SB 746 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Study Automation and the Workforce.

SB 746 establishes a 11-member Study Committee on Automation and the Workforce to examine how automation impacts North Carolina's labor market, with specific focus on low-income and minority workers. The committee will review effects of AI, robotics, self-service technologies, and software on jobs, analyze education gaps and systemic barriers, and recommend strategies to support affected workers through retraining and new economic opportunities. It must submit its first report to the Governor by the 2027 General Assembly, including specific policy proposals for mitigating negative impacts. This bill creates a study mechanism, not new laws or programs, to inform future state action.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Mar 25, 2025 Last action Mar 26, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

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The bill has been transitioned from its initial filing stage to its first edition with updated formatting and committee assignment. The primary changes are administrative, including the addition of a specific Senate Rules and Operations committee referral date and updated bill identification numbers, rather than substantive policy modifications.

TECHNICAL

Added the specific referral to Rules and Operations of the Senate with a date of March 26, 2025.

Removed the blank referral section that had no committee assignment.

Updated bill identification numbers from DRS15268-LR-107A to S746-v-1 to reflect the new edition status.

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Mar 26, 2025

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Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

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Mar 25, 2025

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2 primary · 4 co-sponsors