North Carolina General Assembly · 2025–2026 session
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Introduced by Ben Moss
This bill requires North Carolina public utilities to install and continuously operate security systems at electrical substations 24 hours a day to protect against vandalism and other security threats. The law takes effect July 1, 2025.
Introduced by Dante Pittman
This bill gives Wilson County Schools additional flexibility in setting their school calendar by allowing the State Board of Education to waive the requirement that schools open no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26, and instead permit an opening date as early as the Monday closest to August 19, if the county has experienced eight or more school closure days per year due to weather or emergencies during any four of the last ten years.
Introduced by Wyatt Gable
This bill removes immunization requirements for students attending North Carolina colleges and universities. It eliminates vaccine documentation rules for higher education institutions while keeping K-12 school requirements unchanged.
Introduced by Deb Butler
This bill prohibits North Carolina law enforcement agencies and officers from assisting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in apprehending people or serving removal warrants on farmland, construction sites, and related agricultural facilities. The bill voids any existing agreements between local law enforcement and ICE that would violate this restriction and allows officers who willfully violate the ban to face certification suspension or revocation.
Introduced by Kelly Hastings
This bill prohibits people who are not legal residents or citizens of the United States from obtaining expungements (removal of criminal records). It requires courts to verify a petitioner's citizenship or legal residency status before granting an expungement, including contacting Immigration and Customs Enforcement if needed. The bill exempts people who lawfully entered the U.S. and have filed or have had an immigrant petition filed on their behalf.
Introduced by Bryan Cohn
This bill restores the authority of local governments in Granville and Vance Counties to initiate down-zoning (reducing allowed development density or permitted uses on property) without needing written consent from all affected property owners. The change applies retroactively to December 11, 2024, and reverses a recent state law restriction on down-zoning authority.
Introduced by Julie Mayfield
This bill restores Buncombe County's ability to initiate down-zoning (reducing allowed development density or permitted uses on properties) without obtaining written consent from all affected property owners. It reverses a restriction that was added in December 2024, allowing the local government to enact down-zoning on its own authority while still requiring owner consent for down-zoning initiated by others.
Introduced by Jim Burgin
This bill expands sales tax exemptions for nonprofit organizations by allowing certain 501(c)(3) nonprofits to purchase goods and services without paying sales tax, and exempts admission charges for nonprofit fundraising events from entertainment tax. The bill sets annual caps on the total tax exemptions ($31.7 million statewide and $13.3 million for local taxes) and establishes an application process for nonprofits to obtain exemption certificates.
Introduced by Daniel Blue
This is a local bill that applies only to North Carolina's 14th Senatorial District. The bill text does not specify what changes it makes to the district, only that it relates to that district and takes effect upon becoming law.
Introduced by Mark Brody
This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would require the North Carolina Governor to get approval from a majority of both houses of the General Assembly before granting clemency (pardons, commutations, or reprieves). Currently, the Governor can grant clemency without legislative approval. The amendment would be submitted to voters in November 2026.
Introduced by Benton Sawrey
This bill prohibits tolls on Interstate 95 in North Carolina for ten years (until July 1, 2035). After that date, any tolling of I-95 would require explicit approval from the North Carolina General Assembly rather than being allowed through current state transportation authority.
Introduced by Rodney Pierce
This bill authorizes North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles to create and issue a special registration plate for Sigma Gamma Rho sorority members. The plate would display the sorority's symbol, name, and the phrase 'Greater Service, Greater Progress.'
This bill reduces North Carolina's early voting period by starting it on the second Monday before an election instead of the third Thursday before the election. This shortens the early voting window by approximately one week while maintaining voting on the last Saturday before Election Day.
Introduced by Bobby Hanig
This bill amends North Carolina's workers' compensation law to clarify that damage to eyeglasses and hearing aids can be covered if the damage occurs as a side effect of a compensable work injury. Previously, the law required damage to these devices to be directly caused by a work accident; this change allows coverage when the damage is 'incidental to' rather than the direct result of a workplace injury.
Introduced by Steve Jarvis
This is a local bill that applies only to North Carolina's 30th Senatorial District. The bill text does not specify what changes or actions it implements—it only establishes that any provisions apply solely to that district and become effective upon passage.
Introduced by Timothy Moffitt
This bill establishes the legal framework for the Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I, which addresses recovery efforts in North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Helene following a presidential major disaster declaration. The bill expresses the General Assembly's intent to transfer funds from the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund (SERDRF) to the Hurricane Helene Disaster Recovery Fund to support relief and recovery assistance.
Introduced by Brian Biggs
This bill increases North Carolina's Medicaid reimbursement rates for dental services from 35% to 46% of average 2023 dentist charges, starting July 1, 2025. The state would spend $52 million annually (matched with $95 million in federal funds) over the 2025-2027 fiscal period to fund these rate increases.
Introduced by Reece Pyrtle
This bill increases the punishment for assaulting first responders with a firearm from a Class D felony to a Class B1 felony. It expands the definition of protected first responders to include emergency medical technicians, emergency health care providers, medical responders, firefighters, and telecommunicators, in addition to law enforcement, probation, parole officers, National Guard members, and detention facility employees.
Introduced by Kandie Smith
This is a local bill that applies only to North Carolina's 5th Senatorial District. The bill text does not specify what changes or policies it implements, containing only framework language about its scope and effective date.
Introduced by Bill Ward
This bill excludes motor vehicles owned by veterans with a 100% disability rating from North Carolina property tax. Veterans with this certification from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs would no longer pay property tax on their vehicles starting January 1, 2026.
Introduced by Caleb Theodros
This is a local bill that applies only to North Carolina's 41st Senatorial District. The bill text does not specify what changes or provisions it contains, only that it relates to that district and becomes effective when signed into law.
Introduced by Carl Ford
This bill allows students from public schools without certain sports or extracurricular programs, as well as private school and homeschool students, to participate in those activities at nearby public high schools. Schools can charge reasonable fees to non-enrolled students, and local school boards must publish their fee schedules online by October 15 each year.
Introduced by Kyle Hall
This bill requires that any new state legislation creating health insurance mandates (such as coverage requirements for specific treatments, providers, or drugs) must also repeal at least an equal number of existing mandates and must appropriate funds to cover the cost. The bill establishes a definition of health benefit mandates and applies these requirements to both private health plans and the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees.
Introduced by Heather Rhyne
This bill establishes the boundary line between Lincoln County and Catawba County based on the line currently used by both counties for taxation and shown on their geographic information systems maps. It requires the North Carolina Geodetic Survey to officially survey and map this boundary within 42 months, with Lincoln County paying the full cost, and protects both counties from legal liability related to this boundary determination.