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NC General Assembly · House — Session Convenes
Monday, September 28, 2026 at 12:00 pm · House Ended

Legislative session Drugs and addictionElections and districtsHomelessness and shelterHousing and affordabilityPolice and public safety

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What's on this agenda

Five bills vetoed by Governor Stein sit on the House calendar for Monday, 28 September, under reconsideration of vetoed bills. They are Senate Bill 50, which would let adults carry a concealed handgun without a permit; House Bill 437, which creates drug-free zones around homeless shelters and bars local governments from allowing camping on public property; House Bill 96, a fast court process for removing squatters from homes; House Bill 377, an omnibus of court changes; and House Bill 958, a package of election law changes that includes shorter early voting for primaries.

A calendar lists what the House may take up, and it does not record whether the chamber acted. Senate Bill 50 has been on it since its June 2025 veto and House Bill 96 since July 2025. When the bill histories were read on 28 September, none of the five showed an action on that date.

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Agenda items (5)

Other · 5
  1. SB 50 Freedom to Carry NC.
    Other Police and public safety
    Senate Bill 50 would let a U.S. citizen aged 18 or older carry a concealed handgun without a permit, while keeping the permit system for reciprocity and certain exceptions. It lists 14 categories of people still barred from carrying, requires carriers to tell an officer who approaches them, and raises penalties for assaulting officers and first responders with a firearm.
    Filed by Britt, Daniel, and Settle. Last action: placed on the calendar for 21 April 2026. Changes Chapters 113 (conservation and natural resources), 14 (criminal law), 143 (state departments and agencies), and 74G (campus police) of the General Statutes.
  2. HB 437 Drug-Free Zones/Unauthorized Public Camping.
    Other Drugs and addictionHomelessness and shelter
    House Bill 437 creates drug-free zones within 300 feet of publicly funded homeless shelters and transitional housing, making drug sales there by adults 21 and older a Class E felony. It also bars cities and counties from allowing camping or sleeping on public property. A local government that designates a camping area must arrange behavioral health services, and a person could seek a court order to enforce the ban after giving 15 business days' notice.
    Filed by Rhyne, Chesser, and Pickett. Last action: placed on the calendar for 4 August 2026. Changes Chapters 160D (local planning and development regulation) and 90 (medicine and controlled substances) of the General Statutes.
  3. HB 96 Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons.
    Other Housing and affordability
    House Bill 96 sets up a fast court process for removing squatters from homes: the sheriff serves papers within 24 hours, a magistrate hears the case within 48 hours, and an occupant who loses must leave within four hours. It also stops local governments from regulating pet shops, which is the provision the Governor's veto message objected to.
    Filed by Tyson, Biggs, K. Hall, and Howard. Last action: placed on the calendar for 2 September 2026. Changes Chapters 14 (criminal law) and 19A of the General Statutes.
  4. HB 377 2026 Court Changes.
    Other
    House Bill 377 is an omnibus of court changes. Its most debated provision lets the Chief Justice suspend a trial judge without pay, which the Governor's veto message said no other Chief Justice in the country can do. It also changes how superior court judges rotate into districts with a county over one million people, access to juvenile court records, and appellate files for indigent defendants.
    Filed by Stevens. Last action: placed on the calendar for 2 September 2026. Changes Chapters 1, 14 (criminal law), 143B (executive organization), 163 (elections), 20 (motor vehicles), 28, 30, 31, 36C, 42 (landlord and tenant), 48, 50, 7A, 7B, 8B, and 9 of the General Statutes.
  5. HB 958 Election Law Changes.
    Other Elections and districts
    House Bill 958 shortens early voting for primaries and runoffs to begin on the second Monday before the election instead of the third Thursday, starting in 2027. It caps early voting for special and some municipal elections at 10 days, requires counties to remove deceased voters within a week of receiving federal lists, and lets early-voting ballots be challenged until the third business day after an election.
    Filed by Blackwell and Stevens. Last action: placed on the calendar for 2 September 2026. Changes Chapters 115C (elementary and secondary education), 147, 153A (counties), 160A (cities and towns), 163 (elections), and 20 (motor vehicles) of the General Statutes.

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