North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
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Introduced by Sophia Chitlik
The Birth Freedom Act requires health insurance plans in North Carolina, including Medicaid and the State Health Plan, to cover maternity care at home and birthing centers with the same benefits as hospital births. The bill allocates $150,000 to help increase access to birthing center services and sets reimbursement rates at 90% of average commercial hospital rates.
Introduced by Danny Britt
The Ronnie Long No Cap Act removes the $750,000 cap on compensation awarded to people exonerated of felonies in North Carolina, allowing them to receive $50,000 per year of wrongful imprisonment. The bill also directs the state to provide Medicaid coverage to exonerees and requires the Department of Adult Correction to offer transition services (housing, employment, sustenance) up to $25,000 per person upon release.
Introduced by Norman Sanderson
This bill appropriates $3.3 million in state funds to the Town of Cape Carteret for a single fiscal year to construct a new building that will house the town hall, police headquarters, and emergency operations center.
Introduced by Mujtaba Mohammed
This bill appropriates $500,000 in one-time state funding to the C.W. Williams Community Health Center, a nonprofit organization in Mecklenburg County, to help complete construction or development of a full-service community health center. The funds become available on July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Bobby Hanig
This bill requires law enforcement officers to intervene when they observe another officer using excessive force (if safe to do so) and to report suspected unauthorized use of force to a supervisor within 72 hours. It also protects officers who make these reports from retaliation, termination, or discipline by their employer for having made the report, while allowing agencies to still discipline officers for unrelated prior misconduct.
Introduced by Caleb Theodros
The Coaches Care Act requires all coaches and athletic directors at middle and high schools to complete approved youth mental health first aid training and maintain current certification. The bill also requires youth athletics organizations using county or city facilities to ensure their coaches have this certification. The State Board of Education will maintain a list of approved training programs.
Introduced by Terence Everitt
This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to remove the General Assembly and Governor from redistricting decisions and instead create an independent North Carolina Citizens Redistricting Commission to draw state legislative and congressional district maps after each census. The commission would be composed of 15 citizens selected through a process designed to ensure political balance and diversity, and would follow strict criteria prioritizing equal population, constitutional compliance, contiguous districts, and community preservation.
Introduced by Eddie Settle
This bill prohibits the intentional release of substances into North Carolina's atmosphere to alter temperature, weather, or sunlight intensity through methods like stratospheric aerosol injection, cloud seeding, and electromagnetic radiation. The bill amends state environmental law to make atmospheric modification activities illegal and requires the Environmental Management Commission to create rules to enforce the prohibition.
This bill appropriates $12 million in state funds to the Town of Beaufort for upgrades and repairs to its boat docks. The funds would be available for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and become effective July 1, 2025.
This bill allows certain students, including those without lawful immigration status, to qualify for in-state tuition at UNC schools and North Carolina community colleges if they graduated from a North Carolina high school, attended NC schools for at least two consecutive years before graduating, and (if undocumented) submit an affidavit stating they have applied or intend to apply for legal status. The bill also keeps application information confidential.
This bill creates several new pilot programs and services designed to help working families in North Carolina access child care, nutrition assistance, healthcare, and preventive care. It appropriates approximately $27 million over two years to fund regional support hubs, child care grants, food access programs, year-round school meals, telehealth services, and establishes an advisory board to oversee these integrated family support services.
Introduced by Allen Buansi
This bill appropriates $1 million per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to the Department of Health and Human Services to strengthen North Carolina's Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. The funding will support nine additional regional ombudsman positions and operational expenses to help the state meet national standards for protecting residents in long-term care facilities.
Introduced by Natalie Murdock
This bill provides North Carolina state employees, public school employees, and community college employees with paid leave for pregnancy loss (such as miscarriage or failed fertility procedures) and paid bereavement leave for the death of immediate family members. The bill appropriates $3.8 million total ($1.8 million annually for pregnancy loss leave and $2 million annually for bereavement leave) to fund these new benefits starting July 1, 2025.
This bill requires North Carolina's State Auditor to periodically audit private schools that enroll students receiving state scholarship grants. The audits would apply specifically to nonpublic schools serving students with state-funded scholarships under the scholarship grant program.
This bill creates the North Carolina Victims of Crime Assistance Fund and a competitive grant program administered by the Governor's Crime Commission to award grants up to $1 million to public agencies and nonprofits that provide services to crime victims. The bill funds this program by increasing criminal court costs by $3.50 per case and marriage license fees by $5.00, effective December 1, 2025.
This bill establishes the Artificial Intelligence Innovation Trust Fund within the North Carolina Department of Commerce to provide grants and support to companies developing AI systems. It also creates regulatory requirements for developers of large-scale AI models, including safety protocols, third-party audits, and incident reporting, while prohibiting funding for AI used in mass surveillance, discriminatory profiling, or election interference.
Introduced by Julie Mayfield
This bill allows certain mid-sized residential apartment buildings (5-32 units, up to 75 feet tall) in North Carolina to be built with a single stairway exit instead of multiple exits, provided they meet specific safety requirements like fire-resistant construction, automatic sprinkler systems, pressurized stairwells, and limited travel distances to exits. The Building Code Council must adopt permanent rules based on these standards.
Introduced by DeAndrea Salvador
This bill appropriates $545,588 in state funds to the Town of Pineville to construct a pedestrian hybrid beacon and crosswalk at Highway 51 and Main Street near Town Hall. The goal is to improve pedestrian safety and walkability in the town.
This bill increases child care subsidy payment rates for providers serving low-income families to the seventy-fifth percentile of the 2023 market rate study, establishes a minimum statewide payment floor for child care centers and homes, and appropriates $110 million per year for the 2025-2027 budget period to fund these increases.
This bill expands breast cancer screening coverage requirements for health insurance plans in North Carolina by requiring equal cost-sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams compared to screening mammograms, updates patient notification rules about breast density, and appropriates $3.6 million for the state health plan and $1.5 million for training mammography technologists in rural areas.
Introduced by Timothy Moffitt
This bill requires state agency boards and commissions to obtain special approval votes before adopting expensive regulations. Rules projected to cost $1 million or more over five years require a two-thirds vote, while rules costing $10 million or more require unanimous approval (unless required by federal law, which only needs two-thirds approval). The bill also updates fiscal note requirements for agencies proposing rules with substantial economic impact.
This bill allocates $7 million in state funding to advance train infrastructure development in North Carolina by providing $1 million to each of seven proposed rail corridors for engineering studies and feasibility assessments. The funds support routes like Asheville to Salisbury, Charlotte to Washington D.C., and Raleigh to Wilmington, with annual reporting requirements to the legislature.
This bill would require local governments in North Carolina to allow residential housing in areas zoned for commercial, office, or retail use without requiring special zoning amendments or permits. It would also permit the conversion of existing commercial buildings to residential use in these zones. Building codes and safety regulations would still apply.
This bill appropriates $6.25 million in one-time state funding and $1 million annually for two years to the North Carolina Coastal Federation for four specific projects: an education and event center in Carteret County, a living shoreline protection program, an oyster shell recycling program, and an abandoned vessel removal program.