Bill Summary for H 926 (2025-2026)
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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external) | 2025-2026 Session |
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FURTHER REGULATORY RELIEF TO THE CITIZENS OF NORTH CAROLINA.Intro. by Riddell, Zenger, Chesser.
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Bill summary
House amendments to the 4th edition make the following changes.
Section 2
Removes the previous content that amended GS 115C-407.57 to allow physical therapists to evaluate student athlete head injuries during athletic activities.
Adds the following.
Amends GS 90-29.5 by amending the conditions that must be met in order to issue an instructor's license to a person not otherwise licensed to practice dentistry, to require that the person have met or been approved under the credentialing standards of a dental school or academic medical center with which the person is to be affiliated for at least 3 months or three calendar years; exempts those who are seeking an instructor's license and only perform research at the affiliated dental school or academic medical center. Amends GS 90-30 to allow the portion of the Board of Dental Examiner's exam that includes procedures performed on human subjects to also be performed on approved alternative methods, including manikins. Effective October 1, 2025.
Section 7
Changes the effective date of the changes to GS 78A-36 (concerning registration of brokers) to October 1, 2025.
Section 8.5
Amends GS 160D-203 by removing provisions related to mutual agreements, and now requires that when land is within the planning and development regulation jurisdiction of more than one local government, then: (1) if only one of the local governments is able to provide water and sewer services to the parcel at the time the site plan for the parcel is submitted, then that local government has planning and development regulation jurisdiction over the whole parcel; (2) if all of the local governments are able to provide either public water services or public sewer services to the parcel, but not both, when the site plan for the parcel is submitted, allows the landowner to designate which local government’s planning and development regulations apply; and (3) if none of them can provide public water and sewer services to the parcel when a site plan is submitted, then the local government with the majority of the parcel is located will have jurisdiction.
Section 9
Amends the required implementation of the Falls Lake New Development Rule so that the provisions no longer include recreational development.
Section 9.2
Adds the following. Amends GS 160D-601 to prohibit a development regulation or unified development ordinance from including waiting periods that prohibit a landowner, developer, or applicant from refiling a denied or withdrawn application for a zoning map amendment, text amendment, development application, or request for development approval.
Section 9.5
Adds the following. Amends GS 160D-1102 to require local governments to publish annual financial reports on how it used fees from the previous fiscal year for the support, administration, and implementation of its building code enforcement program every year instead of just 2023-25.
Section 13
Corrects an internal cross-reference.
Section 14
Amends provisions from the previous edition related to mining permits, as follows.
Amends GS 74-49 by excluding from the definition of mining activities taken at any time within the mine permit boundaries (was, on the mine property) for the production and harvesting of timber and timber products and according to the specified standards.
Amends GS 74-50 by changing the time period for requesting a public hearing on a new or modified mining operation so that the request must be made within 30 days of receiving the notice, or receipt of the application by the Department, whichever is later. Amends provisions related to the operator’s performance bond or other security so that if the Department is noticed of pending cancellation of the bond and it is not replaced within 60 days of receiving that notice, then the permit to which the bond or security pertains is automatically revoked. Adds that when the Department holds a public hearing pursuant to GS 74-51(c), the 60-day technical review period does not conclude until either 30 days following the public hearing, or the original 60-day technical review period, whichever is later.
Amends GS 74-51 further to provide that if the Department determines, during the 60-calendar day technical review period, that the application meets standards for the issuance of a new, modified, or transferred mining permit, then it must approve the application (was, issue the permit). Now allows a permit to be denied if the applicant fails to pay the application processing fee within 30 days of the Department receiving the application. Automatically denies a permit if the operator fails to deposit the required bond or security within 60 days after the Department mails notice of the required bond to the operator.
Section 17.2
Adds the following.
Amends GS 14-309.15, governing raffles, to exempt 50/50 raffles from the restrictions for raffles set forth in subsections (c) through (g) of the section, which provide for annual caps on the number of raffles, maximum prize amounts, a prohibition against raffles conducted in conjunction with bingo, requirements for raffle proceeds, and limitations on offering real property prizes. Defines 50/50 raffle as a raffle conducted by a nonprofit organization or any government entity within the State whereby funds collected by the sale of raffle tickets are split evenly between the prize winner(s) and the organization or entity after the raffle drawing. Applies to offenses committed before or after August 1, 2025.
Amendment #2 adds the following provisions.
Section 17.3.
Allows a permitted food establishment to serve food or drink in a workplace setting in an offsite location for the employees of that designated workplace and their invited guests, as described, under GS 130A-248. Provides for notice to the health department before initiating offsite service. Requires the food establishment to comply with ten listed requirements, and limits inspections of the local health departments to an offsite location to only those requirements.
Amendment #3 adds the following provision.
Section 17.5.
Exempts ordinances from GS 160D-912.1 (on-premises advertising) if they regulate on-premises advertising signs lawfully adopted by a local government and which: (1) included an amortization period of 10 or more years during which a nonconforming sign was allowed to remain in place before it was required to be removed or brought into compliance with the current sign ordinance and (2) the date of compliance under the amortization period expired on or prior to July 1, 2024.
Amendment #4 adds the following provision.
Section 17.5.
Expands the locations for whom culinary permits can be issued under GS 18B-1001(11) to include food businesses and eating establishments.