Rep. Frank Iler

Maddy summaryHouse Bill 146 amends North Carolina's driver's license renewal process. It allows active duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces, or reserve components serving on active duty and stationed outside North Carolina, to renew their driver's licenses remotely multiple times in a row. Currently, a remote renewal requires the previous renewal to have been done in person, but this bill removes that restriction for eligible military personnel. This change aims to make it easier for these individuals to maintain their licenses while serving away from the state. The act becomes effective October 1, 2025, applying to licenses renewed on or after that date.

Maddy summaryHB 254 designates the fourth Thursday of March each year as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day in North Carolina. This officially recognizes and honors the legacy of the African-American pilots, navigators, bombardiers, instructors, and support staff who trained at Tuskegee Institute from 1941 to 1949.

Maddy summaryHouse Bill 38, known as the Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act, prohibits payment card networks from using a specific "firearms code" to identify or track purchases made at firearms merchants in North Carolina. It also forbids these networks from knowingly maintaining records of individuals in the state who own firearms. The bill aims to prevent the separate tracking of lawful firearm and ammunition purchases and protect the financial privacy of individuals exercising their right to bear arms. Payment card networks are also prohibited from discriminating against firearms merchants based on code assignment. Violations can lead to civil penalties assessed by the Attorney General or civil lawsuits from affected merchants or individuals.

Maddy summaryHB 570, the "Responsible Firefighting Foam Management Act," restricts the use of firefighting foams containing PFAS chemicals for training and testing. It prohibits any person, local government, or state agency from discharging Class B firefighting foam with intentionally added PFAS for training or practice purposes. For testing, these foams are also prohibited unless required by law or an authority, and the testing facility has implemented measures to prevent environmental releases. The bill mandates the use of non-fluorinated alternatives for training and is set to become effective on December 1, 2025.

Maddy summaryHB 250 modifies the annual report filing requirements and fees for certain business entities in North Carolina. It directly affects domestic and foreign corporations and Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) where more than 50% of the ownership is held by one or more deployed members of the U.S. Armed Forces. The bill waives the annual report requirement and associated fees for these businesses while the owner is deployed. Instead, qualifying businesses must file a notice of deployment and can submit their annual report after the deployment ends (90 business days for corporations, April 15 of the following year for LLCs).

Maddy summaryHouse Bill 244, titled "Depoliticize Government Property Act," restricts the types of flags that can be flown or displayed on property owned or leased by the State of North Carolina or its local government entities. The bill specifies a limited list of permissible flags, including the U.S. flag, the North Carolina flag, flags of local government agencies, military branch flags, the POW/MIA flag, the Honor and Remember flag, and flags of recognized nations during official visits. It also clarifies that local governments cannot prohibit the display of official governmental flags on private or public property with consent. Any violation of the display restrictions on government property would be classified as a Class 3 misdemeanor.

Maddy summaryHouse Bill 432 aims to provide various forms of property tax relief to North Carolina homeowners. It increases the property tax exclusion amounts for qualifying elderly or disabled homeowners and expands the exclusion for disabled veterans, allowing more of their home's value to be exempt from taxation. The bill also establishes a new "Homeowner Advantage Property Tax Relief Program" designed to cap the annual increase in a permanent residence's taxable value, based on inflation and a cumulative limit. To qualify for this program, homeowners must have occupied their residence for at least two years. Additionally, the bill creates an "Elderly Property Tax Homestead Circuit Breaker Program" and exemptions from the forced sale of a homestead.

Maddy summaryHB 394 prohibits drivers in North Carolina from interacting with children or animals in a way that impairs safe vehicle operation while driving on public roads, such as holding pets on laps or being distracted by children. It directly affects all drivers operating motor vehicles on public streets, highways, or public vehicular areas. The bill creates a $100 fine for violations (with warnings for six months after the December 1, 2025 effective date), but excludes fully autonomous vehicles. This law aims to reduce distracted driving incidents specifically related to passenger interactions.

Maddy summaryHB 993 requires homeowners' associations (HOAs) in North Carolina that collect assessments, impose fines, or enforce architectural guidelines to formally incorporate as corporations or LLCs and file annual reports with the Secretary of State. The report must include contact details for board members, management agents, registered office information, and a link to the property's recorded documents. Failure to submit the report by April 15 each year suspends the HOA’s ability to collect assessments or enforce fees until corrected. This applies to all HOAs managing condominiums or planned communities meeting the specified criteria, directly affecting their operational compliance and financial authority.

Maddy summaryHB 843 requires North Carolina's Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to create a formal agreement with the Town of Lake Waccamaw for repairing a dam at Lake Waccamaw State Park. The agreement must guarantee the town access to the dam site for planning and performing repairs, detail the repair scope and timeline, and specify that the state department will resume dam maintenance after repairs are complete. The bill mandates this agreement be finalized by September 1, 2025, and submitted to legislative committees. This directly affects the Town of Lake Waccamaw (as the entity requesting repairs) and the state department (responsible for park management and dam oversight).