What the Record Shows

Rural healthcare and pregnancy care

The record: MOMnibus 3.0 proposed rural maternity-care and perinatal-education initiatives, but it remained in committee. SB 378’s House substitute would have changed Medicaid provider participation and contracts, but it also did not become law.

Plain English: Keep proposed maternity-care ideas separate from current programs such as Medicaid’s Baby Love services.

Public schools and parent governance

The record: The proposed Parent Governance Board appears as a campaign platform idea, not as an identified NCGA bill. Existing law provides parent-involvement policies, advisory opportunities, and parent participation on school improvement teams.

Plain English: A proposed new governing body is different from the parent roles already established in law.

School scholarships and public funding

The record: HB 87 became Session Law 2026-6. It lets North Carolina participate in a federal tax-credit program and directs the State Education Assistance Authority to list qualifying scholarship organizations. Home-school expenses qualify only where federal law allows.

Plain English: The law does not itself appropriate state funds, create a North Carolina tax credit, or guarantee every expense.

Gun policy and school safety

The record: HB 193 became Session Law 2025-81. It permits certain authorized employees and volunteers at nonpublic schools to carry a firearm or stun gun only under specific conditions, including a qualifying permit, annual additional training, written procedures, and school authorization. HB 674 passed the House but did not become law; its school provision concerned less-than-lethal defensive devices, not firearms.

Immigration and local law enforcement

The record: HB 318 became Session Law 2025-85. For specified charges, it sets procedures for status inquiries and ICE queries. When both an ICE detainer and an administrative warrant appear to apply, the law establishes judicial processing, a possible hold, and transfer procedures with a 48-hour limit unless another legal process applies.

Medicaid provider access

The record: The House substitute for SB 378 would have ended Medicaid-provider participation and contracts for Planned Parenthood Federation of America and associated entities, while directing DHHS to engage other providers. The Senate’s earlier 47–0 vote was on the original HOA version, not the Medicaid substitute. The substitute was held by the House Clerk and did not become law.

Regulation and property rights

The record: HB 926 became Session Law 2025-94. It made targeted changes involving permits, inspections, zoning, development standards, vested rights, surveying, and administrative requirements.

Plain English: It was a multi-subject law with specific changes—not a blanket repeal of regulations.

Guaranteed income and direct assistance

The record: HB 859 would have required express legal authorization before a city or county could operate a recurring, unconditional guaranteed-income program. It specifically excluded programs requiring reemployment, work, or training. The House passed it 69–40, but the record does not show enactment.

DEI and public education

The record: SB 227 became Session Law 2026-20 and sets limits for public school units on specified practices, instruction, professional development, and DEI-named offices or staff, while preserving listed First Amendment and history-instruction protections. HB 171 is different: it was vetoed and the official record does not show the required Senate override.

District 27 funding and the state budget

The record: SB 257 became Session Law 2026-41, the 2026 Current Operations Appropriations Act. It provides statewide agency funding but does not name Halifax, Northampton, or Warren counties for county-specific directed grants. A separate HB 530 proposed local projects in those counties but did not pass.

Plain English: Proposed local funding, enacted statewide funding, sponsorship, advocacy, and personal credit should be reported separately.