Senate committee substitute to the 2nd edition replaces the prior edition in its entirety with the following. Makes conforming changes to act’s long title.
Part I.
Enacts Article 52, the Prohibit Litigation Investments Act, to GS Chapter 66 (Act) to broadly prohibit non-party investment in legal claims and prevent the transformation of the civil justice system into a market for financial investment so that North Carolinians can avail themselves of their right to access the civil justice system free from improper foreign financial influences. Contains seven findings on how litigation investment undermines the civil justice system and threatens national security. States the State’s policy that the civil justice system function to resolve disputes on the merits between the parties to the proceeding, redress injured parties for civil wrongs, provide consistent and fair treatment to all parties, and, above all, to mete out justice.
Defines three terms, including litigation investment, which means the provision of money, whether as a direct payment, advancement, loan, investment, or otherwise, for the fees, costs, and expenses of or related to a pending or potential civil proceeding in exchange for a right to receive repayment or other consideration that is contingent in any respect on the outcome of the pending or potential civil proceeding. Excludes nine types of legal assistance from the definition including:
- the provision of legal services on a contingency basis in accordance with the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct,
- an attorney or law firm's advancement of costs and expenses in accordance with the North Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct,
- an insurer's or other entity’s contractual obligation to defend or indemnify a party to a civil proceeding,
- the provision of money to or by a nonprofit legal services organization for the pro bono, cost-free representation of a client in a civil proceeding so long as any repayment amount is limited to the original amount plus reasonable interest, and
- an immediate family member's provision of money or other financial support to a party for fees, costs, and expenses of a civil proceeding or for personal and household expenses during the pendency of a civil proceeding, regardless of whether the immediate family member receives a right to any portion of the judgment, settlement, or other monetary relief the party recovers in the civil proceeding or any other right to receive repayment or other consideration that is contingent in any respect on the outcome of the civil proceeding.
Makes it unlawful for a person to engage in litigation investment in this State or to furnish litigation investment to a party or counsel of record in a civil proceeding in this State in GS 66-514.
Voids any contract in violation of the Act in GS 66-515. Gives the Attorney General the right to bring a civil action to enjoin violations of the Act and authorizes the court to impose a civil penalty of up to $50,000 for each violation in such proceedings. Gives parties injured by violations of the Act the right to bring an action to recover damages, with recovery of statutory damages measured by treble the amount of full potential litigation investment contemplated by the investor. Specifies that the potential defendants in either action has purposefully availed themselves of the privileges of conducting business in the State and is subject to suit here, whether they have transacted business in the State or not. Specifies that the remedies in GS 66-515 are in addition to any other remedies provided for by law. Directs that the Act be liberally construed to effect its purpose in GS 66-516.
Applies to civil proceedings commenced on or after the act becomes law.
Part II.
Amends GS 97-29 (Rates and duration of compensation for total incapacity) to increase the minimum weekly workers compensation for total disability from $30 to $50. Requires the Industrial Commission to increase the maximum weekly compensation provided under the statute based on the percentage change of the Consumer Price Index over the previous year, beginning July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter. Effective July 1, 2026.
Effective July 1, 2026, amends GS 97-31 (Schedule of injuries; rate and period of compensation), to make the maximum compensation for serious facial or head disfigurement $32,000 (was, $20,000), serious bodily disfigurement $16,000 (was, $10,000), and loss or permanent injury to any important external or internal organ or part of the body $32,000 (was, $20,000).
Effective July 1, 2027, amends GS 97-31 as amended by the act, to make the maximum compensation for serious facial or head disfigurement $44,000, serious bodily disfigurement $22,000, and loss or permanent injury to any important external or internal organ or part of the body $44,000.
Effective July 1, 2028, amends GS 97-31 as amended by the act, to make the maximum compensation for serious facial or head disfigurement $56,000, serious bodily disfigurement $28,000, and loss or permanent injury to any important external or internal organ or part of the body $56,000. Requires the Industrial Commission to increase the maximum compensation for these injuries based on the percentage change of the Consumer Price Index over the previous year, beginning July 1, 2029, and annually thereafter.
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Senate committee substitute to the 3rd edition makes the following changes.
Section 1.
Specifies that the act’s amendments to GS 143-132 only apply to contracts for construction or repair work in an amount less than $10 million entered into on or before December 31, 2027 (was, just contracts and effective date was December 31, 2030).
Section 5.
Expands the persons who can make the described finding that the applicant cannot comply with one or more of the specified criteria in GS 113A-129.12 (upland basin permitting and development) to include the Director of the Division of Coastal Management (CM Director) (was, just Director of Division of Water Resources). Expands the persons who can: (1) object in writing or request additional information necessary to evaluate compliance with water quality standards or (2) provide site-specific technical concerns to the applicant based on information provided during the permit review process to include the CM Director.
Replaces references to: (1) “upland basin” with “upland basin marina” and (2) “upland basins” with “upland basin marinas” throughout. Makes technical changes.
Senate committee substitute to the 4th edition makes the following changes. Makes organizational changes. Makes conforming changes to act’s long title.
Part I.
Removes reference to “continuous and unrestricted view” in describing the Auditor’s access to those records under its authority in GS 147-64.7.
Part II.
Removes provisions: (1) exempting officers and employees of the Auditor from all of GS Chapter 126 (NC Human Resources Act), except for Articles 6 and 7 (Equal Employment and Compensation Opportunities and Privacy of State Personnel Records, respectively) and (2) amending GS 126-1.1(c) to provide procedures for the described employees of the Office of State Auditor to elect to waive that status and become exempt under GS 126-5(c1)(41), and for the described probationary employees to elect to continue to earn career status or become exempt under GS 126-5(c1)(41).
Removes subdivision (25) to the amendments of GS 147-64.6(c), which permitted the auditor to engage in audits or investigations of any publicly funded entity, limited to the state or federal funds received or otherwise handled by the entity. Requires the Auditor to also submit a detailed report of its findings concerning fraud or misrepresentation by private persons as detailed in GS 147-64.6(c)(21) to the Department of Revenue (Department) (currently, just to the appropriate official or State Purchasing Officer).
Adds the following new content.
Part III.
Amends the title of GS Chapter 105A so that it is now the Setoff Debt Collection and Forced Debt Collection Act (currently, Setoff Debt Collection Act-Act). Includes the Office of the State Auditor (Auditor) as one of the agencies that are subject to the policy under GS 105A-1 (purpose of the Act). Expands the scope of the procedures covered by the Act to include force collecting debts owed to State agencies. Adds forced collection to the Act’s definitions. Amends the definition of net proceeds collected so that, for forced collection actions, it means gross proceeds collected through forced collection minus the forced collection assistance fee provided in GS 105A-13(a1). Prevents a local agency from submitting a debt owed to it for forced collection under the Act in GS 105A-3. Makes conforming changes. Requires that every State agency must report the amount of setoff debts annually to the Controller (was, just debts). Makes conforming changes, including to the statute's title.
Applies the Act to a forced collection debt for which the Department determines the cost to the State in collecting the debt is less than the amount of the debt collectible in GS 105A-4. Clarifies that the $50 minimum applies to setoff collection debt. Makes conforming changes, including to the statute's title. Makes organizational changes. Replaces references to “collection” with “setoff collection” in GS 105A-5 (local agency notice, hearing, and decision).
Enacts GS 105A-6A establishing a procedure for forced collecting and the debts eligible for forced collection. Specifies that only those debts that are discovered through an audit or investigation undertaken by the Auditor are eligible for forced collection under the Act. First, requires the Auditor to notify the Department in writing of the debt and supply any information necessary to identify the debtor against whom forced collection may be sought. Then requires the Department to provide written notice to the debtor of its intention to collect the Debt, as specified. Authorizes the Department to force collection of a debt owed to a State agency that is not a collectible tax by levy and sale, as described, in new GS 105A-6B. Authorizes the Department, in new GS 105A-6C, to force collection by attachment and garnishment in the manner prescribed by State law for garnishment of intangible personal property for the nonpayment of tax if the debtor does not pay a debt or enter into an installment payment agreement (authorized in new GS 105A-6D) within 60 days of the notice of debt. Makes clarifying changes to GS 105A-8’s title so that it applies to setoff collections.
Enacts GS 105A-8A, preventing the Auditor from submitting notice of final determination of a debt to the Department for forced collection until the Auditor has finally determined the debt. Defines finally determined as a debt that (1) meets the requirements of GS 105A-6A(c), (2) for which the Auditor has given the specified notice, and (3) for which the debtor did not file a timely request for hearing, or, for which the debtor did file a timely request for hearing but a decision made after hearing determined that a debtor owed a debt, in a sum certain, to a State agency, and all appellate relief afforded the debtor for purposes of finally determining the debt under this section has been exhausted. Provides the contested case provisions of the APA apply to hearings on contested debt claims. Provides for filing deadlines. Requires that decisions made after a hearing at least determine: (1) whether a debt is owed to a State agency, (2) by whom and (3) the amount of the debt (if any).
Sets venue for appeals from hearing under the act for nonresident debtors in the Superior Court of Wake County in GS 105A-9.
Authorizes, in GS 105A-13, the Department to enforce a 3% collection assistance fee for each debt collected through forced collection. Specifies that the collection assistance fee must not be added to child support debts or collected as part of child support debts. Clarifies that the other provisions of GS 105A-13 pertain to setoff collections. Makes clarifying changes and specifies that GS 105A-14 (accountings to claimant agencies) applies to setoff collection. Makes conforming changes, including to the statute's title. Enacts GS 105A-14A, directing that the net proceeds collected through forced collection under the Act be credited to the General Fund by the Department within 60 days of collection.
Applies to collection of debts on or after December 1, 2025.
Expands the Department’s duties under GS 143B-218 to include performing other non-tax related functions as enacted by the General Assembly.
Part IV.
Specifies that GS 147-64.6(c)(21), as amended by the act, is effective December 1, 2025. Makes conforming changes to the act’s general effective date.
House amendments to the 3rd edition make the following changes.
Amendment #1 amends GS 130A-280 by amending the conditions that a public cold bath must meet in order to excluded from the Part, to also require that it be designed exclusively to provide chilled water, factory-manufactured and certified in conformance with ANSI/UL 1563, and operated and maintained according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Amendment #2 adds a new Section to the act, allowing, for project code DPS24-1, the agency to enter into a public-private partnership to facilitate the construction of the new North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Warehouse facility if it will result in expedited project completion. Requires the agency to also consider and use infrastructure for the facility that automates functions and processes to the greatest extent possible when it plans and develops the project.
Amendment #3 adds a new Section to the act that enacts new GS 87-13.2 allowing the State Licensing Board for General Contractors to refer a matter to law enforcement or the district attorney when it has reasonable grounds to believe that a person or entity has committed a violation of Article 1 (General Contractors) that is subject to criminal penalty. Allows the Board to disclose investigative records to the law enforcement agencies or prosecutors. Specifies that nothing in the Article limits the Board's ability to assist in criminal prosecutions, or limits the State's power to punish a person for any conduct that constitutes a crime under any other statute. Allows the board to adopt rules to implement this statute. Applies to violations committed on or after October 1, 2025.
Senate amendment to the 2nd edition makes the following changes. Makes conforming changes to act’s long title. Removes provisions amending Article 10B, “Peer-to-Peer (PTP) Vehicle Sharing,” of GS Chapter 20.
Makes organizational changes.
Part VIII.
Changes the part’s effective date from January 1, 2026, to July 1, 2026.
Part X.
Amends the amount that the landlord may charge under GS 42-46 to the actual costs incurred to obtain required insurance coverage and an administrative fee not to exceed to $50 per year, and only allows this charge when the tenant fails to provide, within three business days of the landlord's request, proof that the tenant has obtained the required insurance.
Part XII.
Changes the reference in the part’s heading from “brokers” to “salesmen.”
Makes the act’s changes to GS 78A-36 effective October 1, 2025, instead of when the act becomes law.
Part XIII.
Deems a chargeback of a premium payment made by credit card a nonpayment of premium under GS 58-41-15 (certain policy cancellations prohibited). Provides that in those instances, any cancellation is effective retroactively to the date the premium payment was made by credit card. Makes conforming changes.
Senate committee substitute to the 3rd edition expands the exceptions to GS 93B-15.3 (licensure recognition for individuals licensed in neighboring states) to include practitioners licensed by the North Carolina Pesticide Board, practitioners licensed by the North Carolina Structural Pest Control Committee, and dealers, salesmen, issuers, investment advisors, investment advisor representatives, and athlete agents under GS Chapters 78A, 78C, and 78D. Makes organizational changes.
| Intro. by Zenger, Tyson, Moss, Pless. | GS 93B |
Senate committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Amends the categories of buildings that are exempt from the emergency responder communication coverage requirements by removing (1) apartment buildings not exceeding 75 feet in height, constructed using wood framing, if the building has fewer than 150 dwelling units, and all dwelling units discharge directly to the exterior or to an interior corridor providing required egress that leads directly to an exterior exit; (2) buildings or structures subject to the North Carolina Residential Code; and (3) buildings with a total gross floor area of less than 12,000 square feet and containing no story below grade plane or basement areas. Retains the exclusion for apartment buildings and transient public lodging establishments, including hotels and motels, not exceeding two stories above grade plane and that provide direct exterior egress from each dwelling unit or guest room, and adds an exclusion for R-2 Apartment Buildings of Type V construction that meet egress requirements. Allows an emergency communications coverage system installed before the act’s effective date in a building or structure meeting the exemptions criteria to be discontinued according to four specified requirements (was, must not be required to be removed, but allowed the systems to be deactivated).
Adds the following new content and makes conforming changes to the act's titles.
Section 2
Amends GS 130A-50(h) to require a vacancy in a sanitary district board to be filled by the remaining members until the next election for sanitary district board members. Requires a vacancy to be filled by a resident from the same residency district as the vacating commissioner. Specifies that the provisions of (h) apply only to a sanitary district that provides water and sewer services lying wholly within a county with more than 17 municipalities lying wholly within that county.
Section 3
Amends GS 143-214.1A to require that for projects eligible for a Nationwide Permit or Regional General Permit that are not subject to (a) (setting out requirements for applications for certification under section 401 of the Clean Water Act filed for maintenance dredging projects partially funded by the Shallow draft navigation channel Dredging and Aquatic Weed Fund, projects involving the distribution or transmission of energy or fuel, and projects involving construction of an upland basin marina) that are required or elect to be covered under an Individual Water Quality Certification, that DEQ review the application according to the specified requirements. Those requirements address notification of the required fees, determining completeness of the application and providing notice of incompleteness, holding any necessary public hearings, a timeline for approval or denial of an application, issuance of a certification (which may include conditions if the proposed discharges into navigable waters subject to the Clean Water Act will comply with State water quality requirements), conditions under which a certification can be denied, and allowing a certification to be granted, denied, or waived, but prohibiting requiring withdrawal of an application. Requires DEQ, upon receiving an application for certification under section 401 of the Clean Water Act, to notify the applicant of required fees within five business days; if it fails to send the fee request within that time, the fee is waived. Effective October 1, 2025.
| Intro. by Brody, Cotham, Zenger, Winslow. | UNCODIFIED, GS 130A, GS 143 |
Senate committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes. Makes conforming changes to the act’s long title and effective date. Makes organizational changes.
Section 2 (was, Section 1).
Modifies the definition of online entity operator so that it now means a provider for an online entity that qualifies as a sexually oriented business or which is subject to GS 66-501 because it publishes or distributes material on a website that contains a substantial portion of material harmful to minors (was, just provider for online entity).
Adds the following new content.
Adds whereas clauses.
Section 1.
Enacts GS 12-3.3 (official recognition of two sexes in all administrative rules, regulations, or public policies adopted by the State or its political subdivisions) defining ten terms that must apply to all administrative rules, regulations, or public policies adopted by the State of North Carolina or its political subdivisions, including biological sex, male, and female. Effective January 1, 2026.
Section 3.
Expands GS 143C-6-5.6’s bar on the use of State funds for gender transition procedures to apply to the performance of or in furtherance of surgical gender transition procedures, or providing puberty-blocking drugs or cross-sex hormones to any prisoner incarcerated in the State prison system or the Statewide Misdemeanor Confinement Program or otherwise in the custody of the Department of Adult Correction, as specified or to support the administration of any governmental health plan or insurance policy offering these services. Clarifies that the statute does not prevent State funds from being used to address medical complications resulting in imminent physical harm, including the treatment of any infection, injury, disease, or disorder that has been caused by or exacerbated by a previously performed or privately funded gender transition procedure. Specifies that the above does not apply to the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees. Directs that GS 143C-6-5.6(c) (preventing the act’s bar on State funds to provide the described gender transition procedures and medications to minors and the prisoners described above from applying to the State Health Plan) expires 30 days after the Memorandum and Order, dated June 10, 2022, or the permanent injunction ordered in Kadel v. Folwell, 1:19CV272 is vacated, overturned, or is no longer in force. Directs the State Health Plan to notify the Revisor of Statutes if the order or injunction is vacated, overturned, or no longer in force.
Enacts Article 1O to GS Chapter 90, entitled Gender Transition Procedures on Non-Minors. Enacts GS 90-21.175 providing that unless an action is brought pursuant to GS 90-21.154, that a cause of action for malpractice under GS 1-15 arising out of the performance of or failure to perform services while in the course of facilitating or perpetuating gender transition must be commenced within 10 years from the time of discovery by the injured party of both the injury and the causal relationship between the treatment and the injury against the offending medical professional or entity. Prevents a medical professional or entity from seeking a waiver of liability. Exempts claims under GS 90-21.175 from the caps on noneconomic damages in GS 90-21.9. Applies to causes of action accruing before, on, or after the act becomes law. Revives any cause of action arising out of the performance of or failure to perform services while in the course of facilitating or perpetuating gender transition otherwise time-barred whether or not such cause of action has been asserted in a pending civil action or appeal.
Expands the powers and duties of local boards of education under GS 115C-47 to include (1) adopting a policy allowing a student or the student's parent or guardian to request that the student be excused from specific classroom discussions, activities, or assigned readings that the student, parent, or guardian believes would (i) impose a substantial burden on the student's religious beliefs or (ii) invade the student's privacy by calling attention to the student's religion and (2) to adopt policies related to library books consistent with new GS 115C-98.1, discussed below.
Enacts GS 115C-98.1 requiring local boards of education to adopt the following policies concerning library books (defined): (1) that provide ongoing public access through a searchable web-based catalog to the titles of any library books available at each school within the local school administrative unit, including displaying the catalog on its website and (2) that allow a parent or guardian of a student to identify any library books that may not be borrowed by the student. Applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.
Section 4.
Requires the State Registrar to attach the new certificate to the certificate of birth then on file and to preserve both certificates as a multi-page document when the sex of a person is changed on an amended or new birth certificate issued under GS 130A-118. Provides for attachment of the new certificate by the register of deeds as described. Requires the State Registrar to adopt rules and policies to implement these changes.
Section 4.1.
Contains severability clause.
House amendment to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Section 9.2
Removes the provision that prohibited the Department of Transportation from revising highway project selection ratings based on local government funding initiatives by Charlotte and instead provides as follows. Adds that the section does not limit Charlotte’s ability to provide local funding for a project that is not a highway project (including the already allowed project that is eligible for State funding under GS 136-189.11). Allows Charlotte to provide local funding participation for a highway project eligible for funding under GS 136-189.11 in any amount, but the Department of Transportation may not revise highway project selection ratings based on local funding participation to the extent that it exceeds 5% of the project cost.
Senate committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes. Makes conforming changes to the act's long title and effective date. Adds the following content.
Amends GS 29-19(b)(2), which entitles a child born out of wedlock to take by, through, and from, for purposes of intestate succession, any person who has acknowledged himself during his lifetime and the child's lifetime to be the child's father in a written statement executed or acknowledged before a certifying officer. Eliminates the requirement that the executed or acknowledged statement have been filed with the clerk of superior court where either he or the child resides during the person's lifetime and the child's lifetime.
Amends GS 130A-101, concerning affidavits acknowledging paternity for children born out of wedlock for purposes of listing the declaring father on the child's birth certificate. Makes a conforming change by deleting the provision specifying that the execution and filing of an affidavit under GS 130A-101 does not affect rights of inheritance unless also filed with the clerk of superior court as a statement of acknowledgment under GS 29-19(b)(2), now no longer required as amended.
Applies to estates of decedents opened on or after the act becomes law.
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House committee substitute to the 3rd edition makes the following changes. Makes conforming changes to act’s long title and effective date. Makes organizational changes.
Section 2 (was, Section 1).
Amends GS 161-32, concerning identifying verification and suspicious instruments, as follows. Adds and defines new term, government-issued photographic identification card. Modifies terms instrument and suspicious instrument (which now means an instrument submitted for registration for which the register of deeds has found any of the following; (1) instrument purports not to be subject to the laws of the United States or the laws of this State; (2) instrument does not conform to registration requirements established by the laws of this State; or (3) instrument is submitted by an individual who is not a trusted submitter and the identity verification requirements of this statute are not met). Removes term trusted filer. Refers to identity verification rather than government-issued photo ID in the general requirement for register of deeds. Now only allows for submission by a trusted submitter, not their authorized agent. Adds information about the individual’s identity verification to the information the register of deeds must record when individuals who are not trusted submitters present an instrument to them for registration. Expands the instances in which a register of deeds must require identity verification from an individual who is not a trusted submitted to include when an instrument is presented by registration by U.S. mail or other paid third-party delivery service. Allows for redaction of photo copies of ID’s of any information the individual wishes to keep confidential except for their name, address, photograph, ID card number, and expiration. Expands the types of court orders that can authorize disclosure of records under GS 161-32(b) to include district court orders.
Now, instructs the register of deeds to refuse to register an instrument if one of the following instances occur: (1) the register of deeds deems the instrument a suspicious instrument or (2) the individual submitting the instrument is not a trusted submitter and the name on the ID does not match the name of the grantor or conveying party in the instrument presented for registration (was, registration must also be refused when the individual submitting the instrument is not a trusted submitter or representative thereof and fails to produce the required ID). Authorizes the register of deeds to also report a suspicious instrument to an appropriate law enforcement agency. Removes provisions requiring the register of deeds to publish notice on its website that knowingly and intentionally making a false statement under oath or affirmation in any instrument presented to the register of deeds for registration that purports to convey title to, or an interest in, real property, such as a deed, deed of trust, or other similar document, is perjury and is punishable as a felony. Removes requirement that the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) develop a database of trusted filers. Makes conforming changes.
Effective October 1, 2025 (was, July 1, 2026), and applies to instruments and documents presented for registration on or after that date.
Section 4 (was, Section 2).
Replaces the expedited procedure originally set forth in GS 41-10.2. Instead, maintains the owner’s right to bring a civil action by filing a verified complaint, with original jurisdiction in the district court, and a right of direct verified appeal to the NC Court of Appeals. Now allows for ex parte relief including entry of a temporary restraining order, and entry of any other temporary or permanent orders necessary to protect plaintiff’s ownership interests. Requires the plaintiff to file a notice of lis pendens upon filing an action. Replaces the provisions regarding notice and proof of service for action under the statute; instead describes sufficiency of service under Rules 4 and 5 of the Rules of Civil Procedure if the party's address is used from specified sources. Allows chief district court judges to authorize magistrates to hear ex parte motions. Establishes a time frame for scheduling ex parte hearings. Details calendaring requirements and grants the hearing priority on the court calendar.
Provides for a permanent order to be entered upon a court finding the recorded instrument to be false and void as a matter of law after all parties are given the opportunity to be heard (replacing the authority to enter an order removing the cloud from the title described in the previous edition). Replaces reference to pre-filing injunction with permanent injunction and adds the following to the relief available: (1) imposing Rule 11 sanctions against the offending party or their attorney; (2) ordering execution of any additional instruments necessary or required to clear the title to the property pursuant to Rule 70; and (3) any other relief the court deems just and proper. Requires the register of deeds to record and cross-index the court's order under the statute, and mark the previously recorded instrument with the specified statement (previously, permitted the marking). Further requires that the order be recorded by the register of deeds as a subsequent instrument under state law at no cost. Makes it a Class G felony to initiate an action under the statute knowing that the subject instrument is not false, fictitious, or fraudulent. Applies the NC Rules of Civil Procedure to actions under the statute.
Removes exclusions of wills and other testamentary documents and makes clarifying change to instrument in GS 41-10.2 (pertaining to procedures for fraudulent instruments). Makes conforming changes, including to the statute’s title.
Effective October 1, 2025 (was July 1, 2026), and applies to causes of action filed on or after that date and to offenses committed on or after that.
Section 5 (was, Section 4).
Expands the forms that the AOC must create for new GS 41-10.2 to include a form notice of lis pendens. Requires both forms to be available on its website by October 1, 2025 (was, no deadline). Makes technical changes.
Adds the following content.
Section 1.
Expands the scope of conduct prohibited under GS 14-122 (concerning forgery of deeds) to make it a Class H felony for any person to present for filing or recording in a public record or a private record generally available to the public a deed or transfer of real property of an owner, knowing or having reason to know that the deed or conveyance is false or contains a materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation.
Amends GS 14-117.8 to modify the Class H felony offense of fraudulent renting or leasing to include renting or leasing real property to another person knowing that the renter, tenant, lessee, landlord, or lessor (was only renter) has no lawful ownership or leasehold interest in the property. Makes it a violation of GS 75-1.1 to knowingly rent, lease, list or advertise (was only rent or lease) residential real property to another person knowing that the renter, tenant, lessee, lessor, landlord, or the person soliciting the listing or advertisement (was only the renter or lessor) has no lawful ownership or leasehold interest in the property. Authorizes a judge presiding over a civil suit brought by a person alleging that a violation of the statute constitutes a violation of GS 75-1.1 to allow a reasonable attorney fee without finding there was an unwarranted refusal by the alleged violator to fully resolve the matter that is the basis of the suit.
Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2025.
Changes the effective date of the changes to GS 14-209 from July 1, 2026, to December 1, 2025.
Section 3.
Directs the Legislative Research Commission (LRC) to study the feasibility of creating a fraud detection alert system for no cost, with automatic enrollment of persons who submit instruments, in the fraud detection alert system. Directs the register of deeds to provide a notice explaining the system, and how to opt out, prior to enrollment. Lists three required evaluations to be included in the study, including examining the fiscal impact on the State, counties, and/or registers of deeds, as specified. Requires the LRC to report its findings to the 2026 Regular Session of the NCGA.
Section 6.
Enacts GS 41-108.30 (no presumptions of priority for certain instruments), as follows. Directs that instruments, as defined, do not have a presumption of priority based upon the time of registration and do not constitute constructive notice or color of title if either: (1) the instrument does not comply with the provisions of the specified sections of GS Chapter 47 (governing probate and registration); or (2) the instrument does not contain a signature and acknowledgement duly acknowledged before an officer authorized to perform acknowledgements as required for recording of at least one record owner at the time the conveyance is made.
Enacts GS 47-18.4 to require all deeds or other conveyances of title (other than by court order) presented for registration to include a source of title to the grantor, as described. Prohibits accepting the conveyance for registration if submitted by anyone other than a trusted submitter, as defined by new GS 161-32, unless one of three specified criteria apply, providing that the grantor matches the owner identified in the property's tax listing. Provides for legal verification in the event of material inconsistency in the grantor's identity and the county tax records, as described.
Applies to deeds or other conveyances (other than by court order) presented for registration on or after October 1, 2025.
Section 7.
Makes the provisions of GS 161-31 applicable statewide. Mandates all register of deeds to refuse deeds transferring real property for registration unless the county tax collector has verified the name of all owners of the parcel listed in the tax records and that no tax liens exist on the property (previously, specific county boards of commissioners could require registers of deeds to refuse registration if tax liens existed on the property). Allows for registration without verification if the deed is submitted by a trusted submitter as defined by new GS 161-32 and contains the specified statement of the licensed attorney who prepared the document, as amended to include both delinquent and current taxes owed to be paid at closing. Effective October 1, 2025, and applies to deeds or other conveyances of title, other than by court order, presented for registration on or after that date.
Enacts GS 93A-6.3 directing the NC Real Estate Commission to initiate disciplinary action (including suspension or revocation of a license), for any licensed real estate broker who is found to have participated in the preparation, execution, or filing of a fraudulent deed and deemed to have acted outside the scope of their licensure and considered an unauthorized individual for the purposes of that transaction. Provides for temporary suspensions of licensure without a prior hearing to protect the public interest, safety, or welfare, so long as a formal hearing is scheduled as provided in the statute. Provides for continuances. Directs for all proceedings to be conducted and concluded without undue delay.
House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Removes the (1) proposed changes to GS 14-415.1, which would have increased the punishment when a felon possesses a firearm or weapon of mass death and destruction while committing a felony; (2) provisions related to larceny of gift cards; (3) provisions related to wrongfully entering a part of a building not open to the public; and (4) provisions that would have amended GS 84-7.1 to allow law school graduates allowed by the NC State Bar to act as an intern for a federal, State, local government agency, or a nonprofit to render legal services under GS 84-5.1 (rendering of legal services by certain nonprofit corporations). Renumbers the remaining sections of the act.
Section 2
Further amends GS 130A-385 (duties of medical examiner upon receipt of notice; reports; copies) so that the provisions governing the disclosure or release of records under (d1) apply to all records related to a death that is under criminal investigation (was, to a finalized toxicology report, finalized autopsy report, or finalized report of investigation of a medical examiner). Specifies that the custodian of the finalized toxicology report, finalized autopsy report, or finalized report of investigation of a medical examiner (was, the custodian of the finalized reports) may release a copy at a time and location determined by the custodial agency (1) to a personal representative of the decedent's estate to enable the personal representative to fulfill their legal duties; (2) to a beneficiary of a benefit or claim associated with the decedent for purposes of receiving the benefit or resolving the claim; or (3) to the decedent's spouse, child or stepchild, parent or stepparent, sibling, or legal guardian. Also allows disclosure or release of information or reports when necessary to facilitate education, or to release decedent remains to transporters, funeral homes, family members, or others for final disposition. Provides that records and materials subject to (d1) continue to be records of criminal investigations until the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, county medical examiner, or autopsy center that is custodian of the records (1) receives notification from the investigating public law enforcement agency or the prosecuting district attorney of the conclusion of the criminal investigation or prosecution or the decision to terminate the criminal investigation of the death or (2) receives notification from the prosecuting district attorney that some portion of the records or materials has been introduced as evidence in a public trial.
Amends the statute’s provisions in (d3) governing the disclosure or release of any records, worksheets, reports, photographs, tests, or analyses compiled, prepared, or conducted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, a pathologist designated by the Chief Medical Examiner, an appointed county medical examiner, an investigating medical examiner, or an autopsy center in connection with the death of a child who was under 18 years of age at the time of death, including any autopsy photographs or video or audio recordings, as follows. No longer includes a person standing in loco parentis to the deceased child among the persons who may give written consent to disclose or release the records (leaving only the deceased child's parent or guardian); makes conforming changes. Allows the custodian of the finalized toxicology report, or finalized report of investigation of a medical examiner, in addition to the finalized autopsy report, to release the report to a personal representative of the decedent's estate to enable the personal representative to fulfill their legal duties and also adds that they may release the records to a beneficiary of a benefit or claim associated with the decedent for purposes of receiving the benefit or resolving the claim. Changes the conditions under which the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, a pathologist designated by the Chief Medical Examiner, an appointed county medical examiner, an investigating medical examiner, or an autopsy center is not prohibited from disclosing or releasing information or reports to when necessary to conduct a thorough and complete death investigation, to consult with outside physicians and other professionals during the death investigation, and to conduct necessary toxicology screenings (was, when necessary to address public health or safety concerns; for public health purposes, including public health surveillance, investigations, interventions, and evaluations; to facilitate research; to comply with reporting requirements under State or federal law or in connection with State or federal grants; or to comply with any other duties imposed by law). Also allows disclosure or release of information or reports when it is necessary (1) to address public health or safety concerns; (2) for public health purposes, including public health surveillance, investigations, interventions, and evaluations; (3) to facilitate research; (4) to facilitate education; (5) to release decedent remains to transporters, funeral homes, family members or others for final disposition; (6) to comply with reporting requirements under State or federal law or in connection with State or federal grants; or (7) to comply with any other duties imposed by law. Also requires, in addition to the custodian of the finalized autopsy report, the custodian of the finalized toxicology report, finalized report of investigation of a medical examiner, and any related documents, when requested, to release copies of the report and those documents to the surviving spouse of the deceased, the deceased's parents, any adult children of the deceased, any legal guardian or custodian of the deceased, any legal guardian or custodian of a child of the deceased, or any person holding power of attorney or healthcare attorney for the deceased.
Amends the conditions under which records or materials subject to the provisions of both subsections (d1) and (d3) can be disclosed or released to include when some portion of the records or materials have been introduced as evidence in a public trial. Adds protection from civil and criminal liability for a person who discloses or releases information under (d3) in reliance on the written consent of an individual who represents to be the child's parent or guardian and who acts in good faith without actual knowledge that the representation is false.
Adds new (d7) to allow a person or entity seeking disclosure or release of records or materials covered under (d1) or (d3) who is alleging that the investigation or prosecution has concluded or been terminated, or that portions have been introduced as evidence in a public trial, but the investigating law enforcement agency or prosecuting district attorney will not comply with the notification requirements, to commence a special proceeding in superior court for an order compelling the disclosure or release. When the party seeking disclosure substantially prevails, they are to be awarded reasonable attorneys’ fees if attributed to those records or materials. Sets out conditions under which the court may not assess attorneys’ fees against the governmental body or governmental unit. Sets out provisions governing when attorneys’ fees are assessed against a public agency; prohibits issuing an order against any public employee or public official in any case where they sought and followed the advice of an attorney. Requires assessing reasonable attorneys’ fees against a person that the court determines brought an action in bad faith or one that was frivolous, and awards those fees to the public agency as part of its costs.
Makes conforming changes to GS 130A-389.1 (photographs and video or audio recordings made pursuant to autopsy) by removing references to persons standing in loco parentis.
Section 5
Further amends GS 14-208.12A, concerning a request for a termination of county sex offender registration requirement, to require that the hearing on a petition be calendared during a criminal session of superior court. Also adds the requirement that a person who files a petition to terminate the statute’s 30-year requirement must pay the civil filing fee at the time the petition is filed; excludes petitions filed by an indigent person.
Amends GS 14-208.12B by removing the new requirement that the clerk, when they receive a petition for a judicial determination of the requirement to register based on an out-of-state or federal conviction, collect the filing fee and place the petition on the criminal docket to be calendared by the district attorney. Instead, specifies that the petition must be calendared during a criminal session at the next regularly scheduled term of superior court. Also require that the person filing the petition pay the fee at the time the petition is filed; excludes petitions filed by an indigent person.
Section 6
Amends GS 50B-2 to allow any person residing in this State, or seeking relief for acts that have occurred in the State (no longer requires that the defendant reside in the State), to seek relief under GS Chapter 50B by filing a civil action or a motion in an existing Chapter 50 action alleging acts of domestic violence against him- or herself or a minor child residing with or in the person’s custody.
Section 15
Changes the effective date of the increased punishment for failure to yield the right-of-way to a blind or partially blind pedestrian from December 1, 2026, to December 1, 2025.
Adds the following new content.
Section 17
Now sets a two-year deadline (was, 120-day deadline) from the latest of five listed events in GS 15A-1415 for filing of postconviction motion for appropriate relief in noncapital cases. Amends the grounds which the defendant may assert by a motion for appropriate relief made more than 10 days after entry of judgment by removing: (1) there has been a significant change in law, either substantive or procedural, applied in the proceedings leading to the defendant's conviction or sentence, and retroactive application of the changed legal standard is required and (2) the defendant is in confinement and is entitled to release because their sentence has been fully served, and instead adds these to the claims that a defendant may raise at any time after the verdict. Further amends the claims that a defendant may raise at any time after verdict by a motion for appropriate relief to also include, in a non-capital case, the defendant can demonstrate good cause for excusing the grounds for denial listed in GS 15A-1419(a) and actual prejudice resulting from the defendant's claim, or that failure to consider the defendant's claim will result in a fundamental miscarriage of justice. Allows a defendant to file a motion for appropriate relief based on any of the grounds under this statute at any time if the district attorney for the prosecutorial district where the case originated consents to the motion being filed.
Makes conforming changes to GS 15A-1419(a)(4).
Applies to verdicts entered on or after December 1, 2025.
Section 19
Repeals the crime of filial responsibility under GS 14-326.1. Applies to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2025.
Section 20
Specifies that that offenses under GS 14-33 (misdemeanor assaults, batteries and affrays) are not lesser included offenses of the misdemeanor crime of domestic violence (GS 14-32.5). Now includes habitual misdemeanor domestic violence under GS 14-33.2 (habitual misdemeanor assault) if the person commits a violation of GS 14-32.5 and has two or more convictions for a violation of GS 14-32.5. Expands upon the list of misdemeanors committed out of the presence of a law enforcement officer that would allow the officer to make a warrantless arrest under GS 15A-401(b) to include misdemeanor domestic violence; makes additional clarifying and technical changes. Adds charges under GS 14-32.5 to the list of offenses where pre-trial release must be determined by a judge under GS 15A-534.1. Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2025.
Section 21
Establishes crime of habitual domestic violence in new GS 14-32.6 when: (1) a person commits either misdemeanor domestic violence or an assault and (2) the person has a relationship with the victim that is one of those described as triggering the crime of misdemeanor domestic violence (e.g., a current or former spouse, parent or guardian, a current or former cohabitant, or someone with a current or former dating relationship with the victim) and (3) the person has two or more prior convictions that include any of a combination of listed offenses, with the earlier of the two prior convictions occurring no more than 15 years prior to the date of the current violation. Bars a conviction of habitual domestic violence from being used as a prior conviction for any other habitual offense statute. Designates first offense as a Class H felony, with subsequent convictions to be punished at a level which is one offense class higher than the offense class of the most recent prior conviction under the statute, not to exceed a Class C felony. Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2025.
Section 22
Amends GS 15A-1354, which requires the court to determine if the sentences run consecutively or concurrently when multiple sentences of imprisonment are imposed on a person at the same time or when a term of imprisonment is imposed on a person who is already subject to an undischarged term of imprisonment to now require the court to make a finding on the record stating its reasons for its determination (was, if not specified or not required by statute to run consecutively, sentences shall run concurrently). Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2025.
Section 23
Amends GS 50B-3.1 (Surrender and disposal of firearms; violations; exceptions), as follows. Amends subsection (e) to allow a defendant to obtain any weapons surrendered under the section without a further court order if (1) the court doesn’t enter a protective order when the ex parte or emergency order expires or (2) the protective order is denied by the court after a hearing. Requires the sheriff to run a background check on the defendant to ensure that they are not prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under federal law, 18 USC 922, or any State law and the defendant does not have any pending criminal charges committed against the person that is the subject of the current protective order or pending charges that, if convicted, would prohibit the defendant from owning a firearm. Amends subsection (g) to allow third parties who own items surrendered to a sheriff under a protective order to file a motion for their return at any time prior to their disposal under subsection (h) (was, motion must be filed within 30 days after seizure). Amends subsection (h), pertaining to disposal of firearms, to require the sheriff who has control of the firearms, ammunition, or permits (collectively, firearms) to also give notice to all parties believed to have an ownership or possessory interest in the firearm, including any third-party owner before applying to the court for an order disposing of the firearms (currently, just has to give notice to the defendant). Modifies the conditions that trigger the sheriff’s right to dispose of the firearms so that the sheriff can only do so in the following three circumstances:
- The defendant or third-party owner has not filed a motion requesting the return of the firearms within 90 days after the expiration of the current protective order or final disposition of any pending criminal charges committed against the person who is the subject of that order and the defendant has not retrieved the firearms (currently, just defendant and required to act within time period prescribed by GS 50B-3.1).
- The court has determined that the defendant or third-party owner is precluded from regaining the surrendered firearms (currently, just defendant).
- The defendant or third-party owner fails to remit all fees for the storage of the firearms within 30 days of either the entry of an order granting the return of the firearms or a request to retrieve the firearms.
Expands the persons eligible to receive the net sale proceeds to include the third-party owner if they make a request before a hearing on the issue of sale (currently, just defendant). Makes conforming changes.
Effective December 1, 2025, and applies to firearms, ammunition, and permits surrendered on or after that date. Beginning February 1, 2026, the act applies to firearms, ammunition, and permits surrendered before the date the act becomes law.
Section 24
Amends GS 132-1.4(c)(4) to remove the contents of a 911 or other emergency call where the caller is less than 18 years of age from being considered a public record. Makes clarifying changes to the subsection.
Section 24.2
Enacts new GS 14-313.1 making it a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person: (1) to knowingly sell or deliver a hemp-derived consumable product to a person who is under age 21 (requires a person selling hemp-derived consumable products to demand proof of age from a prospective purchaser if the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the prospective purchaser is under age 21) or (2) who is under age 21 to possess a hemp-derived consumable product. Defines hemp-derived consumable product as a hemp product that is a finished good intended for human ingestion or inhalation that contains a concentration of any hemp-derived cannabinoid; excludes hemp products intended for topical application or seeds or seed-derived ingredients recognized as safe by the FDA. Effective December 1, 2025.
Amends GS 115C-407 to require governing bodies of public school units to adopt written policies prohibiting the use of hemp-derived consumable products (in addition to the already prohibited use of tobacco products, which now must be adopted by the governing bodies instead of local boards of education) at all times by any person in school buildings, in school facilities, on school campuses, and in or on any other school property owned or operated by the public school unit. Makes conforming changes. Changes the entity tasked with working with the governing bodies of public school units on implementing this policy from the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund Commission to the Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch. Applies beginning with the 2025-26 school year.
Section 24.3
Amends GS 14-313 (concerning youth access to tobacco products) to raise the age to access tobacco and vapor products from 18 to 21. Makes conforming changes. Effective December 1, 2025, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
Section 24.5
Extends the sunset on provisions concerning the training and authority of security guards and patrol professionals providing security services related to entry and exit, direction and movement of individuals at entry and exit, security working towers, or perimeter security patrols at a State prison facility from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2027.
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House amendment to the 2nd edition removes provisions referring to a parent, guardian, custodian, or caretaker in GS 7B-102 (prohibiting an abuse or neglect petition from being brought solely on raising a juvenile based on their biological sex or referring to the juvenile consistent with their biological sex) so that the statute now refers to generally raising a juvenile.
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Senate amendment makes the following changes to the 3rd edition. Makes conforming changes to the act’s long title.
Part II.
Section 2.
Removes provisions specifying that if a vacancy on the Board of Education of Currituck County occurs in a seat elected from a residency district, the successor will be elected from the residency district of the vacating member. Makes a clarifying change to the effective date.
Section 2.1.
Makes clarifying changes to the effective date of the act’s changes to the election of the members of the Pitt County Board of Education.
Part III.
Section 3.3.
Makes a technical change to Section 4-1 of SL 1997-446 (Charter of the Town of Grantsboro).
Part V.
Removes reference to “partisan” in Part heading.
Section 5.
Amends SL 2000-23, as amended, which is the Monroe City Charter, to change the year regular municipal elections are held from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years. Removes reference to GS 163-291 in describing how new partisan elections are to be conducted. Instead, requires that the primary and election be held and conducted with the general laws governing primaries and elections for county officers. Specifies that notwithstanding Article 11 of GS Chapter 163, the Union County Board of Elections is authorized to set the date and time completed petitions must be timely filed for verification. Effective at the time of the organizational meeting held in accordance with GS 160A-68 in December 2026. Specifies that the 2026 elections will be conducted as if the provisions of the amendments to SL 2000-23 were already in effect.
Specifies that municipal elections will not be held in Monroe in 2025 and extends current mayoral and council member terms expiring that year by one year, to 2026. Further specifies that the terms of the three council members serving on the effective date whose terms are set to expire in 2027 are also extended by one year, to 2028. Directs for regular municipal elections to resume in even-numbered years beginning in 2026 with the same staggering of terms as when elections were conducted in odd-numbered years.
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Actions on Bills: 2025-06-18
H 13: CHARGES FOR CREDIT & CHARGE CARDS. (NEW)
H 40: VARIOUS GSC RECOMMENDATIONS. (NEW)
H 67: HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE REFORMS. (NEW)
H 91: DEFINE ARMED FORCES/RELIGIOUS PROP. TAX EXCL. (NEW)
H 96: EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS.
H 125: CONTINUING BUDGET OPERATIONS. (NEW)
H 187: CREDIT UNION UPDATE.
H 193: FIREARM LAW REVISIONS.
H 247: UNDERGROUND SAFETY REVISIONS. (NEW)
H 251: VARIOUS DISASTER RECOVERY REFORMS. (NEW)
H 315: GIFT CARD THEFT & UNLAWFUL BUSINESS ENTRY.
H 328: REGULATE HEMP-DERIVED CONSUMABLES. (NEW)
H 352: BID REQS/PERMITTING/INUNDATION MAPS/CAMA. (NEW)
H 357: CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES ACT.-AB
H 373: UNC TUITION DISCOUNTS FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS.
H 378: VARIOUS ED LAW/TAX ACCT/NIL CHANGES. (NEW)
H 388: AMEND BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT.
H 402: LIMIT RULES WITH SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL COSTS. (NEW)
H 421: MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS.
H 441: SHRIMP TRAWLING TRANSITION PROGRAM/FEES. (NEW)
H 442: FLOUNDER/RED SNAPPER SEASONS & SHRIMP TRAWL. (NEW)
H 476: DST TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS/ADMIN. CHANGES 2025.-AB
H 537: ALENA'S LAW & OFFICE OF VITAL RECORDS CHANGES. (NEW)
H 546: MEDICAID MODERNIZATION. (NEW)
H 549: CLARIFY POWERS OF STATE AUDITOR.
H 559: ELEVATORS/INTERIM CODE COUNCIL APPT. (NEW)
H 568: 2025 OMNIBUS LABOR AMENDMENTS.-AB
H 612: FOSTERING CARE IN NC ACT.
H 615: ENROLLMENT STABILITY FOR MILITARY STUDENTS.
H 661: BUILDING INDUSTRY EFFICIENCY ACT OF 2025.
H 694: REG'L WATER STUDY/IBT SUBBASIN/TMDL. (NEW)
H 696: HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER TRANSPARENCY ACT.
H 737: DOI OMNIBUS BILL. (NEW)
H 740: LIMIT CONTRACTOR LIABILITY IN STATE CONTRACTS. (NEW)
H 762: MODERNIZE NC S.A.F.E. ACT.
H 763: NEIGHBOR STATE LICENSE RECOGNITION ACT.
H 768: EMERG. COMM. CODE EXEMPTS/SANITARY BOARD/401. (NEW)
H 777: EXPRESSING FRENCH FRIENDSHIP.
H 778: EXPRESSING UK FRIENDSHIP.
H 805: PREVENT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION/WOMEN AND MINORS.
H 832: EDUCATION OMNIBUS. (NEW)
H 926: REGULATORY REFORM ACT OF 2025.
H 928: ALLOW PTS IN SCHOOL CONCUSSION PROTOCOL.
H 948: THE P.A.V.E. ACT.
H 959: VARIOUS EDUCATION CHANGES. (NEW)
H 975: EMS PERSONNEL PROVISIONS. (NEW)
H 992: TIMESHARE FORECLOSURE/PATERNITY MATTERS. (NEW)
H 1003: BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICE MODIFICATIONS.
H 1014: HONOR EFTON MEDFORD SAGER, FORMER MEMBER.
S 77: SCHOOL CONTRACTED HEALTH SERVICES.
S 118: MILITARY AND VETERAN SUPPORT ACT. (NEW)
S 124: STATE HIRING ACCESSIBILITY AND MODERNIZATION. (NEW)
S 133: NCCCS LMS/NCLDS. (NEW)
S 254: CHARTER SCHOOL CHANGES. (NEW)
S 266: THE POWER BILL REDUCTION ACT. (NEW)
S 295: CLARIFY MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER LAWS.
S 311: THE LAW AND ORDER ACT. (NEW)
S 344: POOLED TRUST TRANSFERS/PUBLIC BENEFITS ELIG.
S 391: DOT OMNIBUS.
S 400: ADULT PROTECTION MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS.
S 423: TITLE FRAUD PREVENTION.
S 442: PARENTS PROTECTION ACT.
S 449: CONTINUING BUDGET OPERATIONS PART IV. (NEW)
S 479: SCRIPT ACT.
S 595: VARIOUS REVENUE LAWS CHANGES. (NEW)
S 600: IMPROVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. (NEW)
S 639: NORTH CAROLINA FARM ACT OF 2025.
S 655: EXTEND CERTAIN RIGHTS TO CATAWBA NATION.
S 664: JMAC/ABC/OTHER REVISIONS. (NEW)
S 695: INCENT DEVELOPMENT FINANCE DISTRICT FUNDING.
S 762: CONFIRM SEC. DMVA.
S 766: CONFIRM SECRETARY OF DEQ.
Actions on Bills: 2025-06-18
H 3: VARIOUS LOCAL ELECTION CHANGES II. (NEW)
H 26: VARIOUS LOCAL PROVISIONS I. (NEW)
H 226: CITY OF GREENSBORO/DEANNEXATIONS.
H 305: GUILFORD COUNTY SALES TAX DISTRIBUTION MODS.
H 336: TOWN OF MAGGIE VALLEY/DEANNEXATIONS.
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