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Worker Safety Act of 2026

This bill clarifies the process for filing complaints about workplace retaliation under North Carolina's worker protection laws. It specifies what information complaints must contain, allows employers to submit response statements within seven days, requires extra materials submitted with complaints to be destroyed and kept confidential, and establishes how time periods are calculated in these cases.

House2026-06-22

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

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

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

H390Engrossed

Medicaid Prepaid Health Plan Practices

This bill allows Medicaid Prepaid Health Plans (PHPs) to require itemized bills for large hospital claims, align their claims processing with national standards, and direct certain hospital services to outpatient settings instead of inpatient settings, while giving the Department of Health and Human Services authority to set guidelines for these practices.

House2026-05-12

H433Passed

SFRF/NCPRO Revisions

This bill allows North Carolina to reclassify and reallocate remaining State Fiscal Recovery Funds (federal COVID-19 relief money) to different eligible government services and projects, permits the state to use interest earned on certain pandemic relief funds for operations, and extends the North Carolina Pandemic Recovery Office's operations deadline from June 30, 2026, to May 1, 2027.

House2026-05-12

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

H696Passed

Medicaid & HHS Adjust./Other Critical Needs

This bill makes various changes to North Carolina's Medicaid program, health and human services, and state budget operations. Key provisions include modifications to Medicaid eligibility verification and work requirements, changes to hospital funding mechanisms through assessments and intergovernmental transfers, establishment of a Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education, increased funding for veterans scholarships, and appropriations for various state agency operating needs.

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

H434Engrossed

Lower Healthcare Costs

This bill aims to lower healthcare costs and increase price transparency in North Carolina through multiple measures: requiring hospitals and surgical facilities to publicly report pricing information on common procedures, mandating clear billing disclosures to patients about out-of-network providers, establishing good-faith cost estimates for scheduled procedures, limiting facility fees charged by hospitals, and strengthening prior authorization and appeals processes for health insurance.

House2026-04-06

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

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

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

H697Engrossed

NC Genetic Counselors Workforce Act

This bill establishes a Genetic Counselors Licensure Board in North Carolina and creates a new licensing system for genetic counselors. Genetic counselors would need to be certified by the American Board of Genetic Counseling and meet additional qualifications to practice in the state. The Board would regulate genetic counselors' practice, set ethical standards, investigate complaints, and enforce disciplinary actions.

House2025-06-26

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

H480Engrossed

Medical Board Licensing Efficiency Act

This bill creates a faster licensing pathway for physicians, physician assistants, and anesthesiologist assistants who are already licensed in other U.S. states. Instead of going through the full licensing process, qualified medical professionals can apply for 'licensure by endorsement' if they have at least five years of active experience, a job offer in North Carolina, and a clean disciplinary record. The bill also keeps Medical Board investigation records confidential.

House2025-06-25

H79Introduced

North Carolina Work and Save

This bill creates the North Carolina Work and Save Program, a state-facilitated retirement savings program for small business employees and self-employed individuals who lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. The program would offer payroll deduction IRAs (Individual Retirement Accounts) managed by private financial providers, with a default option of a Roth IRA with a 5% contribution rate, and includes $1 million in state funding for startup costs through 2027.

House2025-06-25

H379Engrossed

Application for a Convention of the States

This resolution asks Congress to call a convention of the states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution to propose amendments limiting federal fiscal spending, federal power, and congressional term lengths. North Carolina's application remains active until two-thirds of all states submit similar applications for the same purpose.

House2025-05-08

H297Engrossed

Breast Cancer Prevention Imaging Parity

This bill requires health insurance plans in North Carolina to cover supplemental and diagnostic breast imaging (such as MRI and ultrasound) with the same cost-sharing as standard mammograms. It also prevents out-of-network providers from billing patients above insurance-approved rates for these breast cancer prevention services.

House2025-05-07

H547Engrossed

Children's Services Protection Act

This bill limits the liability of private contractors providing children's services under state agencies like DHHS. Contractors can be sued for their own negligence but not for negligence by the government agency they work with, and they would face the same monetary damage caps as public agencies—unless they commit abuse.

House2025-05-07

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

H572Engrossed

Veterans/eTMS Pilot Program

This bill authorizes North Carolina's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to select a provider to run a statewide pilot program offering eTMS (electroencephalogram combined transcranial magnetic stimulation) treatment to veterans, first responders, and their immediate family members who have conditions like PTSD, substance use disorders, traumatic brain injuries, and sleep disorders. The program must include peer support networks, counseling, and outcome reporting by September 2026.

House2025-05-07

H24Introduced

Restore Down-Zoning Authority

This bill repeals a 2024 law that restricted local governments' ability to reduce zoning density (down-zoning). It restores municipalities' and counties' authority to initiate down-zoning changes and makes this change retroactive to December 11, 2024, reinstating any ordinances that were affected by the previous restriction.

House2025-05-05

H472Engrossed

Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection

This bill creates two new protections for commercial vehicles and cargo in North Carolina. First, it prohibits the use of immobilization devices (like boots) on commercial motor vehicles for parking enforcement purposes, making violations a Class 2 misdemeanor. Second, it requires towing companies to promptly return commercial cargo to its owner upon request and to exchange damaged trailers with comparable working trailers.

House2025-05-05

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

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

H570Engrossed

Responsible Firefighting Foam Management Act

This bill prohibits the use of firefighting foams containing PFAS chemicals (a type of 'forever chemical') for training and practice purposes by firefighters and emergency responders in North Carolina. It allows PFAS-containing foam to still be used in actual emergencies but requires safe containment and disposal when used for testing, and mandates the use of non-fluorinated alternative foams for training instead.

House2025-04-30

H806Introduced

Public School Operational Relief

This bill removes North Carolina's class size requirements for public schools and allows schools to employ teachers who are not licensed, as long as at least 50% of teachers in each school hold valid teaching licenses. Unlicensed teachers in core subjects (math, science, social studies, language arts) must be college graduates and complete training in special education, behavior management, and restraint/seclusion procedures.

House2025-04-29

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

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

H160Engrossed

Joel H. Crisp SUDEP Awareness Law

This bill requires the UNC School of Medicine's Area Health Education Centers (NC AHEC) to compile and share evidence-based information about Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) with all North Carolina healthcare practitioners. NC AHEC must work with medical boards and professional organizations to create standard information materials and report completed materials to the state legislature by September 1, 2025.

House2025-04-09

H264Introduced

Wire Fraud Prevention Act

This bill modifies North Carolina's wire transfer fraud laws to require banks to verbally verify payment orders with customers and beneficiaries, and to refund a portion of unauthorized payments more quickly. It also adds protections for large deposits made to newly opened accounts by delaying payment for 10 business days.

House2025-04-08

H672Introduced

Physician Assist. Omnibus/Team-based/Compact

This bill makes two main changes to physician assistant (PA) practice in North Carolina: Part I creates a 'team-based practice' option for PAs with significant experience that allows them to work with less direct physician supervision in hospitals and clinics, and Part II establishes North Carolina's participation in the PA Licensure Compact, which allows PAs licensed in one state to practice in other compact states without getting a separate license in each state.

House2025-04-03

H141Engrossed

The Joe John Remembrance Act

This bill removes the additional fee that fire department and rescue squad members must pay when obtaining a special registration plate. Currently, these members pay the standard vehicle registration fee plus an extra charge; this bill eliminates that extra charge so they only pay the standard fee.

House2025-04-03

H571Introduced

Funds for PTSD Treatment for Police Officers

This bill appropriates $500,000 in state funds to the Department of Public Safety to create a grant program that helps pay for treatment of police officers diagnosed with PTSD. The funds are nonrecurring, meaning they are available only for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

House2025-04-01

H553Introduced

Ensuring Patient Safety w/Mail Order Meds

This bill revises North Carolina law regarding abortion-inducing drugs sent by mail or through remote means. It allows such drugs to be provided if a physician conducts an in-person informed consent meeting at least 72 hours beforehand, the drugs are FDA-approved, and standard informed consent requirements are met. The bill also establishes civil liability and enforcement mechanisms, including private lawsuits and potential criminal penalties.

House2025-03-31

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

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

H514Introduced

APRN Definitions

This bill formally defines the scope of practice for four types of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) in North Carolina: Certified Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, and Clinical Nurse Specialists. It removes the requirement that APRNs obtain joint approval from both the Medical Board and Nursing Board to perform certain medical acts, instead allowing the Nursing Board to grant prescribing and practice authority directly.

House2025-03-26

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

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

H375Introduced

AI/Ban Deceptive Ads

This bill creates new state laws regulating artificial intelligence and synthetic media in North Carolina. It requires clear labeling of AI-generated or manipulated content in political ads, prohibits deceptive deepfakes of candidates, bans AI-generated child sexual abuse material and non-consensual intimate images, requires disclosure when regulated professionals use AI, and establishes criminal penalties and civil remedies for violations.

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

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

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

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

H229Introduced

Medicaid Rates/Ambulatory Surgical Centers

This bill requires North Carolina's Medicaid program to reimburse ambulatory surgical centers (outpatient surgery facilities) at rates of at least 95% of what Medicare pays for the same services. The state will spend $10.5 million annually to fund this increase, which will draw down $19.1 million in federal matching funds.

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

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

H46Introduced

Make Healthcare Affordable

This bill requires that any new state legislation creating health insurance mandates (such as coverage requirements for specific treatments, providers, or drugs) must also repeal at least an equal number of existing mandates and must appropriate funds to cover the cost. The bill establishes a definition of health benefit mandates and applies these requirements to both private health plans and the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees.

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

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

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Sponsored Bills (41)

Budget Technical Corrections Modifications

SBOE Administrative Changes

Consumers in Crisis Protection Act

Modify HC POA/Adv Direct

Honor Mike Clampitt

Limit Use of AI Medicaid/Commercial Insurance

Const. Amendment: Council of State Vacancies

On-Site Wastewater System Amendments

Various State and Local Gov't Provisions

2025 Omnibus Labor Amendments.-AB

Annexation of PUV Land/School Capacity

Expressing French Friendship

Local Govts/Guaranteed Income Programs

Insurance Coverage Emergency Ambulance Trans

SchCalFlex/Statewide/Open Cal

Support Firefighters Fighting Cancer

Emer. Care/Animals/Vet. Practice

Access to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Pharmacy Benefits Manager Provisions

Workforce Development Pilot Project

Expand Treatment Access/Opioid Use Disorder

Parity Enhancement for Addiction Recovery

Chiropractic Investigatory Costs

Utility Forced Relocation Expenses

Food Labeling Transparency Act

Pharmacists/Test and Treat

Elk Permit Auction/Raffle

Uniform Energy Rates for Seasonal Service

Chiropractic Education Changes

Respiratory Care Modernization Act

Optometrists Telehealth Services

Controlled Substances Act - Updates

The Second Amendment Protection Act

Private Property Rights Act

Enhance Firefighter Benefits & Representation

Eliminate Tax on Gov't Retirees

Recovery-Friendly Workplace Program/Funds

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

Funds for the IGNITE Program

Funds for NC APSE

Restore Down-Zoning Auth./Stanly & Catawba

Cosponsored Bills (60)

Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping

Equality in State Agencies/Prohibition on DEI

Prohibit Litigation Invest/Amend WC Benefits

Worker Safety Act of 2026

Make E-Verify Great Again

Const. Amend. Property Tax Levy Limit

Mike Clampitt 1st Responder Tax Fairness Act

Expand the FarmSHARE Food Hub Program

Medicaid Prepaid Health Plan Practices

SFRF/NCPRO Revisions

Funds for Veterans/HBOT

Medicaid & HHS Adjust./Other Critical Needs

CHCCS Act

Lower Healthcare Costs

Medicaid Rebase Funding

The Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act

Limit Rules With Substantial Financial Costs

NC Genetic Counselors Workforce Act

Fostering Care in NC Act

Medical Board Licensing Efficiency Act

North Carolina Work and Save

Application for a Convention of the States

Breast Cancer Prevention Imaging Parity

Children's Services Protection Act

Parents' Medical Bill of Rights

Veterans/eTMS Pilot Program

Restore Down-Zoning Authority

Commercial Vehicle & Cargo Protection

Remote License Renewal/Active Duty Military

Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act

Responsible Firefighting Foam Management Act

Public School Operational Relief

Military and Veterans Educational Promise Act

The Sergeant Mickey Hutchens Act

Joel H. Crisp SUDEP Awareness Law