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Voluntary Portable Benefits Plan Act

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

House2026-07-01

H171Vetoed

Equality in State Agencies/Prohibition on DEI

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

House2026-06-24

H1239Passed

Honor Mike Clampitt

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

House2026-06-24

H1238Passed

Honor 2026 Carolina Hurricanes Team

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

House2026-06-23

H258Passed

Worker Safety Act of 2026

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

House2026-06-22

H87Passed

Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)

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

House2026-06-03

H1089Passed

Const. Amend. Property Tax Levy Limit

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

House2026-05-21

H144Introduced

Elect SBE/Superintendent as SBE Chair

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

House2026-05-19

H1019Engrossed

Mike Clampitt 1st Responder Tax Fairness Act

This bill expands the highway use tax exemption for volunteer fire departments and rescue squads that are not part of local government and have no more than two paid employees. The exemption now applies to fire trucks, pump trucks, tanker trucks, ladder trucks, four-wheel drive forest fire fighting vehicles, and emergency services vehicles.

House2026-05-18

H1074Introduced

Prescription Drug Expenses Tax Deduction

This bill allows North Carolina taxpayers to deduct up to $5,000 per year in out-of-pocket prescription drug expenses from their state income taxes, starting in 2026. The deduction covers unreimbursed medication costs and pharmacy co-pays, but excludes amounts already covered by tax-advantaged accounts like Health Savings Accounts or Flexible Spending Accounts.

House2026-05-12

H1163Introduced

Workforce Act of 2026

This bill appropriates approximately $14.1 million to expand North Carolina's workforce development and education-to-career pathway programs. It funds apprenticeship support, industry credentials, postsecondary transfer technology, career planning platforms, a career development pilot program for middle and high school students, and a consolidated teacher bonus program rewarding performance in advanced courses, career-technical education, and student growth.

House2026-05-04

H1075Introduced

Persistent D.V. Offender Registry

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

House2026-04-29

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

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

H118Introduced

Disabled Veterans Tax Relief Bill

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

House2025-09-23

H42Engrossed

Back the Blue Pay Act

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

House2025-09-22

H805Passed

Prevent Sexual Exploitation/Women and Minors

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

House2025-07-29

H992Passed

Timeshare Foreclosure/Paternity Matters

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

House2025-07-09

H67Passed

Healthcare Workforce Reforms

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

House2025-07-01

H421Passed

Motor Vehicle Dealers

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

House2025-06-26

H612Passed

Fostering Care in NC Act

This comprehensive bill makes several changes to North Carolina's child welfare and social services systems. Key provisions expand the Guardianship Assistance Program to include youth as young as 10 years old, establish procedures for judges to issue permanent no-contact orders against defendants convicted of violent offenses, make it a felony when caregivers commit or allow sexual acts against children under 16, and require cities and counties to conduct criminal history background checks for any applicant offered a position working with children.

House2025-06-26

H59Introduced

Modify Homestead Exclusions

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

House2025-06-25

H808Introduced

NC Infrastructure Protection Act

This bill prohibits North Carolina government entities from contracting with foreign-owned companies from China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or other designated countries if those companies would have direct or remote access to critical infrastructure like power grids, water systems, and communication networks. It also requires criminal background checks for all individuals granted access to these critical infrastructure systems across multiple state agencies.

House2025-06-24

H150Engrossed

Expedite Surplus Property

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

House2025-06-09

H74Passed

House Budget Technical Corrections

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

House2025-05-15

H597Engrossed

Adopt Osprey as State Raptor

This bill designates the osprey as North Carolina's official state raptor. The osprey is a fish-eating bird of prey found throughout North Carolina in coastal and inland waterways.

House2025-05-08

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

H519Engrossed

Parents' Medical Bill of Rights

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

House2025-05-07

H976Introduced

Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act

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

House2025-05-06

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

H139Engrossed

Baby Boxes/Newborn Safety Device

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

House2025-05-05

H156Engrossed

Increase Access for Small Employers/Insurance

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

House2025-05-01

H146Engrossed

Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military

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

House2025-05-01

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

H38Engrossed

Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act

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

House2025-04-30

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

H163Engrossed

Pharmacy Benefits Manager Provisions

This bill regulates pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) in North Carolina by prohibiting spread pricing (charging insurers more than they pay pharmacies), restricting certain fees and concessions, establishing standards for specialty pharmacy accreditation, clarifying patients' right to choose their pharmacy, and strengthening audit protections for pharmacies. The bill also requires PBMs to report concession data to the Insurance Commissioner.

House2025-04-30

H135Introduced

Misbranding/Cell-Cultured Meat/WNC Donations

This bill requires cell-cultured meat and poultry products to be clearly labeled with terms like 'lab-grown' or 'cell-cultured' in at least 20-point font near the product name. It prohibits public schools, charter schools, community colleges, and universities from purchasing these products. The bill also creates a voluntary donation program allowing retailers to collect customer donations for farms affected by Hurricane Helene, and appropriates $1.5 million for a government efficiency audit of North Carolina's disaster response.

House2025-04-29

H432Engrossed

Property Tax Relief Study

This bill directs the Revenue Laws Study Committee to examine North Carolina's current property tax relief programs for elderly, disabled, and disabled veteran homeowners, and to evaluate potential modifications and broader property tax reforms. The committee will study options like increasing relief amounts, expanding eligibility, and limiting tax increases, then report findings and recommendations to the General Assembly in 2026.

House2025-04-28

H557Engrossed

The Andy Griffith Show as State TV Show

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

House2025-04-28

H593Introduced

Local Government Audits

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

House2025-04-16

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

H227Engrossed

U.S. & N.C. Flags/Made In USA

This bill requires state institutions and political subdivisions in North Carolina to purchase only U.S. and North Carolina flags that are 100% manufactured in the United States using domestically-grown or produced materials. The requirement applies to all purchases made with public funds beginning October 1, 2025.

House2025-04-09

H794Introduced

Study Highway Patrol Staffing/Salary Scale

This bill directs the North Carolina State Highway Patrol to conduct a comprehensive study of its staffing levels and salary scales, including overall patrol size, regional troop needs, and compensation for different ranks. The Highway Patrol must report its findings and recommendations to legislative committees by March 1, 2026.

House2025-04-08

H791Introduced

Women's Safety and Protection Act

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

House2025-04-08

H780Introduced

All Pro Dads & Responsible Fatherhood NC

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

House2025-04-07

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

H440Introduced

Healthy Food Healthy Bodies

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

House2025-03-27

H540Introduced

Additional Funds for Patriot Star Scholarship

This bill appropriates $2 million in state funding for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to support the North Carolina Patriot Star Family Scholarship Program, which is operated by the Patriot Foundation under the UNC Board of Governors. The funds are designated as recurring, meaning they would continue annually unless changed by future legislation.

House2025-03-27

H134Engrossed

Prohibit Misbranding of Certain Food Products

This bill requires cell-cultured meat and poultry products (grown from animal cells in a lab rather than from slaughtered animals) to be clearly labeled with qualifying terms like 'cell-cultured,' 'lab-grown,' or 'fake' in at least 20-point font near the product name if they use meat or poultry terminology. Products that fail to meet these labeling requirements are considered misbranded under North Carolina law.

House2025-03-26

H16Engrossed

General Assembly: In God We Trust - Display

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

House2025-03-26

H186Engrossed

The Stars and Stripes Commitment Act

This bill requires North Carolina schools to schedule daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance within one hour of the school day's start, display U.S. and North Carolina flags in classrooms, and provide instruction on the flag and Pledge's history. It also requires the State Board of Education and local school governing bodies to begin their meetings with the Pledge. The bill specifies that no one can be compelled to stand, salute, or recite the Pledge.

House2025-03-20

H184Engrossed

Promote North Carolina Sawmills

This bill allows small sawmills and certain other mills to sell ungraded lumber directly to homeowners for residential construction, provided the mill operator completes a state-approved lumber grading training program, the lumber meets building code standards, and code officials inspect the framing. The bill requires mills to mark and certify their lumber and register with the North Carolina Forest Service.

House2025-03-20

H28Engrossed

Gun Violence Prevention Act

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

House2025-03-19

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

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

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

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

H62Introduced

Farmers Protection Act

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

House2025-03-17

H182Engrossed

Rev. Law Perm. Protect Order/Child Abuse

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

House2025-03-17

H276Introduced

Align Benefits for Firefighters with Cancer

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

House2025-03-12

H137Introduced

Gabe Torres Act

This bill expands the Public Safety Employees' Death Benefits Act to include public safety employees killed while traveling to or from work, rather than only those killed while actively performing duties. It allocates $300,000 annually for the 2025-2027 budget period to cover these expanded benefits.

House2025-03-12

H11Introduced

No Tax on Tips, Overtime, Bonus Pay

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

House2025-03-11

H299Introduced

Increase Disabled Veteran Prop Tax Benefit

This bill increases the property tax homestead exclusion for disabled veterans in North Carolina from $45,000 to $54,000 in appraised home value. This means disabled veterans would pay property taxes on a smaller portion of their home's value, resulting in lower annual property tax bills.

House2025-03-06

H142Introduced

Implement Zero-Based Budgeting

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

House2025-03-04

H222Introduced

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

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

House2025-03-04

H130Introduced

Agriculture Crops Disaster Relief

This bill establishes the 2024 Agricultural Disaster Crop Loss Program and appropriates $475 million to help North Carolina farmers recover from verified crop losses caused by natural disasters in 2024. The program provides financial assistance to farmers in counties designated as agricultural disaster areas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with funds transferred from state reserves and distributed based on acreage, county loss estimates, and yield/price averages.

House2025-02-26

H31Introduced

Make Election Day A State Holiday

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

House2025-02-24

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

H89Introduced

University Vaccination Freedom Act

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

House2025-02-11

H46Introduced

Make Healthcare Affordable

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

House2025-02-05

H18Passed

Honor Joe John, Former Member

This is a memorial resolution honoring Joseph Robert John, Sr., a former North Carolina House member who represented House District 40 from 2017 to 2025 and passed away on January 20, 2025. The resolution recognizes his career in public service, including his work as a lawyer, judge, and legislator, and expresses the House's appreciation for his contributions to the state.

House2025-01-29

Jeff Zenger

Jeff Zenger

Sponsored Bills (28)

NC Farmland and Military Protection Act

2026 Budget Technical Corrections

Water/Wastewater Affordability & Capacity Act

Strengthen Medicaid Provider Controls

Social Media & AI Safety

Winston-Salem Zoning Procedure Changes

On-Site Wastewater System Amendments

Regulatory Reform Act of 2025

Limit Rules With Substantial Financial Costs

Neighbor State License Recognition Act

Emerg. Comm. Code Exempts/Sanitary Board/401

Underground Safety Revisions

Building Industry Efficiency Act of 2025

CC Firearm Safety Instruction 18 and Older

Comm. Inspect. Efficiency Act

Sedimentation Act & Other Env.'l Changes

Ivermectin Access Act

AI Regulatory Reform Act

Save the American Dream Act

The Sergeant Mickey Hutchens Act

Development Application Review Time Lines

Wire Fraud Prevention Act

Power Infrastructure Resiliency & Eff.(PIRE)

Triad Regional Grants

Support Private Property Rights

Funds for Hispanic Grassroots

Study Commission for LEA Size

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

Cosponsored Bills (75)

Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons

Modify Nonprofit Corp. Act/Charitable Org

Recognition of the Tuscarora

Voluntary Portable Benefits Plan Act

Equality in State Agencies/Prohibition on DEI

Honor Mike Clampitt

Honor 2026 Carolina Hurricanes Team

Worker Safety Act of 2026

Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)

Const. Amend. Property Tax Levy Limit

Elect SBE/Superintendent as SBE Chair

Mike Clampitt 1st Responder Tax Fairness Act

Prescription Drug Expenses Tax Deduction

Workforce Act of 2026

Persistent D.V. Offender Registry

Repeal Two Percent Local Grocery Tax

Lower Healthcare Costs

Disabled Veterans Tax Relief Bill

Back the Blue Pay Act

Prevent Sexual Exploitation/Women and Minors

Timeshare Foreclosure/Paternity Matters

Healthcare Workforce Reforms

Motor Vehicle Dealers

Fostering Care in NC Act

Modify Homestead Exclusions

NC Infrastructure Protection Act

Expedite Surplus Property

House Budget Technical Corrections

Adopt Osprey as State Raptor

Sam's Law

Parents' Medical Bill of Rights

Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act

Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer

Baby Boxes/Newborn Safety Device

Increase Access for Small Employers/Insurance

Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military

Adopt Tuskegee Airmen Day

Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act

Responsible Firefighting Foam Management Act

Pharmacy Benefits Manager Provisions

Misbranding/Cell-Cultured Meat/WNC Donations

Property Tax Relief Study

The Andy Griffith Show as State TV Show

Local Government Audits

Military and Veterans Educational Promise Act

U.S. & N.C. Flags/Made In USA

Study Highway Patrol Staffing/Salary Scale

Women's Safety and Protection Act