North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 1681–1704 of 2,329 bills
Introduced by Jim Burgin
This bill expands North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship program to include homeschooled students. Homeschool students would receive scholarships worth up to 25% of the state's average per-pupil funding, which can be used for educational materials and required costs (but not tuition). The bill also significantly increases overall funding for the scholarship program from $191.5 million to $625 million in fiscal year 2025-2026.
Introduced by Timothy Moffitt
This bill creates a process for dog owners to request that their pet's 'potentially dangerous dog' designation be removed, but only 18 months or more after the original determination. The owner must submit an application with a professional assessment of the dog's behavior, and the local animal control authority will decide whether to revoke the designation based on the dog's current behavior and management.
This bill prohibits North Carolina public schools from using block scheduling, requiring instead that no class period exceed 50 minutes of instructional time per day. Schools must report their class schedules and start/release times to the State Board of Education beginning in the 2026-2027 school year.
Introduced by Lisa Grafstein
This bill establishes a 18-member Sewer Repair Task Force to study North Carolina's wastewater infrastructure needs, develop strategies for funding and implementing repairs, and recommend future legislation by December 2026. It also appropriates $50 million to the South Granville Water and Sewer Authority for facility expansion, PFAS treatment upgrades, water meter modernization, and lead pipe replacement.
Introduced by Sophia Chitlik
This bill stops awarding new Opportunity Scholarships to students starting in 2025-2026 while allowing current recipients to finish their eligibility, with the program fully ending by 2037-2038. It reduces funding for the scholarship program by approximately $161.92 million over two years and redirects that money to public schools.
Introduced by Woodson Bradley
This bill prohibits business entities and corporations from purchasing single-family homes for rental purposes in North Carolina counties with populations over 150,000 if they already own 100 or more rental homes in such counties. The bill allows the Attorney General, county commissioners, and affected individuals to enforce the restriction through civil lawsuits with penalties up to $100 per day per home and potential damages up to $50,000 or triple damages.
Introduced by Dennis Riddell
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.
Introduced by Thomas McInnis
This bill establishes specific timelines for the North Carolina Department of Transportation to review certain permits related to driveways, encroachments, and subdivisions. The DOT must determine if applications are complete within 10 business days, then has 30 calendar days to approve or deny complete applications with written justification; if the DOT misses these deadlines, the permit is automatically approved.
Introduced by Amy Galey
This bill directs the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to study and analyze nutrient management strategies for Jordan Lake, including water quality data and the effectiveness of existing regulations. The department must report findings to the Environmental Review Commission and Environmental Management Commission by January 31, 2027, with interim reports due earlier.
Introduced by Allison Dahle
This bill repeals Session Law 2023-106, which was known as the Parents' Bill of Rights, along with related provisions added in subsequent laws. The bill also removes references to these provisions from exemptions that apply to schools for the deaf and blind, charter schools, regional schools, and laboratory schools.
Introduced by Jay Chaudhuri
This bill appropriates $500,000 in state funding to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to study whether North Carolina should establish a professional wrestling museum. The department must report its findings and recommendations to the legislature by July 1, 2026.
Introduced by Julie Mayfield
This bill creates Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs), which allow courts to temporarily remove firearms from people deemed to pose an imminent danger to themselves or others. Family members, law enforcement, health care providers, and others can petition district courts for these orders, which can last up to one year and be renewed. The bill also requires courts to order seizure of firearms from people who fail to surrender them after domestic violence protective orders.
Introduced by Carl Ford
This bill expands pharmacists' authority to test for and treat certain illnesses (like flu, COVID-19, and strep throat) using FDA-approved tests, and requires health insurance plans to reimburse pharmacists for clinical services at the same rate as other healthcare providers when those services are performed within the pharmacist's scope of practice.
Introduced by Matthew Winslow
This bill changes how North Carolina community colleges receive state funding by shifting to a model that allocates money based on student enrollment in specific workforce and educational programs, weighted by labor market demand. It also creates a reserve fund for colleges experiencing unexpected enrollment growth and allows individual community colleges to charge students up to 10% additional tuition and fees, with revenue used only for instructional purposes.
Introduced by Val Applewhite
This bill allows the Governor to issue an executive order that temporarily prevents residential evictions during a declared state of emergency, if the disaster has caused widespread displacement, job loss, or economic hardship. The moratorium can last up to 90 days initially, with possible extensions up to 180 days total, and the Governor can direct state and federal funds toward rental assistance programs to help both landlords and tenants.
This bill increases North Carolina's standard tax deduction amounts for all filing statuses, effective for the 2026 tax year. Married couples filing jointly would see their deduction rise from $25,500 to $26,000, while single filers and heads of household would increase from $12,750/$19,125 to $13,000/$19,500 respectively.
Introduced by Kandie Smith
This bill changes how North Carolina can use megasite funding by broadening the eligible uses beyond just acquiring megasites. Instead of limiting funds to local government grants for purchasing megasites, the bill allows funds to be used for purposes described elsewhere in the law, giving the state more flexibility in how megasite development money is spent.
Introduced by Terence Everitt
This bill creates a state income tax credit for North Carolina taxpayers who claim adult dependents on their federal taxes. Taxpayers with qualifying adult relatives (such as elderly parents or disabled adults) can claim a credit of $12,000 per dependent, or $15,000 if the dependent is a military veteran, provided their adjusted gross income is below specified thresholds ($75,000-$150,000 depending on filing status).
Introduced by Dana Jones
This bill creates a new licensing system in North Carolina for medical imaging professionals and radiation therapists, including radiographers, sonographers, radiation therapists, and technologists in various imaging specialties. It establishes the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Board of Examiners to set standards, issue licenses, enforce requirements, and conduct disciplinary proceedings to ensure that only qualified, educated professionals perform these procedures on patients.
Introduced by Graig Meyer
This bill makes two main changes to North Carolina voting law: it allows eligible voters to register and vote on election day (or during early voting) by providing photo ID and proof of residence, and it establishes a preregistration program for 16- and 17-year-olds who will be eligible to vote by the next election.
This bill would have North Carolina officially ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution, which states that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied based on sex. The bill asserts that the ERA already became the 28th Amendment when Virginia became the 38th state to ratify it in 2020, and North Carolina's ratification would affirm this status.
This bill repeals a 2024 law that restricted local governments' ability to reduce zoning density (down-zone) and restores their previous authority to do so. The bill applies retroactively, meaning any ordinances affected by the 2024 restriction would revert to their pre-December 11, 2024 status.
Introduced by Frances Jackson
This bill creates a teacher bonus program for the 2025-2027 school years that provides bonuses to teachers based on student performance in advanced courses, career and technical education certifications, and student growth scores. It also allows teachers who leave their positions due to military orders affecting their spouses to still receive bonuses they earned.
This bill would repeal North Carolina's existing abortion restrictions and codify the legal standards from Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey into state law. It would allow abortion before fetal viability without undue burden, permit restrictions after viability except when necessary for the pregnant person's life or health, expand who can provide abortion services, and require state health insurance plans to cover abortion.