Rodney Pierce
Election Day: November 3, 2026 · Register to vote at ncsbe.gov
Sponsored Bills (28)
Norlina/Even-Yr Elect./4-Yr Staggered Terms
This bill changes municipal elections in the Town of Norlina from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years (aligning with general elections) and extends commissioner terms from two years to staggered four-year terms, with the mayor serving four-year terms. The transition skips the 2027 election and begins regular elections again in 2028 with a staggered system.
Strengthen Ed by Embedded New Teacher Support
This bill appropriates $1 million in recurring state funding annually to expand the North Carolina New Teacher Support Program, which provides coaching and mentoring to beginning teachers in public schools. The expanded funding aims to increase embedded instructional support within local school districts and connect it more closely with teacher preparation programs.
Voucher School Transparency Act
This bill increases accountability requirements for private schools that accept North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship vouchers. It requires these schools to submit annual financial audits, standardized test performance data, graduation rates, staff background checks, and facility/safety information to state authorities. It also directs the State Auditor to review at least three private school audits each year and report findings to the legislature.
The NC Teacher Pay Competitiveness Act
This bill increases teacher salaries in North Carolina starting in 2026-2027 and locks in annual 3.67% raises through 2032-2033, with a dedicated funding reserve to protect these raises from budget delays. It also reduces funding for the Opportunity Scholarship Program (private school vouchers) and tightens eligibility requirements for that program.
Re-Professionalizing the Teaching Profession
This bill makes multiple changes to improve teacher compensation and working conditions in North Carolina public schools. It reinstates education-based salary supplements, increases base teacher salaries significantly, creates a forgivable loan program for National Board certification fees, establishes a one-year sabbatical program for experienced teachers, provides additional planning time and workdays for teachers, and gives school districts more flexibility with calendar scheduling and remote instruction days.
Fair Share for Public Schools Act
This bill creates a new 7% income tax on North Carolina income exceeding $1 million per year for individuals. The revenue collected, minus administrative costs, would be distributed annually to the state public school fund and allocated to local school districts based on the number of students.
NC Economic Progress and Well-Being
This bill requires North Carolina's Department of Commerce to prepare and publish a biennial report measuring economic opportunity, affordability, and family economic security across the state and by county. The report will track metrics like poverty rates, job quality, housing affordability, education costs, and regional economic opportunity using existing public data sources.
Funds for Facilities of DAV Organizations
This bill appropriates $10 million in recurring annual funding through the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to create a grant program for Disabled American Veterans (DAV) nonprofit chapters. The grants, capped at $1 million per chapter per year, can be used to renovate and expand facilities and provide additional resources to disabled veterans, with unused funds rolling over to future years.
Pickleball Wellness Initiative: Health Equity
This bill appropriates $196,760 to North Carolina State University to create and evaluate a pilot pickleball wellness program in eastern Wake, Halifax, and Lenoir Counties. The program aims to increase physical activity, social connection, and mental well-being in communities with limited access to recreational resources through weekly pickleball instruction and gameplay, with results to be used to develop a toolkit for similar programs statewide.
Cosponsored Bills (287)
NC Farmland and Military Protection Act
This bill prohibits entities controlled by adversarial foreign governments from purchasing, leasing, or holding agricultural land or property within 50 miles of North Carolina military installations. It requires existing foreign owners to register with the Secretary of State, allows the Attorney General to enforce violations through forced sales, and establishes penalties for non-compliance.
Jaleeyah's Law
Jaleeyah's Law makes several changes to North Carolina's criminal gang statutes and court costs. The bill increases court costs for criminal cases, tightens the definition of criminal gang membership, creates new felony offenses related to gang activity (including recruiting minors and gang members possessing firearms), and enhances sentencing for crimes committed as part of gang activity. The law takes effect December 1, 2026.
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.
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.
Fuel Gas Safety Act
This bill requires the installation and maintenance of fuel gas detectors in residential rental units, commercial buildings, and public higher education facilities that contain appliances using propane, natural gas, or liquified petroleum gas. Landlords must install detectors within 30 days of acquiring a property, maintain them in working order, and can face civil penalties up to $500 for violations. Universities and community colleges must adopt fuel gas safety policies by July 1, 2027, and implement them by July 1, 2030.
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.
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.
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.
State Bd of Elections/Independent Agency
This bill changes how North Carolina's State Board of Elections is organized and led. It makes the Board an independent agency (rather than part of the Secretary of State's office) and shifts appointment power from the State Auditor to the Governor, effective July 1, 2027.
Voting Record (735)
- Yea2025-03-04
Back the Blue Pay Act
- Yea2025-03-04
Strengthen Medicaid Provider Controls
- Yea2025-02-26
GSC Electronic Signatures
- Yea2025-02-26
Increase UI Max Benefit/2025 UI Tax Credit
- Yea2025-02-26
Various GSC Recommendations
- Yea2025-02-26
Various GSC Recommendations
- Yea2025-02-25
Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I
- Yea2025-02-25
General Assembly Appointments
- Yea2025-02-25
Increase UI Max Benefit/2025 UI Tax Credit
- Yea2025-02-25
Increase UI Max Benefit/2025 UI Tax Credit
- Yea2025-02-25
Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I
- Yea2025-02-25
State of the State Invitation
- Nay2025-01-29
Amend Temporary Rules of the House
- Yea2025-01-08
Adjourn 2025 Organizational Session
- Yea2025-01-08
House Temporary Rules