North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 1849–1872 of 2,329 bills
Introduced by Mary Harrison
This bill directs the North Carolina Institute of Medicine to conduct a comprehensive study on the advantages and disadvantages of legalizing medical aid in dying (MAID) in North Carolina, with findings due by April 1, 2027. The study will examine how MAID operates in the 11 U.S. jurisdictions where it is currently legal, including applicant processes, safeguards, patient demographics, and impacts on families and healthcare systems. The bill appropriates $150,000 for the study and requires at least one public hearing for community input.
Introduced by Renee Price
This bill appropriates $1.7 million in state funds to Caswell County for replacing the Casville Volunteer Fire Department's facility. The funds come from the state's General Fund and would be available starting July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Jim Burgin
This bill increases transparency and efficiency in health insurance utilization reviews—the process insurers use to approve or deny medical services. It sets faster approval timelines (24 hours for urgent care, 3 business days for non-urgent), requires clearer notification to patients and doctors, mandates that qualified medical professionals (not just algorithms) make decisions, and requires insurers to disclose their prior authorization requirements on websites and membership cards.
Introduced by Edward Goodwin
This bill allows veterans, their dependents, and other individuals covered under the federal Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act to pay in-state tuition at North Carolina colleges and universities without meeting the standard 12-month residency requirement, as long as they qualify for admission. The change applies to the 2025-2026 academic year and beyond.
Introduced by Timothy Moffitt
This bill prevents cities from exercising zoning and land use authority in areas outside their city limits (called extraterritorial jurisdiction or ETJ) if the county has already adopted its own zoning regulations. The bill aims to eliminate overlapping regulatory authority between cities and counties by giving counties primary control over unincorporated areas.
Introduced by Terence Everitt
This bill requires Local School Administrative Units (LSAUs) to maintain academically or intellectually gifted (AIG) services for students who are placed in alternative learning programs or alternative schools. Currently, there is no explicit requirement to continue AIG services when a student is transferred to an alternative educational setting.
Introduced by Woodson Bradley
This bill restores North Carolina's state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which provides a tax credit to low- and moderate-income working individuals and families based on the federal EITC. The credit would be set at 10% of the federal credit amount for tax years beginning in 2025 and beyond.
Introduced by Benton Sawrey
This bill creates a new legal process for partitioning 'heirs property'—land inherited within families that has no written agreement governing its division. When property meets the definition of heirs property, courts must follow specific steps including determining fair market value through appraisal, allowing cotenants to buy out those wanting to sell, and preferring to divide the property physically (partition in kind) rather than force a sale, unless division would cause substantial harm.
Introduced by Brad Overcash
This bill requires North Carolina state and local governments to use American-produced iron and steel products in public works projects funded with state money. The requirement applies to construction materials like pipes, structural steel, and other iron/steel components, with exceptions for cases where American products aren't available, cost more than 20% extra, or involve minimal foreign materials.
Introduced by Carl Ford
This bill creates a second calculation option for the special separation allowance (a monthly payment) that state and local law enforcement officers receive when they retire after 30 years of service. Officers who qualify would be able to choose between two different formulas for calculating their allowance amount, with the choice being permanent and made before their first payment.
Introduced by Charles Miller
This bill removes three specific parcels of property (identified by Brunswick County tax numbers) from the City of Southport's corporate limits, effective June 30, 2025. Property owners in these parcels will no longer pay municipal taxes to Southport starting July 1, 2025, though any outstanding city tax liens from before the change remain valid and collectible.
Introduced by Todd Johnson
This bill requires drivers subject to an inexperienced operator premium surcharge to maintain continuous liability insurance coverage that includes that surcharge, or demonstrate financial responsibility through other authorized means. It also requires insurance companies to notify the Division of Motor Vehicles when someone subject to the surcharge is added or removed from a policy, and clarifies that switching between insurance policies does not count as a lapse in coverage.
Introduced by Gale Adcock
This bill raises North Carolina's legal sales age for tobacco products (including vaping and e-cigarettes) from 18 to 21 years old. It creates a new permit system administered by the ABC Commission requiring retailers to be licensed to sell tobacco products, and establishes penalties for illegal sales to minors and underage possession.
Introduced by Daniel Blue
This bill creates the Nursing Fellows Program at Winston-Salem State University to provide forgivable loans to nursing students pursuing Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degrees in Nursing Education. The loans can be forgiven if graduates work as nurses or nursing instructors in North Carolina, with $1.4 million in initial funding plus $100,000 for curriculum support services.
Introduced by Amy Galey
This bill modernizes North Carolina's estate and trust laws by allowing electronic wills (wills created and signed digitally), updating rules for calculating spouse inheritance rights in trusts, clarifying procedures for challenging trusts after someone dies, and increasing the financial support amounts available to surviving spouses ($60,000) and minor children ($10,000) from a deceased person's estate. These changes take effect January 1, 2026.
Introduced by Sarah Stevens
This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina's child welfare laws, including shortening timelines for permanency planning (one year instead of reasonable time), establishing rules for a Regional Abuse and Medical Specialist program, requiring training for social services board members, and creating a private cause of action against the Department of Health and Human Services for operating programs without proper rulemaking procedures.
Introduced by Paul Newton
This bill modifies North Carolina's carbon reduction requirements for electric utilities by removing an interim 2030 target and keeping only the 2050 carbon neutrality goal. It also creates a new cost recovery mechanism allowing utilities to increase rates outside standard proceedings for baseload power plant construction costs, if the project shows long-term savings for customers.
This bill removes 11 specific properties (identified by parcel numbers) from the Town of Oak Island's corporate limits, meaning those properties will no longer be part of the town as of June 30, 2025. The properties will no longer be subject to municipal taxes beginning July 1, 2025, though any outstanding tax liens from before the change can still be collected.
This bill amends North Carolina's self-insurance laws to clarify definitions and rules for the Self-Insurance Security Association, which protects workers' compensation claims when self-insured employers become insolvent. Key changes include establishing a five-year deadline for filing claims against the Association, defining the Association Aggregate Security System that allows individual self-insurers to collectively secure their liabilities, and allowing the Association to require collateral from participating self-insurers based on their financial condition.
Introduced by Garland Pierce
This bill appropriates $50,000 in state funds to Hoke County for improvements and upgrades to Rockfish Park in Raeford. The funding is nonrecurring, meaning it is a one-time allocation for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
Introduced by Kyle Hall
This bill appropriates $4.5 million in state funds for the University of North Carolina School of the Arts to purchase a building adjacent to the Stevens Center in Winston-Salem. The funds would be used in fiscal year 2025-2026 to acquire the real property and any improvements on the site.
Introduced by Becky Carney
This bill requires all North Carolina elementary schools (K-5) to provide students with at least one day of instruction in performing arts (music, dance, or theatre) and visual arts every five school days. Classes must be taught by licensed instructors, last at least 30 minutes, and follow class size limits. The requirement begins in the 2026-2027 school year.
Introduced by Gladys Robinson
This bill authorizes the state to distribute supplemental funds to eligible school districts for teacher and administrator salary increases during fiscal years 2025-2027. Guilford County is specifically included as eligible to receive these funds, along with other counties with lower property values. Each eligible school district receives funding based on the number of teachers employed, with a maximum supplement of $5,000 per teacher.
Introduced by Wyatt Gable
This bill legalizes the sale and use of consumer fireworks in North Carolina, subject to local ordinance approval and specific safety regulations. It creates a permitting system for fireworks retailers, establishes rules for possession and use (including age limits and time restrictions), and raises the minimum age for purchasing fireworks from 16 to 18 years old.