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Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping

This bill creates two main policies: (1) establishes drug-free zones around homeless service facilities where drug offenses become Class E felonies, and (2) bans unauthorized public camping on government property statewide, though local governments may designate specific areas for temporary camping if they meet safety and service requirements and receive state approval.

House2026-07-27

H133Passed

NC Farmland and Military Protection Act

This bill prohibits entities controlled by adversarial foreign governments from purchasing, leasing, or holding agricultural land or property within 50 miles of North Carolina military installations. It requires existing foreign owners to register with the Secretary of State, allows the Attorney General to enforce violations through forced sales, and establishes penalties for non-compliance.

House2026-07-08

H1104Passed

Improve IVC Process and Enhance Public Safety

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina's involuntary commitment (IVC) process and mental health procedures. It directs various state agencies to study and develop plans for improving how people in mental health crises are evaluated, treated, and moved through the justice and mental health systems. It also creates new capacity restoration programs for defendants found mentally unable to stand trial and modifies procedures for outpatient commitment orders.

House2026-07-07

H1083Engrossed

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

H34Engrossed

Strengthen Medicaid Provider Controls

This bill strengthens oversight of Medicaid providers in North Carolina by establishing a Provider Enrollment Credentialing Committee to review provider applications and eligibility, expanding grounds for denying or terminating provider enrollment based on criminal convictions and licensing actions, and requiring providers to report criminal convictions of their employees. The bill also makes changes to prepaid health plan networks and Medicaid eligibility.

House2026-06-25

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

H171Vetoed

Equality in State Agencies/Prohibition on DEI

This bill prohibits North Carolina state agencies and local governments from spending money on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, policies, or staff positions. It defines DEI as initiatives that influence hiring or employment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, nationality, country of origin, or sexual orientation outside of merit-based processes, and establishes penalties for violations including fines up to $10,000 and potential removal from employment.

House2026-06-24

H565Engrossed

Limit Use of AI Medicaid/Commercial Insurance

This bill prohibits the use of artificial intelligence as the sole basis for denying insurance coverage decisions and claims in North Carolina's Medicaid and commercial insurance programs. It also bars healthcare providers and AI developers from using AI systems designed to promote 'upcoding' (billing for higher-level services than actually provided), and requires healthcare providers to annually attest their compliance with these restrictions.

House2026-06-23

H1123Passed

UNC Omnibus & Capital Contracting Law Changes

This bill authorizes approximately $636.9 million in capital improvement projects across UNC campuses funded through bonds and non-appropriated sources, standardizes residency requirements for the NC School of Science and Mathematics, expands tuition grants for NCSSM and UNCSA graduates, increases the UNC Board of Governors' authority over capital projects up to $4 million, raises various construction project thresholds, and restricts state agencies from using appropriated funds for public-private partnerships without legislative approval.

House2026-06-19

H1203Introduced

Family Support for Those Who Serve Act

This bill expands tuition waivers at North Carolina community colleges to include children (ages 17-24) of law enforcement officers, experienced correctional officers (10+ years), and firefighters. Students would attend community college tuition-free while still meeting admission standards and other college requirements, with the waiver covering the duration of their educational program.

House2026-06-10

H1199Introduced

The Seatbelt Act

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

House2026-06-09

H87Passed

Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)

This bill allows North Carolina to participate in a federal tax credit program that enables individuals to receive tax credits for donations they make to scholarship granting organizations. The state Education Assistance Authority must identify and maintain a list of qualifying scholarship organizations and submit it to the U.S. Treasury, allowing these organizations to provide scholarships for K-12 education expenses including homeschooling.

House2026-06-03

H1124Introduced

Interstate Compact for School Psychologists

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

House2026-06-02

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

H1193Introduced

Rep. Mike Clampitt Bone Marrow Donation Act

This bill designates November as Marrow Donation Awareness Month in North Carolina and allows people ages 18-40 to indicate their intention to become bone marrow donors when applying for or renewing a driver's license. The bill requires the state to share this information with the National Marrow Donor Program and directs state health and motor vehicle agencies to conduct public awareness campaigns about bone marrow donation, with $100,000 allocated for these efforts.

House2026-05-12

H1090Introduced

RURAL Care Act

This bill creates a Rural Healthcare Infrastructure Fund and Council to provide grants and below-market loans to rural healthcare facilities for construction, renovation, and modernization projects. It replaces the previous Rural Health Care Stabilization Program and requires the new Council to develop a detailed plan by July 1, 2027, for how the program will operate, which must be approved by the General Assembly before funds can be awarded.

House2026-05-12

H1198Introduced

SANE Nurses Data/Registration Info Reqs

This bill requires programs that train Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) to report annual data to the North Carolina Board of Nursing about their graduates, including how many graduated and where they work. It also creates a new database where all active nurses must register their training credentials, education, and workplace information, with updates required when licenses renew or employment changes.

House2026-05-05

H1118Introduced

Workforce Housing Loan Renewal Act

This bill appropriates $35 million in recurring annual funding from the state's General Fund to the Housing Finance Agency for the Workforce Housing Loan Program, beginning in fiscal year 2026-2027. The funds are intended to support loans that help workforce-level earners access housing.

House2026-04-30

H1072Introduced

Affordable Housing Infrastructure Development

This bill creates the Affordable Housing Infrastructure Development Loan Program, which provides below-market interest rate loans to nonprofit organizations for developing land and infrastructure (such as utilities, roads, and site preparation) for affordable housing projects. The program receives $50 million in state funding and is administered by the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency.

House2026-04-29

H491Introduced

Medicaid Rebase Funding

This bill appropriates $190 million from the Medicaid Contingency Reserve to adjust North Carolina's Medicaid funding for enrollment changes, service costs, and implementation of a new Children and Families Specialty Plan. It also requires local managed care organizations to transfer $18 million to the state in fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027.

House2025-10-23

H13Introduced

Charges for Credit & Charge Cards

This bill caps the amount merchants in North Carolina can charge customers for credit or charge card payments at 2% of the transaction total, requires clear disclosure of these fees at points of sale, and prohibits charging card fees when no other payment method is available. The bill also increases the filing fee for nonprofit corporation articles of incorporation from $60 to $65.

House2025-09-23

H389Engrossed

Continuing Budget Operations Part III

This budget adjustment bill appropriates funds for various state operations and programs during the 2025-2027 fiscal years. It allocates money for education programs at UNC Charlotte, healthcare initiatives including mental health services and electronic health records, natural resources operations, school safety grants, law enforcement equipment, emergency services, veterans home renovations, and other state agency needs.

House2025-09-22

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

H318Passed

The Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act

This bill requires North Carolina jail facilities to check whether inmates charged with certain crimes are U.S. citizens or legal residents, and to query Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if their status is unclear. When ICE issues a detention order, facilities must hold the person for up to 48 hours or until ICE takes custody, and must notify ICE before release.

House2025-07-29

H546Passed

Medicaid Modernization

This bill makes several updates to North Carolina's Medicaid program, including creating services for substance use disorders, implementing work requirements when approved by federal officials, allowing out-of-state telehealth providers to enroll, establishing a specialty plan for children in foster care, extending postpartum coverage to 12 months, including psychiatric hospitals in a hospital payment program, and exploring Medicaid coverage for personal care services in adult care homes.

House2025-07-07

H23Passed

Various State and Local Gov't Provisions

This comprehensive bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina state and local government, including canceling a Stanly Community College culinary program, authorizing heritage trails in Brunswick County and a 60-mile recreational trail in the Piedmont region, transferring state property to the Town of Burgaw, codifying and updating the Lake Norman Marine Commission structure with new governance procedures, renaming three roads and bridges, and amending the state building code to allow certain commercial developments near railroad rights-of-way.

House2025-07-07

H612Passed

Fostering Care in NC Act

This comprehensive bill makes several changes to North Carolina's child welfare and social services systems. Key provisions expand the Guardianship Assistance Program to include youth as young as 10 years old, establish procedures for judges to issue permanent no-contact orders against defendants convicted of violent offenses, make it a felony when caregivers commit or allow sexual acts against children under 16, and require cities and counties to conduct criminal history background checks for any applicant offered a position working with children.

House2025-06-26

H661Engrossed

Building Industry Efficiency Act of 2025

This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina's building and construction regulations. It streamlines inspection processes (allowing cancellations without fees, exempting certain HVAC replacements from inspections), modifies street design requirements for developers, exempts certain small construction services from licensing, updates contractor board rules and disciplinary procedures, clarifies exemptions for certain pools and flotation systems, and increases the threshold for formal bidding on public construction contracts.

House2025-06-19

H615Engrossed

Enrollment Stability for Military Students

This bill allows military families to enroll their children in North Carolina public schools before they officially move, if the parent is on active duty and receiving transfer orders to the state or separating from military service within 12 months. Families can register remotely and begin attendance while living in temporary housing, with up to one year to provide proof of residency documentation.

House2025-06-19

H818Engrossed

Birth Certificates for Persons Adopted

This bill changes how adopted persons can obtain copies of their birth certificates in North Carolina. Currently, only the State Registrar issues these certificates, but the bill allows county registers of deeds to also issue them. The bill requires these staff to complete training on privacy and proper procedures before issuing adoptee birth certificates.

House2025-05-08

H602Engrossed

Coach Safely Act

This bill requires coaches and athletic staff at youth sports programs on state or local government property to complete annual training courses on youth sports injury prevention and emergency response. The Department of Health and Human Services will approve courses covering topics like concussions, heat injuries, CPR, and cardiac issues. Medical professionals like doctors, nurses, and athletic trainers are exempt from this requirement.

House2025-05-08

H772Engrossed

North Carolina Student Lifeline Act

This bill requires all North Carolina schools (public, charter, private, and religious) and community colleges and universities to display the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline phone number (988) and NC Peer Warmline phone number (855-733-7762) in multiple locations, including student IDs, websites, school devices, calendars, and registration documents. Schools must verify these phone numbers are current annually.

House2025-05-07

H741Engrossed

Veterans Registration Plate Modifications

This bill allows the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue Military Veteran special registration plates with personalized backgrounds, and it modifies the plate design to place the branch of service insignia on the left side instead of across the top. The bill exempts these plates from certain application requirements that normally apply to other special plates.

House2025-05-07

H92Engrossed

NC Digital Assets Investments Act

This bill authorizes North Carolina's State Treasurer to invest state funds in digital assets like cryptocurrencies and NFTs, but only up to 5% of designated funds and only after independent security review. It also directs the Treasurer to study whether state employees can invest retirement funds in digital assets and requires law enforcement to study creating a state reserve for seized or forfeited digital assets.

House2025-05-01

H156Engrossed

Increase Access for Small Employers/Insurance

This bill increases access to stop loss and catastrophic insurance coverage for small employers in North Carolina by lowering the threshold of what qualifies as a small employer from businesses with fewer than 12 employees to those with fewer than 5 employees. Stop loss insurance protects employers from unexpected large medical claims by their employees.

House2025-05-01

H254Engrossed

Adopt Tuskegee Airmen Day

This bill designates the fourth Thursday of March each year as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day in North Carolina. The day honors African-American pilots and support staff trained during World War II at Tuskegee Institute who served with distinction in combat operations.

House2025-05-01

H512Engrossed

Emer. Care/Animals/Vet. Practice

This bill allows emergency medical services (EMS) personnel to provide emergency medical care to injured police K-9 units and certified search and rescue dogs at emergency scenes without needing a veterinary license. It also protects EMS personnel from prosecution when they provide such emergency care in good faith, though this protection does not apply to cases involving gross negligence, wanton conduct, or intentional wrongdoing.

House2025-05-01

H163Engrossed

Pharmacy Benefits Manager Provisions

This bill regulates pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) in North Carolina by prohibiting spread pricing (charging insurers more than they pay pharmacies), restricting certain fees and concessions, establishing standards for specialty pharmacy accreditation, clarifying patients' right to choose their pharmacy, and strengthening audit protections for pharmacies. The bill also requires PBMs to report concession data to the Insurance Commissioner.

House2025-04-30

H152Engrossed

Access to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

This bill requires health insurance plans in North Carolina that cover transcranial magnetic stimulation (a noninvasive brain treatment for depression and mental disorders) to reimburse all properly licensed healthcare providers and facilities equally, without penalizing claims based on the provider's medical specialty. Insurers retain the right to decide whether to cover the treatment, which conditions it covers, coverage requirements, and reimbursement rates.

House2025-04-30

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

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

H110Introduced

Nat.l Guard Student Loan Repayment Program

This bill creates a National Guard Student Loan Repayment Program that provides up to $50,000 in student loan repayment assistance to active North Carolina National Guard members who commit to at least three years of service, with additional funds available for longer service terms. The bill appropriates $25.5 million in startup funding and $180,000 for administrative staff to operate the program.

House2025-04-29

H574Engrossed

Workforce Development Pilot Project

This bill creates a pilot program that provides grants to small and mid-sized North Carolina employers (20-1,500 employees) to help pay for employee training programs. Eligible employers can receive up to $2,000 per trainee or 50% of training costs (whichever is less), with a maximum of $40,000 per year, to fund training that improves worker skills, increases wages, or reduces turnover.

House2025-04-28

H555Introduced

Medicaid Telehealth Services

This bill allows healthcare providers licensed by North Carolina who offer services exclusively through telemedicine (remote video or phone visits) to become Medicaid providers without needing a physical office location or in-state address. Currently, such providers may be required to have a physical presence in the state to enroll in Medicaid.

House2025-04-17

H272Engrossed

The Sergeant Mickey Hutchens Act

This bill allows law enforcement, probation/parole, and corrections officers who have earned advanced certificates to purchase up to four years of additional service credit in the state retirement system by paying the full cost upfront. The law applies to both the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System and the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System, and becomes effective January 1, 2027, pending IRS approval.

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

H695Introduced

Support VIPER/Assist 911 Operations/Dispatch

This bill requires North Carolina's 911 Board to allocate a minimum of 20% of 911 service charge revenues to the State Highway Patrol for maintenance and support of the VIPER public safety radio system. VIPER is used to enable 911 system interoperability and coordinate first responder dispatch across the state. The change takes effect July 1, 2025.

House2025-04-16

H671Introduced

Competitive Speech and Debate Grant Pilot

This bill establishes a four-year pilot program (2025-2029) that provides grants up to $10,000 per year to North Carolina public high schools to create or expand speech and debate teams. The program allocates $500,000 annually to fund coach stipends, competition fees, and travel costs, with participating teams required to join the Tarheel Forensic League and National Speech and Debate Association.

House2025-04-15

H114Introduced

Employment Preference for Military Personnel

This bill expands North Carolina's employment preference policy for military personnel by removing the requirement that service occur during wartime and extending preference to active duty service members, Armed Forces Reserve members, and their spouses and dependents. The expanded preference applies to state job applications, hirings, promotions, reassignments, and transfers.

House2025-04-15

H883Introduced

Support Students with Disabilities Act

This bill creates a new grant program allowing school districts to apply for state funding to cover extraordinary costs of educating students with disabilities, including placements in private schools. The state will reimburse 75% of qualifying costs for students whose total service costs exceed four times the state average per-pupil spending on special education, and requires annual monitoring reports on homebound, modified day, and hospital placements.

House2025-04-10

H796Introduced

The Student Mental Health Line Awareness Act

This bill requires public schools, charter schools, regional schools, and laboratory schools in North Carolina to print three mental health crisis helpline numbers on student identification cards issued to grades 6-12 students: the 988 Lifeline, Crisis Text Line (text HOME to 741741), and the NC Statewide Warmline (1-855-733-7762). Nonpublic schools are encouraged but not required to do the same. Schools must verify these numbers are accurate and current annually.

House2025-04-08

H780Introduced

All Pro Dads & Responsible Fatherhood NC

This bill appropriates $5 million to support fatherhood programs in North Carolina. It provides $2 million to expand the All Pro Dad program in schools and creates a new Responsible Fatherhood NC program with $3 million in funding, which will include a statewide media campaign, resources for fathers, and grants to community organizations serving fathers.

House2025-04-07

H382Engrossed

Elk Permit Auction/Raffle

This bill authorizes the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission to issue elk hunting permits through a raffle (one permit for the 2026 season) and an auction (conducted by a nonprofit wildlife conservation organization involved in elk reintroduction). Revenue from both methods goes to the Wildlife Resources Fund for elk conservation, after covering administrative costs. The bill allows the Commission to continue these methods in future seasons based on elk management goals.

House2025-04-03

H680Introduced

The Protect Children from Cannabis Act

This bill creates a state regulatory system for hemp-derived consumable products (like delta-8 THC vapes and edibles) that contain less than 0.3% delta-9 THC but may have high levels of other cannabinoids. It requires retailers and online sellers to obtain permits, prohibits sales to anyone under 21, establishes penalties for violations, and gives the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission enforcement authority.

House2025-04-03

H660Introduced

Funds for Various Projects in Cabarrus Co

This bill appropriates $22.65 million in state funds for various projects in Cabarrus County during fiscal year 2025-2026. The funds are divided among road improvements in Midland ($7 million), multiple projects in Harrisburg including a rail station and turf fields ($12.7 million), a community health center expansion ($1.95 million), and a nonprofit serving people in crisis ($1 million).

House2025-04-02

H300Introduced

Vet Care for Retired First Responder Dogs

This bill establishes a state fund to reimburse owners of retired police, fire, and correctional canines for veterinary care costs. Eligible dogs must have been certified and retired after July 1, 2024, and owners can receive up to $1,500 per fiscal year in reimbursements for covered veterinary expenses. The bill appropriates $400,000 in recurring state funds to support the program.

House2025-04-01

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

H426Introduced

Workforce Diploma Program

This bill establishes a two-year Workforce Diploma Program through North Carolina's Community Colleges System to help adults age 21 and older earn high school diplomas while developing job skills. The state will contract with qualified third-party organizations to deliver the program and will provide up to $5 million in funding, paying organizations based on student completion of coursework, certifications, credentials, and diplomas.

House2025-04-01

H611Introduced

Increase APs in Public Schools

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

House2025-04-01

H566Introduced

Principal Fellows Changes

This bill makes changes to North Carolina's Principal Fellows Program, which helps prepare school leaders. It adds a new grant program for universities and colleges to develop innovative principal training methods, allows the program to fund statewide professional development activities for school leadership, and establishes reporting requirements to track how well graduates perform as school principals.

House2025-03-31

H523Introduced

School Social Workers/Master's Pay

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

House2025-03-27

H488Introduced

Modify School Performance Grades

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

House2025-03-25

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

H465Introduced

Waive Renewal Fee/Military Drivers Licenses

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

House2025-03-20

H463Introduced

First Responders Mental Health Plan Act

This bill establishes a supplemental insurance program administered by the Department of Insurance to provide mental health benefits to North Carolina first responders (police, firefighters, EMTs, dispatchers, and correctional officers) diagnosed with work-related mental conditions. Benefits include reimbursement for medical expenses up to $5,000 annually, salary support during required medical leave, and disability payments up to $5,000 monthly for those unable to work.

House2025-03-20

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

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

H137Introduced

Gabe Torres Act

This bill expands the Public Safety Employees' Death Benefits Act to include public safety employees killed while traveling to or from work, rather than only those killed while actively performing duties. It allocates $300,000 annually for the 2025-2027 budget period to cover these expanded benefits.

House2025-03-12

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

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

H242Introduced

Add Psychiatric Hospitals to Medicaid HASP

This bill expands North Carolina's Medicaid Healthcare Access and Stabilization Program (HASP) to include freestanding psychiatric hospitals alongside existing acute care hospitals. It funds increased reimbursements to these psychiatric hospitals through new hospital assessments levied on all freestanding psychiatric hospitals in the state.

House2025-03-11

H289Introduced

Add Member to NC Training Standards Commiss

This bill adds one new member to the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, bringing the total from 35 to 36 members. The new member would be a full-time sworn law-enforcement officer selected by the North Carolina Police Benevolent Association.

House2025-03-06

H310Introduced

Eminent Domain

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to restrict eminent domain (government power to take private property) to only situations of genuine public use, and to guarantee that property owners can request a jury to determine fair compensation. The bill also updates state law to align with this stricter standard.

House2025-03-06

H2Engrossed

Entry Fees for Interscholastic Sports Events

This bill requires public schools in North Carolina to accept cash as payment for admission to high school and middle school sporting events. Schools may deposit the cash the next business day and must have procedures for handling it safely before deposit.

House2025-03-06

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

H280Introduced

Support for the Senior Tar Heel Legislature

This bill appropriates $30,000 in one-time funding to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging and Adult Services, to support the operations of the North Carolina Senior Tar Heel Legislature for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The Senior Tar Heel Legislature is an existing program established under state law that allows older adults to participate in legislative activities.

House2025-03-05

H222Introduced

C.O.O.P.E.R. Accountability Act

This bill appropriates $217 million for disaster recovery from Hurricanes Matthew and Florence, establishes detailed monthly reporting requirements to the legislature and State Auditor on how these funds are spent, creates a public dashboard comparing appropriated versus expended funds, and requires that recipients of state disaster aid attempt to obtain insurance settlements and federal aid first, with any alternative funds obtained being returned to the state.

House2025-03-04

H239Introduced

Change to EC Funding Formula

This bill modifies how North Carolina distributes state funding for educating children with disabilities. It changes the funding formula to include students who receive education scholarship grants (such as education savings accounts) when calculating how much money each school district receives, and appropriates an additional $25 million in state funding for this purpose starting in the 2025-2026 school year.

House2025-03-03

H157Passed

State of the State Invitation

This resolution invites Governor Josh Stein to address a joint session of the North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate on March 12, 2025, at 7:00 P.M. in the House chamber. The resolution also extends invitations to cabinet members, Council of State members, and state judges to attend the address.

House2025-02-27

H130Introduced

Agriculture Crops Disaster Relief

This bill establishes the 2024 Agricultural Disaster Crop Loss Program and appropriates $475 million to help North Carolina farmers recover from verified crop losses caused by natural disasters in 2024. The program provides financial assistance to farmers in counties designated as agricultural disaster areas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with funds transferred from state reserves and distributed based on acreage, county loss estimates, and yield/price averages.

House2025-02-26

H120Introduced

Expand Project C.A.R.E./Funds

This bill appropriates $2,073,847 in state funding for each of fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 to expand Project C.A.R.E., a state program that provides support services to family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease or other related dementias.

House2025-02-25

H93Introduced

Constitutional Amendment/Repeal Literacy Test

This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to remove North Carolina's literacy test requirement for voting from the state constitution. The amendment would be submitted to voters in the November 2026 general election, and if approved by a majority, would eliminate this outdated provision that is already prohibited under federal law.

House2025-02-12

H61Introduced

Assaults on First Responders

This bill increases the punishment for assaulting first responders with a firearm from a Class D felony to a Class B1 felony. It expands the definition of protected first responders to include emergency medical technicians, emergency health care providers, medical responders, firefighters, and telecommunicators, in addition to law enforcement, probation, parole officers, National Guard members, and detention facility employees.

House2025-02-06

H60Introduced

Modernize Medicaid Dental Rates

This bill increases North Carolina's Medicaid reimbursement rates for dental services from 35% to 46% of average 2023 dentist charges, starting July 1, 2025. The state would spend $52 million annually (matched with $95 million in federal funds) over the 2025-2027 fiscal period to fund these rate increases.

House2025-02-06

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

H55Introduced

Funds for the IGNITE Program

This bill appropriates $250,000 per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal period to fund the IGNITE Program run by the Autism Society of North Carolina. The program provides activities and educational groups designed to help young adults with autism develop independence and social skills as they transition into adulthood.

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

H10Introduced

Study State Travel Allowance Reimbursements

This bill establishes a bipartisan committee to study whether North Carolina's current travel allowances and reimbursement rates for state employees, teachers, and legislators should be updated. The committee will examine historical rates, federal guidelines, and input from various industries, then submit recommendations to the legislature by March 15, 2026.

House2025-01-30

H18Passed

Honor Joe John, Former Member

This is a memorial resolution honoring Joseph Robert John, Sr., a former North Carolina House member who represented House District 40 from 2017 to 2025 and passed away on January 20, 2025. The resolution recognizes his career in public service, including his work as a lawyer, judge, and legislator, and expresses the House's appreciation for his contributions to the state.

House2025-01-29

Grant Campbell

Grant Campbell

Sponsored Bills (66)

Budget Technical Corrections Modifications

Education Omnibus

Tax-Free Family Essentials Act

Modify HC POA/Adv Direct

Physical Therapy Practice Act Mods

Prescription Drug Expenses Tax Deduction

Wastewater Design Flow Modifications

Government Website Access Act

Military Service Buyback Reduction: Teachers

Medicaid & HHS Adjust./Other Critical Needs

Funds for Veterans/HBOT

Lower Healthcare Costs

Disabled Veterans Tax Relief Bill

Healthcare Workforce Reforms

NC Genetic Counselors Workforce Act

UNC Tuition Discounts for Certain Students

Medical Board Licensing Efficiency Act

Regulate Kratom Products

Mod. Bd. of Eng'ers & Surveyors

Social Work Interstate Licensure Compact

China Grove Even Year Elections

Town of Faith/Even-Yr. Elect./Four-Yr.Terms

Veterans/eTMS Pilot Program

Ensure Access to Biomarker Testing

Reagan's Law

Motorcycle Road Guard Safety Act

Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military

Living Donor Protection Act

Annual Rep't Due Date/Deployed Servicemembers

Enhance Financial Protections/Older Adults

Workforce Credential Grant Program/CCP

Military and Veterans Educational Promise Act

Prescription Eye Drop Early Refill Coverage

Chiropractic Investigatory Costs

Reports Related to Sexual Assault Exams

Teacher Retention and Recruitment

Review Effectiveness & Delivery of Child Care

Prohibit Vape/Tobacco Shops Near Schools

Nat. Guard Tax Deduction for Fed. Pay

Study Highway Patrol Staffing/Salary Scale

Fertility Preservation Pilot Program

Public Safety Through Food Access Act

Eliminate PET Scanners from CON Review

AEDs and CPR in Schools

Optometrists Telehealth Services

Funds for PTSD Treatment for Police Officers

Ensuring Patient Safety w/Mail Order Meds

Funds for Sexual Assault Nurse Programs

Funds for Blue Star Families, Inc

Protect Youth From Harms of Vaping & Nicotine

Bentley's Law

Protect Youth From Harms of Vaping & Nicotine

Beyond The Choice Act

Patriotism Expression Act

Workforce Education Act

Filial Debt Fairness Act

Medicaid Rates/Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Cabarrus Co

SchCalFlex/Cabarrus/Open Cal

SchCalFlex/Kannapolis/Open Cal

Parental Consent to Release Child Autopsies

Funds for Diabetes Research Institute/UNC-CH

Establish Prostate Cancer Control Program

Protect Access to In Vitro Fertilization

Pharmaceutical Full Disclosure Act

Observe Standard Time All Year

Cosponsored Bills (96)

Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons

SBOE Administrative Changes

2026 Budget Technical Corrections - II

Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping

NC Farmland and Military Protection Act

Improve IVC Process and Enhance Public Safety

Voluntary Portable Benefits Plan Act

Strengthen Medicaid Provider Controls

Honor Mike Clampitt

Equality in State Agencies/Prohibition on DEI