HB 1096 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

First in Flight Act.

HB 1096, the First in Flight Act, allocates state funding to support North Carolina's aerospace industry and airport infrastructure. The bill creates a new aviation capital project account to provide grants to airports for modernization projects, provided those projects are linked to agreements with aerospace businesses. Additionally, it establishes an aerospace apprenticeship program and funds community college training initiatives to develop a skilled workforce in the sector. These measures aim to strengthen the state's economic position in aviation by improving facilities and expanding educational opportunities.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Apr 29, 2026 Last action Apr 30, 2026

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Filed → Edition 1 · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a draft version to a final edition, adding the full list of sponsors and a specific referral date. The core policy content regarding the $5 million aviation grant program, including funding amounts, eligibility criteria, and program definitions, remains substantively unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the text describes the same aviation capital project program with identical funding and eligibility rules.

TECHNICAL

Added the complete list of primary sponsors (Reives, Ross, Loftis, and Cervania) and a specific referral date of April 30, 2026, which were missing in the draft version.

Updated the bill header to reflect the final edition status and corrected the session year reference in the context lines.

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Committee

Apr 30, 2026

Committee

Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Apr 29, 2026

Introduced

Filed

lower

3 primary · 19 co-sponsors