GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA H.B.SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 1046 Short Title:

1046 Apr 23, 2026 SESSION 2025 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK H D HOUSE BILL DRH40658-MCa-323 Short Title:

RepresentativeRepresentatives Cohn.Cohn, R.

Pierce, and Rubin (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.

Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House April 28, 2026 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO PREPARE A BIENNIAL REPORT ON ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, AFFORDABILITY, AND FAMILY ECONOMIC SECURITY IN NORTH CAROLINA.

(1) Hardship indicators, including the poverty rate, child poverty, deep poverty, and the supplemental povertypovertyrate, rate, if available at the relevant level of analysis.

*H1046-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (5) Education and workforce preparation indicators, including the cost of postsecondary education relative to income and the cost of workforce training and credentialing programs relative to income, to the extent practicable.

*DRH40658-MCa-323* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (6) Community and regional opportunity indicators, including persistent poverty counties or census tracts, concentrated poverty census tracts, and the number of people living in areas of persistent or concentrated poverty.

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