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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

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

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

S1082Engrossed

NC Right to Work Amendment

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would protect workers' rights to employment without being required to join or pay dues to labor unions. If approved by voters in November 2026, it would establish as state policy that employment cannot be denied based on union membership or non-membership.

Senate2026-05-20

S1081Introduced

Constitutional Right to Farm

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would add a new section to the North Carolina Constitution explicitly protecting the right of people to engage in farming and forestry activities, including crop cultivation, livestock raising, dairy and apiary production, and timber harvesting. The amendment would be subject to voter approval in the November 2026 general election.

Senate2026-05-18

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

S316Engrossed

Lower Healthcare Costs

This bill increases healthcare price transparency and protects consumers from unexpected medical bills by requiring hospitals to publicly disclose pricing for common procedures, mandating advance notice of out-of-network providers, limiting facility fees, and establishing good-faith cost estimates for scheduled procedures. It also strengthens insurance appeals processes and removes requirements for certificate-of-need approval for rehabilitation facilities.

Senate2026-05-06

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

S1065Introduced

Moratorium on New Coastal Fishing Regulations

This bill establishes a 10-year moratorium (through January 1, 2037) on new or expanded fishing regulations in North Carolina's coastal waters, including restrictions on bag limits, seasons, gear, and reporting requirements. It restores recreational fishing rules to 2019 standards and creates a legislative commission to review seafood and aquaculture issues, with exceptions only for federal compliance and genuine emergencies.

Senate2026-05-04

S851Introduced

America's Semiquincentennial License Plate

This bill authorizes North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles to create and issue a special license plate commemorating America's 250th anniversary (semiquincentennial), featuring the phrase 'America 250' and related imagery. Vehicle owners would be able to voluntarily purchase this plate if they choose to.

Senate2026-04-29

S861Introduced

Cut State Gov. Jobs Vacant 24 Months or More

This bill requires the state to eliminate job positions that have remained unfilled for 24 months or longer, effective July 1, 2026. The money saved from eliminating these positions will be held in a budget reserve for future legislative appropriation, with certain exceptions for positions held by court order, federally funded, or deemed critical for emergency response.

Senate2026-04-29

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

S800Introduced

Zero-Based Budgeting

This bill requires North Carolina state agencies to use zero-based budgeting on a rotating schedule, starting in 2026. Under zero-based budgeting, agencies must justify all spending from scratch rather than basing budgets on previous year amounts, and must document the purpose, cost, and effectiveness of each activity.

Senate2026-04-23

S815Introduced

Const. Amend./Permitless Carry

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would allow North Carolina citizens to carry firearms openly or concealed without a permit, provided they have not been convicted of violent crimes or certain drug felonies and have not been adjudicated mentally incompetent. The amendment would be submitted to voters in November 2026, and if approved, would replace current state law that prohibits concealed carry without a permit while maintaining an optional permit system for interstate reciprocity.

Senate2026-04-22

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

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

S378Engrossed

Align Medicaid Eligibility with Federal Law

This bill directs North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services to terminate Medicaid contracts with Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its associated entities, and to arrange for other Medicaid providers to deliver services that Planned Parenthood currently provides.

Senate2025-10-23

S55Passed

Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons

This bill creates an expedited court process for property owners to remove people occupying residential property without legal authorization, such as unpaid squatters. The process requires a court hearing within 48 hours of filing, and if the property owner wins, the unauthorized person must vacate within 4 hours of the court order.

Senate2025-08-06

S266Passed

The Power Bill Reduction Act

This bill modifies North Carolina's electric utility regulations by removing an interim carbon reduction deadline (keeping only the 2050 goal), creating a new financing mechanism for large power plant construction costs, adjusting how fuel costs are recovered, updating performance-based rate regulation rules, and codifying securitization authority for retiring coal plants.

Senate2025-07-29

S479Passed

SCRIPT Act

The SCRIPT Act is comprehensive pharmacy legislation with multiple parts that regulate pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs), require transparency in drug pricing and rebates, establish pharmacy of choice protections, create licensing requirements for pharmacy service organizations, strengthen pharmacy audit protections, and require consumers receive benefits from prescription drug rebates. The law takes effect gradually between October 2025 and January 2027.

Senate2025-07-09

S118Passed

Military and Veteran Support Act

This bill makes multiple changes to support military service members and veterans in North Carolina, including reducing concealed handgun permit fees for honorably discharged veterans, allowing military families more time to provide proof of residency for school enrollment, prohibiting universities from discriminating against applicants based on military service, providing in-state tuition to qualifying veterans, regulating compensation for veterans' benefits services, allowing remote driver's license renewals for active duty military stationed out-of-state, adjusting scholarship awards for children of wartime veterans, and authorizing sheriffs to send concealed handgun permit expiration notices by email.

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

S639Engrossed

North Carolina Farm Act of 2025

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina agricultural laws, including updating water protection plans, creating a feral swine control working group, allowing denial of special use permits that harm agricultural production, repealing a violation points system for swine farms, modifying composting rules, allowing school absences for agricultural events, increasing penalties for crop theft and aquaculture violations, and making various technical updates to pesticide registration, public weighmaster licensing, and propane assessments.

Senate2025-06-18

S554Engrossed

Farmers Protection Act

This bill prohibits banks, savings and loans, savings banks, and credit unions from denying or canceling services to farmers based on their greenhouse gas emissions, use of fossil-fuel fertilizers, or use of fossil-fuel powered machinery. The state Commissioner would enforce this rule during regular bank examinations.

Senate2025-05-08

S513Introduced

Modify Rqmts. for Wind Energy Facilities

This bill requires wind energy facilities to install light-mitigating technology systems (such as aircraft detection lighting) approved by the Federal Aviation Administration and expands public notice requirements by requiring notifications to property owners within 1 mile and counties/municipalities within 20 miles of proposed facilities.

Senate2025-05-07

S754Engrossed

School Calendar Flexibility:A New Alternative

This bill provides North Carolina local school boards with flexibility in setting school start and end dates while establishing enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance. It allows boards to choose between two calendar options (starting no earlier than August 26 or August 19) and creates reporting requirements, state oversight procedures, and allows private citizens to sue school boards for calendar violations.

Senate2025-05-05

S190Engrossed

Physician Assistant Licensure Compact

This bill establishes a Physician Assistant Licensure Compact that allows PAs with unrestricted licenses in participating states to practice in other participating states through a 'Compact Privilege' without obtaining separate state licenses. The compact creates a national commission to coordinate PA licensure, maintain a shared data system for tracking licensing actions, and set uniform standards while allowing states to maintain their own scope-of-practice rules.

Senate2025-04-28

S370Engrossed

Repeal Certificate of Need Laws

This bill repeals North Carolina's Certificate of Need (CON) laws, which currently require healthcare facilities to obtain state approval before making major purchases, expansions, or opening new services. The bill removes the requirement that healthcare providers get government permission for significant capital expenditures and facility changes, while making technical updates to state law to remove references to the repealed CON system.

Senate2025-04-28

S63Introduced

Board of Motor Vehicles/Authority Study

This bill creates a 9-member Board of Motor Vehicles to appoint and oversee the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, replacing the current system where the Secretary of Transportation directly appoints the Commissioner. It also directs the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of creating an independent Motor Vehicle Authority to potentially replace the Division of Motor Vehicles entirely, with findings due by January 1, 2026.

Senate2025-04-07

S361Introduced

Protecting First Responders Act

This bill increases criminal penalties for assaulting emergency responders, creates new felony charges for intentionally exposing first responders to fentanyl or harmful chemicals, and appropriates $10.35 million in grants for bulletproof vests and backpack plates for paramedics and EMTs.

Senate2025-04-01

S97Introduced

Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer

This bill adds stomach cancer to the list of cancers presumed to be occupationally related to firefighting under North Carolina's Public Safety Employees' Death Benefits Act. When a firefighter dies from stomach cancer, their death will be legally presumed to have occurred in the line of duty, making their family eligible for death benefits. The bill allocates $500,000 annually for the 2025-2027 fiscal period to cover these benefits.

Senate2025-04-01

S478Introduced

Enhancing Ag. Opportunities in Rural NC

This bill allows banks to deduct interest, fees, and penalties they receive from agricultural loans from their state income taxes. The deduction applies to loans that are secured by agricultural land, beginning in 2025.

Senate2025-03-26

S734Introduced

Clarifying Estuarine Waters AEC Under CAMA

This bill clarifies that man-made ditches—including artificial ponds, culverts, canals, swales, storm channels, and roadside ditches—are not regulated as estuarine waters or areas of environmental concern under North Carolina's Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA). The changes apply this exclusion to the state's definitions of estuarine waters, tidal areas, and marshland for regulatory purposes.

Senate2025-03-26

S548Introduced

Protect Whistleblower LEOs from Retaliation

This bill requires law enforcement officers to intervene when they observe another officer using excessive force (if safe to do so) and to report suspected unauthorized use of force to a supervisor within 72 hours. It also protects officers who make these reports from retaliation, termination, or discipline by their employer for having made the report, while allowing agencies to still discipline officers for unrelated prior misconduct.

Senate2025-03-26

S540Introduced

Increase Small County Funding

This bill increases funding for North Carolina's Small County School System Supplemental Allotment by raising the dollar amounts that eligible small county school districts receive based on their student enrollment (ADM). The bill appropriates $20,961,180 in recurring state funds to support these increased payments, effective July 1, 2025.

Senate2025-03-26

S614Introduced

Revise Dam Safety Requirements

This bill clarifies North Carolina's dam safety requirements by specifying that downstream inundation maps (which show areas that would be affected if a dam failed) do not need to be prepared by a licensed professional engineer, except for dams associated with coal combustion residuals. The bill also exempts very small dams (less than 15 feet high or with less than 50 acre-feet capacity) from needing inundation maps unless the Department determines site-specific factors warrant one.

Senate2025-03-26

S516Introduced

Women's Safety and Protection Act

This bill defines biological sex and gender terms in state law and creates the Women's Safety and Protection Act, which requires that bathrooms, changing facilities, and sleeping quarters in certain facilities (prisons, detention centers, schools, domestic violence centers, and rape crisis centers) be designated for use by one biological sex at a time. It also modifies birth certificate and driver's license procedures to reflect biological sex rather than allowing changes based on sex reassignment surgery.

Senate2025-03-26

S535Introduced

Regulate Hemp-Derived Beverages

This bill establishes a regulatory framework for hemp-derived beverages in North Carolina by defining them as nonalcoholic beverages containing hemp and various cannabinoids, and by giving the ABC Commission authority to set safety and quality standards for these products. Hemp-derived beverages would be treated similarly to alcoholic beverages for regulatory purposes but would not be classified as alcoholic beverages themselves.

Senate2025-03-26

S428Introduced

IBT Reforms

This bill revises North Carolina's laws governing transfers of surface water between river basins. It establishes new requirements for water transfer permits, including mandatory environmental impact statements for major transfers (over 30 million gallons per day), detailed public hearing processes, and stricter conditions such as water loss ratio limits and revenue set-asides for source basin infrastructure improvements.

Senate2025-03-25

S376Introduced

Increase Funding to State Auditor

This bill provides $16.195 million in new funding to the North Carolina State Auditor's office over the 2025-2027 fiscal period. The money will be used to hire 70 new staff members, increase employee compensation, upgrade technology systems, and support office infrastructure, with the goal of improving the auditor's ability to conduct financial audits and detect fraud and waste in state government.

Senate2025-03-24

S261Engrossed

Energy Security and Affordability Act

This bill modifies North Carolina's carbon reduction requirements for electric utilities by removing an interim 2030 target and keeping only the 2050 carbon neutrality goal. It also creates a new cost recovery mechanism allowing utilities to increase rates outside standard proceedings for baseload power plant construction costs, if the project shows long-term savings for customers.

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

S315Introduced

More Transparency/Efficiency in Utiliz. Rev

This bill increases transparency and efficiency in health insurance utilization reviews—the process insurers use to approve or deny medical services. It sets faster approval timelines (24 hours for urgent care, 3 business days for non-urgent), requires clearer notification to patients and doctors, mandates that qualified medical professionals (not just algorithms) make decisions, and requires insurers to disclose their prior authorization requirements on websites and membership cards.

Senate2025-03-18

S296Introduced

Buy American Steel

This bill requires North Carolina state and local governments to use American-produced iron and steel products in public works projects funded with state money. The requirement applies to construction materials like pipes, structural steel, and other iron/steel components, with exceptions for cases where American products aren't available, cost more than 20% extra, or involve minimal foreign materials.

Senate2025-03-18

S300Introduced

NC REACH Act

The NC REACH Act requires all students earning bachelor's degrees at UNC schools and associate degrees at North Carolina community colleges to complete at least three credit hours of American history or American government instruction. The courses must include reading seven specific foundational documents (Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, Federalist Papers essays, MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail, Gettysburg Address, and NC State Constitution) and a final exam worth at least 20% of the grade. The bill also aligns similar requirements for high school Founding Principles courses.

Senate2025-03-18

S290Introduced

NC REINS Act

The NC REINS Act (Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act) increases legislative oversight of state agency regulations by requiring public objections from 10 or more people to delay a rule's effective date pending potential legislative disapproval, and mandating that rules with an estimated cost of $1 million or more over 12 months must be approved by the General Assembly before taking effect.

Senate2025-03-17

S226Introduced

Align Benefits for Firefighters with Cancer

This bill expands death benefits for firefighters who die from cancer by including any cancer that qualified them for the state's Firefighters' Cancer Insurance Program in the definition of deaths 'killed in the line of duty.' It also makes the cancer insurance program permanent and allocates $2 million annually for related death benefits.

Senate2025-03-17

S278Introduced

The Smart Heart Act

This bill requires all North Carolina public schools to develop cardiac emergency response plans and install at least one automatic external defibrillator (AED) in each school. Schools must train staff in CPR and AED use, conduct annual practice drills, and coordinate with local emergency services. The state provides $2 million in funding to help schools purchase AEDs and develop these plans.

Senate2025-03-13

S155Introduced

Social Work Interstate Licensure Compact

This bill establishes an interstate compact that allows licensed social workers to practice across multiple member states under a single 'multistate license' from their home state, rather than obtaining separate licenses in each state. The compact creates a Social Work Licensure Compact Commission to oversee the system, maintain a data system tracking licenses and disciplinary actions, and establish uniform standards while preserving each state's authority to regulate social work practice and protect public safety.

Senate2025-03-12

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

S188Introduced

Financial Support to NC4ME

This bill appropriates $450,000 per year to the Department of Commerce for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to support North Carolina for Military Employment (NC4ME), a workforce development organization that helps transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses find jobs. The bill requires NC4ME to submit annual reports detailing how funds were spent and employment outcomes achieved.

Senate2025-02-27

S183Introduced

Funds for VSO in Jones County

This bill appropriates $30,000 per year from the state General Fund to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to pay for a part-time Veteran Services Officer position in Jones County. The position would be funded for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, starting July 1, 2025.

Senate2025-02-27

S160Introduced

Respiratory Care Modernization Act

This bill updates North Carolina's respiratory care licensing laws to reflect modern practice standards and create a new 'Advanced Respiratory Care Practitioner' (ARCP) license for therapists with specialized postgraduate training. The bill defines the scope of practice for both standard respiratory care practitioners and ARCPs, establishes requirements for the state licensing board, and sets educational and examination standards for licensure.

Senate2025-02-26

S147Introduced

Teacher License Reciprocity

This bill eliminates the requirement for out-of-state teachers to pass a standardized examination in order to obtain a North Carolina Continuing Professional Teaching License (CPL), provided they have at least three years of teaching experience, hold a valid license in another state with substantially similar requirements, and are in good standing.

Senate2025-02-25

S135Introduced

Expand Homestead Exclusion Inc. Elig. Limit

This bill increases the income eligibility limit for North Carolina's elderly or disabled property tax homestead exclusion from $25,000 to $48,000, effective July 1, 2025. After 2026, the limit will adjust annually based on Social Security cost-of-living adjustments.

Senate2025-02-25

S123Introduced

Flags at Every School

This bill requires all North Carolina public schools, charter schools, and university-affiliated schools to display the United States and North Carolina flags on school grounds and in every classroom, and to schedule daily Pledge of Allegiance recitation with age-appropriate instruction about the flag's meaning and history. The bill provides $1 million in funding for the 2025-2026 school year and $100,000 in ongoing funding for schools to purchase flags, while clarifying that no student can be compelled to stand, salute, or recite the pledge.

Senate2025-02-24

S126Introduced

Zero-Based Budgeting

This bill requires North Carolina state agencies to use zero-based budgeting on a rotating schedule, starting in 2025. Under this approach, agencies must justify all spending from scratch rather than basing budgets on previous years' appropriations, and must document the costs, outcomes, and necessity of each activity they perform.

Senate2025-02-24

S109Introduced

Veterans Appreciation Act

This bill expands the property tax homestead exclusion for disabled veterans in North Carolina by allowing them to exclude not only the first $45,000 of their home's appraised value, but also any additional value added by VA-funded housing adaptations for service-connected disabilities. The bill also creates a prequalification process that allows disabled veterans to qualify for this tax benefit before they purchase a home, which can help them and lenders determine affordability.

Senate2025-02-18

S113Introduced

Removal of Squatters from Private Property

This bill creates a faster legal process for property owners to remove squatters (unauthorized occupants with no legal right to be there) from residential property in North Carolina. A property owner can file a sworn affidavit with a clerk of court or magistrate, and law enforcement must remove the person within 24 hours if the conditions are met.

Senate2025-02-18

S24Engrossed

Govt Mandates Increase Healthcare Costs

This bill requires that any new state legislation creating health insurance mandates (such as requiring coverage of specific treatments or services) must also repeal an equal number of existing mandates and appropriate funds to cover the new mandate's cost. It applies to both private health insurance plans and the state employee health plan, with an exception if an actuarial analysis shows a mandate would actually decrease costs.

Senate2025-02-17

S71Introduced

Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons

This bill creates a new legal process allowing property owners to request law enforcement remove people from their residential property who are occupying it without permission, without a lease, and without paying rent. The property owner files a sworn affidavit with a clerk of court or magistrate, and law enforcement must remove the person within 24 hours.

Senate2025-02-12

S56Introduced

Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I

This bill establishes the legal framework for the Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I, which addresses recovery efforts in North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Helene following a presidential major disaster declaration. The bill expresses the General Assembly's intent to transfer funds from the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund (SERDRF) to the Hurricane Helene Disaster Recovery Fund to support relief and recovery assistance.

Senate2025-02-06

S48Introduced

Access to Sports and Extracurriculars for All

This bill allows students from public schools without certain sports or extracurricular programs, as well as private school and homeschool students, to participate in those activities at nearby public high schools. Schools can charge reasonable fees to non-enrolled students, and local school boards must publish their fee schedules online by October 15 each year.

Senate2025-02-05

S27Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Multiple Counties

This bill restores the ability of local governments in 10 northeastern North Carolina counties to initiate down-zoning (reducing development density or permitted uses on property) without requiring written consent from all affected property owners. A recent state law required such consent; this bill carves out an exception allowing local governments to proceed on their own.

Senate2025-01-30

Bob Brinson

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Sponsored Bills (23)

Repeal Hardened Structure Ban

Washington Deannexation

Prohibit Foreign Ownership of NC Land

Pilot for Shoreline Stabilization Projects

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Military Counties

City of New Bern Even-Year Elections

College Sports Updates

The HEAL Act

Grid Utilization

Military Influence Areas

Alternative Bridge Funding Formula

Funds for Veterans/HBOT

Child. of Wartime Vets Sch'ship Funds & Flex

Even-Yr Elections/Voting/Pink Hill

Beaufort Dist. B Occupancy Tax

Expand Remote Drivers License Services

Drones/Certain Vendor Purchases Prohibited

Revise Child Passenger Restraint System Law

Global Transpark Authority Sales Tax Mods

Study Residual Property Market Mechanisms

Disabled Veterans Tax Relief Bill

The Wells Act

3rd Senatorial District Local Act-1

Cosponsored Bills (69)

Adjust Counties/Reappraisal Moratorium

Address Confidentiality/Study & DL

Eliminating "DEI" in Public Higher Ed

Eliminating "DEI" in Public Education

North Carolina Border Protection Act

Dominique Moody Act

Reduce Early Voting Period

Lower Taxes for All NC

NC Right to Work Amendment

Constitutional Right to Farm

Theft of Temporary Housing During Emergency

Lower Healthcare Costs

Workforce Act of 2026

Moratorium on New Coastal Fishing Regulations

America's Semiquincentennial License Plate

Cut State Gov. Jobs Vacant 24 Months or More

Luggage for Children Placed in Foster Care

Zero-Based Budgeting

Const. Amend./Permitless Carry

Hands Free NC

Freedom to Carry NC

Align Medicaid Eligibility with Federal Law

Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons

The Power Bill Reduction Act

SCRIPT Act

Military and Veteran Support Act

State Hiring Accessibility and Modernization

North Carolina Farm Act of 2025

Farmers Protection Act

Modify Rqmts. for Wind Energy Facilities

School Calendar Flexibility:A New Alternative

Physician Assistant Licensure Compact

Repeal Certificate of Need Laws

Board of Motor Vehicles/Authority Study

Protecting First Responders Act

Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer

Enhancing Ag. Opportunities in Rural NC

Clarifying Estuarine Waters AEC Under CAMA

Protect Whistleblower LEOs from Retaliation

Increase Small County Funding

Revise Dam Safety Requirements

Women's Safety and Protection Act

Regulate Hemp-Derived Beverages

IBT Reforms

Increase Funding to State Auditor

Energy Security and Affordability Act

LEO Special Separation Allowance Options

More Transparency/Efficiency in Utiliz. Rev

Buy American Steel

NC REACH Act

NC REINS Act

Align Benefits for Firefighters with Cancer

The Smart Heart Act