Bill Watch List / 2025 Session

Updated: 4/1/2025 2:30 PM

SUPPORT:

• H38 – Passed 1st Reading in the House – Prohibits a payment card network from maintaining records of individuals in the state who own firearms and from declining a lawful firearm payment card transaction.
• S50 – Passed Senate – Passed 1st Reading in the House – Protects the right to carry a concealed handgun without a permit and allows individuals to obtain a concealed handgun permit for reciprocity in other states.

• H87 – Passed House – Sent to the Senate – Develops policies to restrict students’ use of cell phones in the classroom.
• S55 – Passed Senate – Awaiting House Committee Hearing – Develops policies to restrict students’ use of cell phones in the classroom. (Companion to H87)
• S227 – Passed Senate – Passed 1st Reading in the House – Prohibits public education institutions from promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) concepts such as racial guilt or meritocracy criticism in professional development programs, and bans the use of public funds for such programs.

• H83 – Placed On Cal For 04/02/2025 – Increases penalties for sharing harmful material or performances with minors, creates a new crime for repeated indecent exposure, requires sex offender registration for certain offenses, and prevents ride services from picking up minors without parental consent.

OPPOSE:

• S94 – Passed 1st Reading in the House – Abolishes any provision that allows the execution of individuals convicted of capital offenses, substituting the death penalty with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

• S107 – Passed 1st Reading in the House – Aims to create nonpartisan elections for selecting and nominating judges in North Carolina.

• H14 – Passed 1st Reading in the House – Allows a state income tax deduction on gambling losses.

• H174 – Passed 1st Reading in the House – Marriage Equality Act. Redefines marriage as the legal union of two consenting individuals, regardless of sex, gender, or sexual orientation, and ensures equal application of laws and services related to marriage, prohibiting any refusal of recognition or denial of marriage services based on these factors.

• S154 – Passed 1st Reading in the Senate – Makes it illegal for a person or business to discriminate based on a person’s race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, or “protective hairstyles.”