Bills

Child and Family Welfare Ombudsman Office

Creates an ombudsman office for child and family welfare concerns, affecting children, families, caregivers, and agencies involved in child welfare services.

Const. Amend./Life at Fertilization

Proposes a constitutional amendment recognizing life at fertilization, affecting pregnancy-related laws and reproductive health care.

More APS Staff to Address Elder Abuse

Adds Adult Protective Services staff to address elder abuse, affecting older adults needing protection and the agencies that investigate abuse.

Child Care Initiative Funds/Reform/Study

Addresses child-care initiative funding, reforms, and a study, affecting child-care programs, providers, and families; the title gives no further details.

Child Care Licensing Penalty Reform

Reforms penalties for child care licensing violations, affecting licensed child care providers.

Child Welfare/Foster Care/Child Care Funding

Provides funding related to child welfare, foster care, and child care, affecting children, families, caregivers, and service providers.

Foster Care Motor Vehicle Insurance

Addresses motor vehicle insurance for foster care situations, affecting foster children, foster families, and insurers.

Youth Placement Study

Directs a study of youth placement issues affecting young people and the families or agencies responsible for their care.

Fostering Care in NC Act 2026

Changes foster care policy in North Carolina, affecting children in foster care, foster families, and related agencies; the title does not specify how.

Work Training/Delinquent Child Support

Connects job training with delinquent child-support cases, affecting parents who owe overdue support and families awaiting payments.

Child Care Omnibus

Makes multiple changes to child-care laws or programs, affecting children, families, providers, and agencies that oversee child care.

Amend Child Care Definitions/FFN Providers

Changes child care definitions concerning family, friend, and neighbor providers, affecting those caregivers and the families using their care.

Don't Zone Out Child Care

Limits zoning barriers affecting child care facilities, helping child care providers and families seeking care.

Family Support for Those Who Serve Act

Provides family support for people who serve, affecting service members and their families.

Increase Market Rate/Rate Floor/Child Subsidy

Raises the market rate and minimum payment rate for child care subsidies, affecting subsidized families and child care providers.

Reduce Parent Copays/Child Care Subsidy/Funds

Provides funding to reduce parents’ copayments for subsidized child care, affecting participating families and child care providers.

An Act to Establish Minimum Staffing Standards in Licensed Child Care Facilities

Sets minimum staff-to-child ratios in licensed daycare centers and creates a state grant program to help centers hire and keep qualified teachers.