North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
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Introduced by Thomas McInnis
This bill allows Moore County Schools to align its school calendar with Sandhills Community College's calendar, rather than following the standard state requirements for opening and closing dates. The change applies only to Moore County Schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year.
Introduced by Ralph Hise
This bill appropriates $1.5 million per year for the 2025-2027 fiscal years to fund Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in North Carolina. The Imagination Library is an early literacy program that mails age-appropriate books to registered children monthly through the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc.
Introduced by Timothy Moffitt
This bill changes the penalty for tax payments made with checks or electronic transfers that fail due to insufficient funds or nonexistent accounts from a variable amount (the greater of $25 or 10% of the payment, up to $1,000) to a flat $35 fee. The change takes effect July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Julie Mayfield
This bill abolishes capital punishment in North Carolina by eliminating the death penalty as a sentencing option for all crimes. All individuals currently sentenced to death would be resentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, and the state would repeal laws authorizing executions and related procedures.
Introduced by Keith Kidwell
This bill would restrict North Carolina's Attorney General from participating in lawsuits in other states if those lawsuits seek to overturn executive orders issued by the President of the United States. The restriction applies whether the Attorney General acts as a party to the case, files a friend-of-the-court brief, or participates in any other capacity.
Introduced by Terence Everitt
This bill allows local school boards in North Carolina to start the school year earlier than currently permitted, with the opening date potentially moving from no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26 to as early as the Monday closest to August 19, if the State Board of Education approves based on a showing of 'good cause.' The bill maintains existing rules about school closing dates and minimum instructional days.
This is a local bill that applies only to North Carolina's 18th Senatorial District. The bill text does not specify what changes or actions it authorizes, making it impossible to determine its actual purpose or effects from the document provided.
Introduced by Mark Brody
This bill appropriates $2 million per year for fiscal years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 to establish a statewide Prostate Cancer Control Program that provides free or low-cost prostate cancer screenings and follow-up care to uninsured or underinsured North Carolina men ages 40-70 who meet specific income and health criteria.
Introduced by Mike Clampitt
This bill makes several changes to North Carolina's impaired driving laws effective December 1, 2025. It lowers the legal alcohol limit for drivers from 0.08 to 0.05, increases fees paid by impaired drivers, allows screening test results to be used as evidence of probable cause, requires video recording of court proceedings and public reporting of impaired driving case outcomes, creates a path for repeat offenders to regain driving privileges through treatment programs, and increases penalties for adults who provide alcohol to minors if serious injury results.
Introduced by Bobby Hanig
This bill allows teachers and staff to transfer accumulated sick leave and vacation leave when moving between charter schools and traditional public schools (local school administrative units) in North Carolina. The State Board of Education must establish rules to manage these transfers while ensuring leave does not accrue at rates higher than state standards.
Introduced by Carolyn Logan
This bill increases the penalties for assault by strangulation in North Carolina. It raises the felony class for assault causing physical injury by strangulation from Class H to Class G, and raises the felony class for serious bodily injury assault from Class F to Class E, making these offenses punishable with longer prison sentences.
This bill allows North Carolina public school districts to adopt policies permitting students to leave school during the instructional day to attend religious moral instruction courses offered by outside organizations. Districts may award up to two elective credits for completed courses, provided the courses are evaluated using secular criteria and no public funds subsidize them beyond minimal administrative costs.
Introduced by Sydney Batch
This is a local bill that applies only to North Carolina's 17th Senatorial District. The bill text does not specify what changes or policies it implements—it only establishes that whatever provisions are included will apply specifically to that district and become effective upon passage.
This bill requires body piercers in North Carolina to obtain a permit from the Department of Health and Human Services before practicing. The bill authorizes the state health commission to establish sanitation and safety requirements for body piercing establishments, premises, equipment, and procedures. Licensed physicians and their supervised assistants are exempt from the permit requirement.
Introduced by Vickie Sawyer
This is a local bill that relates specifically to the 37th Senatorial District in North Carolina, but the bill text does not specify what changes or actions are being taken. The bill would become effective immediately upon passage.
This bill increases pension benefits for North Carolina firefighters and rescue squad workers from $180 to $175 per month (effective January 1, 2026), clarifies payment procedures for pension contributions, and adds representation from the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association to the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council.
Introduced by Bryan Cohn
This bill creates a property tax exemption for licensed child care facilities in North Carolina. Facilities that are properly licensed and actually used to provide child care would be exempt from property taxes on their buildings, land, and reasonably necessary adjacent land, with the exemption beginning for tax years after July 1, 2026.
Introduced by Jarrod Lowery
This bill increases the maximum allowable speed limit on North Carolina interstate highways and controlled-access highways from 70 miles per hour to 75 miles per hour. It also updates related traffic enforcement penalties and license suspension thresholds to align with the new higher speed limit.
Introduced by Val Applewhite
This is a local bill that applies only to the 19th Senatorial District in North Carolina. The bill text provided does not specify what changes or provisions apply to the district, as only the introductory framework and effective date are included.
This bill would allow North Carolina to observe Daylight Saving Time (DST) year-round instead of switching between standard time and DST twice annually, but only if Congress passes federal legislation authorizing states to do so. The bill designates the state's time zone according to federal law and requires the Commissioner of Agriculture to notify the Governor to implement this change once Congress authorizes it.
Introduced by Lisa Grafstein
This bill expands which North Carolina towns are allowed to send official public notices through electronic means (like websites) instead of only traditional methods like newspapers or mail. The bill adds six additional towns to an existing program that previously applied to only five towns in the Wake County area.
Introduced by Joyce Waddell
This is a local bill that applies only to the 40th Senatorial District in North Carolina. The bill text does not specify what changes are being made to the district, only that the act relates to it and becomes effective upon passage.
This bill designates Sparta's annual Fried Apple Pie Festival, held at the Alleghany County Fairgrounds each May, as the official Fried Apple Pie Festival of North Carolina. The festival features food vendors, live music, crafts, family activities, and a fried apple pie competition with awards.
Introduced by Terry Brown
This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to remove North Carolina's literacy test requirement for voting from the state constitution. The amendment would be submitted to voters in the November 2026 general election, and if approved by a majority, would eliminate this outdated provision that is already prohibited under federal law.