North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
Showing 2065–2088 of 2,331 bills
Introduced by Timothy Moffitt
This bill appropriates $150 million in state funds to the North Carolina Housing Trust Fund for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to help residents in counties affected by Hurricane Helene rebuild and repair their homes. The money will be distributed according to existing state housing trust fund rules in federally-declared disaster areas.
Introduced by Terence Everitt
This bill restores the ability of local governments in Granville and Wake Counties to initiate down-zoning (reducing allowed development density or permitted uses) without needing written consent from all affected property owners. It reverses a restriction imposed by a 2024 state law and applies retroactively to December 11, 2024.
Introduced by Zack Forde-Hawkins
This bill repeals North Carolina's current ban on collective bargaining for public employees and allows them to organize and negotiate working conditions with government employers, similar to private sector workers. Public employees would gain the right to collectively bargain over wages, benefits, and working conditions through unions or employee organizations.
Introduced by Paul Lowe
This bill restores North Carolina's Earned Income Tax Credit, which expired in 2014. The credit would allow eligible workers who claim the federal Earned Income Tax Credit to receive a state tax credit equal to 5% of their federal credit amount, and any credit exceeding their state tax liability would be refunded to them.
Introduced by Sophia Chitlik
This bill allows Durham County Schools to start the school year as early as the Monday closest to August 10, instead of the current requirement of no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26. It also permits Durham schools that end their fall semester before December 31 to give assessments and final exams before the semester ends, rather than waiting until the final days of the school year.
Introduced by Gale Adcock
This bill restores the authority of local governments in Chatham, Durham, and Wake Counties to initiate down-zoning (reducing the density or permitted uses of land) without requiring written consent from all affected property owners. The change applies retroactively to December 11, 2024, and reverses a restriction imposed by a 2024 law.
Introduced by Joyce Waddell
This bill allows Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to align their school calendar with the calendar of local community colleges, providing flexibility beyond the standard state requirements that typically require schools to start no earlier than late August and end no later than mid-June. The change applies only to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools starting in the 2025-2026 school year.
Introduced by Shelly Willingham
This bill modifies how North Carolina allocates low-income housing tax credits by requiring the state to prioritize affordable housing development in rural communities and counties with higher poverty levels. It establishes specific scoring criteria, such as measuring distance to amenities by radius rather than driving distance and favoring high-poverty areas when projects have equal scores.
Introduced by Michael Lazzara
This bill appropriates $450,000 per year to the Department of Commerce for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to support North Carolina for Military Employment (NC4ME), a workforce development organization that helps transitioning service members, veterans, and military spouses find jobs. The bill requires NC4ME to submit annual reports detailing how funds were spent and employment outcomes achieved.
Introduced by William Jackson
This bill appropriates $30,000 per year from the state General Fund to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to pay for a part-time Veteran Services Officer position in Jones County. The position would be funded for the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, starting July 1, 2025.
This bill restores the authority of local governments in Forsyth County and its municipalities to initiate down-zoning (reducing allowed development density or permitted uses on property) without requiring written consent from property owners. It reverses a restriction imposed by a 2024 state law and applies retroactively to December 11, 2024.
This bill amends Winston-Salem's city charter to add a requirement that former city employees appointed to the Civil Service Board must have left city employment in good standing without any sustained conduct violations or disciplinary actions that would make them ineligible for rehire. The change applies to board appointments made on or after August 1, 2025.
This bill appropriates $2 million in state funds to the City of Winston-Salem to purchase a ladder truck for Fire Station 19. The funding is nonrecurring and would be available starting July 1, 2025.
This is a local bill that applies only to North Carolina's 32nd Senatorial District. The bill text provided does not specify what changes or provisions apply to the district—it only establishes that any provisions in the act are limited to that district and become effective upon passage.
Introduced by James Adams
This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to change how North Carolina state senators are elected and organized. Specifically, it would require each senator to represent exactly two counties instead of representing districts based on equal population, and it would lock the state at 100 counties. The amendment would need voter approval in November 2026.
Introduced by Jim Burgin
This bill requires North Carolina's Center for Safer Schools to develop an educational presentation about the legal, medical, and emotional consequences of gun use, substance abuse, gun violence, and gun safety for students in grades 7 and 9. Local school districts must provide this presentation to all students in those grades, with parents receiving at least 14 days' notice and the option to have their child opt out. The bill allocates $900,000 to fund the development and training for this program.
Introduced by Mark Pless
This bill appropriates $16.39 million in state emergency funds to repair short-line railroads damaged by Hurricane Helene. The money comes from the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Reserve and will be distributed through the Department of Transportation's Rail Division, with $14 million going to Blue Ridge Southern Railroad for line restoration and $2.39 million going to Great Smoky Mountains Railroad for track repair, facility fixes, and revenue recovery.
Introduced by John Torbett
This bill creates criminal penalties for filing fraudulent property deeds, establishes a court process for property owners to remove fraudulent recordings from public records, and allows county commissioners to require tax certification before deeds are recorded.
Introduced by Todd Johnson
This bill establishes that the Anson County Board of Commissioners will have seven members, each elected from their own single-member district. Candidates must live in the district they represent, but all county voters can vote for each position. The bill uses election districts from 2020 and 2022 as the boundaries and becomes effective in December 2026.
Introduced by Paul Newton
This bill appropriates $2.5 million in recurring state funds to the nonprofit organization Voices Together to provide educational programming for middle school students with intellectual and developmental disabilities or those experiencing educational delays. The funding is intended to prepare these students for Pre-Employment Transition Services, expanding Voices Together's existing high school programming to the middle school level.
Introduced by Lindsey Prather
This bill appropriates $25,000 in state funds to the City of Asheville to study whether and how the city's water system could be extended to serve the new Pisgah View State Park. The study would examine the feasibility and costs of this water system extension.
This bill modifies Durham's city charter to extend the deadline for the City Council to fill vacancies in the Mayor or Council member positions from 60 days to 120 days. If the Council fails to appoint someone within 120 days, a special election must be held instead. The bill applies only to the City of Durham.
Introduced by Mike Schietzelt
This bill restores the authority of the towns of Wake Forest and Rolesville to initiate down-zoning (reducing development density or permitted uses on property) without obtaining written consent from all affected property owners. The change applies retroactively to December 11, 2024, and reverses a restriction that was imposed by state legislation in 2024.
This bill modifies how North Carolina assesses self-storage facilities for property tax purposes. It specifies that self-storage facilities must be taxed based on the land value and depreciated building improvements, excluding any additional value beyond these tangible assets, effective for tax years starting July 1, 2026.