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Child Care Omnibus

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

Senate2026-05-05

S956Introduced

Omnibus Life Sciences Appropriations

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

Senate2026-05-04

S949Introduced

Fully Fund School Psychologists & Counselors

This bill appropriates $359.3 million in annual state funding to hire additional school psychologists and counselors in North Carolina public schools. The goal is to achieve statewide ratios of at least one school psychologist per 700 students and one school counselor per 250 students, as called for in the Leandro education funding plan.

Senate2026-05-04

S924Introduced

Reenact the Earned Income Tax Credit

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

Senate2026-04-30

S899Introduced

School Mental Health Support Act

This bill establishes two programs to increase mental health support in North Carolina schools and recruit mental health workers to underserved areas. It appropriates $50 million for school mental health grants to public school units and $50 million for a loan repayment program for mental health professionals working in high-need areas.

Senate2026-04-30

S942Introduced

Reenact EITC

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

Senate2026-04-30

S901Introduced

CFSS Gun Prsnt. for Grade 7 and 9 Students

This bill requires the Center for Safer Schools to develop an interactive presentation about the legal, medical, and emotional consequences of gun possession, gun violence, and gun safety for 7th and 9th grade students in North Carolina public schools. Local school districts must provide this presentation to all students in these grades, with parents given at least 14 days' notice and the option to opt their child out. The bill allocates $900,000 in state funding to support the program.

Senate2026-04-30

S898Introduced

Citizens' Tax Relief Circuit Breaker Mods

This bill appropriates $250,000 to help counties advertise North Carolina's property tax relief programs and modifies the Property Tax Homestead Circuit Breaker program by raising the income eligibility limit to $45,000 (with an additional allowance for married couples) and adjusting it annually for cost-of-living increases.

Senate2026-04-30

S909Introduced

The BUMP Act

The BUMP Act directs the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to provide free, evidence-based educational materials on stillbirth prevention to all pregnant patients and training to prenatal care providers. It also appropriates $600,000 annually to fund these educational programs and launch a statewide 'Count the Kicks' campaign focusing on fetal movement monitoring, with priority given to areas with higher stillbirth rates.

Senate2026-04-30

S868Introduced

Medicaid Innovations Waiver Slot Expansion

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

Senate2026-04-29

S849Introduced

Real Tickets, Real Fans Act

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

Senate2026-04-28

S805Introduced

Increase Oral Health Care Access in NC

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

Senate2026-04-23

S827Introduced

Hate Crimes Prevention Act

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

Senate2026-04-23

S780Introduced

Modernize Medicaid Primary Care Rates

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

Senate2026-04-23

S789Introduced

Homes for Heroes

This bill creates two programs to support public servants in North Carolina. First, it establishes a homebuyers' assistance program through the Housing Finance Agency that provides up to $25,000 in down payment and mortgage insurance assistance to first-time homebuyers who work full-time as teachers, law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, active duty military members, or veterans. Second, it allows volunteer firefighters and rescue squad workers to claim an income tax credit of up to $5,000 for unreimbursed expenses related to their volunteer work.

Senate2026-04-23

S826Introduced

Posting of State Costs

This bill requires state government entities—including state departments, UNC, the court system, and the General Assembly—to publicly report all their expenditures of $1 or more each month on their websites. The bill provides $300,000 in funding to help agencies implement these reporting requirements, with the new transparency system beginning in October 2026.

Senate2026-04-23

S816Introduced

Child. of Wartime Vets Sch'ship Funds & Flex

This bill appropriates $11 million to expand the Children of Wartime Veterans Scholarship program. It provides $1 million for the 2025-2026 academic year to restore reduced scholarship amounts, allocates $10 million in recurring funds starting 2026-2027, and doubles the number of available Class II and Class III scholarships from 100 to 200 recipients per class for 2026-2027.

Senate2026-04-23

S799Introduced

Restore State Emp/Teacher Retiree Med Benefit

This bill restores medical benefits for state employees and teachers who began service on or after January 1, 2021, preventing their elimination under state retirement systems. The bill repeals previous language that would have ended these retiree medical benefits and allocates $2 million in state funding to cover the increased costs of maintaining these benefits.

Senate2026-04-23

S797Introduced

Hands Free NC

Hands Free NC replaces existing distracted driving laws with a comprehensive ban on using wireless communication devices while operating a motor vehicle. Drivers cannot hold devices in their hands, watch videos, or text, with exceptions for emergency calls and certain professionals performing official duties. Violations result in fines ($100-$200) and potential insurance points, with stricter penalties for school bus operators and repeat offenders.

Senate2026-04-22

S804Introduced

Fair Maps Act

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to remove the North Carolina General Assembly and Governor from the redistricting process and establish an independent North Carolina Citizens Redistricting Commission to redraw state legislative and congressional districts after each 10-year census. The commission would be composed of 15 citizens selected through a process designed to ensure partisan and demographic balance, and would follow specific criteria prioritizing equal population representation, constitutional compliance, and community preservation.

Senate2026-04-22

S798Introduced

Elderly Prop. Tax Appreciation Exclusion

This bill creates a new property tax benefit for North Carolina homeowners age 65 and older who have owned and lived in their home for at least five consecutive years. Under this program, eligible seniors can defer paying taxes on the portion of their property tax bill that results from increases in their home's value above the value when they first applied for the benefit, though these deferred taxes become due if the property is sold or no longer used as a primary residence.

Senate2026-04-22

S311Passed

The Law and Order Act

The Law and Order Act makes multiple changes to North Carolina criminal law, including increasing penalties for assaults on utility workers and street racing, creating new offenses for possessing explosives, stealing gift cards, and possessing embalming fluid, enhancing burglary sentences when firearms are involved, and establishing workplace protections against mass picketing. The bill also adds a mitigating factor for impaired driving cases where defendants voluntarily install ignition interlock systems before trial, and shortens the waiting period for misdemeanor expunction from five to three years.

Senate2025-07-09

S124Passed

State Hiring Accessibility and Modernization

This bill modernizes North Carolina's state hiring system by reducing educational barriers to state jobs, streamlining job applications, simplifying job postings, and giving state agencies more flexibility in recruiting, hiring, and compensating employees. It also allows agencies to hire temporary employees permanently and rehire qualified candidates from previous postings without reposting positions.

Senate2025-07-01

S110Introduced

North Carolina Work and Save

This bill creates the North Carolina Work and Save Program, a state-facilitated retirement savings program for small business employees, self-employed individuals, and independent contractors who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. The program uses payroll deduction to help workers save through individual retirement accounts (IRAs), modeled after successful public-private partnership structures like the NC 529 College Savings Program.

Senate2025-05-01

S641Introduced

Reenact Child Tax Credit

This bill reenacts North Carolina's child tax credit, which allows taxpayers to claim a credit on their state income taxes for each dependent child. The credit amounts vary by child's age and family income level, with credits ranging from $1,600 to $1,900 per child for lower-income families, and the credit is refundable, meaning families can receive money back if the credit exceeds their tax liability.

Senate2025-03-26

S707Introduced

25-Year LEO Retirement With Full Benefits

This bill allows law enforcement officers in North Carolina to retire with full, unreduced benefits after completing 25 years of service, rather than having to wait until age 50 or 55. It applies to officers in the state and local government retirement systems, with changes taking effect January 1, 2026.

Senate2025-03-26

S541Introduced

Train Infrastructure Acceleration Act

This bill allocates $7 million in state funding to advance train infrastructure development in North Carolina by providing $1 million to each of seven proposed rail corridors for engineering studies and feasibility assessments. The funds support routes like Asheville to Salisbury, Charlotte to Washington D.C., and Raleigh to Wilmington, with annual reporting requirements to the legislature.

Senate2025-03-26

S555Introduced

Wetlands Protection and Restoration Act

This bill appropriates $15 million to the Department of Environmental Quality to establish a Wetlands Restoration and Protection Fund that supports wetland restoration projects, conservation easements, public education, and enforcement of wetland protection laws. The bill also expands North Carolina's definition of protected wetlands to include "isolated wetlands" that lost federal protection under a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision, bringing them back under state-level protection.

Senate2025-03-26

S537Introduced

APRN Definitions

This bill legally defines the scope of practice for four types of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) in North Carolina: Certified Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, and Clinical Nurse Specialists. It establishes a separate APRN license and removes certain requirements for physician oversight of APRN prescribing and medical decision-making, aligning North Carolina with 36 other states that have expanded APRN practice authority.

Senate2025-03-26

S482Introduced

Don't Tread on Me Act

This bill creates an Individual Freedoms Act that establishes protections against state surveillance, medical privacy requirements, parental authority in education and healthcare, fact-based education standards, and prohibitions on employment/housing discrimination based on political beliefs or medical history. The bill requires that any restrictions on these rights meet a 'compelling state interest' test and use narrowly tailored means.

Senate2025-03-26

S480Introduced

NC Paid Family Leave Insurance Act

This bill creates a new paid family leave insurance program in North Carolina, allowing eligible workers to take up to 12-26 weeks of paid leave per year for reasons including birth/adoption, serious health conditions, caring for family members, and military family situations. The program would be funded through employer payroll contributions starting January 1, 2026, with benefits beginning January 1, 2027, and would replace 90% of wages up to the state average weekly wage and 50% above that amount.

Senate2025-03-26

S529Introduced

Second Chance Success Act

This bill prevents probation terms from being extended solely because someone fails to pay their $40 monthly probation supervision fee. It also removes language requiring the payment of certain criminal justice fees associated with community service and other probation conditions, though the supervision fee itself remains in place.

Senate2025-03-26

S511Introduced

Informational Literacy in Schools

This bill requires North Carolina public schools to teach informational literacy—skills for finding, evaluating, and using information effectively—from kindergarten through grade 12. The State Board of Education must develop age-appropriate standards covering topics like research methods, distinguishing facts from opinions, and evaluating sources, with implementation beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.

Senate2025-03-26

S526Introduced

The Hands Free NC Act

The Hands Free NC Act makes it illegal for drivers to hold a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle on public roads, and prohibits watching videos or texting while driving. Drivers under 18 are completely banned from using wireless devices except for navigation and emergencies. The law creates a tiered penalty system starting at $100 for first violations and includes exceptions for emergency calls and first responders.

Senate2025-03-26

S588Introduced

Pregnant Workers Protection Act

This bill expands workplace protections for pregnant employees in North Carolina by classifying pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions as a physical impairment under state discrimination law. It requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers—such as frequent bathroom breaks, modified schedules, seating, and assistance with heavy labor—unless doing so would create undue hardship for the business. The bill also clarifies that pregnancy discrimination protections apply to state employment and housing discrimination cases.

Senate2025-03-26

S570Introduced

Prohibit the Corporate Practice of Medicine

This bill restricts how physicians can practice medicine in North Carolina by prohibiting shared ownership between medical practices and management services organizations (companies that provide administrative support), and requires that physicians maintain control over medical decisions without interference from non-physicians or outside entities. It limits which types of employers can hire physicians and establishes enforcement mechanisms through the North Carolina Medical Board.

Senate2025-03-26

S607Introduced

Equal Pay Act

This bill prohibits North Carolina employers from paying employees different wages based on gender when they perform comparable work, unless pay differences are based on seniority, merit, production, location, relevant education/training, or travel requirements. It also prohibits employers from asking about job applicants' salary histories, requiring employees to keep wages confidential, or retaliating against employees who discuss pay.

Senate2025-03-26

S622Introduced

Healthy Families & Workplaces/Paid Sick Leave

This bill would require employers in North Carolina to provide employees with paid sick days that accrue at one hour per 30 hours worked, with annual limits of 32 hours for small businesses (10 or fewer employees) and 56 hours for larger employers. Employees could use paid sick time for their own illness, family care, medical appointments, and situations involving domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The law would take effect January 1, 2026.

Senate2025-03-26

S553Introduced

Save More Tatas Act

This bill expands breast cancer screening coverage requirements for health insurance plans in North Carolina by requiring equal cost-sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams compared to screening mammograms, updates patient notification rules about breast density, and appropriates $3.6 million for the state health plan and $1.5 million for training mammography technologists in rural areas.

Senate2025-03-26

S532Introduced

Preserving Competition in Healthcare Act

This bill creates a new state review process for hospital mergers and acquisitions valued at $5 million or more. The State Auditor, Attorney General, and State Treasurer must review proposed transactions, hold public hearings, and can object if they determine the deal would harm healthcare competition, access, affordability, or quality in North Carolina.

Senate2025-03-26

S510Introduced

Menstrual Products Sales Tax Exemption

This bill removes the sales tax from menstrual products including tampons, pads, menstrual cups, and panty liners in North Carolina. The exemption would take effect October 1, 2025, and apply to all future sales of these products.

Senate2025-03-26

S571Introduced

MOMnibus 3.0

MOMnibus 3.0 is a comprehensive maternal health bill that establishes five new programs funded with $20.5 million over two years: grant programs for community organizations serving black women, a required implicit bias training program for perinatal healthcare providers, funding for lactation consultant training at historically black colleges and universities, perinatal education grants for underserved areas, and a mobile maternal health initiative called the Momni-Bus. The bill also establishes patient rights for perinatal care facilities and requires data collection on maternal mortality causes and rates.

Senate2025-03-26

S487Introduced

Require Legislative Sponsors/Appropriations

This bill requires that any appropriation (spending authorization) included in North Carolina's Current Operations Appropriations Act must be sponsored by a state legislator and include that legislator's name in the bill text. Without a named sponsor, the appropriation would not be legally valid.

Senate2025-03-26

S673Introduced

Protect Physicians Voices/Freedom of Movement

This bill protects health care professionals (physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, and registered nurses) by removing certain legal protections for hospitals' non-clinical services, adding whistleblower protections against retaliation for reporting safety concerns, and prohibiting non-compete agreements and restrictive nondisclosure agreements for hospital-employed health care professionals.

Senate2025-03-26

S606Introduced

Language Access & State Holidays Act

This bill expands language access to state services by requiring driver's license materials and traffic signs to be available in 25 languages, mandating school documents be translated into those same languages, and appropriating funds for multilingual health care materials. It also adds six new cultural and religious holidays (Lunar New Year, Greek Independence Day, Eid al-Adha, Eid al-Fitr, Yom Kippur, Diwali, and Rosh Hashanah) as legal public holidays and encourages schools and state agencies to accommodate religious holiday observances.

Senate2025-03-26

S630Introduced

School Mental Health Support Act

This bill appropriates $50 million to create a School Mental Health Grant Program that funds mental health services in public schools, prioritizing schools serving students with limited access to care. It also appropriates $50 million for a Mental Health Worker Loan Repayment Program that provides up to 20% student debt repayment to mental health professionals working in economically disadvantaged areas of North Carolina.

Senate2025-03-26

S638Introduced

Fair Maps Act

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to remove the General Assembly and Governor from redistricting decisions and instead create an independent North Carolina Citizens Redistricting Commission to draw state legislative and congressional district maps after each census. The commission would be composed of 15 citizens selected through a process designed to ensure political balance and diversity, and would follow strict criteria prioritizing equal population, constitutional compliance, contiguous districts, and community preservation.

Senate2025-03-26

S660Introduced

Honoring Sacrifice: NC Veterans Relief Act

This bill provides tax relief to disabled veterans by gradually increasing the home property tax exemption from $45,000 to $500,000 in appraised value, allowing pre-qualification for this benefit, exempting primary vehicles owned by 100% disabled veterans from property tax, and reimbursing local governments for 50% of resulting tax revenue losses. It also establishes a $10 million grant program for veteran housing, infrastructure, and employment initiatives.

Senate2025-03-26

S438Introduced

NC Adopt ERA

This bill would have North Carolina officially ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution, which states that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied based on sex. The bill asserts that the ERA already became the 28th Amendment when Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it in 2020, and North Carolina's ratification would affirm this status.

Senate2025-03-25

S413Introduced

Right to Use Contraception

This bill adds a new law to North Carolina's General Statutes declaring that individuals have the right to use contraception to prevent pregnancy and that the state has no legitimate governmental interest in limiting access to contraception. The law becomes effective immediately upon passage.

Senate2025-03-25

S456Introduced

Healthy Start NC

Healthy Start NC creates a program providing cash assistance to expecting mothers and new parents to help cover prenatal and infant care costs, funded by approximately $308 million annually from federal TANF funds and state General Fund appropriations. The bill offsets these costs by gradually reducing the corporate income tax rate from 2.25% to 0% over several years, with the rate dropping to 2% in 2026, 1% in 2028, and 0% after 2029.

Senate2025-03-25

S464Introduced

Inmate Medicaid Suspension/Team-Based Care

This bill requires North Carolina to develop a team-based Medicaid service for substance use disorder treatment that includes screening, medication, recovery support, and case management. It also changes policy so that incarcerated individuals have their Medicaid suspended rather than terminated, allowing them to quickly restart coverage upon release.

Senate2025-03-25

S457Introduced

Automatic Voter Registration

This bill establishes automatic voter registration at NC Division of Motor Vehicles offices (starting January 1, 2026), public agencies, community colleges, and UNC system universities (starting January 1, 2027). Eligible citizens would be automatically registered to vote unless they actively decline, and the State Board of Elections must conduct an outreach campaign about these new procedures.

Senate2025-03-25

S392Introduced

Safeguard Fair Elections

This bill creates new criminal penalties for voter intimidation and threats against election officials, requires election certifications to be based on factual evidence, establishes standards for post-election audits, strengthens observer rights at polling places, protects election officials' personal information, and appropriates $2.25 million for election security training and threat monitoring.

Senate2025-03-25

S412Introduced

Childcare Subsidy Rate Increase & West Pilot

This bill increases child care subsidy payment rates to the 75th percentile starting July 1, 2025, and allocates $123.5 million annually for two years to fund these increases. It also creates an $8 million pilot program in western North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Helene to help build new child care capacity through recruitment and mentoring of new providers.

Senate2025-03-25

S398Introduced

Prohibit Weapons at Voting Place

This bill makes it illegal for people to carry or possess dangerous weapons at voting locations, within 100 feet of voting place entrances, or while waiting in line to vote. Violations would be charged as a Class 1 misdemeanor, with an exception for law enforcement officers performing their duties. The law would take effect December 1, 2025.

Senate2025-03-25

S393Introduced

Betting and Addiction in Pers. Finance Course

This bill requires North Carolina schools to include instruction on the costs of gambling, including sports betting and gambling addiction, as part of mandatory personal financial literacy courses for all students. The instruction would begin in the 2025-2026 school year.

Senate2025-03-25

S430Introduced

Revise Child Passenger Restraint System Law

This bill revises North Carolina's child passenger restraint law to require children under 8 years old and under 57 inches tall to use appropriate car seats based on their height and weight, following manufacturer instructions. It specifies that children should start in rear-facing seats as newborns and transition to forward-facing seats according to the car seat's requirements, with rear-seat placement required except in specific circumstances like vehicles without rear seats or without front airbags.

Senate2025-03-25

S409Introduced

Ban Ghost Guns & Undetectable Firearms

This bill would make it illegal for most people in North Carolina to manufacture, sell, give away, transfer, use, or possess ghost guns (firearms without serial numbers) or undetectable firearms (guns that don't show up on metal detectors or are made entirely of plastic/3D-printed materials). Licensed federal firearm manufacturers would be exempt from this prohibition. Violations would be charged as Class I felonies.

Senate2025-03-25

S386Introduced

Whiz Kids/Slow Pokes Voter Registration

This bill makes two main changes to North Carolina voting law: it allows eligible voters to register and vote on election day (or during early voting) by providing photo ID and proof of residence, and it establishes a preregistration program for 16- and 17-year-olds who will be eligible to vote by the next election.

Senate2025-03-25

S440Introduced

2025 Governor's Budget

This is North Carolina's biennial budget bill appropriating funds for state government operations from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027. It allocates approximately $34 billion in general funds annually, establishes funding for education, healthcare, transportation, corrections, and social services, and includes tax policy changes such as maintaining tax rates and creating new tax credits for working families and school supplies.

Senate2025-03-25

S406Introduced

Allow ERPOs to Prevent Suicides & Save Lives

This bill creates Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs), which allow courts to temporarily remove firearms from people deemed to pose an imminent danger to themselves or others. Family members, law enforcement, health care providers, and others can petition district courts for these orders, which can last up to one year and be renewed. The bill also requires courts to order seizure of firearms from people who fail to surrender them after domestic violence protective orders.

Senate2025-03-25

S360Introduced

Healthy Students - A Nurse in Every School

This bill requires every public school in North Carolina to have at least one full-time, permanent school nurse starting in the 2025-2026 school year. The bill applies to traditional public schools, charter schools, regional schools, and laboratory schools, and appropriates $95 million in state funding to help schools meet this requirement.

Senate2025-03-24

S366Introduced

Increase Medicaid PCS and PDN Rates

This bill increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for two types of in-home health services: personal care services (to $7.50 per 15-minute increment) and private duty nursing services (to $16.25 per 15-minute increment). The bill appropriates approximately $139 million in state funds over two years, which will also unlock approximately $254 million in federal matching funds, with these rate increases taking effect July 1, 2025.

Senate2025-03-24

S358Introduced

Hate Crimes Prevention Act

This bill expands North Carolina's hate crimes laws by broadening the characteristics that qualify a crime as a hate crime (adding gender identity, gender expression, and disability to existing protections), increasing criminal penalties for hate crimes, creating a state database to track hate crime statistics, and requiring law enforcement and prosecutors to receive training on identifying and prosecuting hate crimes.

Senate2025-03-24

S362Introduced

Strengthen Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

This bill appropriates $1 million per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal years to strengthen North Carolina's Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. The funding supports nine new Regional Ombudsman positions in Area Agencies on Aging, operational expenses, and directs a study on statutory changes needed to improve the program and its volunteer system.

Senate2025-03-24

S384Introduced

2025 Safe Drinking Water Act

This bill requires North Carolina's Commission for Public Health to establish maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for harmful chemicals in drinking water by October 15, 2025. The bill specifically mandates MCLs for PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, hexavalent chromium, and 1,4-Dioxane, and requires annual reviews to update standards based on the latest science.

Senate2025-03-24

S351Introduced

Right to Start Act

This bill allows new corporations, S corporations, and business entities (like LLCs and partnerships) that are less than five years old and have net income under $5,000 to defer their state income taxes for one year. It also encourages state agencies to hire in-state contractors less than five years old and requires the Department of Administration to track and report data on contracts awarded to these newer contractors.

Senate2025-03-20

S353Introduced

The Second Chance Coding Act

This bill requires North Carolina's Division of Juvenile Justice to create a program teaching coding, programming, and computer skills to incarcerated youth in youth development centers. The program would include specialized courses, industry certifications, mentorship, internships, and job placement assistance, with $250,000 in funding and implementation required by January 1, 2026.

Senate2025-03-20

S352Introduced

Community Health Center Grants for LARCs

This bill appropriates $2.5 million per year for fiscal years 2025-2027 to the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to nonprofit community health centers. These centers would use the funds to purchase and distribute long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) to uninsured and low-income patients.

Senate2025-03-20

S324Introduced

2025 Safe Drinking Water Act

This bill requires North Carolina's Commission for Public Health to establish maximum contaminant levels (safety limits) for harmful chemicals in drinking water, including PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, hexavalent chromium, and 1,4-dioxane. The Commission must complete initial rulemaking by October 15, 2025, and annually review new scientific evidence to update these safety standards.

Senate2025-03-19

S297Introduced

Nursing Fellows & Curric. Support Funds/WSSU

This bill creates the Nursing Fellows Program at Winston-Salem State University to provide forgivable loans to nursing students pursuing Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degrees in Nursing Education. The loans can be forgiven if graduates work as nurses or nursing instructors in North Carolina, with $1.4 million in initial funding plus $100,000 for curriculum support services.

Senate2025-03-18

S320Introduced

LEO Special Separation Allowance Options

This bill creates a second calculation option for the special separation allowance (a monthly payment) that state and local law enforcement officers receive when they retire after 30 years of service. Officers who qualify would be able to choose between two different formulas for calculating their allowance amount, with the choice being permanent and made before their first payment.

Senate2025-03-18

S281Introduced

Essential Relief for Child Care Act

This bill appropriates $50 million in state funds to continue child care stabilization grants through the end of the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The grants help compensate child care providers and are intended to prevent facility closures and support families and employers relying on child care services.

Senate2025-03-17

S259Introduced

School Psychologist Omnibus

This bill increases pay for school psychologists, creates grant and internship programs to recruit and train more of them, funds university training programs, and establishes an interstate compact allowing school psychologists licensed in one state to practice in other member states more easily.

Senate2025-03-11

S247Introduced

Redirect Crisis Pregnancy Center Funds

This bill redirects $6.25 million annually from state funding for crisis pregnancy centers to evidence-based maternal and infant health programs. It also requires the State Auditor to audit Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship and establishes detailed reporting requirements for crisis pregnancy centers that receive state funds, including information about services offered, staffing qualifications, and client demographics.

Senate2025-03-06

S211Introduced

Reenact the Earned Income Tax Credit

This bill restores North Carolina's Earned Income Tax Credit, which expired in 2014. The credit would allow eligible workers who claim the federal Earned Income Tax Credit to receive a state tax credit equal to 5% of their federal credit amount, and any credit exceeding their state tax liability would be refunded to them.

Senate2025-03-03

S198Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Multiple Counties

This bill restores the authority of local governments in Chatham, Durham, and Wake Counties to initiate down-zoning (reducing the density or permitted uses of land) without requiring written consent from all affected property owners. The change applies retroactively to December 11, 2024, and reverses a restriction imposed by a 2024 law.

Senate2025-03-03

S199Introduced

Home Ownership Market Manipulation

This bill prohibits business entities (including corporations, LLCs, and partnerships) from purchasing single-family homes for rental purposes in North Carolina counties with populations over 150,000 if that entity and its affiliates already own 100 or more single-family rental homes. The Attorney General, county commissioners, and affected individuals can enforce the law through civil actions with penalties up to $100 per day per home, plus potential damages and attorney fees.

Senate2025-03-03

S212Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Granville & Wake

This bill restores the ability of local governments in Granville and Wake Counties to initiate down-zoning (reducing allowed development density or permitted uses) without needing written consent from all affected property owners. It reverses a restriction imposed by a 2024 state law and applies retroactively to December 11, 2024.

Senate2025-03-03

S154Introduced

NC CROWN Act

The NC CROWN Act prohibits employers in North Carolina from discriminating against employees or job applicants based on natural hairstyles and hair characteristics associated with race, such as braids, locks, twists, and bantu knots. The bill expands the definition of race-based discrimination to explicitly include hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles as protected characteristics under state employment law.

Senate2025-02-25

Lisa Grafstein

Lisa Grafstein

Sponsored Bills (83)

No Budget, No Pay Act

Power Bill Protection/Large Load Tariff

Fix Republican Failures on Public Safety Act

Utility Profit Oversight Act

Lower Healthcare Costs

Reduce Healthcare Costs & Protect Patients

Community Scale Weatherization + Health

NC Airport Security Continuity

Modernized Children with Disabilities Funding

Investing in North Carolina Act

Budget Requirement for Tax Triggers

Public Employees Deserve A Voice Act

Keep Families Fed Act

Save SNAP Act

Community Emergency Response Training

Surveillance Pricing Ban

Garner/Town Manager Auth. Settle Claims

25-Year Retirement for First Responders

Lasting Economic and Academic Prosperity Act

School Psychologist Omnibus

Investing in North Carolina Act

The North Carolina Survivors' Act

The Children First Act

The Women's Care Act

Keeping Kids and Parents Together Act

Cosmetic Art Deregulation

Working Families Act

NC Highway Patrol Retention Act

Lic. Mental Health Reciprocity/Recognition

Kayla's Act: Protecting Dom. Violence Victims

The Protect Our Schools Act

Domestic Violence Divorce Reform Act

Foundation Act: Building NC's Housing Future

Homes for Heroes

Allow Consecutive Remote License Renewals

The Prison Resources Repurposing Act

Guarding Freedoms & Public Safety Act

Ensure Same-Sex Domestic Violence Prot. Order

Community Safety Act

Main Street Resilience Act

Remove Employment Barriers/Ppl w Disabilities

Enact KinCare & Safe Days

Home Ownership Market Manipulation

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Program

End Child Marriage

Reliable Water & Sewer Infrastructure Act

Homebuyer Fairness & Protection Act

Constitutional Repeal of Art. XIV Sec. 6

Protect Whistleblower LEOs from Retaliation

Alternative Additional Registration Fee

Prohibit Defense Based on Sex or Gender

School Workers Fair Pay Act

Restore Educator Longevity

Age with Dignity Act (Caregiver Tax Credit)

Restore Master's Pay for Teachers & ISP

Middle Class Momentum Act

Ensure Continuity of Care in Tailored Plans

Expand Workforce Housing

Stop Chronically Low-Performing Charters

Mental Health Protection Act

Equality for All

Right to IVF

Community Emergency Response Training

LME/MCO Transparency and Accountability

Create Dept. of Housing and Comm. Development

Economic Security Act

Repeal Service Tax

Reenact EITC

Clubhouse Expansion

Budgeting Accountability and Transparency

Repeal Crime Against Nature Law

Deregulate Small Boarding Kennels

NC AHEC Recruitment & Retention Funds

Create 13,000 Jobs Serving People With I/DD

Increase Funding for Mobile Crisis Units

Make Corporations Pay What They Owe

Raise DSP Pay to $25 Per Hour