North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 1873–1896 of 2,329 bills
Introduced by Todd Johnson
This bill expands death benefits for firefighters who die from cancer by including any cancer that qualified them for the state's Firefighters' Cancer Insurance Program in the definition of deaths 'killed in the line of duty.' It also makes the cancer insurance program permanent and allocates $2 million annually for related death benefits.
Introduced by Timothy Moffitt
This bill prevents North Carolina cities from banning short-term rentals or imposing certain restrictions on them, while allowing cities to regulate short-term rentals through permitting, occupancy limits, parking requirements, and zoning compliance. The bill aims to protect property owners' rights to rent their homes while maintaining some local oversight through health and safety standards.
Introduced by Julia Greenfield
This bill makes major changes to North Carolina employment law, including abolishing at-will employment so workers can only be fired for just cause, requiring paid work breaks and meal periods, eliminating the subminimum wage for tipped employees, protecting workers' rights to discuss wages, allowing public employee collective bargaining, creating protections for contract workers in state government, and allowing local governments to set minimum wages and establish worker safety programs.
Introduced by Graig Meyer
This bill requires the North Carolina General Assembly to provide greater public access to the budget process by mandating at least one week of public comment, holding public hearings and committee meetings before budget votes, and making public the documents showing which legislators and agencies requested specific budget provisions or funding once the budget becomes law.
Introduced by Natalie Murdock
This bill appropriates $237,000 in one-time state funds to The Stagville Memorial Project to design and develop an art installation honoring the history of Stagville descendants. The installation will be located on land across from the Museum of Durham History in Durham, and the funding becomes available July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Zack Forde-Hawkins
This bill creates a new Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority special registration plate in North Carolina and sets its additional fee at $20. The bill also clarifies how fees from Divine Nine fraternity and sorority plates are distributed, directing a portion of Sigma Gamma Rho plate fees to the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority National Education Fund.
Introduced by Mark Pless
This bill repeals a change made in 2023 to restore the North Carolina Coordinate System of 1983 as the official state coordinate system. The bill effectively undoes a recent modification to state mapping and surveying standards.
Introduced by Steve Jarvis
The NC REINS Act (Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act) increases legislative oversight of state agency regulations by requiring public objections from 10 or more people to delay a rule's effective date pending potential legislative disapproval, and mandating that rules with an estimated cost of $1 million or more over 12 months must be approved by the General Assembly before taking effect.
Introduced by Gloristine Brown
This bill directs a study of affordable housing in North Carolina, makes it illegal to discriminate in housing based on source of income (like government vouchers), provides $45 million to the Housing Trust Fund, prevents credit agencies from reporting unsuccessful eviction lawsuits, and creates an optional program allowing landlords of subsidized housing to report tenants' rent payments to credit agencies to help build credit.
This bill appropriates $150,000 in state funds to the Pauli Murray Center in Durham for fiscal year 2025-2026. The money is designated for developing the Pauli Murray Center Green, which will improve accessibility to the center and install drainage and stormwater management systems.
This bill directs North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services to develop a statewide plan for reimbursing clubhouse model programs that serve adults with severe mental illness through Medicaid, and appropriates $2.5 million annually for two years to the North Carolina Clubhouse Coalition to fund and expand these programs.
Introduced by Mike Clampitt
This bill appropriates approximately $328.6 million in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to three western North Carolina counties (Jackson, Transylvania, and Swain) and related institutions. The funds support infrastructure projects like water/sewer systems and fire department facilities, higher education institutions including community colleges and Western Carolina University, and nonprofit organizations.
Introduced by Sophia Chitlik
This bill appropriates $50 million in state funds to continue child care stabilization grants through the end of the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The grants help compensate child care providers and are intended to prevent facility closures and support families and employers relying on child care services.
Introduced by Donny Lambeth
This bill establishes a Nursing Fellows Program at Winston-Salem State University that provides forgivable loans to nursing students pursuing Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degrees in nursing education. The bill appropriates $1.4 million for the program and an additional $100,000 for curriculum support services at WSSU.
Introduced by Gladys Robinson
This bill appropriates approximately $2.3 million in state funding over two fiscal years to the Department of Health and Human Services to expand sickle cell disease programs and services. The funds will support six comprehensive sickle cell medical centers, create transition coordinator positions to help patients move from pediatric to adult care, provide grants to community organizations, and improve emergency department care for sickle cell patients across North Carolina.
Introduced by Amber Baker
This bill appropriates $250,000 in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to The Arts Council, Inc. to support the 1Love Festival, a three-day cultural event in Winston-Salem featuring music, arts, and entertainment designed to celebrate diversity and foster unity.
Introduced by Kanika Brown
This bill appropriates $250,000 in one-time state funding to the United Way of Forsyth County to support summer learning programs for students in the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The United Way will distribute these funds through community agencies to provide summer learning opportunities, including programs for students who do not qualify for school district summer programs.
Introduced by Gale Adcock
This bill prohibits health insurers from using artificial intelligence algorithms as the sole basis for deciding whether to deny, delay, or modify healthcare services. It requires that only licensed and qualified healthcare providers can make final determinations about medical necessity or appropriateness of care. The bill applies to private insurers and the state health plan for teachers and employees.
Introduced by Carolyn Logan
This bill allows North Carolina lottery winners to keep their identity confidential if they request it, with certain exceptions for tax authorities, law enforcement, and court orders. The confidentiality protection applies to winners of $50 million or more for 90 days after claiming the prize, and indefinitely for winners with protective orders or those in the Address Confidentiality Program.
Introduced by Carla Cunningham
This bill allows North Carolina employees to use up to five consecutive days of their accrued sick leave per calendar year to care for family members, including children, parents, grandparents, siblings, spouses, domestic partners, and others with equivalent family relationships. The bill also adds protections against employer retaliation for employees who use sick leave for these purposes.
Introduced by Michael Garrett
This bill appropriates $8.3 million in state funding to Guilford County Schools for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The money is designated for two programs: $5 million for expanding high dosage tutoring services and $3.3 million for learning hubs that help at-risk students meet graduation requirements.
This bill increases the fees that nurses must pay to the North Carolina Board of Nursing for various licensing services, roughly doubling most fees. For example, the application fee for registered nurse examination increases from $75 to $150, and the two-year license renewal fee increases from $100 to $200. The bill specifies that the Board's operations must be funded entirely through these collected fees rather than state tax dollars.
Introduced by Neal Jackson
This bill prohibits North Carolina banks, savings and loans, savings banks, and credit unions from denying, restricting, or canceling services to farmers based on their greenhouse gas emissions, use of fossil fuel fertilizers, or use of fossil fuel-powered machinery. If a financial institution has environmental, social, or political (ESG) commitments related to agriculture, the law presumes any denial of service to a farmer violates this rule unless the institution can prove the decision was based solely on financial reasons.
Introduced by Hugh Blackwell
This bill makes two main changes to North Carolina law: (1) it expands permanent no contact orders so that judges can prohibit convicted violent offenders from contacting not just crime victims, but also the victim's immediate family members, and (2) it clarifies that child abuse laws apply to anyone providing care or supervision of a child under 16 who commits or allows sexual acts upon that child, classifying this as a felony.