North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 1921–1944 of 2,329 bills
Introduced by Kelly Hastings
This bill creates new criminal penalties for assaulting public safety officers and animals by throwing or spraying substances at them, and expands the definition of 'public safety officer' to include a broader range of workers such as healthcare providers, emergency management workers, and military members. It also consolidates and increases penalties for various assaults on public safety officers across multiple criminal statutes.
Introduced by Wyatt Gable
This bill appropriates $2,000,000 in state funding to the City of Jacksonville for water and wastewater infrastructure projects during the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The funds are nonrecurring, meaning they are a one-time allocation rather than ongoing annual funding.
Introduced by Matthew Winslow
This bill creates stronger criminal penalties for forging real estate documents, establishes a court process for homeowners to quickly remove fraudulent claims against their property titles, and requires additional verification steps when recording deeds to prevent title fraud.
Introduced by Robert Reives
This bill appropriates $32.3 million in state funding to combat deed and title fraud in North Carolina. The money will support employee training at county register offices, a public awareness campaign, technology upgrades (including digitization and security improvements), and fraud detection systems across the state.
Introduced by Carolyn Logan
This bill reinstates North Carolina's pistol purchase permit law that was previously repealed and expands it to require permits for long gun (rifle and shotgun) purchases as well. Under the bill, sheriffs would issue permits valid for five years after conducting background checks and assessing moral character, with exceptions for antique firearms.
Introduced by Eddie Settle
This bill requires all public schools in North Carolina—including traditional public schools, charter schools, and university-operated schools—to display U.S. and North Carolina flags on school grounds and in every classroom. It also requires schools to schedule daily Pledge of Allegiance recitations and teach students about the flag's meaning and history. The bill provides $1 million in funding for the 2025-2026 school year and $100,000 annually after that to help schools purchase flags.
Introduced by John Sauls
This bill expands the property tax exemption for religious organizations by allowing them to hold undeveloped land tax-free for up to five years if they plan to use it for religious purposes. The exemption applies to land that does not exceed 200% of the organization's currently exempt property, and the organization must certify within five years that it will begin using or developing the land for religious purposes.
Introduced by Michael Lazzara
This bill creates a state regulatory system for hemp-derived consumable products (like delta-8 THC, CBD, and other cannabinoids) sold in North Carolina. It establishes licensing requirements for manufacturers, distributors, and sellers; sets testing and packaging standards; restricts sales to people under 21; and prohibits these products on school grounds.
Introduced by Abraham Jones
This bill requires the State Crime Laboratory to inform sexual assault victims about the status of their rape kit testing and notify them when their kit cannot be tested, will not be tested, or is being destroyed. The lab must develop procedures for victims to check on their kit's status and receive these notifications.
Introduced by Jonathan Almond
This bill prohibits North Carolina from intentionally releasing materials into the atmosphere to alter temperature, weather, or sunlight intensity through methods like stratospheric aerosol injection, cloud seeding, or electromagnetic radiation. It adds these practices to the state's list of prohibited air pollution activities and requires the Environmental Management Commission to adopt rules to enforce the ban.
Introduced by David Willis
This bill increases state funding for workforce education by approximately $205 million for fiscal year 2025-2026. It revises how community colleges are funded to reward enrollment growth, expands funding for cooperative innovative high schools based on regional economic development tiers, creates grant programs for STEM and career/technical education, and funds a public awareness campaign about community college opportunities.
This bill appropriates $7.85 million in state funding to regional councils of government in North Carolina. The money will support 32 new finance professionals to help small local governments achieve financial compliance, and will fund a disaster response and recovery program to assist communities before, during, and after natural disasters.
Introduced by Mike Clampitt
This bill expands death benefits for North Carolina firefighters by treating certain cancer diagnoses as 'killed in the line of duty' deaths under the Public Safety Employees' Death Benefits Act. It makes permanent a pilot program that provided health benefits to firefighters diagnosed with cancer and allocates $2 million per year to cover the expanded death benefits.
Introduced by Kevin Corbin
This bill establishes an interstate compact that allows licensed social workers to practice across multiple member states under a single 'multistate license' from their home state, rather than obtaining separate licenses in each state. The compact creates a Social Work Licensure Compact Commission to oversee the system, maintain a data system tracking licenses and disciplinary actions, and establish uniform standards while preserving each state's authority to regulate social work practice and protect public safety.
Introduced by Mark Pless
This bill restricts the operation of large vehicle-trailer combinations on specific sections of U.S. Route 25/70 in Madison County, North Carolina. Trailers exceeding 30 feet in length or total vehicle-trailer combinations exceeding 48 feet would be prohibited on these designated road segments. Violations would be subject to the same penalties as other motor vehicle violations under state law.
Introduced by Jerry Branson
This bill requires North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles to provide driver license handbooks and written tests in Khmer and in any language spoken as a primary language by at least 2% of the state's population. The change takes effect January 1, 2026.
Introduced by Jeffrey McNeely
This bill designates the Carolina BalloonFest, an annual hot air balloon festival held in Statesville each October, as North Carolina's official state balloon rally. The festival, which has been running since 1974, is the second-oldest hot air balloon festival in the United States.
Introduced by Mary Harrison
This bill would recognize the Dan and Haw River ecosystems as having legal rights to exist, flourish, and remain unpolluted, and would recognize North Carolina residents' right to healthy river ecosystems. It requires state agencies to assess these rivers by mid-2026, remedy violations by mid-2027, and complete full restoration by 2030, with enforcement mechanisms allowing the Attorney General, residents, and the ecosystems themselves to bring lawsuits for violations.
Introduced by Ralph Hise
This bill rescinds all previous applications that North Carolina's General Assembly has made to Congress calling for a constitutional convention under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. Article V allows states to petition Congress for a convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and this bill cancels any such requests North Carolina previously made before December 1, 2024.
This is a budget bill that authorizes spending from North Carolina's General Fund, Highway Fund, Highway Trust Fund, and federal block grants for state agencies and departments during the 2025-2027 fiscal years. The bill provides the legal framework for appropriating funds to maintain and operate state services, with any unused funds returning to their respective funds at year's end.
Introduced by Michael Lee
This bill authorizes state budget spending for the 2025-2027 fiscal years across North Carolina state agencies, departments, and institutions. It appropriates funds from the General Fund, Highway Fund, Highway Trust Fund, and federal block grants for current operations and specified purposes.
Introduced by Aisha Dew
This bill raises North Carolina's minimum wage from $6.15 per hour to $10.00 in 2026, increasing by $2.00 per year until reaching $18.00 in 2030, then automatically adjusting annually based on inflation. It also requires employers who fail to pay minimum wages to cover employees' attorneys' fees and court costs in legal cases.
Introduced by Nasif Majeed
This bill modifies North Carolina's property tax homestead exclusion for disabled veterans by changing the exclusion amount based on the veteran's disability rating percentage, ranging from $25,000 for veterans with 10-29% disability ratings to $100,000 for those with 70% or greater ratings. The bill also extends similar protections to surviving spouses of disabled veterans whose death resulted from a service-connected condition.
Introduced by Phil Rubin
This bill requires North Carolina firearm owners to report a lost or stolen gun to local law enforcement or the State Bureau of Investigation within 24 hours of discovering the loss or theft. The report must include details like the firearm's serial number and circumstances of the loss/theft, which law enforcement must then enter into the National Crime Information Center database. Violations are Class 3 misdemeanors, with second or subsequent violations classified as Class I felonies.