Larry Potts
Election Day: November 3, 2026 · Register to vote at ncsbe.gov
Sponsored Bills (36)
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.
Regulate Hemp-Derived Consumables
This bill creates a regulatory system for hemp-derived consumable products (like delta-8 and delta-10 THC products) sold in North Carolina, requiring licenses for manufacturers, distributors, and retailers; setting testing and labeling requirements; restricting sales to adults 21+; and banning the sale of kratom as a controlled substance. The bill takes effect July 1, 2026, for hemp regulations and December 1, 2025, for the kratom ban.
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.
US Department of Edu
This joint resolution urges the U.S. Congress to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and return education authority to individual states. The resolution argues that education is not a federal responsibility under the Constitution and that states are better positioned to manage education policy for their communities.
Remote Instruction for Excess Emergencies
This bill allows North Carolina public schools to use up to three additional days of remote instruction (or 15 hours) when they experience a second emergency after exhausting their initial remote instruction allowance. Schools must report to the State Board about any additional remote instruction days used and the emergency circumstances that required them. The bill appropriates $5,000 to the Department of Public Instruction for administrative costs.
Rep. Mike Clampitt Bone Marrow Donation Act
This bill designates November as Marrow Donation Awareness Month in North Carolina and allows people ages 18-40 to indicate their intention to become bone marrow donors when applying for or renewing a driver's license. The bill requires the state to share this information with the National Marrow Donor Program and directs state health and motor vehicle agencies to conduct public awareness campaigns about bone marrow donation, with $100,000 allocated for these efforts.
Medicaid & HHS Adjust./Other Critical Needs
This bill makes various changes to North Carolina's Medicaid program, health and human services, and state budget operations. Key provisions include modifications to Medicaid eligibility verification and work requirements, changes to hospital funding mechanisms through assessments and intergovernmental transfers, establishment of a Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education, increased funding for veterans scholarships, and appropriations for various state agency operating needs.
Healthcare Investment Act
This bill adjusts Medicaid funding by $690 million, requires managed care organizations to transfer $18 million to the state, reduces mental health and substance use funding by $30-44 million, eliminates vacant DHHS positions to save $34 million, and redirects $208.5 million from state capital reserves to fund UNC Children's Hospital and health clinics.
Healthcare Workforce Reforms
House Bill 67 is a comprehensive healthcare workforce reform law that includes multiple provisions: allowing interstate medical licensure compacts for physicians and physician assistants, creating an international physician employee license pathway, expanding clinical psychologist scope of practice, enabling pharmacists to test for and treat influenza and establish collaborative practices, and modifying requirements for physician assistants and other healthcare providers to practice in team-based settings. The bill also requires surgical smoke evacuation systems in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, and expands behavioral health workforce eligibility through community college degrees.
Cosponsored Bills (71)
Equality in State Agencies/Prohibition on DEI
This bill prohibits North Carolina state agencies and local governments from spending money on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, policies, or staff positions. It defines DEI as initiatives that influence hiring or employment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, nationality, country of origin, or sexual orientation outside of merit-based processes, and establishes penalties for violations including fines up to $10,000 and potential removal from employment.
Improve IVC Process and Enhance Public Safety
This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina's involuntary commitment (IVC) process and mental health procedures. It directs various state agencies to study and develop plans for improving how people in mental health crises are evaluated, treated, and moved through the justice and mental health systems. It also creates new capacity restoration programs for defendants found mentally unable to stand trial and modifies procedures for outpatient commitment orders.
UNC Omnibus & Capital Contracting Law Changes
This bill authorizes approximately $636.9 million in capital improvement projects across UNC campuses funded through bonds and non-appropriated sources, standardizes residency requirements for the NC School of Science and Mathematics, expands tuition grants for NCSSM and UNCSA graduates, increases the UNC Board of Governors' authority over capital projects up to $4 million, raises various construction project thresholds, and restricts state agencies from using appropriated funds for public-private partnerships without legislative approval.
Voluntary Portable Benefits Plan Act
This bill creates a voluntary portable benefits plan system that allows independent contractors to build benefit accounts funded by hiring parties. The contributions are not treated as evidence that the worker is an employee, and independent contractors can opt in to have a portion of their pay withheld for these benefits if they choose.
Make E-Verify Great Again
This bill requires state and local government employers to use the federal E-Verify system to confirm employee work authorization. It creates a 30-day cure period for first-time violations, allows the Department of Labor to conduct random compliance checks, increases civil penalties for repeated violations, and protects employees who report E-Verify violations from retaliation.
Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)
This bill allows North Carolina to participate in a federal tax credit program that enables individuals to receive tax credits for donations they make to scholarship granting organizations. The state Education Assistance Authority must identify and maintain a list of qualifying scholarship organizations and submit it to the U.S. Treasury, allowing these organizations to provide scholarships for K-12 education expenses including homeschooling.
Interstate Compact for School Psychologists
This bill adopts an interstate compact that allows school psychologists licensed in one state to practice in other participating states without repeating all licensure requirements. The bill also appropriates $1 million to East Carolina University for a virtual school psychology training program.
Const. Amend. Property Tax Levy Limit
This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would require the North Carolina General Assembly to pass laws limiting how much local governments (counties, cities, towns, and special districts) can increase their property tax levies each year. The amendment would be submitted to North Carolina voters in the November 2026 general election, and if approved by a majority of voters, would become part of the state constitution.
Principal Fellows & Admin. Intern. Stipends
This bill modifies North Carolina's Principal Fellows Program, which provides forgivable scholarships to help prepare school leaders, and adds a new stipend for administrative interns. The bill appropriates $5 million to expand the program and creates financial support for people in administrative internship programs.
Voting Record (734)
- Yea2025-04-01
Various Local Provisions III
- Yea2025-04-01
Additional Capital Appropriations
- Nay2025-04-01
House Permanent Rules
- Yea2025-04-01
Social Work Interstate Licensure Compact
- Yea2025-04-01
Healthcare Workforce Reforms
- Nay2025-04-01
House Permanent Rules
- Yea2025-04-01
Adopt Official State Rice Festival
- Yea2025-04-01
Various Disaster Recovery Reforms
- Yea2025-04-01
LEO Special Separation Allowance Options
- Yea2025-04-01
Pitt Co. Bd. of Ed. Elect. Partisan
- Yea2025-04-01
Various Disaster Recovery Reforms
- Nay2025-04-01
House Permanent Rules
- Nay2025-04-01
House Permanent Rules
- Yea2025-04-01
OSFM to Study Future of Rural Firefighting
- Yea2025-04-01
House Permanent Rules
- Yea2025-04-01
Respiratory Care Modernization Act
- Yea2025-03-26
Prohibit Litigation Invest/Amend WC Benefits
- Yea2025-03-26
Currituck/NH Beach Towns/J'ville OT
- Yea2025-03-26
Various Local Elections
- Yea2025-03-26
Underground Safety Revisions