North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 2017–2040 of 2,331 bills
Introduced by Marcia Morey
This bill exempts military and overseas voters from North Carolina's photo identification requirement when voting by mail. Instead of providing a photocopy of an ID or an affidavit, covered voters (military members and citizens living abroad) would only need to submit their ballot without these additional documents.
Introduced by Mary Belk
This bill modifies North Carolina's Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) funding rules to allow state funds to be used for independent bicycle and pedestrian improvement projects. Currently, state STI funds cannot support these types of projects except in limited circumstances; this bill removes that restriction.
Introduced by Bryan Cohn
This bill allows North Carolinians to have eviction case records automatically removed from court files in certain situations, such as when cases are dismissed before judgment or when defendants win on the merits. For cases where landlords won, tenants can request removal after three years if they've maintained stable housing with consistent rent payments.
This bill removes restrictions on labor organizing and collective bargaining, prohibits non-compete agreements for employees earning under $75,000 annually and no-poach agreements between employers, and directs a study to identify and reform unnecessary occupational licensing requirements. The bill aims to increase worker mobility and job market competition while maintaining public safety protections.
Introduced by Celeste Cairns
This bill restores the authority of six specific North Carolina coastal municipalities (Morehead City, Beaufort, Bogue, Cape Carteret, Cedar Point, and Newport) to initiate down-zoning—reducing development density or permitted uses on property—without requiring written consent from all affected property owners. The bill retroactively applies to changes made after December 11, 2024.
Introduced by Bob Brinson
This bill modifies North Carolina's property tax exemption for disabled veterans by changing how much of their home's value is excluded from taxation. Instead of a fixed $45,000 exclusion, disabled veterans would exclude a percentage of their home's appraised value equal to their disability rating (as determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs). For example, a veteran with a 50% disability rating would exclude 50% of their home's appraised value from property taxes.
Introduced by Robert Reives
This bill appropriates $30,000 in one-time funding to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging and Adult Services, to support the operations of the North Carolina Senior Tar Heel Legislature for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. The Senior Tar Heel Legislature is an existing program established under state law that allows older adults to participate in legislative activities.
Introduced by William Rabon
This Senate resolution confirms Joey R. Hopkins as Secretary of the Department of Transportation for North Carolina. The resolution was adopted on March 5, 2025, and becomes effective immediately upon passage.
Introduced by Blair Eddins
This bill authorizes the creation of the Brushy Mountains State Natural Area across Alexander, Caldwell, and Wilkes Counties and appropriates $500,000 in state funding for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to purchase land and develop the site. The natural area would be added to North Carolina's State Parks System and could also receive donated land and funding from federal and other sources.
Introduced by Donna White
This bill gives Johnston County Schools additional flexibility in setting their school calendar by allowing them to start school as early as the Monday closest to August 10 (instead of the standard August 26) and permits assessments to be given before the fall semester ends if the calendar concludes before December 31.
Introduced by Donny Lambeth
This bill appropriates $5 million in nonrecurring state funding to Crossnore Communities for Children, a nonprofit organization, to provide foster care services across North Carolina during fiscal year 2025-2026. The funds will support programs including trauma resilience training, family reunification, youth independent living services, and foster care support delivered from locations in Winston-Salem, Crossnore, and Hendersonville.
Introduced by Garland Pierce
This bill expands how the City of Raeford can use $3 million in state funds previously allocated for sewer line extensions to the Cameron Heights community. The money can now be used for any water or wastewater project, giving the city more flexibility in how it spends these infrastructure funds.
Introduced by Ray Jeffers
This bill restores the ability of local governments in Durham County, Person County, and the cities of Durham and Roxboro to initiate down-zoning (reducing the allowable density or uses of land) without requiring written consent from property owners. It reverses a recent state law that required all property owners to approve down-zoning amendments and applies retroactively to December 11, 2024.
This bill allows Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to align their school calendar with the calendar of local community colleges that serve the same area. Currently, state law requires school opening and closing dates to fall within specific windows around August 26 and June 11, but this bill creates an exception for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to match their schedule with community college calendars.
Introduced by Todd Johnson
This bill prevents government contracts involving North Carolina state agencies, counties, municipalities, and other public bodies from including choice of law and forum selection clauses. The bill modifies the legal definition of 'government contract' to explicitly exclude such contracts from provisions that allow parties to choose which state's laws apply or which court handles disputes.
Introduced by John Blust
This bill requires North Carolina to transition to zero-based budgeting for state agencies, starting with a phased implementation beginning in fiscal year 2027-2028 and completing by the 2031-2033 fiscal biennium. Under zero-based budgeting, agencies must justify all spending from scratch each budget cycle rather than starting from their previous year's budget amount.
This bill appropriates a total of $170.4 million in state funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to support various infrastructure and capital projects in Scotland County, Hoke County, the City of Laurinburg, the towns of Gibson and Wagram, and St. Andrews University. The funds are designated for specific purposes including courthouse and jail construction, water and sewer improvements, public safety facilities, workforce training, and hurricane damage repairs.
Introduced by Mike Clampitt
This bill allows tribal enrollment cards issued by state or federally recognized Indian tribes to be used as valid identification for purchasing alcohol and tobacco in North Carolina. The bill adds tribal enrollment cards to the list of acceptable forms of ID that sellers can accept to verify a customer's age, alongside driver's licenses, military IDs, and passports.
This bill creates a study commission to examine whether North Carolina's five largest school districts experience negative outcomes because of their size and to recommend solutions. The nine-member commission, composed of legislators, school board members, and Department of Public Instruction representatives, will report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by 2026.
This bill directs the North Carolina Department of Transportation to name an overpass on Interstate 74 in Laurinburg, Scotland County after Chief of Police Robert Lee Malloy. The overpass crosses South Main Street and will be officially designated in his honor.
Introduced by Brenden Jones
This bill appropriates $217 million for disaster recovery from Hurricanes Matthew and Florence, establishes detailed monthly reporting requirements to the legislature and State Auditor on how these funds are spent, creates a public dashboard comparing appropriated versus expended funds, and requires that recipients of state disaster aid attempt to obtain insurance settlements and federal aid first, with any alternative funds obtained being returned to the state.
Introduced by Rodney Pierce
This bill exempts members of state-recognized and federally-recognized Indian tribes from North Carolina hunting, trapping, and fishing license requirements. Members may hunt and fish on tribal land without licenses, and state residents who are tribal members may also hunt and fish off tribal land without licenses, though they must still comply with other hunting and fishing regulations, reporting requirements, and hunter education courses.
This bill renames the Indian Gaming Education Revenue Fund and appropriates additional money from it to support North Carolina's state-recognized Indian tribes and urban Indian organizations. The new appropriations total approximately $7.75 million over the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium for tribal operating expenses, cultural and economic development programs, and specific grants for tribal schools and services.
Introduced by James Roberson
This bill establishes a one-year pilot grant program through the Department of Public Instruction to help public schools start or expand Science Olympiad teams. The program allocates $127,500 in grants that schools can use for registration fees, materials, travel, and teacher stipends, with priority given to schools that did not have a Science Olympiad team in the previous year.