Senate committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Amends GS 90-18.1 by amending the conditions that must be met in order for a physician assistant to be authorized to compound and dispense drugs to require that it be done under the supervision of a licensed physician (was, licensed pharmacist).
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H 67 (2025-2026) HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE REFORMS. (NEW) Filed Feb 5 2025, AN ACT TO ENACT HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE REFORMS FOR THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
H 199 (2025-2026) NONCONSENSUAL BOOTING AND TOWING REFORM. Filed Feb 25 2025, AN ACT REFORMING THE LAWS RELATED TO NONCONSENSUAL BOOTING AND TOWING.
House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.
No longer requires consensual towing businesses to obtain a permit from the Towing and Recovery Commission (Commission) under GS 20-219.50. Makes conforming changes to definitions provision of Article 7C in GS Chapter 20. Expands the itemized charges that the Commission must list under its standard form used by nonconsensual towing businesses to itemize charges required by GS 20-219.40 to include charges billed for handling of personal property. Increases the membership of the Commission from nine to eleven members, to also include one representative of the Carolina Independent Dealers Association appointed by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Speaker of the House and one representative of the National Automobile Dealers Association appointed by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Makes a technical change. Removes information about booted vehicles from the nonconsensual towing database required under GS 20-219.55. Now requires that a nonconsensual towing business input the name of the property owner or their designated representative with whom the business has a contractual relationship, in addition to other information that must be input into the database established under GS 20-219.55 (was, business just had to disclose whether it had a contractual relationship with the property owner or designated representative where the vehicle was towed from). Now requires the property owner of a parking lot where parking prohibitions apply to ensure the described signage under GS 20-219.60 is prominently displayed (was, property owners had to prominently display the described signage). Specifies that the signage must provide information about the companies the owner has contracted with (was, companies that the owner will use) to tow or boot unauthorized vehicles. Expands the signage requirements to include a warning that damage caused to towing or booting equipment as a result of attempting to remove or removing such equipment is punishable under GS 14-160. Makes conforming changes.
Prevents a nonconsensual towing business from booting, towing or attempting to do either to any vehicle on private property without a written contract with the property owner or their designee to perform nonconsensual towing or booting on the property, in GS 20-219.65. Expands the prohibition on towing or booting occupied vehicles to include instances where the nonconsensual towing business employee has reason to know the vehicle is occupied. Adds the business’s telephone number and hours of operation to the notice required to be affixed to a vehicle after it is booted by a nonconsensual towing business. Makes conforming changes to the statute's title. Authorizes a nonconsensual towing business to choose to accept any other form of commercially acceptable payment, in addition to those listed in GS 219.70. Makes technical changes.
| Intro. by Carson Smith, Budd, Pyrtle, Logan. | GS 20 |
H 468 (2025-2026) REGULATE KRATOM PRODUCTS. Filed Mar 20 2025, AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF KRATOM PRODUCTS, TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF KRATOM PRODUCTS AND HEMP-DERIVED CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY, AND TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF HEMP-DERIVED CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS BY PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE.
House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.
Section 1.
Reduces the offenses involving the sale of kratom products from six to five in GS 18E-101 by removing the offense of “knowingly, or having reason to know, sell a kratom product that is not contained in an exit package or a child-resistant package.” Allows a retail dealer selling kratom over the internet to verify a prospective purchaser’s age directly or by using a method of delivery requiring the signature of a person who is at least 21 years of age before the product is released (previously, internet dealers had to use both methods). Makes organizational and conforming changes. Amends GS 18E-104 by broadening what is considered a kratom product adulterated with a dangerous non-kratom substance to include substances that affect the kratom product, as described, to a degree as to potentially render the kratom injurious to a customer (was, substance had to actually render the kratom injurious). Removes the following packaging requirements from GS 18E-105: (1) that the kratom product be packaged in accordance with child-resistant requirements established under federal law and (2) that the package contain warnings about the use of kratom while breastfeeding, pregnant, driving, or operating heavy machinery. Replaces reference to "physician" with "health professional" in the warning to consult with such a person before use. Changes the chemical compounds that must be listed per serving as part of the required listing of ingredients. Makes organizational and conforming changes.
H 476 (2025-2026) DST TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS/ADMIN. CHANGES 2025.-AB Filed Mar 20 2025, AN ACT MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES TO THE LAWS GOVERNING AND RELATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TREASURER.
Senate committee substitute to the 3rd edition adds the following content in new Part VIII.
Amends GS 135-5.6 to allow UNC Health Care System employees who are employed before January 1, 2024, and are members of either the Retirement System or the Optional Retirement Program before January 1, 2024, to keep membership in that System or Program, removing the provision that allowed the member to alternatively make a one-time irrevocable election to cease membership in the System or Program in favor of a similar benefit offered by the UNC Health Care System.
Amends GS 135-3.7 to allow employees of the Medical Faculty Practice Plan and the East Carolina University (ECU) Dental School Clinical Operations who are employed before January 1, 2024, and are members of either the Retirement System or the Optional Retirement Program before January 1, 2024, to keep membership in that System or Program, removing the provision that allowed the member to alternatively make a one-time irrevocable election to cease membership in the System or Program in favor of a similar benefit offered by the ECU School of Medicine, the Medical Faculty Practice Plan, or the ECU Dental School Clinical Operations.
Makes conforming organizational changes.
H 897 (2025-2026) DPS AGENCY CHANGES.-AB Filed Apr 10 2025, AN ACT TO MODERNIZE THE ALARMS SYSTEMS LICENSING ACT AND MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE PRIVATE PROTECTIVE SERVICES BOARD LAWS.
House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.
Part I.
Makes technical changes in GS 74D-2.1 and GS 74D-4. Clarifies that it is the Security Systems Licensing Board (was, Alarm Systems Licensing Board) that may adopt rules to implement the Part.
Part III.
Amends proposed changes to GS 15A-151 (disclosure of confidential files) and GS 93B-8.1 (exceptions to the statute, which concern the use of criminal history records) to refer to the North Carolina Security Systems Licensing Board instead of the North Carolina Alarm Systems Licensing Board. Also clarifies that it is the Security Systems Licensing Board (was, Alarm Systems Licensing Board) that may adopt rules to implement the Part. Makes a conforming change to the Part's title.
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PUBLIC/SENATE BILLS
S 153 (2025-2026) NORTH CAROLINA BORDER PROTECTION ACT. Filed Feb 24 2025, AN ACT TO PROTECT THE BORDERS OF THE STATE BY (I) REQUIRING COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS, (II) ENSURING STATE FUNDS ARE BEING USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS IN THE STATE LEGALLY, (III) CREATING ADDITIONAL INCENTIVES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAWS RELATED TO IMMIGRATION, AND (IV) PROHIBITING UNC CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS FROM BECOMING SANCTUARY UNIVERSITIES.
House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Section 2.
Rewrites the Section so that the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) must take all steps necessary to cease providing State-funded benefits to noncitizens residing in the US without legal permission, to the extent allowed under federal law, including by developing a plan to review and update eligibility criteria for State-funded benefits to ensure that noncitizens residing in the US without permission are ineligible for State-funded benefits, including a method for verifying the immigration status of applicants prior to the initiation of benefits (was, required the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) to examine the 19 listed “covered State public benefits programs” to determine whether, and the extent to which, such benefits are being provided to unauthorized aliens).
Defines state-funded benefits to include 15 listed programs administered by or through a contract with DHHS, but excludes any benefits or services available under the programs to help eligible beneficiaries access food or meals. Now requires DHHS to submit a report to the specified NCGA committees and divisions on the four specified matters by January 15, 2026 (was, annually report to the NCGA with publication of OSBM’s findings on its website).
Section 3.
Requires the Department of Commerce (DOC)’s Housing Finance Agency (Agency) and all local housing authorities to take all steps necessary to cease providing publicly funded housing benefits to noncitizens residing in the US without legal permission, to the extent allowed under federal law, including by developing a plan to review and update eligibility criteria for all of these benefits to ensure that noncitizens residing in the US without legal permission are ineligible for publicly funded housing benefits, includint a method for verifying the immigration status of applicants prior to the initiation of benefits. Defines publicly funded housing benefits to include the 13 listed programs or assistance administered by or through a contract with the Agency and any local housing authority established under GS Chapter 157. Directs the Agency and all local housing authorities established under GS Chapter 153 to submit a report on the two specified matters to the specified NCGA committees and divisions by January 15, 2026.
Section 4.
Requires DOC’s Division of Employment Security to adopt and implement a policy to verify, for unemployment benefits purposes, that all applicants are legally authorized to reside in the United States prior to the first payment of benefits by January 15, 2026. Requires policy to conform to federal law.
Makes conforming organizational changes to account for two new sections.
S 164 (2025-2026) THEFT OF TEMPORARY HOUSING DURING EMERGENCY. Filed Feb 25 2025, AN ACT TO SPECIFY THE PUNISHMENT FOR LOOTING ANOTHER PERSON'S TEMPORARY HOUSING IN AN EMERGENCY AREA DURING A DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY.
House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Amends GS 14-288.1 to define “emergency area” as the geographical area covered by a declared state of emergency (was, defined as it is in GS 166A-19.3, which defined the term as the geographical area covered by a state of emergency). Amends the items listed under the definition of temporary housing to require that the structure being used for human shelter that is designed to be transportable not be permanently attached (was, not be attached) to the ground, another structure, or any utility system on the same premises.
Amends GS 14-288.6(b) to also make it a Class F felony to loot property from temporary housing, in addition to looting temporary housing; makes conforming changes.
| Intro. by Alexander, Moffitt, Settle. | GS 14 |
S 375 (2025-2026) HARRISON'S LAW. (NEW) Filed Mar 20 2025, AN ACT TO ENACT HARRISON'S LAW TO REVISE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF HAZING AND TO PUBLISH TOTAL COMPENSATION AND POSITION INFORMATION FOR CENTRAL OFFICE EMPLOYEES.
House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Makes technical changes to the definition of hazing in GS 14-35 and amends the definition so that it also includes severe psychological injury to a student.
| Intro. by Galey, Barnes, Overcash. | GS 14 |
S 710 (2025-2026) DPS AGENCY CHANGES.-AB Filed Mar 25 2025, AN ACT TO MODERNIZE THE ALARMS SYSTEMS LICENSING ACT, MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE PRIVATE PROTECTIVE SERVICES BOARD LAWS, STRENGTHEN THE OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY OF THE ABC COMMISSION, MODIFY THE LAW REGARDING NOTICE OF CERTAIN VIOLATIONS TO ABC PERMIT HOLDERS, ALLOW REVIEW OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' PERSONNEL RECORDS WHEN TRANSFERRING AGENCIES, REINSTATE G.S. 102-1.1, AND TO MODIFY PROVISIONS REGARDING SUMMARY COURTS-MARTIAL AND THE APPOINTMENT AND SERVICE OF MILITARY JUDGES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD.
Senate committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Parts I and III.
Replaces references to “alarm systems” with “security systems” in GS 74D-30 and in the name of the licensing board authorized to implement the act’s changes under Part I of the act and to GS 14-415.12, GS 15A-151, and GS 93B-8.1.
Part II.
Makes technical correction to GS 74C-11(a).
Part VIII.
Removes changes to GS 127A-50 which would have amended the appointment of the court for summary courts-marital in the National Guard, so that it would have consisted of one officer, the state military judge, and a judge advocate who is detailed to the court as a hearing officer with authority to impose described fines and to take the specified adverse employment actions. Gives summary courts-martial officers who are military judges appointed under GS 127A-50.1 enhanced punishment authority to implement the described adverse employment actions. Clarifies that no such court can impose confinement as part of its sentence and there is no right to demand trial by general or special court-martial. Reinstates provisions describing the composition of the court, and its power to impose punishments. Makes clarifying and organizational changes.
Amends the requirements to be met to be appointed as a military judge to no longer require good standing in the bar of a federal court or the highest court of another state for at least ten years from GS 127A-50.1 (military judges) and instead just requires being in good standing of the bar of the highest court of this state. Authorizes the Adjutant General or the Staff Judge Advocate to detail military judges for all purposes for which military judges may be detailed, except that only those certified as a military judge by the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard may preside over a general or special court-martial. Details when military judges for the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard may preside over courts-martial of the other. Clarifies that GS 127A-50.1 does not the preclude the detailing of a military judge from another component of the Armed Forces of the United States made available for detail, provided that such military judge has been certified by the Judge Advocate General from the military judge's component of the Armed Forces of the United States. Authorizes military judges appointed by the Adjutant General to issue investigative subpoenas, as described.
Limits those persons who can issue arrest warrants as part of the courts-martial powers to military judges certified by the Judge Advocate General of the US Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, or Coast Guard, effective for warrants and orders issued on or after the act becomes law. (Currently, presidents of courts-martial and summary court officers vested with the arrest power under GS 127A-56.) Limits the power to punish for contempt of court to certified military judges (currently, presidents of court-martial and summary court officers have such power). Allows the Governor to delegate their approval authority of sentences under GS 127A-60 to the Adjutant General. Makes conforming changes to GS 127A-57 (execution of processes and sentences), effective for warrants and orders issued on or after the act becomes law; and to GS 127A-59 (sentences).
S 769 (2025-2026) HONORING ELIZABETH HANFORD DOLE. Filed Jun 3 2025, A SENATE RESOLUTION HONORING ELIZABETH HANFORD DOLE, A TRAILBLAZING PUBLIC SERVANT.
Expresses the Senate's wishes to honor Elizabeth Hanford Dole for her many years of public service and its desire to express sincere gratitude for all that she has contributed to our State and nation.
| Intro. by Berger, Ford. | SENATE RES |
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LOCAL/HOUSE BILLS
H 26 (2025-2026) VARIOUS LOCAL PROVISIONS I. (NEW) Filed Jan 29 2025, AN ACT TO DEANNEX CERTAIN DESCRIBED TERRITORIES AND MAKE OTHER CHANGES TO VARIOUS LOCAL LAWS.
Senate committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Adds new Part VIII of the act, which removes specified property from Wilson's corporate limits. Provides a savings clause for the validity of any liens of the City of Wilson for outstanding ad valorem taxes or special assessments. Effective June 30, 2025. Deems property in the described territory as of January 1, 2025, as no longer subject to municipal taxes for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2025.
| Intro. by Pyrtle. | UNCODIFIED, Cherokee, Granville, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Pasquotank, Rockingham, Wilson |
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ACTIONS ON BILLS
Actions on Bills: 2025-06-03
PUBLIC BILLS
H 23: VARIOUS STATE AND LOCAL GOV'T PROVISIONS. (NEW)
Senate: Reptd Fav
H 67: HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE REFORMS. (NEW)
Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
Senate: Com Substitute Adopted
Senate: Re-ref Com On Finance
H 126: REVISE VOLUNTARY AG. DISTRICT LAWS.
Senate: Reptd Fav
Senate: Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
H 199: NONCONSENSUAL BOOTING AND TOWING REFORM.
House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
House: Re-ref Com On Finance
H 231: SOCIAL WORK INTERSTATE LICENSURE COMPACT.
Senate: Reptd Fav
Senate: Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
H 251: VARIOUS DISASTER RECOVERY REFORMS. (NEW)
Senate: Withdrawn From Cal
Senate: Placed On Cal For 06/10/2025
H 309: VARIOUS LOCAL PROVISIONS VI. (NEW)
Senate: Reptd Fav
Senate: Reptd Fav
H 412: CHILD CARE REGULATORY REFORMS.
Senate: Reptd Fav
H 434: LOWER HEALTHCARE COSTS. (NEW)
Senate: Reptd Fav
H 468: REGULATE KRATOM PRODUCTS.
House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
House: Re-ref Com On Finance
H 476: DST TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS/ADMIN. CHANGES 2025.-AB
Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
Senate: Com Substitute Adopted
Senate: Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
H 477: RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFITS REWRITE.-AB
House: Concurred In S Com Sub
House: Ordered Enrolled
H 506: 2025 STATE INVESTMENT MODERNIZATION ACT.-AB
House: Concurred In S Com Sub
House: Ordered Enrolled
H 897: DPS AGENCY CHANGES.-AB
House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
House: Re-ref Com On Finance
H 959: VARIOUS EDUCATION CHANGES. (NEW)
Senate: Amend Tabled A1
Senate: Amend Tabled A2
Senate: Amend Tabled A3
Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
Senate: Amend Tabled A1
Senate: Amend Tabled A2
Senate: Amend Tabled A3
Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
S 50: FREEDOM TO CARRY NC.
House: Reptd Fav
House: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
S 153: NORTH CAROLINA BORDER PROTECTION ACT.
House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
House: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
S 164: THEFT OF TEMPORARY HOUSING DURING EMERGENCY.
House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
House: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
S 248: BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR PERSONS ADOPTED.
House: Reptd Fav
House: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
S 257: 2025 APPROPRIATIONS ACT.
Senate: Failed Concur In H Com Sub
Senate: Conf Com Appointed
S 375: HARRISON'S LAW. (NEW)
House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
House: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
S 664: JMAC/ABC/OTHER REVISIONS. (NEW)
House: Withdrawn From Com
House: Re-ref to the Com on Alcoholic Beverage Control, if favorable, Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
House: Withdrawn From Com
House: Re-ref to the Com on Alcoholic Beverage Control, if favorable, Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
House: Withdrawn From Com
House: Re-ref to the Com on Alcoholic Beverage Control, if favorable, Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
S 710: DPS AGENCY CHANGES.-AB
Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
Senate: Com Substitute Adopted
Senate: Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
S 769: HONORING ELIZABETH HANFORD DOLE.
Senate: Filed
Senate: Passed 1st Reading
Senate: Placed On Cal For 06/04/2025
Actions on Bills: 2025-06-03
LOCAL BILLS
H 17: VARIOUS LOCAL ELECTION CHANGES. (NEW)
House: Concurred In S Com Sub
House: Ordered Enrolled
H 26: VARIOUS LOCAL PROVISIONS I. (NEW)
Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
Senate: Com Substitute Adopted
Senate: Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
H 116: VARIOUS LOCAL PROVISIONS IV. (NEW)
House: Failed Concur In S Com Sub
House: Conf Com Appointed
H 183: VARIOUS LOCAL PROVISIONS II. (NEW)
Senate: Reptd Fav
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