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The Seatbelt Act

The Seatbelt Act makes several changes to North Carolina's traffic and impaired driving laws. It requires repeat speeding violators to install Intelligent Speed Assistance systems in their vehicles, lowers the alcohol concentration threshold for certain ignition interlock requirements from 0.15 to 0.08, and expands school zone traffic cameras to enforce not just speed limits but also seat belt and texting violations.

House2026-06-09

H1124Introduced

Interstate Compact for School Psychologists

This bill adopts an interstate compact that allows school psychologists licensed in one state to practice in other participating states without repeating all licensure requirements. The bill also appropriates $1 million to East Carolina University for a virtual school psychology training program.

House2026-06-02

H1042Engrossed

Affordable Housing Exemption Mods

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

House2026-05-22

H1089Passed

Const. Amend. Property Tax Levy Limit

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

House2026-05-21

H1110Introduced

Early Intervention School Attendance Pilot

This bill establishes a two-year pilot program in one North Carolina school district to test a data-driven attendance monitoring and intervention system designed to reduce chronic absenteeism. The Department of Public Instruction will select a vendor and school district to implement the system, which includes real-time attendance tracking, automated family communication, and intervention protocols, with $75,000 in state funding allocated for the 2026-2027 school year.

House2026-05-19

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

H1192Introduced

Energy and Housing Affordability Act

This bill makes three main changes: (1) it modifies how electric utilities recover fuel costs by requiring them to share 80% of fuel cost increases with customers while absorbing 20% of increases themselves, and share 20% of fuel cost savings with shareholders while crediting 80% to customers; (2) it creates a voluntary "Bring Your Own Generation" program allowing large businesses to install their own power generation on-site, connect it to the grid, and potentially sell excess power back; and (3) it appropriates $35 million to the Workforce Housing Loan Program.

House2026-05-07

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

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

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

H125Passed

Continuing Budget Operations

This law continues North Carolina state government operations for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium by appropriating funds for various state agencies and programs. It makes budget adjustments across education, health and human services, economic development, transportation, and other state functions. The bill also addresses disaster recovery funding following Hurricane Helene, adjusts employee compensation and benefits, and establishes new initiatives in broadband access and government efficiency.

House2025-08-06

H837Introduced

Study Alternative Methods for Highway Funding

This bill directs the North Carolina General Assembly to hire a consultant to study alternative ways to fund highway construction and maintenance, potentially replacing or supplementing the current gas tax system. The study will examine fees on electric and hybrid vehicles, vehicle miles traveled (VMT) fees, and a flat annual highway access fee for non-diesel vehicles, with findings due by May 1, 2026. The study will cost $125,000 from the Highway Fund.

House2025-07-03

H412Passed

Child Care Regulatory Reforms

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

House2025-07-01

H173Passed

Various Local Provisions III

This bill makes several changes to North Carolina local government laws. It temporarily freezes municipal extraterritorial jurisdiction expansion in Wake County through 2028, removes a specific property from Asheville's city limits, restricts commercial development moratoria in Taylortown to a single 60-day period, extends airport lease terms from 10 to 40 years for Asheboro and RDU airports, adjusts the county boundary between Catawba and Lincoln Counties, and addresses related administrative matters.

House2025-06-30

H309Passed

Various Local Provisions VI

This bill makes various local changes to North Carolina law, including establishing a new rural development authority for Transylvania County, updating municipal charters and procedures for several towns, allowing county law enforcement cooperation across state lines, and changing board of education elections in five counties from nonpartisan to partisan elections.

House2025-06-30

H14Introduced

Gambling Loss Tax Deduct, NC Sound Money Act

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

House2025-06-25

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

H352Engrossed

Bid Reqs/Permitting/Inundation Maps/CAMA

This bill makes several changes to North Carolina environmental and construction permitting processes. It allows water and sewage system construction contracts to be awarded with just two competitive bids (instead of more), limits agencies from repeatedly requesting additional information during permit reviews, clarifies that certain dam inundation maps must be disclosed to the public, excludes man-made ditches from coastal area regulations, and creates a new fast-track permitting process for upland basin marinas (boat storage facilities built by excavating above the waterline).

House2025-06-25

H811Engrossed

CC Firearm Safety Instruction 18 and Older

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

House2025-06-16

H854Engrossed

Require Licensure of Educational Interpreters

This bill removes the current exemption that allows educational interpreters and transliterators working in schools to operate without a state license. Beginning October 1, 2026, educational interpreters and transliterators will be required to meet the same licensing standards as other professional interpreters and transliterators in North Carolina, including national certifications or assessments in their field.

House2025-05-08

H364Engrossed

STIP Grant Anticipation Notes

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

House2025-05-07

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

H896Engrossed

Jesse's Law

This bill creates a study committee to examine whether North Carolina should require specialized training on domestic violence and child abuse for judges, guardians ad litem, mediators, and other court professionals involved in child custody cases. The committee will study training content, duration, providers, costs, and implementation models, then report findings to the General Assembly by June 30, 2026.

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

H581Introduced

Career Pathways Transparency Act

This bill creates a 'Know Before You Go' program that provides North Carolina high school sophomores with transparent data about college and career options, including job demand, salary information, graduation rates, and student debt outcomes. It requires state agencies to collect and share this information through a website and local school programs, with $500,000 in grants to help schools implement the initiative.

House2025-05-06

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

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

H912Introduced

The Hometown Opp. for Mentoring Educators Act

This bill creates the Hometown Teacher Grant Program, which provides $500 monthly salary supplements to teachers who grew up and attended school in their current school district and agree to continue teaching there. The state would allocate $10 million per year to support this program through local school districts.

House2025-04-16

H877Introduced

Childcare Pilot

This bill establishes a pilot program to create an affordable childcare facility through a public-private partnership. The state would provide land and a building shell on state or university property, while a private operator would run the facility and charge rates at least 25% below market rates. The state would invest $5 million to support the project.

House2025-04-10

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

H800Introduced

Review Effectiveness & Delivery of Child Care

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

House2025-04-08

H189Engrossed

Red Light Camera Delay Interval

This bill clarifies the rules for red light cameras in North Carolina by defining when a violation occurs and requiring that yellow light intervals and red clearance intervals at intersections with cameras meet or exceed the durations specified in the engineer-approved traffic signal plan and comply with national uniform traffic control standards.

House2025-04-03

H672Introduced

Physician Assist. Omnibus/Team-based/Compact

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

House2025-04-03

H15Engrossed

Support Private Property Rights

This bill clarifies that including real property on a comprehensive transportation plan that is not financially constrained does not require disclosure to buyers or sellers in real estate transactions, nor is it considered a material fact. However, parties still cannot knowingly make false statements about whether a property is included on such a plan.

House2025-04-03

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

H611Introduced

Increase APs in Public Schools

This bill appropriates state funds to increase the number of assistant principals in North Carolina public schools. Local school districts must hire more assistant principals each year, with the state providing $23.6 million in the 2025-2026 school year and $57.6 million annually from 2026-2027 onward to support this expansion.

House2025-04-01

H588Introduced

School Psychologist Omnibus

This bill aims to increase the number and quality of school psychologists in North Carolina through six main parts: providing salary supplements to school psychologists, establishing a grant program for schools to recruit psychologists, creating an internship program with stipends, funding virtual training programs, increasing university training program funding, and joining an interstate compact to allow school psychologists to practice across state lines.

House2025-04-01

H542Introduced

Child Care Mental & Behavioral Services/Funds

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

House2025-03-27

H523Introduced

School Social Workers/Master's Pay

This bill changes pay eligibility rules for school social workers in North Carolina. Currently, only school social workers with master's degrees (or higher) can receive education-based salary supplements. The bill removes the master's degree requirement, allowing all certified school social workers to qualify for these supplements. It allocates $500,000 in state funding to cover the cost beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-03-27

H488Introduced

Modify School Performance Grades

This bill changes how North Carolina assigns school performance grades by requiring all schools to receive two separate letter grades: one for school achievement (how well students perform) and one for school growth (how much students improve). Previously, schools received a single overall performance grade combining both measures. The bill also requires these separate achievement and growth grades to be prominently displayed on school report cards.

House2025-03-25

H465Introduced

Waive Renewal Fee/Military Drivers Licenses

This bill waives the renewal fee for North Carolina driver's licenses for people with an active duty military designation or a veteran military designation. The waiver would apply to license renewals on or after July 1, 2025.

House2025-03-20

H124Engrossed

Adopt Official State Cookie

This bill designates the Moravian cookie as North Carolina's official state cookie. Moravian cookies are thin spice cookies made with molasses, allspice, and ginger that have been produced in Winston-Salem since the 1950s and have historical roots in the Moravian settlers who founded Salem in 1766.

House2025-03-19

H418Introduced

K-5 Performing and Visual Arts Requirement

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

House2025-03-18

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

H151Introduced

SchCalFlex/Wake/CC

This bill allows Wake County Schools to align their school calendar with the calendar of local community colleges that serve the county. It modifies state law to give Wake County Schools this specific flexibility, effective starting with the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-02-21

H76Introduced

Protect Access to In Vitro Fertilization

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

House2025-02-11

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

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Sponsored Bills (53)

2026 Budget Technical Corrections

Garner Town Mgr./Settle Claims

Honor 2026 Carolina Hurricanes Team

The Seatbelt Act

Interstate Compact for School Psychologists

Affordable Housing Exemption Mods

Const. Amend. Property Tax Levy Limit

Early Intervention School Attendance Pilot

Prescription Drug Expenses Tax Deduction

Child Care Initiative Funds/Reform/Study

Energy and Housing Affordability Act

Workforce Act of 2026

Repeal Two Percent Local Grocery Tax

PESA Class Aides & Child. Wartime Vets Funds

Defund Planned Parenthood & Cost Transparency

Continuing Budget Operations

Study Alternative Methods for Highway Funding

Child Care Regulatory Reforms

Various Local Provisions III

Various Local Provisions VI

Gambling Loss Tax Deduct, NC Sound Money Act

Modify Homestead Exclusions

Bid Reqs/Permitting/Inundation Maps/CAMA

CC Firearm Safety Instruction 18 and Older

Require Licensure of Educational Interpreters

STIP Grant Anticipation Notes

Sam's Law

Jesse's Law

Dis. Veteran Homestead Excl. Prequalification

Career Pathways Transparency Act

Increase Access for Small Employers/Insurance

Study on Year-Round School

The Hometown Opp. for Mentoring Educators Act

Childcare Pilot

Study Highway Patrol Staffing/Salary Scale

Review Effectiveness & Delivery of Child Care

Red Light Camera Delay Interval

Physician Assist. Omnibus/Team-based/Compact

Support Private Property Rights

Funds for PTSD Treatment for Police Officers

Increase APs in Public Schools

School Psychologist Omnibus

Child Care Mental & Behavioral Services/Funds

School Social Workers/Master's Pay

Modify School Performance Grades

Waive Renewal Fee/Military Drivers Licenses

Adopt Official State Cookie

K-5 Performing and Visual Arts Requirement

Gabe Torres Act

No Tax on Tips, Overtime, Bonus Pay

SchCalFlex/Wake/CC

Protect Access to In Vitro Fertilization

Make Healthcare Affordable

Cosponsored Bills (12)

NC Farmland and Military Protection Act

Disabled Veterans Tax Relief Bill

Continuing Budget Operations Part III

Limit Rules With Substantial Financial Costs

Healthcare Workforce Reforms

Medical Board Licensing Efficiency Act

Application for a Convention of the States

Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer Laws

Power Infrastructure Resiliency & Eff.(PIRE)

The Stars and Stripes Commitment Act

Establish Military Appreciation Month

Disabled Veteran Motor Vehicle Tax Exclusion

Voting Record (802)