North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 1297–1320 of 2,329 bills
Introduced by Ben Moss
This bill modernizes North Carolina's laws governing respiratory care practitioners by creating a new category of advanced respiratory care practitioners (ARCPs) who can perform specialized procedures under physician supervision, updating licensing requirements to reflect current education standards, and establishing clearer practice definitions and Board oversight. The changes are intended to reflect how the respiratory care profession has evolved, particularly following increased demands during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Introduced by Mike Clampitt
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.
Introduced by Jake Johnson
This bill directs the Department of Public Instruction, working with the State Board of Community Colleges, to study whether skilled workers and professionals with real-world experience could become Career and Technical Education (CTE) high school teachers without meeting all current licensure requirements. The study must be completed by March 15, 2026, and recommend alternative or modified paths to CTE teacher licensure based on industry credentials and work experience.
Introduced by Julie von Haefen
The Friendly NC Act is a comprehensive civil rights and anti-discrimination bill that would expand legal protections against discrimination in North Carolina across multiple areas including employment, housing, public accommodations, credit, insurance, education, and jury service. It also creates new protections related to reproductive rights, conversion therapy, domestic violence for same-sex couples, and establishes an environmental justice program.
Introduced by Terry Brown
This bill appropriates $2.3 million in state funding for the 2025-2027 fiscal years to expand sickle cell disease programs and services through the Department of Health and Human Services. The funding will support six comprehensive sickle cell medical centers, create transition coordinator positions to help young patients move from pediatric to adult care, provide grants to community organizations, and improve emergency department care for sickle cell patients.
Introduced by Brian Echevarria
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).
Introduced by Allen Buansi
This bill modernizes North Carolina's transportation funding distribution formula by increasing support for non-highway transportation projects like public transit, rail, and bicycle/pedestrian infrastructure. It reallocates state transportation funds from 40% to 30% for statewide highway projects, increases regional projects from 30% to 40%, and requires at least 20% of funds go to non-highway projects. It also updates local zoning and subdivision regulations to better accommodate multimodal transportation planning.
Introduced by Phil Rubin
This bill clarifies North Carolina's firearm storage law to explicitly require safe storage of both loaded and unloaded firearms when minors have access to them. The change responds to a 2024 court ruling that found the law ambiguous about whether unloaded firearms stored near ammunition must be secured.
Introduced by Brad Overcash
This bill appropriates additional state funding to increase salary supplements for teachers in advanced teaching roles and to expand the Advanced Teaching Roles program. The bill allocates $16.2 million for 2025-2026 and $20.1 million for 2026-2027 for salary supplements, plus $1 million for 2025-2026 to expand the program.
Introduced by Tracy Clark
This bill would prohibit the manufacture, sale, purchase, transfer, and possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines in North Carolina, defined as magazines holding more than 10 rounds for most firearms or more than 8 shotgun shells. Violations would be Class 2 misdemeanors, with enhanced penalties for repeat offenses or use during felonies. The law includes exceptions for military and law enforcement, out-of-state transfers, and allows current owners 180 days to modify, surrender, or sell their magazines.
Introduced by Tim Longest
This bill restores a sales tax refund program for local school districts and joint school purchasing agencies on their direct purchases of tangible goods and services. The refund applies to items like food service materials, supplies, and equipment, but excludes utilities and certain other services. The state will adjust the public school fund budget to account for the restored refund.
Introduced by Keith Kidwell
The NC REACH Act requires all students graduating from UNC constituent institutions with a bachelor's degree and community colleges with an associate degree to complete at least three credit hours of American history or American government instruction. The course must include reading eight specified founding documents and Constitution-related texts, with a cumulative final exam counting for at least 20% of the grade, while replacing an existing elective rather than adding credit hour requirements.
This bill requires prescription drug manufacturers to notify state agencies, insurance companies, and pharmacy benefits managers at least 60 days before implementing price increases of 10% or more, and to disclose justifications, marketing budgets, and price history within 30 days. It also requires manufacturers to disclose dependency risks when marketing drugs to prescribers and establishes a public online portal where North Carolinians can access pricing information and reports on the state's most prescribed and costliest drugs.
Introduced by Mike Colvin
This bill appropriates $500,000 to the North Carolina Department of Transportation to study ways to reduce traffic congestion on roads near Fort Bragg between Vass Road and NC Highway 87. The study will examine potential solutions including expanded rail routes and other surface transportation options.
Introduced by Maria Cervania
This bill designates the week containing March 12th each year as Girl Scouts Week in North Carolina to recognize the Girl Scouts organization and celebrate the accomplishments of Girl Scout Gold Award recipients. The designation is a ceremonial recognition with no budgetary or regulatory requirements.
Introduced by Dante Pittman
This bill lowers the threshold that would trigger the end of Medicaid expansion coverage in North Carolina. Currently, expansion coverage would only stop if federal funding fell below 90% of the non-expansion Medicaid rate; this bill changes that threshold (the specific new percentage is referenced in existing law but not stated in this excerpt). The bill requires the state to notify lawmakers and begin the discontinuation process if this lower threshold is reached.
Introduced by Carolyn Logan
This bill creates a new parole program that allows inmates serving life sentences without parole to become eligible for release after serving at least 20 years if they complete educational, vocational, and work requirements through a 15-year Mutual Agreement Parole Program contract. The bill applies to both current and future inmates, with those already imprisoned for 20+ years eligible for shorter contracts of 1-3 years.
Introduced by Grant Campbell
This bill allows licensed optometrists in North Carolina to provide telehealth services to patients in the state without being physically located in North Carolina or holding a license in the state where they are physically located. The optometrist must have a valid North Carolina license and remain subject to all state laws and Board regulations.
This bill reduces the percentage of gross family income that parents must pay as copayments for state-subsidized child care from 10% to 7%. It appropriates $25 million annually for the 2025-2027 fiscal years to fund this reduction in parent costs.
Introduced by Dudley Greene
This bill would require data centers, electric vehicle charging stations, and EV/PHEV owners to pay fees to cover the cost of building new power generation capacity needed to meet their electricity demands, rather than spreading those costs to all electricity ratepayers. Data centers would need to contract with utilities to build dedicated power sources or develop their own, with safeguards to prevent cost overruns from affecting general ratepayers.
Introduced by Jennifer Balkcom
This bill allows nonprofit and private conservation organizations that hold agricultural, horticultural, or forestland to have that property taxed at present-use value (a lower tax rate based on current agricultural/forest use rather than potential development value). It also allows property with conservation easements to maintain present-use value tax status even after being transferred to a new owner, as long as the easement requirements are met.
This bill appropriates $500,000 in state funds to the City of Greensboro for two purposes: $250,000 to cover law enforcement, security, and transportation costs for hosting a FIFA Club World Cup 2025 training camp, and $250,000 for expenses related to the 2025 North Carolina Folk Festival. The funds come from the state's General Fund for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
Introduced by Ray Jeffers
This bill requires the University of North Carolina Board of Governors to adopt a policy giving priority in admissions to educator preparation programs (teacher training programs) to in-state residents over out-of-state applicants. The policy would apply to all UNC constituent institutions starting with the 2025-2026 academic year.
This bill splits District Court District 43 and Public Defender District 43 into two separate districts (43A and 43B), with 43A covering Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Macon, and Swain counties, and 43B covering Haywood and Jackson counties. The bill appropriates approximately $1 million to fund one new district court judge, one judicial assistant, one chief public defender, and three assistant public defenders for the new District 43B starting in 2026-2027.