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Tax-Free Family Essentials Act

This bill removes sales tax from five categories of essential items: diapers, baby wipes, over-the-counter children's medication, prenatal vitamins, and feminine hygiene products. The tax exemption takes effect October 1, 2026.

House2026-07-01

H198Engrossed

ABC Omnibus of 2026

This comprehensive bill makes numerous changes to North Carolina's alcoholic beverage laws. Major provisions include authorizing the ABC Commission to obtain a $310 million loan for a new automated warehouse, creating new permit types (service business permit and auction house permit), allowing wine tastings at off-premises locations, expanding where mixed beverage permittees can purchase liquor, and making technical corrections to existing regulations. The bill also makes changes to state government structure and raffle laws.

House2026-06-30

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

H565Engrossed

Limit Use of AI Medicaid/Commercial Insurance

This bill prohibits the use of artificial intelligence as the sole basis for denying insurance coverage decisions and claims in North Carolina's Medicaid and commercial insurance programs. It also bars healthcare providers and AI developers from using AI systems designed to promote 'upcoding' (billing for higher-level services than actually provided), and requires healthcare providers to annually attest their compliance with these restrictions.

House2026-06-23

H1203Introduced

Family Support for Those Who Serve Act

This bill expands tuition waivers at North Carolina community colleges to include children (ages 17-24) of law enforcement officers, experienced correctional officers (10+ years), and firefighters. Students would attend community college tuition-free while still meeting admission standards and other college requirements, with the waiver covering the duration of their educational program.

House2026-06-10

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

H1026Introduced

Remote Instruction for Excess Emergencies

This bill allows North Carolina public schools to use up to three additional days of remote instruction (or 15 hours) when they experience a second emergency after exhausting their initial remote instruction allowance. Schools must report to the State Board about any additional remote instruction days used and the emergency circumstances that required them. The bill appropriates $5,000 to the Department of Public Instruction for administrative costs.

House2026-06-02

H1030Introduced

US Department of Edu

This joint resolution urges the U.S. Congress to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and return education authority to individual states. The resolution argues that education is not a federal responsibility under the Constitution and that states are better positioned to manage education policy for their communities.

House2026-06-02

H165Introduced

Child and Family Welfare Ombudsman Office

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

House2026-05-28

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

H496Introduced

Patriotic Youth Group Access

This bill requires North Carolina public schools to allow youth groups designated as patriotic societies (like Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts) to give brief presentations to students about membership and civic education during the school day. Presentations are limited to 10 minutes and do not count toward instructional time requirements.

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

H1154Introduced

Expand the FarmSHARE Food Hub Program

This bill appropriates $4 million to expand the FarmSHARE Food Hub Program, which purchases locally grown food and distributes it free to food-insecure North Carolinians, and $2 million to expand the Double Up Food Bucks Program, which provides matching funds to help nutrition assistance recipients afford fresh produce at farmers markets and food hubs. Both programs require annual reporting on participation, distribution, and outcomes.

House2026-05-13

H433Passed

SFRF/NCPRO Revisions

This bill allows North Carolina to reclassify and reallocate remaining State Fiscal Recovery Funds (federal COVID-19 relief money) to different eligible government services and projects, permits the state to use interest earned on certain pandemic relief funds for operations, and extends the North Carolina Pandemic Recovery Office's operations deadline from June 30, 2026, to May 1, 2027.

House2026-05-12

H1074Introduced

Prescription Drug Expenses Tax Deduction

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

House2026-05-12

H1086Introduced

Child Care Initiative Funds/Reform/Study

This bill establishes free training academies to help people become child care lead teachers, provides $15 million for mental and behavioral health services in child care settings, allows child care centers to share administrative credentials between two staff members, funds a study on liability insurance for child care providers, and updates bidding requirements for Smart Start contracts.

House2026-05-12

H1090Introduced

RURAL Care Act

This bill creates a Rural Healthcare Infrastructure Fund and Council to provide grants and below-market loans to rural healthcare facilities for construction, renovation, and modernization projects. It replaces the previous Rural Health Care Stabilization Program and requires the new Council to develop a detailed plan by July 1, 2027, for how the program will operate, which must be approved by the General Assembly before funds can be awarded.

House2026-05-12

H1193Introduced

Rep. Mike Clampitt Bone Marrow Donation Act

This bill designates November as Marrow Donation Awareness Month in North Carolina and allows people ages 18-40 to indicate their intention to become bone marrow donors when applying for or renewing a driver's license. The bill requires the state to share this information with the National Marrow Donor Program and directs state health and motor vehicle agencies to conduct public awareness campaigns about bone marrow donation, with $100,000 allocated for these efforts.

House2026-05-12

H1191Introduced

Fostering Care in NC Act 2026

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina's child welfare and juvenile justice laws, including tightening confidentiality protections for abuse and neglect case records, establishing court procedures for removing individuals from the responsible individuals list, clarifying permanency planning requirements for foster children, streamlining termination of parental rights procedures, and funding a new secure communications platform for court notifications and attorney coordination in child welfare cases.

House2026-05-05

H1185Introduced

Mandate Mowing in May for Major Events

This bill allows the North Carolina Department of Transportation to mow highway roadsides within a 5-mile radius of major sporting events during May, which is normally prohibited. Local governments can request this mowing if the event expects at least 5,000 attendees, with mowing occurring 2-7 days before the event. The bill appropriates $10,000 to cover administrative and operational costs.

House2026-05-05

H1186Introduced

Equipping Law Enf. for Better Drug Detection

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

House2026-05-05

H1111Introduced

Military Service Buyback Reduction: Teachers

This bill allows veterans who work as full-time public school employees in North Carolina to purchase up to four years of military service credit toward their teacher retirement benefits at a reduced cost. Instead of paying the full actuarial cost, eligible veterans would pay only 25% of the cost, with the state covering the remaining 75% through appropriated funds.

House2026-04-30

H1081Introduced

Funds for Veterans/HBOT

This bill appropriates $3 million in state funds for the 2026-2027 fiscal year to provide free hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) treatment to North Carolina veterans diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The funds will be directed to a nonprofit organization called HBOT 4 HEROES to deliver approximately 15,000 treatments to roughly 350 veterans, with progress reported back to the legislature by June 30, 2027.

House2026-04-30

H1095Introduced

Tier System Reevaluation

This bill requires North Carolina state agencies to stop using the development tier system (which currently classifies counties as tier 1, 2, or 3 based on economic development) by July 1, 2028, and replace it with new, program-specific criteria. Each agency must develop and propose new replacement criteria tailored to their specific programs, which must then be approved by the General Assembly before implementation.

House2026-04-30

H1043Introduced

CHCCS Act

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

House2026-04-27

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

H1020Introduced

PESA Class Aides & Child. Wartime Vets Funds

This bill makes two changes: (1) it allows Personal Education Student Account (PESA) scholarship funds to be used to pay for one-to-one classroom aides at private schools, with restrictions on who can serve as an aide, and (2) it appropriates $1 million for fiscal year 2025-2026 and $7 million for fiscal year 2026-2027 to increase and expand scholarships for children of wartime veterans.

House2026-04-22

H491Introduced

Medicaid Rebase Funding

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

House2025-10-23

H775Engrossed

Criminal History Checks for School Positions

This bill requires criminal history checks for charter school board members and public school employees before hiring, modifies reporting rules for school employee misconduct, strengthens reporting requirements for threats and assaults on teachers, and encourages the State Board of Education to align its licensure system with a national educator database.

House2025-09-25

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

H192Engrossed

Defund Planned Parenthood & Cost Transparency

This bill has two main parts: it prohibits Planned Parenthood from participating in North Carolina's Medicaid program, and it establishes new billing transparency and collections practices for hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities. The billing provisions require hospitals to provide itemized cost estimates for scheduled services, limit final bills to within 5% of the estimate, and prohibit sending bills to collections without first providing an itemized breakdown.

House2025-09-22

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

H193Passed

Firearm Law Revisions

This bill allows authorized employees and volunteers at nonpublic schools to carry firearms or stun guns on school property if they meet specific training and authorization requirements. It also permits concealed handgun carry in buildings that are both schools and places of religious worship during worship services. Additionally, the bill increases criminal penalties for assaults and threats against government officers and election workers, requires judges to set pretrial release conditions for such cases, and provides additional protections for relocated law enforcement shooting ranges.

House2025-07-29

H402Passed

Limit Rules With Substantial Financial Costs

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

House2025-07-29

H318Passed

The Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act

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

House2025-07-29

H694Passed

Reg'l Water Study/IBT Subbasin/TMDL

This bill directs a study on water and wastewater system regionalization to address financially struggling local systems, eliminates subbasin designations for three river areas to allow more flexible water transfers within their major river basins, and modifies how nutrient offset credits are calculated for certain wastewater permits in the Neuse River Basin.

House2025-07-09

H23Passed

Various State and Local Gov't Provisions

This comprehensive bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina state and local government, including canceling a Stanly Community College culinary program, authorizing heritage trails in Brunswick County and a 60-mile recreational trail in the Piedmont region, transferring state property to the Town of Burgaw, codifying and updating the Lake Norman Marine Commission structure with new governance procedures, renaming three roads and bridges, and amending the state building code to allow certain commercial developments near railroad rights-of-way.

House2025-07-07

H210Passed

Perpetual Care of Certain Cemeteries

This bill establishes clearer standards for how cemeteries in North Carolina must be maintained, defines what 'care and maintenance' includes, and gives the Cemetery Commission authority to enforce these standards through penalties and fines. It also requires cemeteries to provide annual financial reports showing the maintenance work they performed.

House2025-07-07

H357Passed

Continuing Care Retirement Communities Act.-AB

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

House2025-07-03

H762Passed

Modernize NC S.A.F.E. Act/2d Mortgage Fee Act

This bill modernizes North Carolina's mortgage lending laws by updating definitions, requirements, and procedures in the state's S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act, and modifies the maximum fees lenders can charge on second or junior mortgage loans to align with federal qualified mortgage standards. The changes include streamlining licensing procedures, clarifying regulatory authority, and allowing slightly higher fee caps on certain junior lien loans while maintaining consumer protections.

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

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

H348Introduced

Annexation of PUV Land/School Capacity

This bill requires cities in counties with 150,000+ residents to get county approval before annexing agricultural or forest land that has been under present-use value taxation. The approval is needed if the annexation would cause residential zoning that increases school enrollment beyond the county's current capacity. Cities can proceed without county approval if they agree to pay the county for school capacity improvements.

House2025-06-25

H480Engrossed

Medical Board Licensing Efficiency Act

This bill creates a faster licensing pathway for physicians, physician assistants, and anesthesiologist assistants who are already licensed in other U.S. states. Instead of going through the full licensing process, qualified medical professionals can apply for 'licensure by endorsement' if they have at least five years of active experience, a job offer in North Carolina, and a clean disciplinary record. The bill also keeps Medical Board investigation records confidential.

House2025-06-25

H578Engrossed

The Jason Flatt Act of North Carolina

This bill requires North Carolina public schools to include suicide prevention education as part of their school-based mental health policies. It mandates that all licensed educators receive annual suicide prevention training, establishes a suicide risk referral protocol for schools, and requires the State Board of Education to develop model programs and training materials that schools must follow.

House2025-06-24

H615Engrossed

Enrollment Stability for Military Students

This bill allows military families to enroll their children in North Carolina public schools before they officially move, if the parent is on active duty and receiving transfer orders to the state or separating from military service within 12 months. Families can register remotely and begin attendance while living in temporary housing, with up to one year to provide proof of residency documentation.

House2025-06-19

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

H577Introduced

Protect Towers and Truckers Act

This bill creates a Commercial Motor Vehicle Towing and Recovery Commission to oversee towing fees and practices for commercial trucks. It requires tow operators to obtain permits from the Division of Motor Vehicles, establishes training and background check requirements, and sets rules for how towed vehicles and cargo are handled and returned to owners.

House2025-06-11

H478Introduced

Modify Appointment Process for DA Vacancies

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

House2025-06-10

H150Engrossed

Expedite Surplus Property

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

House2025-06-09

H485Engrossed

Adult Care Home Medicaid PCS Coverage

This bill requires North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services to request federal approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to extend Medicaid coverage for personal care services to certain low-income individuals living in adult care homes. The coverage would apply to people whose income is between the current limit and 180-200% of the federal poverty level, but only if the new services are paid for through savings or cost avoidance and the federal government approves the request.

House2025-05-27

H690Engrossed

The Citizens Support Act

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

House2025-05-08

H674Engrossed

The Firearms Liberty Act

This bill makes several changes to North Carolina's firearms laws, including allowing lifetime concealed handgun permits (in addition to the current 5-year permits), waiving firearms training requirements for permit renewals if permits lapse less than 180 days, allowing people under domestic violence protective orders to store or sell their firearms through licensed dealers, providing liability protection for firearms dealers who hold guns temporarily for safety purposes, and authorizing schools to store non-lethal defensive devices in biometric safes for trained employees.

House2025-05-08

H379Engrossed

Application for a Convention of the States

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

House2025-05-08

H698Engrossed

Center for Missing Persons to Highway Patrol

This bill transfers the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons from the Department of Public Safety to the State Highway Patrol, consolidating it as a division within the Highway Patrol. The Center will continue its functions of maintaining missing persons information, operating alert systems (AMBER, Silver, Blue, Ashanti, and weather-related alerts), and coordinating with law enforcement agencies, but under Highway Patrol leadership instead of a separate departmental structure.

House2025-05-08

H602Engrossed

Coach Safely Act

This bill requires coaches and athletic staff at youth sports programs on state or local government property to complete annual training courses on youth sports injury prevention and emergency response. The Department of Health and Human Services will approve courses covering topics like concussions, heat injuries, CPR, and cardiac issues. Medical professionals like doctors, nurses, and athletic trainers are exempt from this requirement.

House2025-05-08

H741Engrossed

Veterans Registration Plate Modifications

This bill allows the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue Military Veteran special registration plates with personalized backgrounds, and it modifies the plate design to place the branch of service insignia on the left side instead of across the top. The bill exempts these plates from certain application requirements that normally apply to other special plates.

House2025-05-07

H94Engrossed

Dis. Veteran Homestead Excl. Prequalification

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

House2025-05-07

H81Introduced

Restrict Use of Vehicle Telematics

This bill requires insurance companies and agents to notify customers in writing and get their written consent before collecting or using vehicle telematics data (driving habit information from tracking devices or apps). Customers can revoke their consent at any time, and companies must stop using the data within 24 hours of revocation. Violations are treated as unfair or deceptive trade practices.

House2025-05-07

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

H489Engrossed

Insurance Coverage Emergency Ambulance Trans

This bill requires health insurance plans in North Carolina to reimburse out-of-network ambulance services at a minimum rate of 100% of the local government rate (or 400% of Medicare rates if no local rate exists), and caps the patient's cost-sharing for emergency ambulance services at the lesser of $100 or 10% of the reimbursement amount.

House2025-05-07

H121Engrossed

SchCalFlex/Statewide/Open Cal

This bill gives local school boards more flexibility in setting school calendars by allowing them to start school as early as the Monday closest to August 19 (instead of August 26) if they have experienced significant weather-related closures, and increases the number of remote instruction days schools can use to meet required instructional time when unable to open due to emergencies.

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

H618Engrossed

Ivermectin Access Act

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

House2025-05-07

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

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

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

H472Engrossed

Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection

This bill creates two new protections for commercial vehicles and cargo in North Carolina. First, it prohibits the use of immobilization devices (like boots) on commercial motor vehicles for parking enforcement purposes, making violations a Class 2 misdemeanor. Second, it requires towing companies to promptly return commercial cargo to its owner upon request and to exchange damaged trailers with comparable working trailers.

House2025-05-05

H483Engrossed

Juvenile Justice Legislative Proposals

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

House2025-05-05

H92Engrossed

NC Digital Assets Investments Act

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

House2025-05-01

H614Engrossed

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

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

House2025-05-01

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

H512Engrossed

Emer. Care/Animals/Vet. Practice

This bill allows emergency medical services (EMS) personnel to provide emergency medical care to injured police K-9 units and certified search and rescue dogs at emergency scenes without needing a veterinary license. It also protects EMS personnel from prosecution when they provide such emergency care in good faith, though this protection does not apply to cases involving gross negligence, wanton conduct, or intentional wrongdoing.

House2025-05-01

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

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

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

H288Engrossed

POW/MIA Flag/State Bldgs. & Schools

This bill requires the POW/MIA (Prisoner of War/Missing in Action) flag to be displayed alongside the U.S. flag at all state-owned buildings and public schools in North Carolina, as long as the flag can be attached to an existing flagpole. The state will purchase flags for state buildings, while local school boards may accept donations or use available funds to purchase flags for schools.

House2025-04-30

H250Engrossed

Annual Rep't Due Date/Deployed Servicemembers

This bill extends annual report filing deadlines for North Carolina businesses (corporations, LLCs, and limited liability partnerships) that are majority-owned by active-duty military members who are deployed. Affected businesses can file their annual reports up to 90 days after their owner's deployment ends, rather than on the standard due date, if they submit an affidavit of deployment beforehand.

House2025-04-30

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

H663Introduced

Living Donor Protection Act

This bill protects living organ donors in North Carolina by prohibiting insurance companies from discriminating against them, provides a state income tax credit of up to $5,000 for unreimbursed donation-related expenses like lost wages and travel costs, and grants state employees up to 30 days paid leave for organ donation and 7 days for bone marrow donation.

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

H729Introduced

Farmland Protection Act

This bill gradually reduces the property tax exemption for solar energy systems in North Carolina over four years, starting in 2026. By July 1, 2029, solar systems will no longer receive any property tax exclusion and will be taxed at full appraised value like other property.

House2025-04-30

H703Introduced

Memorials in Veterans Cemeteries

This bill allows North Carolina state veterans cemeteries to sell monuments and memorials—such as memorial trees, granite markers, and benches—to families of those buried there. The cemeteries can set style requirements but cannot prohibit these sales, must charge market rates, and must use the revenue for cemetery maintenance and improvement.

House2025-04-29

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

H110Introduced

Nat.l Guard Student Loan Repayment Program

This bill creates a National Guard Student Loan Repayment Program that provides up to $50,000 in student loan repayment assistance to active North Carolina National Guard members who commit to at least three years of service, with additional funds available for longer service terms. The bill appropriates $25.5 million in startup funding and $180,000 for administrative staff to operate the program.

House2025-04-29

H636Engrossed

Promoting Wholesome Content for Students

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

House2025-04-28

H610Engrossed

Study on Year-Round School

This bill directs the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to study whether each school district could offer at least one year-round school for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The study will examine costs, logistics, and barriers to implementing year-round schools, with results due to the legislature by January 2027.

House2025-04-28

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

H244Engrossed

Depoliticize Government Property Act

This bill restricts which flags can be flown or displayed on government buildings and property in North Carolina. Only official governmental flags—such as the U.S. flag, North Carolina flag, military branch flags, POW/MIA flag, and flags of recognized nations and tribes—are permitted, while other flags are prohibited. Employees who violate this rule could face disciplinary action or termination.

House2025-04-28

H574Engrossed

Workforce Development Pilot Project

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

House2025-04-28

H734Engrossed

Modernize Debt Settlement Prohibition

This bill modernizes North Carolina's debt settlement laws by classifying debt settlement as an unfair trade practice, clarifying definitions of debt adjusting and debt settlement, and expanding legal remedies available to debtors. It reorganizes existing debt adjustment statutes and creates limited exceptions for legitimate credit counseling organizations and certain other entities.

House2025-04-28

H329Engrossed

Tobacco and Hemp on Nonpublic School Grounds

This bill encourages nonpublic schools (private, religious charter, and qualified nonpublic schools) to adopt policies prohibiting tobacco products and hemp-derived consumable products on school grounds. The bill uses existing public school tobacco regulations as a model for these policies but does not mandate compliance.

House2025-04-28

H650Introduced

No Interchange Fees on Sales Tax or Tips

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

House2025-04-17

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

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

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

H106Introduced

Revive High-Need Retired Teachers Program

This bill revives a program that allows retired teachers to return to work in high-need schools (Title I schools or schools with D/F grades) without losing their retirement benefits. Retired teachers in STEM and special education fields can earn higher starting salaries, while those in other subjects earn entry-level pay. The program requires IRS approval and includes $10 million in annual state funding.

House2025-04-16

H246Engrossed

Liam's Law

Liam's Law increases criminal penalties for reckless driving, street racing, and hit-and-run offenses that result in serious injury or death. It upgrades penalties for street racing from misdemeanors to felonies when serious injury or death occurs, extends driver's license revocation periods (including permanent revocation for deaths), and strengthens hit-and-run requirements by distinguishing between crashes resulting in serious bodily injury versus other injuries.

House2025-04-16

H632Introduced

Amend Hazing Laws

This bill strengthens North Carolina's hazing laws by creating new criminal penalties for individuals and organizations that commit hazing, and requires public schools and colleges to develop anti-hazing education programs, investigate hazing allegations, and publicly report hazing violations. The bill defines hazing broadly to include physical brutality, substance consumption, mental abuse, and other harmful activities used to recruit or initiate members into student organizations.

House2025-04-16

H218Engrossed

Emergency Info on DMV Applications

This bill requires the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles to add a request for emergency contact information to driver's license applications and renewal forms. The provision of this emergency contact information by applicants is optional, and the bill takes effect October 1, 2026.

House2025-04-16

H113Introduced

Create Committee on Medicaid Sustainability

This bill creates a joint legislative committee with 6 senators and 6 representatives to study ways to modify North Carolina's Medicaid program if federal funding decreases. The committee will explore options like reducing optional services, adjusting provider payments, and improving managed care efficiency, then report findings and recommendations by April 30, 2026.

House2025-04-15

H899Introduced

Return Oversight of OSFM to DOI Commissioner

This bill eliminates the independent Office of the State Fire Marshal and returns its oversight to the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance. Current employees and rules would continue under the Commissioner's authority, with the transition occurring October 1, 2025.

House2025-04-14

H53Engrossed

Increase Accident Thresholds/Safe Driver Plan

This bill increases the dollar thresholds used to classify car accidents under North Carolina's Safe Driver Incentive Plan. A 'major accident' threshold rises from $3,850 to $5,975 in property damage, an 'intermediate accident' range shifts from $2,300-$3,850 to $3,570-$5,975, and a 'minor accident' threshold increases from $2,300 to $3,570. The changes take effect October 1, 2025.

House2025-04-10

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

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

H227Engrossed

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

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

House2025-04-09

H160Engrossed

Joel H. Crisp SUDEP Awareness Law

This bill requires the UNC School of Medicine's Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC) to compile and share evidence-based information about Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) with all North Carolina healthcare practitioners. NC AHEC must work with medical boards and professional organizations to create standard information materials and report completed materials to the state legislature by September 1, 2025.

House2025-04-09

H810Introduced

State Employee Bereavement Leave/Up To 40-Hrs

This bill would provide North Carolina state employees, public school employees, and community college employees with up to 40 hours of paid bereavement leave when an immediate family member dies and 8 hours of paid leave when a colleague dies. The leave would be available immediately upon hire, usable within 180 days of death, and the state would appropriate $2 million annually to fund this benefit beginning July 1, 2025.

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

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

H471Introduced

Food Labeling Transparency Act

This bill requires clear labeling of manufactured-protein food products—including cell-cultured meat and insect-based proteins—sold in North Carolina. Products using meat or poultry terminology must display qualifying terms like 'cell-cultured,' 'lab-grown,' or 'insect-based' prominently on packaging and restaurant menus to distinguish them from traditional animal-derived meat and poultry.

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

H753Introduced

LEOs Return to Work

This bill allows certain law enforcement officers in North Carolina to receive retirement benefits while continuing to work. State and local law enforcement officers age 59.5 or older can elect to start receiving retirement payments while still employed, and retired officers can return to work and continue receiving their retirement benefits. The bill includes funding of $10 million per year and expires December 31, 2029.

House2025-04-07

H761Introduced

Limit Session Length

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would limit how long the North Carolina General Assembly can meet in regular session: 90 legislative days in odd-numbered years and 45 legislative days in even-numbered years. The amendment would be submitted to voters in November 2026, and if approved, would take effect for future legislative sessions.

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

H692Introduced

AEDs and CPR in Schools

This bill requires North Carolina public schools to install at least two Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) in each school building, provide training to school personnel on AED and CPR use, and maintain the devices according to state board rules. The bill applies to all public school types including traditional public schools, charter schools, and regional schools, with implementation beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-04-03

H710Introduced

Mental Health Crisis Unit Pilot for LSAUs

This bill creates a three-year pilot program that provides $250,000 annually to up to eight school districts to establish mental health crisis units in their schools. Each crisis unit would include a school nurse, social worker, and licensed mental health counselor to respond to student mental health emergencies during school hours.

House2025-04-03

H702Introduced

Chiropractic Education Changes

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

House2025-04-03

H382Engrossed

Elk Permit Auction/Raffle

This bill authorizes the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to issue elk hunting permits through a raffle (one permit for the 2026 season) and an auction (conducted by a nonprofit wildlife conservation organization involved in elk reintroduction). Revenue from both methods goes to the Wildlife Resources Fund for elk conservation, after covering administrative costs. The bill allows the Commission to continue these methods in future seasons based on elk management goals.

House2025-04-03

H716Introduced

Bail Bond Omnibus

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

House2025-04-03

H355Engrossed

OSFM to Study Future of Rural Firefighting

This bill directs the Office of the State Fire Marshal to conduct a comprehensive study of rural firefighting in North Carolina by March 1, 2027. The study will examine volunteer recruitment and retention, funding gaps, interagency cooperation, firefighter health and wellness, public education, and long-term sustainability, with input gathered through three regional public hearings and a 90-day public comment period.

House2025-04-03

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

H638Introduced

Equit. Escalation of Electricity Demand Act

This bill would require data centers, electric vehicle charging stations, and EV/PHEV owners to pay fees to cover the cost of building new power generation capacity needed to meet their electricity demands, rather than spreading those costs to all electricity ratepayers. Data centers would need to contract with utilities to build dedicated power sources or develop their own, with safeguards to prevent cost overruns from affecting general ratepayers.

House2025-04-02

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

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

H426Introduced

Workforce Diploma Program

This bill establishes a two-year Workforce Diploma Program through North Carolina's Community Colleges System to help adults age 21 and older earn high school diplomas while developing job skills. The state will contract with qualified third-party organizations to deliver the program and will provide up to $5 million in funding, paying organizations based on student completion of coursework, certifications, credentials, and diplomas.

House2025-04-01

H591Introduced

Elec. Monitoring in Nursing/Adult Care Homes

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

House2025-04-01

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

H553Introduced

Ensuring Patient Safety w/Mail Order Meds

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

House2025-03-31

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

H518Introduced

Project Newsletter

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

House2025-03-27

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

H498Introduced

Military to Teacher Ret. Incentive

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

House2025-03-26

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

H505Introduced

Kayla's Act: Protecting Dom. Violence Victims

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

House2025-03-26

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

H486Introduced

Funds for Blue Star Families, Inc

This bill appropriates $1 million in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to Blue Star Families, Inc., a nonprofit organization that serves military families. The funds are divided into three categories: $400,000 for a military spouse career development program in the Fayetteville area, $300,000 for family strengthening programs, and $300,000 for military and veteran caregiver services.

House2025-03-25

H470Introduced

The Second Amendment Protection Act

This bill prohibits North Carolina state and local law enforcement officers from enforcing federal firearms laws, regulations, or executive orders within the state's borders. It establishes that violations could result in $50,000 civil penalties and allows citizens to sue for injunctive relief, with limited exceptions for certain serious criminal investigations and interstate cases.

House2025-03-24

H47Passed

Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I

This bill appropriates $524 million from North Carolina's disaster relief fund to help communities recover from Hurricane Helene through programs supporting home reconstruction, agricultural losses, private road repairs, and small business infrastructure. It also extends regulatory flexibilities for disaster recovery activities through June 30, 2025, and requires detailed reporting on fund usage.

House2025-03-20

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

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

H400Introduced

Bentley's Law

Bentley's Law requires courts to order defendants convicted of felony death by vehicle offenses to pay child support restitution to the minor children of the victim until age 18 and high school graduation. The court determines the restitution amount based on factors like the child's financial needs, the surviving parent's resources, and the child's standard of living.

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

H425Introduced

Protect Youth From Harms of Vaping & Nicotine

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

House2025-03-19

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

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

H98Introduced

Patriotism Expression Act

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

House2025-03-17

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

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

H52Engrossed

Protect Those Who Serve & Protect Act of 2025

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

House2025-03-12

H362Introduced

Clean Skies Geoengineering Ban

This bill prohibits North Carolina from intentionally releasing materials into the atmosphere to alter temperature, weather, or sunlight intensity through methods like stratospheric aerosol injection, cloud seeding, or electromagnetic radiation. It adds these practices to the state's list of prohibited air pollution activities and requires the Environmental Management Commission to adopt rules to enforce the ban.

House2025-03-12

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

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

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

H343Introduced

Advocacy for Long-Term Care Residents Act

This bill appropriates $380,000 for fiscal year 2025-2026 and $397,000 for fiscal year 2026-2027 to the Department of Health and Human Services to create four new full-time ombudsman positions. These ombudsmen will advocate for residents in nursing homes, adult care homes, and family care homes, with the goal of bringing North Carolina's long-term care ombudsman program into alignment with national standards.

House2025-03-11

H221Introduced

Tabor City/Railroad Revitalization Project

This bill authorizes the Town of Tabor City to participate in state and federal railroad revitalization programs and allows the town to use local property tax funds (up to 10% of project costs) as matching funds to support these rail service improvements.

House2025-03-10

H220Introduced

Tabor City/Certain Public Enterprise Funds

This bill allows the Town of Tabor City to transfer excess money from its wastewater system fund to its general fund if the wastewater fund has more money than needed for operations and future costs. The transferred funds would be used to support other town services.

House2025-03-10

H2Engrossed

Entry Fees for Interscholastic Sports Events

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

House2025-03-06

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

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

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

H239Introduced

Change to EC Funding Formula

This bill modifies how North Carolina distributes state funding for educating children with disabilities. It changes the funding formula to include students who receive education scholarship grants (such as education savings accounts) when calculating how much money each school district receives, and appropriates an additional $25 million in state funding for this purpose starting in the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-03-03

H157Passed

State of the State Invitation

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

House2025-02-27

H48Engrossed

Increase UI Max Benefit/2025 UI Tax Credit

This bill ratifies the Governor's emergency unemployment benefits expansion during Hurricane Helene (ending March 1, 2025), increases the maximum weekly unemployment benefit from $350 to $450, and provides employers a tax credit equal to their fourth-quarter 2024 unemployment insurance contributions for the year 2025.

House2025-02-27

H130Introduced

Agriculture Crops Disaster Relief

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

House2025-02-26

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

H177Introduced

Reduce Barriers to State Employment

This bill requires North Carolina's State Human Resources Commission to review job requirements for state positions and reduce unnecessary barriers to employment, such as removing four-year college degree requirements when practical experience, military service, apprenticeships, or trade school education would be sufficient. The commission must report annually on its progress to a legislative committee starting in October 2025.

House2025-02-25

H154Introduced

Reclaim State Assets from NCInnovation

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

House2025-02-21

H145Introduced

Funds for Diabetes Research Institute/UNC-CH

This bill appropriates $50 million in state funds to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to establish and develop a diabetes research institute. The funds are designated as nonrecurring (one-time) and would become available starting July 1, 2025.

House2025-02-21

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

H89Introduced

University Vaccination Freedom Act

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

House2025-02-11

H75Introduced

Pharmaceutical Full Disclosure Act

This bill requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to include specific information in advertisements for prescription drugs and biological products shown to North Carolina consumers. The required disclosures include the FDA approval date, the date the drug became available for purchase, and detailed information about clinical trials related to any required side effect warnings, such as trial length, number of participants, and frequency of side effects.

House2025-02-11

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

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

H61Introduced

Assaults on First Responders

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

House2025-02-06

H39Introduced

Disabled Veteran Motor Vehicle Tax Exclusion

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

House2025-02-05

H55Introduced

Funds for the IGNITE Program

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

House2025-02-05

H54Introduced

Funds for NC APSE

This bill provides $125,000 per year for two years to the North Carolina Association of People Supporting Employment First (NC APSE) to develop training programs on evidence-based supported employment services. These programs will help individuals with serious mental illness, intellectual disabilities, or developmental disabilities prepare for, find, and maintain paid competitive jobs.

House2025-02-05

H36Introduced

Maintenance of State Veterans Cemeteries

This bill requires North Carolina's Department of Veterans and Military Affairs to improve maintenance at the state's four veterans cemeteries by addressing specific issues like delayed headstone installation, grounds damage, and poor appearance. It also directs the department to review and potentially adjust policies around funeral services at these cemeteries, with findings due to the General Assembly by October 1, 2025.

House2025-02-04

H12Introduced

Observe Standard Time All Year

This bill would make North Carolina observe standard time year-round, eliminating the practice of switching to daylight saving time in the spring. The bill aligns with a provision in the federal Uniform Time Act that allows states to remain on standard time permanently.

House2025-02-03

H10Introduced

Study State Travel Allowance Reimbursements

This bill establishes a bipartisan committee to study whether North Carolina's current travel allowances and reimbursement rates for state employees, teachers, and legislators should be updated. The committee will examine historical rates, federal guidelines, and input from various industries, then submit recommendations to the legislature by March 15, 2026.

House2025-01-30

H18Passed

Honor Joe John, Former Member

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

House2025-01-29

Ben Moss

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Sponsored Bills (31)

2026 Wildlife Resources Changes

Make E-Verify Great Again

Energy and Housing Affordability Act

Const. Amend./Permitless Carry

Neighbor State License Recognition Act

CC Firearm Safety Instruction 18 and Older

Ensure Access to Biomarker Testing

Adopt SUDEP Awareness Week

The Kelsey Smith Act

CCW Permit/Allow Carry of Other Weapons

Environmental Rights Constitutional Amendment

DOT/DEQ to Study Safety and Emissions Inspec

Removal of Precinct Officials

UNC-Pembroke Presidential Library Funds/DJT

CCW Permit/No Records Provided

Human Life Protection Act of 2025

NC Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Wildlife Resources Commission Term Limits

Fair Competition Study Act

Respiratory Care Modernization Act

NC REACH Act

General Assembly: In God We Trust - Display

Remember 9/11 with Freedom Flag

Award Magistrates Salary Increases

Review of Federal Acts/Rules/Regulations

Threaten Elected Official/Increase Punishment

NC Constitutional Carry Act

Expand Project C.A.R.E./Funds

AG/Restrict Challenge to Presidential EOs

Energy Security Act of 2025

Firearm Discharge/Preempt Local Ordinance

Cosponsored Bills (190)

Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumables

NC Farmland and Military Protection Act

2026 Budget Technical Corrections

Tax-Free Family Essentials Act

ABC Omnibus of 2026

Equality in State Agencies/Prohibition on DEI

Limit Use of AI Medicaid/Commercial Insurance

Family Support for Those Who Serve Act

Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)

Remote Instruction for Excess Emergencies

US Department of Edu

Child and Family Welfare Ombudsman Office

Const. Amend. Property Tax Levy Limit

Patriotic Youth Group Access

Mike Clampitt 1st Responder Tax Fairness Act

Expand the FarmSHARE Food Hub Program

SFRF/NCPRO Revisions

Prescription Drug Expenses Tax Deduction

Child Care Initiative Funds/Reform/Study

RURAL Care Act

Rep. Mike Clampitt Bone Marrow Donation Act

Fostering Care in NC Act 2026

Mandate Mowing in May for Major Events

Equipping Law Enf. for Better Drug Detection

Military Service Buyback Reduction: Teachers

Funds for Veterans/HBOT

Tier System Reevaluation

CHCCS Act

Repeal Two Percent Local Grocery Tax

PESA Class Aides & Child. Wartime Vets Funds

Medicaid Rebase Funding

Criminal History Checks for School Positions

Disabled Veterans Tax Relief Bill

Defund Planned Parenthood & Cost Transparency

Back the Blue Pay Act

Prevent Sexual Exploitation/Women and Minors

Firearm Law Revisions

Limit Rules With Substantial Financial Costs

The Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act

Reg'l Water Study/IBT Subbasin/TMDL

Various State and Local Gov't Provisions

Perpetual Care of Certain Cemeteries

Continuing Care Retirement Communities Act.-AB

Modernize NC S.A.F.E. Act/2d Mortgage Fee Act

Fostering Care in NC Act