North Carolina Senate

Eddie Settle

RepublicanSenator · District 36

eddie.settle@ncleg.gov

Running for Reelection · November 2026

Election Day: November 3, 2026 · Register to vote at ncsbe.gov

North Carolina Senate

Eddie Settle

RepublicanSenator · District 36

eddie.settle@ncleg.gov

Running for Reelection · November 2026

Election Day: November 3, 2026 · Register to vote at ncsbe.gov

Bills Sponsored

Bills Cosponsored

691

Votes Cast

99%

Party Unity Score

Sponsored Bills (24)

S164Engrossed

Theft of Temporary Housing During Emergency

This bill increases the criminal penalty for stealing from temporary housing (like tents, trailers, or mobile homes) during a declared state of emergency. Theft from temporary housing becomes a Class F felony instead of a Class H felony, while theft of other property during emergencies remains a Class H felony. The bill also allows victims to sue for triple damages plus court costs and attorney fees.

Senate2026-05-12

S986Introduced

Workforce Act of 2026

The Workforce Act of 2026 appropriates approximately $8.85 million to expand North Carolina's workforce development programs, including apprenticeships, industry-recognized credentials, short-term training grants, and career information resources. The bill also funds technology improvements to make it easier for students to transfer credits between colleges and universities.

Senate2026-05-05

S994Introduced

Early Voting Procedures at Fire Stations

This bill requires county boards of elections to implement specific procedures when early voting takes place at fire stations. These procedures include providing traffic control, security, phone support for voters, clear signage, liability protection for fire stations, and ensuring the fire station's normal emergency services are not disrupted.

Senate2026-05-04

S996Introduced

North Carolina-Ireland Trade Commission

This bill creates a seven-member North Carolina-Ireland Trade Commission to encourage bilateral trade, investment, and cultural exchanges between North Carolina and Ireland. The commission will be administratively housed in the Department of Commerce, meet at least twice yearly, and submit annual reports to the General Assembly. The state will appropriate $10,000 in nonrecurring funds to support the commission's administrative operations.

Senate2026-05-04

S845Introduced

Luggage for Children Placed in Foster Care

This bill requires North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services to provide new luggage (suitcases, duffel bags, or backpacks) to children entering or currently in foster care when they are removed from a household. The bill appropriates $142,000 in recurring annual funds and $335,880 in one-time funds starting in fiscal year 2026-2027, and requires annual reporting on luggage distribution and any instances where disposable bags were used instead.

Senate2026-04-28

S50Vetoed

Freedom to Carry NC

This bill allows North Carolina citizens age 18 and older to carry concealed handguns without a permit, while still offering optional permits for reciprocity when traveling to other states. The bill maintains restrictions for people ineligible to possess firearms (such as convicted felons, domestic violence offenders, and those adjudicated mentally ill), increases line-of-duty death benefits for law enforcement families from $100,000 to $150,000, enhances penalties for assaulting emergency and law enforcement personnel, creates new felony charges for felons possessing or discharging firearms during felonies, and establishes a scholarship program for children of permanently disabled or killed law enforcement and first responder officers.

Senate2026-04-06

S579Introduced

Transforming the High School Experience

This bill establishes a High School Redesign Commission to study ways to better prepare students for college and careers, and creates four pilot programs in North Carolina schools using competency-based education (learning measured by skills mastery rather than time spent in class). The bill also funds evaluations of these programs through 2030.

Senate2025-04-30

S485Introduced

Prohibit Geoengineering

This bill prohibits the intentional release of substances into North Carolina's atmosphere to alter temperature, weather, or sunlight intensity through methods like stratospheric aerosol injection, cloud seeding, and electromagnetic radiation. The bill amends state environmental law to make atmospheric modification activities illegal and requires the Environmental Management Commission to create rules to enforce the prohibition.

Senate2025-03-26

S481Introduced

Definitions for Advanced Recycling

This bill adds definitions to North Carolina's environmental law for advanced recycling processes, specifically defining 'mass balance attribution' (a tracking system for recycled materials), 'recycled products' (products made from recyclable materials using this tracking method), and 'third-party certification system' (the international standards used to verify these processes). The bill clarifies that products labeled as recycled through these methods still must follow all air, water, and hazardous waste regulations.

Senate2025-03-26

Cosponsored Bills (37)

S474Passed

Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium

This bill adjusts which counties must delay using updated property values from 2026 reappraisals for tax purposes. For the 2026-2027 tax year, affected counties must use older property values instead of the new ones. The bill also prevents public service company property values from decreasing in these counties during the moratorium period.

Senate2026-07-08

S1041Passed

Public Workforce Modernization Act

This bill replaces North Carolina's current human resources system (Chapter 126) with a new modernized system (Chapter 126A) that applies to state employees in the executive branch, judicial branch, and legislative branch. The new system aims to simplify hiring, compensation, and personnel management by decentralizing some authority to individual agencies while maintaining standards for employee protections, leave benefits, and nondiscrimination policies.

Senate2026-07-07

S227Passed

Eliminating "DEI" in Public Education

This bill prohibits North Carolina public schools from teaching, promoting, or requiring professional development related to what it defines as "divisive concepts" — including ideas that individuals should feel guilt based on race or sex, that meritocracy is inherently racist or sexist, or that character traits should be ascribed to people based on race or sex. Schools must certify annual compliance and cannot maintain offices or employ staff whose primary duties involve promoting these concepts or discriminatory practices.

Senate2026-06-24

S153Passed

North Carolina Border Protection Act

This bill requires North Carolina state law enforcement agencies to cooperate with federal immigration authorities, restricts state-funded benefits and housing assistance to legally authorized residents, verifies immigration status for unemployment benefits, removes liability protections for local governments that adopt sanctuary policies, and prohibits UNC universities from limiting immigration law enforcement on campus.

Senate2026-06-24

S558Passed

Eliminating "DEI" in Public Higher Ed

This bill prohibits North Carolina public universities and community colleges from maintaining diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) offices or programs, requiring employees to affirm certain concepts, or endorsing what the bill defines as 'divisive concepts' related to race and sex. It requires institutions to certify annual compliance and allows instruction on these topics only if the institution makes clear it does not endorse them.

Senate2026-06-24

S280Engrossed

Dominique Moody Act

The Dominique Moody Act makes comprehensive changes to North Carolina's child welfare system to improve child safety. Key provisions include creating a statewide Child Welfare Case Escalation Team to review high-risk cases, requiring photo/video documentation during abuse investigations, establishing a predictive risk modeling program to identify at-risk children, creating a public dashboard showing county-level child safety data, and requiring public disclosure of child fatalities and near-fatalities with prior protective services contact.

Senate2026-06-22

S889Passed

Property Tax Reappraisal Moratorium

This bill delays the use of new property values from 2026 reappraisals in counties with populations over 15,000 for the 2026-2027 tax year, requiring them to use the previous schedule of values instead. Starting in 2027-2028, counties will use the 2026 reappraisal values going forward. The bill also requires county assessors to pay a $20 examination fee to the Department of Revenue.

Senate2026-06-19

S1084Introduced

Reduce Early Voting Period

This bill reduces the early voting period for North Carolina elections from the current period (beginning the third Thursday before an election) to a shorter period (beginning the second Thursday before an election). It also standardizes early voting periods for special elections and municipal elections to 10 consecutive days.

Senate2026-05-22

S1080Passed

Lower Taxes for All NC

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would lower North Carolina's maximum income tax rate from 7% to 3.5%. The amendment would be submitted to voters in the November 2026 election, and if approved, would take effect for tax years beginning January 1, 2027.

Senate2026-05-21

Voting Record (691)

691

Votes Cast

659

Yea

Nay

99%

Participation

Absent
S225SenatePassed
Eddie Buffaloe/Secretary of DPS
2025-03-13
Absent
S261SenatePassed
Energy Security and Affordability Act
2025-03-13
Absent
S225SenatePassed
Eddie Buffaloe/Secretary of DPS
2025-03-13
Absent
S221SenatePassed
Confirm Pam Cashwell/Sec. N & CR
2025-03-13
Absent
S221SenatePassed
Confirm Pam Cashwell/Sec. N & CR
2025-03-13
Yea
S59SenatePassed
Age 21 Hemp-Derived Consumables/Kratom
2025-03-12
Yea
S223SenatePassed
Expand Academic Trans. Pathways/Sophomore HS
2025-03-12
Yea
S227SenatePassed
Eliminating "DEI" in Public Education
2025-03-11
Yea
S77SenatePassed
School Contracted Health Services
2025-03-11
Yea
S58SenatePassed
AG/Restrict Challenge to Presidential EOs
2025-03-11

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Sponsored Bills (24)

Theft of Temporary Housing During Emergency

Workforce Act of 2026

Early Voting Procedures at Fire Stations

North Carolina-Ireland Trade Commission

Luggage for Children Placed in Foster Care

Freedom to Carry NC

Transforming the High School Experience

Prohibit Geoengineering

Definitions for Advanced Recycling

Keeping Our Coaches Act

Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act

Credit Property Insurance Restrictions.-AB

Amend NC PEO Act.-AB

Permitted Trade Practices/Insurance Rebates.-AB

AG/Restrict Challenge to Presidential EOs

Insurance Guaranty Association Act Revisions.-AB

Flags at Every School

Establish NCSTARS Grant Program

State Surplus Property/Third-Party Auctions

Flags at Every School

Removal of Squatters from Private Property

Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons

Maintain NAIC Accreditation of DOI.-AB

36th Senatorial District Local Act-1

Cosponsored Bills (37)

Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium

Public Workforce Modernization Act

Eliminating "DEI" in Public Education

North Carolina Border Protection Act

Eliminating "DEI" in Public Higher Ed

Dominique Moody Act

Property Tax Reappraisal Moratorium

Reduce Early Voting Period

Lower Taxes for All NC

NC Right to Work Amendment

Constitutional Right to Farm

Add Home Schools to Opportunity Scholarships

Lower Healthcare Costs

Community-Based Pharmacy Protections

Funds for Veterans/HBOT

America's Semiquincentennial License Plate

Align Medicaid Eligibility with Federal Law

The Power Bill Reduction Act

SCRIPT Act

State Hiring Accessibility and Modernization

Const Amend - Disaster Relief Emolument Excpt

School Calendar Flexibility:A New Alternative

Repeal Certificate of Need Laws

Board of Motor Vehicles/Authority Study

Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer

Enhancing Ag. Opportunities in Rural NC

IBT Reforms

The Stars and Stripes Commitment Act

Buy American Steel

NC REACH Act

More Transparency/Efficiency in Utiliz. Rev

LEO Special Separation Allowance Options

Veterans Appreciation Act

Govt Mandates Increase Healthcare Costs

Enhance Firefighter Benefits & Representation

Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I

Access to Sports and Extracurriculars for All

Voting Record (691)