Julia Howard
Election Day: November 3, 2026 · Register to vote at ncsbe.gov
Sponsored Bills (28)
Affordable Housing Exemption Mods
This bill updates North Carolina's property tax exemptions for affordable housing by creating a new separate exemption for rental housing owned by nonprofits and modifying the existing exemption for owner-occupied affordable housing. It establishes specific eligibility requirements based on whether the rental housing receives government funding, sets income and rent limits for tenants, and requires annual compliance reporting.
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.
No Voter Registration Changes At DMV
This bill removes the ability for voters to update their existing voter registration (such as address changes, name changes, or party affiliation changes) through the DMV website or at DMV physical locations. Voters seeking to make these changes would instead be required to do so directly at their county board of elections. New voter registration applications at the DMV would continue to be allowed.
Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons
This bill creates a fast-track legal process allowing property owners to remove people occupying their residential property without a valid lease or payment, with hearings held within 48 hours and removal ordered within 4 hours. The bill also prevents local governments from restricting pet shop operations beyond state regulations.
Elevators/Interim Code Council Appt.-AB
This bill increases inspection fees for elevators, amusement devices, and ski lift equipment in North Carolina, and allows these fees to adjust annually based on inflation. It also authorizes the Department of Labor to develop an apprenticeship program for elevator inspectors and expands the timeframe for interim appointments to the Building Code Council and Residential Code Council.
Credit Union Update
This bill updates North Carolina's credit union laws by modernizing language, clarifying regulatory procedures, and expanding the powers and membership options available to credit unions. It updates definitions, streamlines the appeals process, allows credit unions to offer additional financial services, permits membership for underserved populations, and clarifies record-keeping and examination procedures.
Fin. Exploit. Prevention/Savings Bank Updates
This bill has two main parts: Part I strengthens protections against financial exploitation of older adults (65+) and disabled adults by giving financial institutions authority to delay transactions for up to 30 days (extendable to 60 days) when they suspect fraud, and requires them to report suspected exploitation to law enforcement and social services. Part II updates North Carolina's savings bank laws to align more closely with commercial banking regulations, including changes to branch approval processes and application of existing banking confidentiality rules.
North Carolina Economic Abuse Prevention Act
This bill creates the North Carolina Economic Abuse Prevention Act, which provides domestic violence survivors and certain other abuse victims legal remedies to challenge debts incurred under duress, coercion, or fraud by abusers. Survivors can provide documentation to creditors and collection agencies to stop collection activities and potentially eliminate their liability for coerced debts, while creditors may pursue claims against the person who coerced the debt.
State Infrastructure Bank Board
This bill establishes a State Infrastructure Bank Board to provide loans and financial assistance for transportation, water, sewer, and other infrastructure projects in North Carolina. The Board will manage federal, state, and private funds, offer flexible lending terms including below-market interest rates, and use blended financing to attract private investment in infrastructure.
Cosponsored Bills (23)
Worker Safety Act of 2026
This bill clarifies the process for filing complaints about workplace retaliation under North Carolina's worker protection laws. It specifies what information complaints must contain, allows employers to submit response statements within seven days, requires extra materials submitted with complaints to be destroyed and kept confidential, and establishes how time periods are calculated in these cases.
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.
HOA Oversight Act
This bill requires the North Carolina Department of Justice to collect and track complaints from homeowners association members about disputes with their associations, publish complaint data online, and submit annual reports to the General Assembly. The Department will not resolve disputes but will gather information to identify trends in HOA complaints across the state.
Mike Clampitt 1st Responder Tax Fairness Act
This bill expands the highway use tax exemption for volunteer fire departments and rescue squads that are not part of local government and have no more than two paid employees. The exemption now applies to fire trucks, pump trucks, tanker trucks, ladder trucks, four-wheel drive forest fire fighting vehicles, and emergency services vehicles.
Persistent D.V. Offender Registry
This bill creates a registry of people convicted of domestic violence offenses in North Carolina. People convicted of a domestic violence offense who have at least one prior domestic violence conviction must register, with registration periods of 2-10 years depending on the number of prior convictions. The State Bureau of Investigation will maintain a public online registry containing offenders' names, birth dates, conviction dates, county, and photographs.
CHCCS Act
This bill establishes new parental rights in public schools regarding student records and identity changes, restricts instruction on gender identity and sexuality in kindergarten through fourth grade, creates a legal process for parents to sue schools for violations, and gives the State Auditor authority to investigate and enforce compliance with financial penalties.
Criminal History Checks for School Positions
This bill requires criminal history checks for charter school board members and public school employees before hiring, modifies reporting rules for school employee misconduct, strengthens reporting requirements for threats and assaults on teachers, and encourages the State Board of Education to align its licensure system with a national educator database.
Various State and Local Gov't Provisions
This comprehensive bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina state and local government, including canceling a Stanly Community College culinary program, authorizing heritage trails in Brunswick County and a 60-mile recreational trail in the Piedmont region, transferring state property to the Town of Burgaw, codifying and updating the Lake Norman Marine Commission structure with new governance procedures, renaming three roads and bridges, and amending the state building code to allow certain commercial developments near railroad rights-of-way.
Building Industry Efficiency Act of 2025
This bill makes multiple changes to North Carolina's building and construction regulations. It streamlines inspection processes (allowing cancellations without fees, exempting certain HVAC replacements from inspections), modifies street design requirements for developers, exempts certain small construction services from licensing, updates contractor board rules and disciplinary procedures, clarifies exemptions for certain pools and flotation systems, and increases the threshold for formal bidding on public construction contracts.
Voting Record (735)
- Yea2025-04-15
Liam's Law
- Yea2025-04-15
Post NC Veterans' Benefits
- Yea2025-04-15
The Kelsey Smith Act
- Yea2025-04-15
Emergency Info on DMV Applications
- Yea2025-04-09
Criminal Falsification of Medical Records
- Yea2025-04-09
Increase Accident Thresholds/Safe Driver Plan
- Yea2025-04-09
Civil Procedure/Gatekeeper Orders/Database
- Yea2025-04-09
Various Local Provisions I
- Yea2025-04-09
Civil Procedure/Gatekeeper Orders/Database
- Yea2025-04-09
Town of Andrews/Deannexation
- Yea2025-04-09
Pay Exceptions/Special Separation Allowance
- Yea2025-04-09
Adopt Women Veterans Day
- Yea2025-04-09
Adopt Women Veterans Day
- Yea2025-04-09
Continuing Budget Operations Part II
- Yea2025-04-09
School Financial Flexibility Pilot Program
- Yea2025-04-09
Elizabeth City and King/Deannexations
- Yea2025-04-09
Maysville Occupancy Tax
- Yea2025-04-09
2026 Criminal Law Changes
- Yea2025-04-09
Use of Epinephrine Nasal Spray
- Yea2025-04-09
Continuing Budget Operations Part III