Bill Watch List / 2025 Session

Updated: 10/27/2025 12:45 PM

SUPPORT:

• H192 – Passed House and Senate – Waiting for a concurrence vote in the House – Removes Planned Parenthood from North Carolina’s Health and Human Services (NC DHHS) list of approved Medicaid providers and recipients of Medicaid funds.

• S429 – SIGNED into Law – 2025 Public Safety Act. Bans hemp-derived products on school grounds and creates a criminal offense for exposing children to controlled substances.

• H959 – SIGNED into Law – Allows local school boards to adopt policies limiting the use of cell phones in the classroom, prohibiting access to social media websites while at school, and protecting students from harmful online material. Prohibits school boards and school employees from using TikTok for any job-related duties.
• S227 – Governor’s Veto Overridden by the Senate. Waiting for a vote to override the Governor’s veto in the House – Placed on the House calender for November 17 – Eliminating “DEI” in Public Education. 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.

• H193 – Governor’s Veto Overridden by the House and Senate – Allows Christian schools to authorize employees or volunteers who hold a concealed handgun permit to carry concealed handguns on campus during the school day.
• S50 – Governor’s Veto Overridden by the Senate. Waiting for a vote to override the Governor’s veto in the House – Placed on the House calender for November 17 – Constitutional Carry. 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.

• S558 – Governor’s Veto Overridden by the Senate. Waiting for a vote to override the Governor’s veto in the House – Placed on the House calender for November 17 – Eliminates “DEI” in Public Higher Ed. Prohibits public institutions of higher education from implementing or advancing policies related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

• H805 – Governor’s Veto Overridden by the House and Senate – Defines “male” and “female” in state code, rules, and regulations according to biological sex. Prohibits the distribution of pornographic images without consent, sets strict requirements for online entities to verify the age and consent of individuals in such images before publication. Prohibits the use of state funds for surgical gender transition procedures, puberty-blocking drugs, or cross-sex hormones for any prisoner incarcerated in the state prison system. Extends the statute of limitations to ten years for lawsuits related to injuries from a gender transition procedure. Requires public schools to allow a student to be excused from classroom discussions, activities, or reading assignments that the student or the student’s parent or guardian believes would impose a substantial burden on the student’s religion. Requires public schools to provide public access through a searchable web-based catalog of all library books in the school library and to provide a way for parents to prevent a student from borrowing any books deemed unsuitable by the parent.
• S442 – SIGNED into Law – Parents Protection Act. Clarifies current state law by asserting that a parent, guardian, or caretaker who raises or refers to a child based on the child’s biological sex will not be accused of abuse or neglect just for doing so AND prohibits any agency of the state from denying or delaying the opportunity to become an adoptive parent based on the parent’s refusal, unwillingness, or lack of support to enable the child to engage in a gender transition.

• H87 – Passed House & Senate – VETOED by the Governor – Placed on the House calendar for November 17 – Enables North Carolina to participate in a new federal school-choice tax credit program established under the “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed by Congress, set to take effect in 2027. It would allow taxpayers to claim a dollar-for-dollar (non‑refundable) tax credit up to $1,700 per year for donations made to qualifying Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs).

• S257 – Passed House – Failed in Senate – Conference Committee appointed to work out the differences – 2025 State Budget that includes the following good policies: $12 million in funding over the next two years for the Carolina Pregnancy Care Fellowship, maintains funding for Opportunity Scholarships, includes the provisions in HB 301 protecting minors from the dangers of social media, $5 million in funding for responsible fatherhood programs.

• H16 – Passed House – Sent to the Senate – Requires the display of the national motto “In God We Trust” above the dais in the State House and State Senate chambers.
• H171 – Passed House & Senate – VETOED by the Governor – Placed on the House calendar for November 17 – Eliminates funding, promotion, support, implementation or maintenance of any Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in state and local government and all publicly funded schools.
• S416 – Governor’s Veto Overridden by the House and Senate – Prohibits public agencies from collecting, disclosing, or releasing personal information about members, volunteers, and financial or non-financial donors to 501(c) nonprofit organizations, except as required by law.