Maria Cervania
Election Day: November 3, 2026 · Register to vote at ncsbe.gov
Sponsored Bills (46)
No Federal Interference in Elections
This bill prohibits federal or state armed forces from being stationed at voting places for 17 days before through election day, except in emergencies or at the request of election officials, and it restricts state and county election boards from disclosing voters' personal information (like Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and driver's license numbers) to the federal government without a court order.
Limits on Immigration Detention Facilities
This bill prohibits North Carolina city, county, and state law enforcement agencies from contracting with the federal government or private companies to detain noncitizens for civil immigration purposes. It also requires the Department of Public Safety to collect and annually report data on immigration detainees, including their demographics, charges, and case status.
Affordability in Healthcare Act
This comprehensive healthcare reform bill aims to lower costs and improve affordability through multiple strategies: establishing a state-supported low-cost health insurance plan option on the marketplace (by 2028), creating a purchasing consortium for public health buyers, expanding chronic disease prevention programs, increasing price and billing transparency, regulating hospital facility fees, strengthening protections for rural healthcare, updating insurance prior authorization rules, and requiring state review of significant hospital transactions to preserve competition.
Data Center Amendments
This bill establishes new rules for how electric utilities provide service to large data centers (facilities using over 20 megawatts of power). It requires utilities to file special rate plans with the NC Utilities Commission that ensure data centers pay the full cost of infrastructure needed to serve them and that other customers are not burdened with those costs. The bill also repeals certain tax provisions related to data centers.
Property Tax Modifications
This bill modifies North Carolina's property tax relief programs for elderly and disabled homeowners by increasing income limits for married couples, eliminating deferred tax debt, and expanding eligibility options. It also appropriates $20 million to help counties improve property reappraisal processes and creates a new excise tax on transfers of controlling interests in entities that own real property in the state.
Omnibus Artificial Intelligence Protections
This bill creates multiple regulations on artificial intelligence use across North Carolina in elections, education, employment, insurance, and courts. It prohibits AI in political ads, allows schools to restrict student AI use, requires employers to audit AI hiring tools for bias, limits AI in insurance claim processing, and restricts generative AI in court filings.
LEO Facial Coverings and Identifications
This bill prohibits North Carolina law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings like masks or balaclavas while performing duties, with exceptions for undercover operations, tactical gear for safety, identity protection during prosecution, and health/safety requirements. It also requires officers to wear clear agency identification on uniforms and identify themselves by name or badge number when requested.
Senior Property Tax Relief Modernization Act
This bill modernizes North Carolina's property tax relief programs for seniors and disabled homeowners by replacing sharp income cutoffs with gradual phase-outs, allowing homeowners to combine two relief programs, and addressing barriers for those with shared property ownership. The state will reimburse local governments for lost tax revenue, and $20 million will fund local governments to improve property reappraisal technology.
Balcony Solar
This bill allows North Carolina residents and tenants to install small portable solar panels (up to 1.2 kilowatts) that plug into standard electrical outlets to offset their own electricity use. The bill requires customers to notify their electric utility and meet safety standards, but prohibits utilities from charging fees or requiring approval before installation. It also protects tenants' rights to install these devices on rental properties.
Cosponsored Bills (417)
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.
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.
Duke's Rescue Act
This bill establishes statewide minimum standards of care for companion animals (dogs and cats), including adequate food, water, shelter, exercise, space, and veterinary treatment. It creates criminal penalties for violations and allows local governments to adopt equal or stricter standards, while providing $10,000 for public education about these requirements.
Const. Amend./Supreme Court Ethics
This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would require North Carolina Supreme Court Justices to recuse themselves from cases where they have financial interests, personal relationships with parties involved, or previously sponsored the law being challenged. It would also require Justices to publicly disclose large financial transactions ($10,000+), non-salary income, and who funds their travel.
Const. Amend./Judicial Standards Commission
This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to establish the Judicial Standards Commission in North Carolina's Constitution and changes how it operates. The amendment would require the Commission to have judges, lawyers, and non-lawyer citizens as members, and would make disciplinary hearings and sanctions public instead of confidential.
Restoring Separation of Powers & Leg. Transp
This bill proposes two constitutional amendments to be voted on in November 2026. The first amendment would limit the General Assembly's power to reorganize executive branch functions in ways that weaken the Governor's authority to execute state laws. The second amendment would require bills to address only one subject (with exceptions for budget and tax bills) and mandate at least 48 hours of public notice and bill text availability before final passage.
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.
Diabetes Education for Parents
This bill requires all North Carolina public schools to provide parents and guardians with information about Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes at the beginning of each school year. The information must include descriptions of the diseases, risk factors, warning signs, screening processes, and recommendations to consult with healthcare providers if students show symptoms or receive a diagnosis.
Voting Record (735)
- Yea2025-03-18
Define Armed Forces/Religious Prop. Tax Excl
- Yea2025-03-18
Enhance Firefighter Benefits & Representation
- Yea2025-03-18
Establish Military Appreciation Month
- Yea2025-03-18
Drivers License Designation/Autism
- Yea2025-03-18
Town of Mooresville/Property Conveyance
- Yea2025-03-18
Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I
- Yea2025-03-18
Continuing Budget Operations
- Yea2025-03-12
Rev. Law Perm. Protect Order/Child Abuse
- Yea2025-03-11
Protect Those Who Serve & Protect Act of 2025
- Yea2025-03-11
Protect Those Who Serve & Protect Act of 2025
- Yea2025-03-11
Town of Faith/Even-Yr. Elect./Four-Yr.Terms
- Yea2025-03-11
Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I
- Nay2025-03-11
Local Bd. of Ed. Election Changes
- Yea2025-03-11
Designate State Balloon Rally
- Nay2025-03-11
Gaston Co. Bd. of Ed. Elect. Partisan
- Nay2025-03-05
House Budget Technical Corrections
- Yea2025-03-05
Entry Fees for Interscholastic Sports Events
- Yea2025-03-04
Strengthen Medicaid Provider Controls
- Yea2025-03-04
House Budget Technical Corrections
- Yea2025-03-04
House Budget Technical Corrections