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Voluntary Portable Benefits Plan Act

This bill creates a voluntary portable benefits plan system that allows independent contractors to build benefit accounts funded by hiring parties. The contributions are not treated as evidence that the worker is an employee, and independent contractors can opt in to have a portion of their pay withheld for these benefits if they choose.

House2026-07-01

H301Engrossed

Social Media & AI Safety

This bill creates protections for children under 16 on social media platforms, requires schools to teach artificial intelligence literacy, and establishes AI policies and training for public schools. The social media portion bans children under 14 from most social platforms and requires parental consent for 14-15 year-olds; it also restricts how platforms can use children's data for recommendations and advertising. The education portions update computer science standards to include AI instruction, create a model AI policy for schools, establish an evaluation framework for AI educational tools, and require teacher training on AI use.

House2026-06-24

H1239Passed

Honor Mike Clampitt

This is a House Resolution honoring the life and memory of James Michael 'Mike' Clampitt, a former North Carolina House Representative from House District 119. The resolution recognizes his decades of service as a firefighter, law enforcement officer, and state legislator, and expresses the General Assembly's appreciation for his contributions to his community and the state.

House2026-06-24

H1238Passed

Honor 2026 Carolina Hurricanes Team

This is a House Resolution that honors the Carolina Hurricanes hockey team for winning the 2026 Stanley Cup championship. The resolution recognizes the team's accomplishments, leadership, and community contributions, and directs that a certified copy be sent to team members, the owner, and head coach.

House2026-06-23

H1214Introduced

Make E-Verify Great Again

This bill requires state and local government employers to use the federal E-Verify system to confirm employee work authorization. It creates a 30-day cure period for first-time violations, allows the Department of Labor to conduct random compliance checks, increases civil penalties for repeated violations, and protects employees who report E-Verify violations from retaliation.

House2026-06-10

H1030Introduced

US Department of Edu

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

House2026-06-02

H1026Introduced

Remote Instruction for Excess Emergencies

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

House2026-06-02

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

H1019Engrossed

Mike Clampitt 1st Responder Tax Fairness Act

This bill expands the highway use tax exemption for volunteer fire departments and rescue squads that are not part of local government and have no more than two paid employees. The exemption now applies to fire trucks, pump trucks, tanker trucks, ladder trucks, four-wheel drive forest fire fighting vehicles, and emergency services vehicles.

House2026-05-18

H1154Introduced

Expand the FarmSHARE Food Hub Program

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

House2026-05-13

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

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

H1108Introduced

Const. Amend./Permitless Carry

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to allow North Carolina citizens to carry firearms openly or concealed without a permit, provided they have not been convicted of violent crimes or drug offenses and have not been adjudicated mentally incompetent. The amendment would be submitted to voters in the November 2026 general election, and if approved, would remove the current legal prohibition on concealed carry without a permit while maintaining an optional permit system for interstate reciprocity.

House2026-04-30

H1081Introduced

Funds for Veterans/HBOT

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

House2026-04-30

H1043Introduced

CHCCS Act

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

House2026-04-27

H1032Introduced

Repeal Two Percent Local Grocery Tax

This bill removes groceries from North Carolina's local sales tax, reducing the local tax rate from 2% to 1% on food items. Currently, counties can levy up to a 2% local sales tax that includes groceries; this bill would exempt groceries from that tax while keeping the 1% tax on other items.

House2026-04-22

H775Engrossed

Criminal History Checks for School Positions

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

House2025-09-25

H118Introduced

Disabled Veterans Tax Relief Bill

This bill increases the property tax homestead exclusion for disabled veterans in North Carolina from $45,000 to $61,000 of appraised home value, meaning more of their home's value is not taxed. The state will reimburse local governments for half of the tax revenue they lose from this increase.

House2025-09-23

H42Engrossed

Back the Blue Pay Act

This bill provides salary increases and bonuses to state and local law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and related personnel. It also increases pension benefits for firefighters, rescue squad workers, and National Guard members, and raises death benefits for public safety employees killed in the line of duty. The total state investment across the 2025-2027 fiscal years is approximately $103.7 million in recurring and nonrecurring funds.

House2025-09-22

H805Passed

Prevent Sexual Exploitation/Women and Minors

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina law by defining sex in state policies as biological sex only, establishes requirements for age verification and consent documentation on websites hosting pornographic images, restricts state funding for gender transition procedures, allows parents to control their children's library book access, permits students to opt out of classroom activities based on religious objections, and requires students to sleep in quarters separated by biological sex on school trips.

House2025-07-29

H402Passed

Limit Rules With Substantial Financial Costs

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

House2025-07-29

H850Passed

Interbasin Transfer Moratorium/Study

This law pauses the approval of large water transfers between river basins in North Carolina until March 1, 2027, while a study reviews and updates the state's 30-year-old water transfer rules. The study will examine whether current environmental reviews adequately protect downstream communities, consider economic impacts, account for climate change, and encourage water conservation measures.

House2025-07-09

H537Passed

Alena's Law & Office of Vital Records Changes

This bill makes three main changes: (1) it creates a legal presumption that someone has died if they disappeared and remained missing for at least 90 days during a declared disaster; (2) it requires the Office of Vital Records to process birth and death certificate amendments within 30 days; and (3) it prohibits Office of Vital Records employees from working remotely except during declared emergencies.

House2025-07-01

H421Passed

Motor Vehicle Dealers

This bill makes three changes to North Carolina motor vehicle dealer regulations: it extends the grace period for license renewal from 30 days to 60 days after expiration, changes dealer license plate validity from one year to two years to match dealer license renewal cycles, and extends the mandatory replacement period for dealer plates from three years to four years.

House2025-06-26

H251Passed

Various Disaster Recovery Reforms

This bill makes several changes to North Carolina's disaster response and recovery procedures. It prohibits discrimination based on political affiliation in state disaster recovery assistance, increases penalties for theft of temporary housing during emergencies, automatically adopts certain federal health care waivers during emergencies, provides building code exemptions for Hurricane Helene-damaged downtown commercial structures, allows temporary reconstruction flexibility in flooded areas, and streamlines permits for processing hurricane debris into mulch and compost.

House2025-06-26

H126Passed

Revise Voluntary Ag. District Laws

This bill strengthens protections for farmland in voluntary agricultural districts by requiring government agencies to wait longer before taking land through condemnation or rezoning. Agencies must now wait 120 days after receiving the local agricultural advisory board's recommendation before proceeding, up from the previous requirement. The advisory board also gets 45 days instead of 30 days to hold a public hearing and submit its findings.

House2025-06-20

H821Introduced

Drivers License Expiration Moratorium

This bill temporarily allows North Carolina Class C driver's licenses to remain valid for up to two years after their expiration date, with exceptions for suspended/revoked licenses and Real IDs older than eight years. The moratorium is intended to address a backlog of people unable to renew licenses in person and expires December 31, 2027.

House2025-05-19

H560Introduced

Parents Protection Act

This bill modifies North Carolina laws related to child welfare, foster care, and adoption by adding protections for parents and caregivers who raise children consistent with their biological sex. It specifies that such parenting decisions—including the use of pronouns and related medical or mental health choices—cannot be the sole basis for abuse or neglect allegations, and prevents adoption and foster care agencies from denying placements based on prospective parents' refusal to support gender transition.

House2025-05-12

H781Engrossed

Unauthorized Public Camping & Sleeping

This bill prohibits local governments in North Carolina from allowing unauthorized camping or sleeping on public property, with limited exceptions. Local governments may designate one property for up to one year as a camping site only if they meet strict state requirements including adequate shelter beds elsewhere, proper sanitation, health services, and departmental certification.

House2025-05-08

H886Engrossed

AEDs and CPR in Public Schools

This bill requires all North Carolina public schools to install at least one automatic external defibrillator (AED) in each school building, primarily in athletic facilities, and mandates training for school personnel on how to use AEDs and perform CPR. The State Board of Education will develop rules for installation, maintenance, and training, with all types of public schools (traditional public, charter, regional, and university-run) required to comply by the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-05-08

H690Engrossed

The Citizens Support Act

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

House2025-05-08

H519Engrossed

Parents' Medical Bill of Rights

This bill revises North Carolina law regarding when minors can consent to medical treatment without parental approval and when parents can access their minor child's medical records. It restricts minors' ability to independently consent to certain treatments (like venereal disease treatment and pregnancy-related care), requires parental consent for emergency-use vaccines, and limits parental access to medical records only in specific circumstances such as abuse investigations or reportable conditions.

House2025-05-07

H894Engrossed

Gun Dealer Door Lock Exemption

This bill allows federally licensed firearms dealers to obtain permits exempting them from standard building code door lock requirements during nonbusiness hours when closed to the public. The exemption applies only to dealers with retail sales space of 15,000 square feet or less on a single floor who meet specific safety requirements including alarm systems, employee training, and warning signage.

House2025-05-07

H535Engrossed

Title Fraud Prevention Act

This bill creates new criminal penalties for title fraud and requires registers of deeds to verify identity before recording deeds from non-professionals. It also establishes a court process for property owners to quickly challenge fraudulent recordings, requires deeds to show their source of title, and directs a study on creating a statewide fraud alert system.

House2025-05-07

H618Engrossed

Ivermectin Access Act

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

House2025-05-07

H139Engrossed

Baby Boxes/Newborn Safety Device

This bill expands North Carolina's safe surrender law by allowing qualified emergency facilities (emergency departments, fire departments, and rescue/emergency medical services squads) to install newborn safety devices where parents can anonymously place infants up to 30 days old. The devices must meet specific safety standards including temperature control, ventilation, automatic alarms that call 911, and regular inspections by the Department of Health and Human Services.

House2025-05-05

H801Engrossed

LRC Study Paper Towns

This bill directs the Legislative Research Commission to study North Carolina towns that exist legally but do not provide adequate services to residents. The study will examine towns incorporated since 1995, assess whether they're delivering promised services, and recommend whether the General Assembly should suspend or revoke their charters if they're failing to serve residents properly.

House2025-05-01

H261Engrossed

Sent. Enhancement/Immigration-Related Crimes

This bill creates sentence enhancements in North Carolina that increase criminal penalties in three situations: (1) when a person convicted of a felony has a prior federal conviction for illegal reentry into the U.S., (2) when a felony is committed as part of a conspiracy to benefit criminal activity, and (3) when a misdemeanor is committed as part of a conspiracy to benefit criminal activity. Enhanced sentences raise the felony or misdemeanor one class level higher.

House2025-05-01

H146Engrossed

Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military

This bill allows active duty military members stationed outside North Carolina, along with their spouses and dependent children, to renew their driver's licenses remotely two consecutive times instead of just once. The exception applies when the license is not REAL ID compliant or is being converted from REAL ID compliant to non-compliant status.

House2025-05-01

H613Introduced

The Vehicle Registration Convenience Act

This bill allows North Carolina vehicle owners to choose which month their vehicle registration renews each year, instead of having a fixed renewal date. Owners would elect their renewal month when initially registering their vehicle, and subsequent renewals would occur annually in that month. The registration fee for the initial period is prorated based on the number of months until the owner's chosen renewal date.

House2025-04-30

H250Engrossed

Annual Rep't Due Date/Deployed Servicemembers

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

House2025-04-30

H38Engrossed

Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act

This bill prohibits payment card networks (like Visa and Mastercard) from using special merchant codes that identify firearms purchases or merchants, and from maintaining records of North Carolina residents who own firearms. The bill allows the Attorney General to enforce violations with civil penalties up to $5,000, and permits affected merchants, customers, and firearm owners to sue for damages up to $10,000 per violation.

House2025-04-30

H729Introduced

Farmland Protection Act

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

House2025-04-30

H135Introduced

Misbranding/Cell-Cultured Meat/WNC Donations

This bill requires cell-cultured meat and poultry products to be clearly labeled with terms like 'lab-grown' or 'cell-cultured' in at least 20-point font near the product name. It prohibits public schools, charter schools, community colleges, and universities from purchasing these products. The bill also creates a voluntary donation program allowing retailers to collect customer donations for farms affected by Hurricane Helene, and appropriates $1.5 million for a government efficiency audit of North Carolina's disaster response.

House2025-04-29

H703Introduced

Memorials in Veterans Cemeteries

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

House2025-04-29

H557Engrossed

The Andy Griffith Show as State TV Show

This bill designates 'The Andy Griffith Show' as the official television show of North Carolina. The bill highlights Andy Griffith's birth in Mount Airy, his seven-decade career in entertainment, and the show's 249-episode run from 1960-1968 that became the #1 rated show in America.

House2025-04-28

H636Engrossed

Promoting Wholesome Content for Students

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

House2025-04-28

H432Engrossed

Property Tax Relief Study

This bill directs the Revenue Laws Study Committee to examine North Carolina's current property tax relief programs for elderly, disabled, and disabled veteran homeowners, and to evaluate potential modifications and broader property tax reforms. The committee will study options like increasing relief amounts, expanding eligibility, and limiting tax increases, then report findings and recommendations to the General Assembly in 2026.

House2025-04-28

H69Engrossed

Military and Veterans Educational Promise Act

This bill prohibits North Carolina's public universities from denying admission based on military service, allows active duty service members and their spouses to defer enrollment for 2-5 years, and grants in-state tuition rates to honorably discharged veterans who meet specific criteria (such as graduating from an NC high school after 2004, serving with a permanent NC station, or receiving a Purple Heart).

House2025-04-16

H106Introduced

Revive High-Need Retired Teachers Program

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

House2025-04-16

H929Introduced

Water Safety Bill

This bill prohibits North Carolina public water systems from adding fluoride to drinking water, effective January 1, 2026. The prohibition does not apply to naturally occurring fluoride in water sources or fluoride used in industrial processes.

House2025-04-14

H872Introduced

School Employee Protections for Use of Force

This bill expands protections for school employees who use physical force in schools by creating a legal presumption that force is reasonable unless proven otherwise, preventing discipline or license revocation based solely on criminal allegations that don't result in conviction, and prohibiting retaliation against employees for using force consistent with school policies.

House2025-04-10

H846Introduced

Teacher Retention and Recruitment

This bill aims to improve teacher recruitment and retention through multiple provisions: offering tuition waivers for children of veteran teachers with 12-16 years of service, reviving a program allowing retired teachers to work in high-need schools, expanding teacher licensure reciprocity for out-of-state teachers, and strengthening reporting requirements for threats and assaults against teachers.

House2025-04-10

H844Introduced

Finding Grace Family Bill

This bill makes two major changes to North Carolina law: it reduces the abortion restriction threshold from 12 weeks to 6 weeks of pregnancy (with exceptions for medical emergencies, rape, incest, and life-limiting fetal anomalies), and it expands adoption-related support by requiring information on adoption benefits in schools, creating support programs for at-risk adoptive families, and streamlining some adoption procedures.

House2025-04-10

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

H827Introduced

Create Annual Sex Off Registry Fee

This bill creates an annual fee for individuals required to register on North Carolina's sex offense registry. The fee equals 1.25% of the federal poverty level for a single person (approximately $161 in 2025) and would be collected by sheriffs' offices to help fund registry maintenance, verification, and record-keeping. Sheriffs have discretion to decide whether to collect the fee in their county each year, and registrants deemed indigent or currently incarcerated can request a waiver.

House2025-04-09

H227Engrossed

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

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

House2025-04-09

H825Introduced

Election Improvements

This bill makes four changes to North Carolina elections: it prohibits ranked choice voting statewide, clarifies rules about where election-related activity can occur near polling places, reduces the early voting period from the third Thursday before an election to the second Thursday, and modifies the identification requirements for voters requesting absentee ballots.

House2025-04-09

H471Introduced

Food Labeling Transparency Act

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

House2025-04-08

H776Introduced

NC Religious Freedom Restoration Act

This bill creates the North Carolina Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which requires state and local government actions to meet strict legal standards when they burden religious practice. It also protects religious gatherings in homes and neighborhoods from housing restrictions, and ensures religious institutions receive equal treatment during emergencies.

House2025-04-07

H692Introduced

AEDs and CPR in Schools

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

House2025-04-03

H295Engrossed

Req. DOT to Install Prop. Corner Markers

This bill requires the North Carolina Department of Transportation to install permanent metal corner markers along property lines after completing road projects that involve acquiring right-of-way or easements. The markers must be placed according to surveying standards and tied to the state coordinate system to clearly identify property boundaries.

House2025-04-03

H563Passed

House Permanent Rules

This resolution establishes the official operating procedures and rules that govern how the North Carolina House of Representatives conducts its business during the 2025 regular legislative session. The rules cover everything from meeting schedules and debate procedures to committee operations and bill handling processes.

House2025-04-01

H498Introduced

Military to Teacher Ret. Incentive

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

House2025-03-26

H16Engrossed

General Assembly: In God We Trust - Display

This bill requires North Carolina's Legislative Services Officer to display the national motto 'In God We Trust' above and behind the speaker's dais in both the House and Senate chambers, matching a similar display in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill prioritizes using private donations to cover costs, with state funds available if needed after 90 days.

House2025-03-26

H511Introduced

Award Magistrates Salary Increases

This bill increases salaries for full-time magistrates in North Carolina effective July 1, 2025, and appropriates $11.5 million in recurring annual funds for the 2025-2027 fiscal period to pay for these increases. The salary table shows new pay ranges for magistrates at different experience levels, with entry-level positions increasing from $47,228 to $56,674 annually.

House2025-03-26

H134Engrossed

Prohibit Misbranding of Certain Food Products

This bill requires cell-cultured meat and poultry products (grown from animal cells in a lab rather than from slaughtered animals) to be clearly labeled with qualifying terms like 'cell-cultured,' 'lab-grown,' or 'fake' in at least 20-point font near the product name if they use meat or poultry terminology. Products that fail to meet these labeling requirements are considered misbranded under North Carolina law.

House2025-03-26

H470Introduced

The Second Amendment Protection Act

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

House2025-03-24

H450Introduced

Private Property Rights Act

This bill requires private detectives and investigators to obtain a search warrant before installing electronic tracking devices, and requires wildlife protectors to obtain judicial authorization before conducting inspections or investigations on private property, including the areas immediately surrounding homes and vessels.

House2025-03-20

H186Engrossed

The Stars and Stripes Commitment Act

This bill requires North Carolina schools to schedule daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance within one hour of the school day's start, display U.S. and North Carolina flags in classrooms, and provide instruction on the flag and Pledge's history. It also requires the State Board of Education and local school governing bodies to begin their meetings with the Pledge. The bill specifies that no one can be compelled to stand, salute, or recite the Pledge.

House2025-03-20

H47Passed

Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I

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

House2025-03-20

H449Introduced

Crimes Against Minors/Revise Law

This bill increases criminal penalties for online solicitation of minors, requires sex offender registration petitions to be placed on the criminal docket for court hearings, and creates two new felony offenses for people with multiple indecent exposure convictions who must register as sex offenders.

House2025-03-20

H37Engrossed

Enhance Firefighter Benefits & Representation

This bill increases monthly pension benefits for North Carolina firefighters and rescue squad workers from $180 to $175 (effective January 1, 2026), clarifies pension eligibility rules for disabled and displaced members, provides survivor benefits for members killed in the line of duty, and adds a representative from the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association to the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council.

House2025-03-19

H5Introduced

NC Constitutional Carry Act

This bill allows North Carolina citizens age 18 and older to carry concealed handguns without a permit, while still permitting people to voluntarily obtain permits for reciprocity when traveling to other states. The bill maintains certain restrictions on who can carry concealed handguns, including those with felony convictions, domestic violence convictions, active criminal charges, and those deemed mentally unfit or addicted to controlled substances.

House2025-03-19

H35Engrossed

Establish Military Appreciation Month

This bill designates November as Military Appreciation Month in North Carolina each year. The designation is a ceremonial recognition with no funding or operational requirements attached.

House2025-03-19

H411Introduced

Reduce Early Voting Period for Primaries

This bill reduces the early voting period for primary elections, runoff elections, and special elections from 17 days to 6 days, while keeping the early voting period for general elections unchanged. The bill also applies the 6-day early voting limit to municipal elections and special elections not held at regular times.

House2025-03-18

H62Introduced

Farmers Protection Act

This bill prohibits North Carolina banks, savings and loans, savings banks, and credit unions from denying, restricting, or canceling services to farmers based on their greenhouse gas emissions, use of fossil fuel fertilizers, or use of fossil fuel-powered machinery. If a financial institution has environmental, social, or political (ESG) commitments related to agriculture, the law presumes any denial of service to a farmer violates this rule unless the institution can prove the decision was based solely on financial reasons.

House2025-03-17

H380Introduced

Conscientious Objections to Vaccine Mandates

This bill adds a 'conscientious objection' exemption to North Carolina's vaccination requirements for students in public schools, colleges, and universities. The exemption allows students or parents to opt out of immunizations by submitting a written statement explaining their conscience-based or religious objections, without needing medical documentation. The bill takes effect for the 2026-2027 school year.

House2025-03-13

H276Introduced

Align Benefits for Firefighters with Cancer

This bill expands death benefits for North Carolina firefighters by treating certain cancer diagnoses as 'killed in the line of duty' deaths under the Public Safety Employees' Death Benefits Act. It makes permanent a pilot program that provided health benefits to firefighters diagnosed with cancer and allocates $2 million per year to cover the expanded death benefits.

House2025-03-12

H362Introduced

Clean Skies Geoengineering Ban

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

House2025-03-12

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

H296Introduced

Corn Farmer Recovery Act - Phase I

This bill establishes the 2024 Agricultural Disaster Corn Crop Loss Program and appropriates $89.5 million from the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund to provide financial assistance to North Carolina corn farmers who experienced verified crop losses from weather disasters in 2024. Eligible farmers in USDA-designated disaster counties can apply for payments based on acreage, county loss estimates, and yield averages.

House2025-03-06

H299Introduced

Increase Disabled Veteran Prop Tax Benefit

This bill increases the property tax homestead exclusion for disabled veterans in North Carolina from $45,000 to $54,000 in appraised home value. This means disabled veterans would pay property taxes on a smaller portion of their home's value, resulting in lower annual property tax bills.

House2025-03-06

H142Introduced

Implement Zero-Based Budgeting

This bill requires North Carolina to transition to zero-based budgeting for state agencies, starting with a phased implementation beginning in fiscal year 2027-2028 and completing by the 2031-2033 fiscal biennium. Under zero-based budgeting, agencies must justify all spending from scratch each budget cycle rather than starting from their previous year's budget amount.

House2025-03-04

H234Introduced

Little Federal Model NC Edition

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to change how North Carolina state senators are elected and organized. Specifically, it would require each senator to represent exactly two counties instead of representing districts based on equal population, and it would lock the state at 100 counties. The amendment would need voter approval in November 2026.

House2025-02-27

H31Introduced

Make Election Day A State Holiday

This bill amends North Carolina's state human resources law to designate statewide general election days as paid holidays for state employees. The change maintains the current limit of 13 paid holidays per year by adjusting how holidays are counted.

House2025-02-24

H86Introduced

Citizens' Expungement Clarification of 2025

This bill prohibits people who are not legal residents or citizens of the United States from obtaining expungements (removal of criminal records). It requires courts to verify a petitioner's citizenship or legal residency status before granting an expungement, including contacting Immigration and Customs Enforcement if needed. The bill exempts people who lawfully entered the U.S. and have filed or have had an immigrant petition filed on their behalf.

House2025-02-11

H39Introduced

Disabled Veteran Motor Vehicle Tax Exclusion

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

House2025-02-05

H36Introduced

Maintenance of State Veterans Cemeteries

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

House2025-02-04

H12Introduced

Observe Standard Time All Year

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

House2025-02-03

Blair Eddins

Blair Eddins

Sponsored Bills (15)

Consumers in Crisis Protection Act

Equality in State Agencies/Prohibition on DEI

Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)

The Firearms Liberty Act

Civic Club Registration Plate Clarification

Enhance Financial Protections/Older Adults

School Chaplains

Women's Safety and Protection Act

Uniform Energy Rates for Seasonal Service

Ag. PUV Conservation

Patriotism Expression Act

Create/Fund Brushy Mtns. State Natural Area

Agriculture Crops Disaster Relief

SchCalFlex/Wilkes,Alexander/Open Cal

AG/Restrict Challenge to Presidential EOs

Cosponsored Bills (94)

Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons

SBOE Administrative Changes

NC Farmland and Military Protection Act

Voluntary Portable Benefits Plan Act

Social Media & AI Safety

Honor Mike Clampitt

Honor 2026 Carolina Hurricanes Team

Make E-Verify Great Again

US Department of Edu

Remote Instruction for Excess Emergencies

Const. Amend. Property Tax Levy Limit

Early Intervention School Attendance Pilot

Mike Clampitt 1st Responder Tax Fairness Act

Expand the FarmSHARE Food Hub Program

Child Care Initiative Funds/Reform/Study

Workforce Act of 2026

Const. Amend./Permitless Carry

Funds for Veterans/HBOT

CHCCS Act

Repeal Two Percent Local Grocery Tax

Criminal History Checks for School Positions

Disabled Veterans Tax Relief Bill

Back the Blue Pay Act

Prevent Sexual Exploitation/Women and Minors

Limit Rules With Substantial Financial Costs

Interbasin Transfer Moratorium/Study

Alena's Law & Office of Vital Records Changes

Motor Vehicle Dealers

Various Disaster Recovery Reforms

Revise Voluntary Ag. District Laws

Drivers License Expiration Moratorium

Parents Protection Act

Unauthorized Public Camping & Sleeping

AEDs and CPR in Public Schools

The Citizens Support Act

Parents' Medical Bill of Rights

Gun Dealer Door Lock Exemption

Title Fraud Prevention Act

Ivermectin Access Act

Baby Boxes/Newborn Safety Device

LRC Study Paper Towns

Sent. Enhancement/Immigration-Related Crimes

Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military

The Vehicle Registration Convenience Act

Annual Rep't Due Date/Deployed Servicemembers

Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act

Farmland Protection Act

Misbranding/Cell-Cultured Meat/WNC Donations

Memorials in Veterans Cemeteries

The Andy Griffith Show as State TV Show

Promoting Wholesome Content for Students

Property Tax Relief Study

Military and Veterans Educational Promise Act

Revive High-Need Retired Teachers Program

Water Safety Bill

School Employee Protections for Use of Force

Teacher Retention and Recruitment

Finding Grace Family Bill

Childcare Pilot

Create Annual Sex Off Registry Fee

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