North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 1753–1776 of 2,329 bills
Introduced by Timothy Moffitt
This bill prohibits North Carolina health care practitioners from refusing to accept minors as patients solely because the child or their parent/guardian refuses to follow the CDC's recommended vaccination schedule timing or frequency. It allows delays or schedule variances while still requiring vaccines that are mandated by state law, and makes violation of this rule subject to professional discipline.
Introduced by Michael Lazzara
This bill requires individuals and businesses to obtain state licenses and permits from the North Carolina State Fire Marshal before installing, servicing, or inspecting portable fire extinguishers and fire suppression systems. The bill establishes fees ($250 for business licenses, $100 for individual permits), insurance requirements, examination standards, and enforcement penalties for violations.
Introduced by Sophia Chitlik
This bill requires the State Board of Education to revoke the charter of any school that has been designated as continually low-performing for four consecutive years, prohibits low-performing charter schools from expanding enrollment, shortens remote charter academy terms from five to three years, and requires charter schools to display their performance grades on enrollment applications.
Introduced by Bryan Cohn
This bill protects access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other assisted reproductive technologies by prohibiting the state from restricting patients' right to use these treatments or health care providers' right to offer them. It also specifies that fertilized eggs and embryos outside the uterus are not considered human beings under state law, and allocates $500,000 annually to expand Medicaid maternal support services.
Introduced by Kyle Hall
This bill requires North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to play each other regularly in football, basketball, baseball, and softball starting in the 2026-2027 academic year. Specifically, the schools must play at least one game per year in football and basketball, and at least three games per year in baseball and softball.
Introduced by Lisa Grafstein
This bill prohibits licensed mental health professionals in North Carolina from practicing conversion therapy—treatments intended to change sexual orientation or gender identity—on minors under 18 and adults with disabilities. The bill also prohibits state funding from being used for conversion therapy services or referrals.
Introduced by Ray Pickett
This bill lowers the age requirement for obtaining a North Carolina special identification card from 17 to 16 years old and establishes a pilot program in four counties (Mecklenburg, Randolph, Union, and Watauga) to issue these cards to high school students on school grounds during scheduled times. The pilot program runs through December 31, 2027.
Introduced by Bob Brinson
This bill modifies North Carolina law to require the state to refund local sales and use taxes that the Global Transpark Authority pays indirectly. The refunds would be credited back to the Authority on a quarterly basis, starting with the first full quarter after the bill becomes law.
Introduced by Graig Meyer
This bill requires North Carolina's Commission for Public Health to establish maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for harmful chemicals in drinking water by October 15, 2025. The bill specifically mandates MCLs for PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, hexavalent chromium, and 1,4-Dioxane, and requires annual reviews to update standards based on the latest science.
Introduced by Todd Johnson
This bill eliminates mandatory pre-licensing training course requirements for insurance producers in North Carolina. Instead of requiring applicants to complete a specific number of instructional hours before licensure, the bill allows the Commissioner to determine if an applicant has sufficient competence through other means, while still requiring applicants to pass an examination.
Introduced by Bobby Hanig
This bill requires every public school in North Carolina to have at least one full-time, permanent school nurse starting in the 2025-2026 school year. The bill applies to traditional public schools, charter schools, regional schools, and laboratory schools, and appropriates $95 million in state funding to help schools meet this requirement.
Introduced by Paul Lowe
This bill appropriates $8 million from the Education Lottery Fund to four private historically Black colleges and universities in North Carolina (Bennett College, Johnson C. Smith University, Livingstone College, and Shaw University) for capital improvement projects. The funds are distributed to each school based on the proportion of their North Carolina resident students who receive federal Pell Grants.
Introduced by Val Applewhite
This bill redirects unspent funds that were previously appropriated to the North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center to other community projects in Cumberland County. The money will be reallocated: 40% to Fayetteville for mental health programs and infrastructure, 30% to Hope Mills for a community center, and 30% to Cumberland County for water/sewer infrastructure, youth services, and emergency equipment.
Introduced by Natalie Murdock
This bill appropriates $10 million in state funds to the Town of Pittsboro for emergency fire services, including $7 million for a new fire station, $1.8 million for a ladder truck, and $1.2 million for a fire engine. The funds are designated as nonrecurring and become available on July 1, 2025.
This bill appropriates $5 million in state funds to Siler City for constructing a new fire station. The funds are designated as a one-time grant and become available on July 1, 2025.
This bill increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for two types of in-home health services: personal care services (to $7.50 per 15-minute increment) and private duty nursing services (to $16.25 per 15-minute increment). The bill appropriates approximately $139 million in state funds over two years, which will also unlock approximately $254 million in federal matching funds, with these rate increases taking effect July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Brian Echevarria
This bill prohibits North Carolina state and local law enforcement officers from enforcing federal firearms laws, regulations, or executive orders within the state's borders. It establishes that violations could result in $50,000 civil penalties and allows citizens to sue for injunctive relief, with limited exceptions for certain serious criminal investigations and interstate cases.
This bill provides $16.195 million in new funding to the North Carolina State Auditor's office over the 2025-2027 fiscal period. The money will be used to hire 70 new staff members, increase employee compensation, upgrade technology systems, and support office infrastructure, with the goal of improving the auditor's ability to conduct financial audits and detect fraud and waste in state government.
Introduced by Julia Greenfield
This bill restores North Carolina's low-income housing tax credits program, which had been scheduled to expire in 2015, by reenacting it with a new sunset date of January 1, 2030. The program provides state tax credits to developers and investors who build or rehabilitate housing for low-income residents, with credit amounts varying based on the area's income level and the percentage of units made affordable.
Introduced by Allison Dahle
This bill creates a temporary one-year sales tax exemption for firearm storage equipment, including gun safes, lockboxes, and devices that prevent unauthorized access to firearms. The exemption applies to sales made between October 1, 2025, and October 1, 2026, but excludes display cabinets designed primarily to showcase firearms.
Introduced by Jennifer Balkcom
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.
Introduced by Terry Brown
This bill prohibits law enforcement agencies from sharing booking photographs with websites that charge fees to remove them, and requires such websites to delete booking photos within seven business days if the person was not convicted. Websites that charge fees to remove photos or fail to delete them can face civil liability including $100 per day in damages.
Introduced by Donna White
This bill increases North Carolina's Medicaid reimbursement rates for two types of home-based care services: personal care services (PCS) would increase to $7.50 per 15-minute increment, and private duty nursing services (PDN) would increase to $16.25 per 15 minutes. The state would spend approximately $139 million annually with federal matching funds totaling approximately $254 million per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal period.
This bill revises North Carolina's law against obstructing health care facilities by adding a new restriction on protesting near health care entrances. The bill creates a new offense that prohibits people from approaching within 8 feet of another person (without consent) to hand out leaflets, display signs, or engage in protest, education, or counseling within 100 feet of any health care facility entrance. The bill also increases criminal penalties for repeat violations of obstruction laws.