North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 1825–1848 of 2,329 bills
Introduced by Todd Johnson
This bill would authorize North Carolina's State Treasurer to invest up to 10% of public funds into Bitcoin as a long-term strategic reserve. The Bitcoin would be held securely by the state, managed by a new department within the Treasurer's office, and could only be used for emergencies, approved investments, infrastructure projects, or research with approval from the General Assembly.
Introduced by Lisa Grafstein
This bill makes significant changes to North Carolina labor and employment law, including raising the minimum wage to $22/hour (adjusted annually for inflation), requiring paid sick leave and paid family leave, guaranteeing equal pay for equal work, increasing unemployment benefits, and providing a 3% cost-of-living adjustment for state retirees. It also addresses wage theft penalties, workplace safety, and removes restrictions on public employee collective bargaining.
Introduced by Kandie Smith
This bill creates a new cabinet-level Department of Housing and Community Development in North Carolina state government. The department would be divided into four sections: Operations, Community Development, Housing, and a Policy and Legislative Office, with a governing board and an initial appropriation of $30 million.
Introduced by Donnie Loftis
This bill raises North Carolina's legal sales age for tobacco products from 18 to 21 years old and establishes a state tobacco retail sales permit system administered by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission. The permit system covers physical retail stores, delivery sellers, and remote sellers (online/mail order), with requirements for age verification, employee training, and compliance inspections.
Introduced by Gladys Robinson
This bill establishes a three-year Safer Sex Supplies Grant Program that provides $9.6 million annually to UNC institutions, community colleges, and public high schools to distribute free condoms and lubricants to students. The program includes funding for health department coordination and requires participating schools to establish student health advisory committees and report on program outcomes through 2028.
This bill requires North Carolina's Commission for Public Health to establish maximum contaminant levels (safety limits) for harmful chemicals in drinking water, including PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, hexavalent chromium, and 1,4-dioxane. The Commission must complete initial rulemaking by October 15, 2025, and annually review new scientific evidence to update these safety standards.
Introduced by Sarah Stevens
This bill creates new protections against deed fraud by requiring non-lawyers and non-financial professionals to show government ID when filing property documents, establishing a fraud alert system to notify property owners when documents are recorded in their names, and creating a faster court process to remove fraudulent documents from property records.
Introduced by Frances Jackson
This bill requires the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to study how increased parent involvement can reduce repeat student disciplinary problems in schools. The study will examine requiring parents to attend meetings, counseling sessions, or joint counseling with their child as conditions for returning to class after discipline removal, as well as remote instruction alternatives and other evidence-based practices. The department must report findings and recommendations to the legislature by April 15, 2026.
Introduced by James Roberson
The Skip the Stuff Act requires food establishments and third-party food delivery platforms in North Carolina to provide single-use foodware items (utensils, napkins, straws, condiments, etc.) only when customers specifically request them, rather than including them automatically with orders. The bill creates enforcement mechanisms through the Department of Environmental Quality with penalties up to $100 per day for violations, while allowing local governments to adopt stricter regulations.
Introduced by Jennifer Balkcom
This bill creates three new criminal offenses for people with prior felony convictions who illegally possess firearms or weapons of mass death and destruction while committing other felonies. The offenses carry increasingly severe penalties depending on whether the person merely possesses the weapon, brandishes it, or discharges it during the commission of a felony.
Introduced by Donny Lambeth
This bill designates the Moravian cookie as North Carolina's official state cookie. Moravian cookies are thin spice cookies made with molasses, allspice, and ginger that have been produced in Winston-Salem since the 1950s and have historical roots in the Moravian settlers who founded Salem in 1766.
Introduced by Grant Campbell
Bentley's Law requires courts to order defendants convicted of felony death by vehicle offenses to pay child support restitution to the minor children of the victim until age 18 and high school graduation. The court determines the restitution amount based on factors like the child's financial needs, the surviving parent's resources, and the child's standard of living.
Introduced by Richard Carver
This bill allows the Town of Mooresville to give away or sell town-owned property at favorable terms to create affordable housing for low- and moderate-income residents, veterans, and emergency responders. The town must approve any property conveyance by resolution and post notice on its website at least 10 days before the transfer occurs.
Introduced by Robert Davis
This bill appropriates $869,000 in state funds to complete remaining items for Phase One and Phase Two capital improvements at Fort Fisher State Historic Site, including a visitor center tower sign, interior partitions and doors, gun carriages, and an ammunition magazine for the reconstructed earthworks.
Introduced by Steve Tyson
This bill reduces the early voting period for primary elections, runoff elections, and special elections from 17 days to 6 days, while keeping the early voting period for general elections unchanged. The bill also applies the 6-day early voting limit to municipal elections and special elections not held at regular times.
Introduced by David Craven
This bill requires North Carolina public schools (traditional, charter, regional, and laboratory schools) to schedule daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance within one hour of the start of the school day, and requires the State Board of Education and local school governing bodies to begin their meetings with the Pledge. The bill specifies that no one can be compelled to stand, salute the flag, or recite the Pledge, and requires age-appropriate instruction on the flag and Pledge's meaning and history.
Introduced by Paul Lowe
This bill modifies North Carolina's Film and Entertainment Grant Fund by increasing the maximum grant amounts available for feature films, television series, commercials, and independent films. It also clarifies definitions and priority criteria for how the state distributes these grants to film and entertainment productions.
This bill repeals North Carolina's service tax by eliminating taxation on service contracts and removing related tax provisions. It makes conforming changes to tax code sections that reference service contracts and adjusts definitions and exemptions accordingly. The bill takes effect July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Benton Sawrey
This bill allows water and sewer authorities in North Carolina to obtain permanent registration plates for their vehicles instead of renewing plates annually. The change adds water and sewer authorities to the list of organizations eligible for permanent plates under state motor vehicle law.
Introduced by Allen Buansi
This bill appropriates $30,000 in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Durham and Orange Counties. The money is designated for programs covering teen recruitment and retention, emotional safety, youth leadership, trauma-informed practices, cultural responsiveness, and college and career readiness.
Introduced by Norman Sanderson
The NC REACH Act requires all students earning bachelor's degrees at UNC schools and associate degrees at North Carolina community colleges to complete at least three credit hours of American history or American government instruction. The courses must include reading seven specific foundational documents (Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Emancipation Proclamation, Federalist Papers essays, MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail, Gettysburg Address, and NC State Constitution) and a final exam worth at least 20% of the grade. The bill also aligns similar requirements for high school Founding Principles courses.
Introduced by Dana Jones
This bill allows law enforcement, probation/parole, and correctional officers with advanced certifications to purchase up to four years of additional service credit in North Carolina's retirement systems by paying a lump sum equal to the full cost to the retirement fund. The officers must have at least five years of service and obtain the applicable advanced certificate before purchasing the additional service credit.
Introduced by Julie von Haefen
H.B. 420 is a comprehensive education reform bill aimed at improving public schools in North Carolina through increased funding and structural changes. It allocates nearly $3 billion for teacher and principal salary increases, teacher recruitment programs, early childhood education expansion, school facility improvements through a $2 billion bond, and support services for low-performing schools. The bill also adjusts how school performance is measured by balancing student growth and proficiency scores.
Introduced by Aisha Dew
This bill legalizes cannabis possession and use for adults 21 and older in North Carolina, effective January 1, 2028. It establishes a regulated market for cannabis sales through licensed businesses, creates three reinvestment funds to support communities harmed by cannabis prohibition, and automatically expunges prior marijuana convictions. The bill maintains penalties for sales to minors, impaired driving, and unlicensed operations.