Maddy summaryHJR 1007 is a joint resolution that sets the adjournment and reconvening dates for the 2025 General Assembly. It directs the House of Representatives and the Senate to adjourn on Thursday, April 17, 2025, and reconvene on Monday, April 28, 2025, at 12:00 noon.
Maddy summaryHB 949, known as the School Protection Act, proposes to allow specific armed security guards to carry firearms on nonpublic educational property in North Carolina. The bill amends existing law to create an exemption for sworn law enforcement officers who are hired as armed security guards by nonpublic schools and are acting in their official duties on school premises. This includes officers certified under state law enforcement chapters, company police officers, and campus police officers. If enacted, this change would become effective on December 1, 2025.
Maddy summaryHB 69, the Military and Veterans Educational Promise Act, provides two key benefits for military-affiliated individuals and veterans at North Carolina's University of North Carolina (UNC) schools. First, it requires UNC institutions to allow eligible military members (including reservists) and their spouses to defer admission for up to five years (for active duty) or two years (for reserve service) upon enrollment notice. Second, it establishes in-state tuition rates for honorably discharged veterans who served at least 90 days in the military, graduated from a North Carolina high school after 2004, had a North Carolina duty station, or received a Purple Heart. The bill applies to all UNC institutions beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.
Maddy summaryHB 246, also known as "Liam's Law," increases penalties for specific driving offenses. The bill elevates reckless driving that causes serious bodily injury to a Class I felony. For street racing, it establishes new felony classifications for causing serious injury (Class F felony) or death (Class B2 felony), and mandates longer driver's license revocations, including permanent revocation for fatalities. Additionally, the bill increases the penalty for hit-and-run offenses that result in death to a Class D felony. These provisions directly affect drivers involved in such incidents.
Maddy summaryHB 218 requires the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to include a request for emergency contact information on applications for drivers' licenses, learners' permits, and identification cards. This applies to both new applications and renewal applications. Providing this emergency contact information will be optional for the applicant. The act is set to become effective on October 1, 2026.
Maddy summaryHB 919 prohibits banks and other financial institutions from denying services or discriminating based on protected characteristics like political views, religious beliefs (unless for religious purposes), or social credit scores tied to lawful activities (e.g., firearm ownership, energy use, or environmental compliance). It bans using subjective criteria without full disclosure to customers and requires annual compliance reports under penalty of perjury. Financial institutions must also avoid discriminatory pricing based on environmental, social, or governance factors unless justified by actuarial standards. Individuals harmed by violations can pursue legal action for damages or injunctions.
Maddy summaryHB 887 defines "abandoned vessels" (left unattended >30 days without permission) and "derelict vessels" (in poor condition, like wrecked or sinking), directly affecting vessel owners and operators in North Carolina. It creates new rules requiring vessels to be secured properly to avoid damaging waters or property, limits docking in state waters to 10 days within any 30-day period, and gives the Commission authority to remove abandoned or derelict vessels from public or private land/waters without liability. The bill includes exceptions for historic shipwrecks under state custody and vessels abandoned during emergencies, where owners must notify authorities and remove the vessel within 10 days. This legislation aims to address safety and environmental risks posed by neglected vessels.
Maddy summaryHB 967 clarifies that voting places during voting hours are explicitly included as "public buildings" under North Carolina's disorderly conduct law (G.S. 14-132). This means actions like making loud disturbances, vandalism, or creating nuisances at polling locations during voting hours would now be covered by the misdemeanor statute. The bill directly affects voters, election workers, and anyone engaging in conduct near polling sites during official voting hours. It expands existing disorderly conduct protections to specifically cover voting places, effective October 1, 2025.
Maddy summaryHB 1000 establishes legal restrictions on gender transition care for minors in North Carolina while creating pathways for detransition. It prohibits medical professionals from performing surgical gender transitions, prescribing puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones, or conducting detransition procedures on minors without parental consent (with detransition procedures specifically permitted under parental consent). The bill imposes penalties including license revocation for violations and mandates civil liability for medical providers who provide transition care to minors, requiring them to cover harms like physical, psychological, or emotional injuries. It also requires gender clinics to report detailed statistics on transition procedures to the state health department. This bill directly affects minors seeking gender-affirming care, their parents/guardians, and medical providers operating gender clinics in North Carolina.
Maddy summaryHB 844, the Finding Grace Family Bill, revises North Carolina's adoption and abortion laws. It requires the state to provide adoptive families with resources to prevent adoption dissolution (such as counseling and support services) and clarifies parental consent processes before birth (e.g., allowing biological mothers to seek court determination of consent after three months of pregnancy). The bill bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions for medical emergencies and procedures performed within the first 12 weeks. These changes directly affect adoptive families, prospective adoptive parents, and individuals seeking abortion care in North Carolina.
