Heights community. The money can now be used for any water or wastewater project, giving the city more flexibility in how it spends these infrastructure funds.

House2025-03-04

H263Introduced

Down-Zoning/Person & Durham Cos

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

House2025-03-04

H29Introduced

Use Tribal ID for Alcohol & Tobacco Purchase

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

House2025-03-04

H255Introduced

SchCalFlex/Granville,Vance/Open Cal

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

House2025-03-03

H248Introduced

Live/Work Exemption for One-Family Dwellings

This bill exempts owner-occupied, single-family dwellings with home-based businesses from North Carolina's live/work building code requirements, allowing them to be classified and regulated as standard residential homes instead. The exemption applies only if the owner lives in the home, operates the business directly (not leasing to others), and complies with local zoning laws.

House2025-03-03

H245Introduced

Affordable Housing in Rural Areas

This bill modifies how North Carolina allocates low-income housing tax credits by requiring the state to prioritize affordable housing development in rural communities and counties with higher poverty levels. It establishes specific scoring criteria, such as measuring distance to amenities by radius rather than driving distance and favoring high-poverty areas when projects have equal scores.

House2025-03-03

H241Introduced

Funds for Person County Projects

This bill appropriates $15.8 million in state funds for three specific projects in Person County: $10 million for wastewater treatment plant repairs in Roxboro, $800,000 for a splash pad in Person County parks, and $5 million for equipment and upgrades at Piedmont Community College's health and trades center. The funds come from the state General Fund and are designated as one-time, nonrecurring appropriations.

House2025-03-03

H208Introduced

Partnership for Children Information Access

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

House2025-02-27

H194Introduced

SchCalFlex/Asheville/Open Cal

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

House2025-02-26

H197Introduced

Local Communicable Disease Programs/Funds

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

House2025-02-26

H207Introduced

Remove Barriers to Labor Organizing

This bill removes language that protects workers' right to work without union membership and repeals restrictions on public employee labor organizing. It adds new language affirming labor organizations' right to enter into labor agreements, while maintaining existing prohibitions on requiring union membership as a condition of employment.

House2025-02-26

H200Introduced

SchCalFlex/Pender/CC

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

House2025-02-26

H195Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Chatham Co

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

House2025-02-26

H179Introduced

Labor Org. Membership Dues Tax Deductible

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

House2025-02-25

H176Introduced

SchCalFlex/Kannapolis/Open Cal

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

House2025-02-25

H181Introduced

Tax Relief for Working Families Act

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

House2025-02-25

H30Introduced

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

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

House2025-02-24

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

H129Introduced

Judge Joe John Nonpartisan Jud. Elections Act

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

House2025-02-18

H93Introduced

Constitutional Amendment/Repeal Literacy Test

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

House2025-02-12

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

H78Introduced

Prohibit LEO w/ICE Churches/Schools/Hospitals

This bill prohibits North Carolina law enforcement agencies, sheriffs' offices, and individual officers from assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with apprehending people or serving removal warrants in churches, schools, and hospitals. Officers who willfully violate this prohibition could face suspension or revocation of their law enforcement certification.

House2025-02-11

H90Introduced

State & Local Gov't Retirees COLA

This bill provides a 3% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to retirement benefits for retirees of North Carolina's state and local government retirement systems, effective July 1, 2025. The bill appropriates $250 million from the General Fund to cover this increase.

House2025-02-11

H80Introduced

Prohibit LEO w/ICE at Farm/Construct. Sites

This bill prohibits North Carolina law enforcement agencies and officers from assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in apprehending people or serving removal warrants on farmland, construction sites, and related agricultural facilities. The bill voids any existing agreements between local law enforcement and ICE that would violate this restriction and allows officers who willfully violate the ban to face certification suspension or revocation.

House2025-02-11

H84Introduced

The Pollinator Protection Act

The Pollinator Protection Act restricts the retail sale and general use of neonicotinoid pesticides in North Carolina to licensed pesticide applicators, farmers, and veterinarians. The bill defines neonicotinoids as a class of systemic insecticides and requires the Pesticide Board to monitor EPA assessments and study seed treatment regulations.

House2025-02-11

H77Introduced

Environmental Justice

This bill requires state environmental agencies to consider the cumulative impact of proposed permits on low-income and minority communities when making permitting decisions across mining, solid waste, hazardous waste, air quality, water quality, and coastal development projects. It also mandates enhanced public participation, including at least one public hearing held in affected overburdened communities with 60 days' advance notice for new or expanded facilities.

House2025-02-11

H65Introduced

Sigma Gamma Rho Special Registration Plate

This bill authorizes North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles to create and issue a special registration plate for Sigma Gamma Rho sorority members. The plate would display the sorority's symbol, name, and the phrase 'Greater Service, Greater Progress.'

House2025-02-06

H60Introduced

Modernize Medicaid Dental Rates

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

House2025-02-06

H55Introduced

Funds for the IGNITE Program

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

House2025-02-05

H39Introduced

Disabled Veteran Motor Vehicle Tax Exclusion

This bill excludes motor vehicles owned by veterans with a 100% disability rating from North Carolina property tax. Veterans with this certification from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs would no longer pay property tax on their vehicles starting January 1, 2026.

House2025-02-05

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

H20Introduced

Fair Maps Act

This bill would establish an independent redistricting process for North Carolina legislative and congressional districts by creating a 15-member Citizens Redistricting Commission. The commission would be composed of diverse citizens (not politicians) and would draw new district maps after each census, rather than allowing the General Assembly to control redistricting. The bill requires voter approval of constitutional amendments in November 2026 before the commission could begin work in 2027.

House2025-01-30

Amber Baker

Amber Baker

Sponsored Bills (28)

Winston-Salem/Forsyth Co. Planning & Zoning

Local Gov. Assisting Affordable Housing

Winston-Salem/Forsyth Joint EOC Funds

Youth Placement Study

First Responder Training Track

Funding for Winston-Salem

Universal Pre-K

HBCU/HMSI Omnibus

Learning & Enrichment in Afterschool Programs

Fair Share for Public Schools Act

Stalking/Enhanced Penalties

HBCU/HMSI Omnibus

DRIVE Recommendations/Teacher Diversity

Shotgun House Funding Act

Strong Public Schools for a Strong NC

Expand Access to Cold Weather Shelters/Funds

K-3 Literacy and Improvement Act

Voter Protection and Reliance Act

Prioritize In-State Applicants/UNC Ed Schools

School Psychologist Omnibus

SBOE Legislative Changes.-AB

Healthy Families & Workplaces/Paid Sick Leave

Funds/Forsyth United Way/Summer Learning

Funds for One Love Festival

Universal AIG Screening in Middle Schools

Legislative Building Field Trip Pilot Program

Diversity in Pickleball Pilot Program

North Carolina CROWN Act

Cosponsored Bills (254)

Honor 250th Anniversary and NC's Role

Safeguarding Elections Act

Recognition of the Tuscarora

Constitutional Amendment/Early Voting

Worker Safety Act of 2026

Revise NC Teaching Fellows Program

MOMnibus 3.5

Strengthen Ed by Embedded New Teacher Support

Affordability in Healthcare Act

Investing in Teen Mental Health

The People's Right to Amend Act

Aging With Dignity Act

Protecting Medicaid & Autism Services

IDD Omnibus

2026 Governor's Budget

The NC Teacher Pay Competitiveness Act

2026 Governor's Budget

Arbor Week Reform

North Carolina Transportation Safety Act

Smith Reynolds Airport Hangar Improvements

Affordable Maternal Access & Cancer Care Act

Funding Vocational Rehabilitation

Reform NC Property Tax

First in Flight Act

Support the State Highway Patrol

Civil Rights Helpline

Affordable Housing Infrastructure Development

The Innovations Waitlist Reduction Act

Prepared Foods Sales Tax Modification

Domestic Violence Divorce Reform Act

Public Safety Reinvestment Act

NC Working Families Economic Relief Act

Menstrual Products Sales Tax Exemption

Child Care Stabilization & Affordability Act

SNAP Funding in Response to H.R. 1

Affordable Food Act

NC Economic Progress and Well-Being

Relieving Housing Bottlenecks

Funding for Senior Care/Community Health

GTCC Aviation Center Expansion

Cure Violence Program Grant

Additional Funding for School Supplies

Plyler Educational Protections Act

Funding for Shotgun House Museum

Funding for Sex Ed Health Awareness

Gov't Employee Raises & Retiree COLA

Funding for HIV/AIDS Awareness Walk

Fair Wages in Health Care Act/Funds