Shelly Willingham
Election Day: November 3, 2026 · Register to vote at ncsbe.gov
Sponsored Bills (9)
Conetoe Mayor Voting Authority
This bill changes the voting rules for the Mayor of Conetoe by allowing the mayor to vote on all matters that come before the town board, rather than only voting to break ties. The change modifies the town's charter, which is the document that outlines how the town's government operates.
4-Yr Terms/Town of Everetts
This bill changes the Town of Everetts' municipal election cycle from its current schedule to elections held every four years, with the mayor and three board commissioners all serving four-year terms. The change takes effect beginning in 2027.
Workforce Housing Loan Renewal Act
This bill appropriates $35 million in recurring annual funding from the state's General Fund to the Housing Finance Agency for the Workforce Housing Loan Program, beginning in fiscal year 2026-2027. The funds are intended to support loans that help workforce-level earners access housing.
Fix Our Democracy
This comprehensive bill proposes multiple democratic reforms in North Carolina, including establishing a nonpartisan redistricting commission, converting judicial elections to nonpartisan processes, extending cooling-off periods for legislators-turned-lobbyists, implementing online and automatic voter registration, requiring live-streaming of legislative meetings, reducing absentee ballot witness requirements, ensuring voting places on college campuses, limiting voter roll purges, and reestablishing public campaign financing for judicial candidates with various campaign finance transparency requirements.
National Infrastructure Bank
This is a House Resolution urging the U.S. Congress to pass legislation creating a National Infrastructure Bank that would invest $5 trillion in infrastructure projects nationwide. The resolution does not create law itself but expresses support for federal action to address what it describes as significant infrastructure needs in North Carolina and across the country.
Adjust FMAP Trigger for Medicaid Expansion
This bill lowers the threshold that would trigger the end of Medicaid expansion coverage in North Carolina. Currently, expansion coverage would only stop if federal funding fell below 90% of the non-expansion Medicaid rate; this bill changes that threshold (the specific new percentage is referenced in existing law but not stated in this excerpt). The bill requires the state to notify lawmakers and begin the discontinuation process if this lower threshold is reached.
Rural and Downtown Community Eco. Dev. Grants
This bill creates two grant programs totaling $80 million to help rural communities and downtown areas in North Carolina attract business investment and improve economic conditions. The Rural Community Development Grant Program provides up to $2 million per grant to counties and municipalities lacking amenities like restaurants or parks, while the Downtown Revitalization Grant Program provides similar grants for downtown improvements, with both programs requiring matching funds from non-state sources.
Affordable Housing in Rural Areas
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.
Defense Against Porch Pirates Act
This bill creates a new criminal offense specifically for stealing mail or packages from someone else's property. The offense is classified as a misdemeanor or felony depending on the value of the stolen mail and the offender's criminal history, with penalties ranging from a Class A1 misdemeanor to a Class D felony.
Cosponsored Bills (175)
Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping
This bill creates two main policies: (1) establishes drug-free zones around homeless service facilities where drug offenses become Class E felonies, and (2) bans unauthorized public camping on government property statewide, though local governments may designate specific areas for temporary camping if they meet safety and service requirements and receive state approval.
Modify HC POA/Adv Direct
This bill updates North Carolina's rules for health care powers of attorney and advance directives (living wills). It clarifies witness requirements, allows certain trained healthcare workers to serve as witnesses in limited situations, and enables people to file these documents electronically with the Secretary of State's Advance Health Care Directive Registry.
Modify Nonprofit Corp. Act/Charitable Org
This bill makes several changes to North Carolina's nonprofit corporation laws. It allows charitable and religious nonprofits to merge with certain limited liability companies, requires all nonprofits to file annual reports with the Secretary of State, permits nonprofits to change their state of incorporation (domestication), allows nonprofits to have just one director instead of three, and aligns state disclosure rules for charitable organizations with federal tax requirements.
Parking Lot Reform/Stormwater Control
This bill restricts local governments' authority to regulate off-street parking by prohibiting minimum parking space requirements and limiting parking space size standards. It also modifies stormwater control requirements so that property owners redeveloping existing sites only need to manage stormwater from new impervious surfaces, not from areas that existed before redevelopment.
Strengthen Medicaid Provider Controls
This bill strengthens oversight of Medicaid providers in North Carolina by establishing a Provider Enrollment Credentialing Committee to review provider applications and eligibility, expanding grounds for denying or terminating provider enrollment based on criminal convictions and licensing actions, and requiring providers to report criminal convictions of their employees. The bill also makes changes to prepaid health plan networks and Medicaid eligibility.
Limit Use of AI Medicaid/Commercial Insurance
This bill prohibits the use of artificial intelligence as the sole basis for denying insurance coverage decisions and claims in North Carolina's Medicaid and commercial insurance programs. It also bars healthcare providers and AI developers from using AI systems designed to promote 'upcoding' (billing for higher-level services than actually provided), and requires healthcare providers to annually attest their compliance with these restrictions.
ABC Omnibus of 2026
This comprehensive bill makes numerous changes to North Carolina's alcoholic beverage laws. Major provisions include authorizing the ABC Commission to obtain a $310 million loan for a new automated warehouse, creating new permit types (service business permit and auction house permit), allowing wine tastings at off-premises locations, expanding where mixed beverage permittees can purchase liquor, and making technical corrections to existing regulations. The bill also makes changes to state government structure and raffle laws.
Prohibit Litigation Invest/Amend WC Benefits
This bill has two main parts: it prohibits litigation investments (third-party funding of lawsuits in exchange for a share of any settlement or judgment) in North Carolina civil cases, and it increases workers' compensation benefit amounts for certain injuries, including raising maximum awards for facial disfigurement from $20,000 to $40,000 and other injury categories from $10,000-$20,000 to $20,000-$40,000.
Physical Therapy Practice Act Mods
This bill modernizes North Carolina's physical therapy licensing laws by updating accreditation agency references, adjusting the Board composition, modifying license renewal deadlines, clarifying disciplinary procedures, and adding new provisions for continuing competence assessments and criminal background checks.
Voting Record (735)
- Yea2025-05-06
Healthcare Investment Act
- Nay2025-05-06
Parents' Medical Bill of Rights
- Yea2025-05-06
Central Carolina CC MCC FTE Calculation
- Nay2025-05-06
Clarify Powers of State Auditor
- Yea2025-05-06
Clarify Powers of State Auditor
- Yea2025-05-06
Social Media & AI Safety
- Yea2025-05-06
Clarify Powers of State Auditor
- Yea2025-05-06
Civic Club Registration Plate Clarification
- Yea2025-05-06
Transportation Goods Unit Pricing Cost
- Yea2025-05-06
Interbasin Transfer Moratorium/Study
- Nay2025-05-06
Sedimentation Act & Other Env.'l Changes
- Yea2025-05-06
Board of Funeral Service Modifications
- Yea2025-05-06
Veterans/eTMS Pilot Program
- Yea2025-05-06
Board of Funeral Service Modifications
- Yea2025-05-06
1-to-1 Credit for Career and College Promise
- Yea2025-05-06
Civil Procedure Amendment
- Yea2025-05-06
Civil Procedure Amendment
- Nay2025-05-06
Civil Procedure Amendment
- Yea2025-05-06
SFRF/NCPRO Revisions
- Yea2025-05-06
Enrollment Stability for Military Students