North Carolina 2025 Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 24 D · 18 R · 1 I cosponsors

HB 433 — State Fiscal Recovery Fund/NC Pandemic Recovery Office Revisions.

Last action — Pres. To Gov. 5/12/2026

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 18, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Josh Stein (Democratic) on May 12, 2026.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 44 sponsors

    3 primary, 41 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 3 parties (24 D · 18 R · 1 I) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill reallocates funds for water infrastructure projects in Burke and McDowell Counties.

House Bill 433 revises funding allocations for water and wastewater projects in Burke County. Unspent funds will be redistributed between Burke and McDowell Counties based on grant outcomes.

What this means for you
  • Families: This bill may lead to improved water infrastructure in your community.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

25 added · 29 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to HB 433 makes it clear that the State Board of Education cannot require school nurses to hold a four-year degree, allowing licensed registered nurses with at least two years of hospital or health clinic experience to serve as school nurses. Additionally, the amendment specifies that these nurses will be paid according to a certified school nurse pay scale. This change is important because it may help address staff shortages in schools by allowing more qualified candidates to fill nursing roles, thereby ensuring better health support for students.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 2 HOUSE BILL 433 Committee Substitute Favorable 4/29/25 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 433 Short Title:
Representatives Gillespie, White, Cotham, and Reeder (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
March 19, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM REQUIRING A SCHOOLNURSETOHOLDOROBTAINAFOUR-YEARDEGREEANDTOREQUIRE THAT REGISTERED NURSES WITH AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN A HOSPITAL OR HEALTH CLINIC SERVING AS A SCHOOL NURSE BE PAID UNDER THE CERTIFIED SCHOOL NURSE PAY SCALE.
Education - K-12, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House March 19, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ALLOW LICENSED REGISTERED NURSES TO SERVE AS SCHOOL NURSES.
– The State Board of Education, in accordance with subsection (d) of this section, may shall adopt rules to establish the qualifications and training required to be hired or contracted for as a certified school nurse except the subject to the following:
– The State Board of Education, in accordance with subsection (d) of this section, may adopt rules to establish the qualifications and training required to be hired or contracted for as a certified school nurse except the subject to the following:
(1) The Board may shall not require or impose a requirement that would require a school nurse to obtain a four-year degree as a condition of employment.degree.
(1) TheBoardmaynot requireorimpose arequirement that would requirea nurse to obtain a four-year degree as a condition of employment.
(2) The Board shall require that a school nurse who meets all of the following criteria be paid under the certified school nurse pay scale as established bythe Board:
(2) Any person licensed as a registered nurse under Article 9A of Chapter 90 of theGeneralStatutesthathasatleasttwo years'experienceservinginahospital or health clinic may serve in the role of school nurse and may not be required to possess or promise to obtain anyother certification or license as a condition of serving in that role.
a.
Registered nurses employed by the governing body of a public school unit as a school nurse shall be paid under the certified school nurse pay scale as established by the State Board of Education." SECTION 2.
Is a registered nurse licensed under Article 9A of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes.
b.
Has at least two years of experience serving in a hospital or health clinic." SECTION 2.
This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to school nurses hired or contracted for as a school nurse on or after that date.
This act is effective when it becomes law.
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  • Section 6.2 of S.L. 2026-1

    Funds allocated to the Office of State Budget and Management by Section 12.2(f)(2) of S.L. 2023-134 to provide a grant to the Burke Partnership for Economic Development, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, (Partnership) to install water and wastewater at the Western NC Megasite shall, and remaining unspent and unencumbered as of the effective date of this section, shall, notwithstanding that subdivision or any provision of law to the contrary, be reallocated to Burke County to be used for water and wastewater projects in Burke County.identified in an application as, and used as, matching funds for a grant applied for and awarded by the United States Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration. The Partnership shall not expend or encumber funds identified in the application until a determination regarding the grant is made. In the event the grant is not awarded on or before October 1, 2026, the Partnership shall distribute the funds, including any interest earned thereon, as follows: eighty percent (80%) to Burke County and twenty percent (20%) to McDowell County. The recipient counties shall use the funds distributed pursuant to this subdivision to construct or improve water infrastructure, sewer infrastructure, or both.

    This change establishes a reallocation of unspent funds from the Burke Partnership for Economic Development grant to Burke and McDowell counties for water infrastructure projects.

Action History

  1. Pres. To Gov. 5/12/2026

  2. Signed by Gov. 5/12/2026

  3. Ch. SL 2026-3

  4. Ratified

  5. Concurred In S Com Sub

  6. Ordered Enrolled

  7. Regular Message Sent To House

  8. Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub

  9. Cal Pursuant 36(b)

  10. Placed On Cal For 05/07/2026

  11. Amend Adopted A1

  12. Passed 2nd Reading

  13. Passed 3rd Reading

  14. Engrossed

  15. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  16. Com Substitute Adopted

  17. Placed On Cal For 05/05/2026

  18. Withdrawn From Com

  19. Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

  20. Regular Message Sent To Senate

  21. Regular Message Received From House

  22. Passed 1st Reading

  23. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  24. Passed 2nd Reading

  25. Passed 3rd Reading

  26. Reptd Fav

  27. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  28. Placed On Cal For 05/06/2025

  29. Reptd Fav Com Sub 2

  30. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  31. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  32. Re-ref Com On Health

  33. Passed 1st Reading

  34. Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  35. Filed

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 41 co-sponsors · 135 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (41)

Not signed on (135)

135 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Second Reading

Passed 44 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 17002
Republican 27003
Total 44005
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (49)
Member Party Vote
Caleb Theodros Democratic Yea
Dan Blue Democratic Not Voting
DeAndrea Salvador Democratic Yea
Gale Adcock Democratic Yea
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Yea
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Yea
Jonah Garson Democratic Yea
Joyce Waddell Democratic Yea
Julie Mayfield Democratic Not Voting
Kandie D. Smith Democratic Yea
Lisa Grafstein Democratic Yea
Michael Garrett Democratic Yea
Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic Yea
Natalie S. Murdock Democratic Yea
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Yea
Sophia Chitlik Democratic Yea
Sydney Batch Democratic Yea
Val Applewhite Democratic Yea
Woodson Bradley Democratic Yea
Amy S. Galey Republican Yea
Benton G. Sawrey Republican Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Not Voting
Bob Brinson Republican Yea
Bobby Hanig Republican Yea
Brad Overcash Republican Yea
Brent Jackson Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Chris Measmer Republican Yea
Dana Jones Republican Yea
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Yea
David W. Craven, Jr. Republican Not Voting
Eddie D. Settle Republican Yea
Jim Burgin Republican Yea
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Lisa S. Barnes Republican Yea
Mark Hollo Republican Yea
Michael A. Lazzara Republican Yea
Michael V. Lee Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Paul Newton Republican Not Voting
Phil Berger Republican Yea
Ralph Hise Republican Yea
Steve Jarvis Republican Yea
Timothy D. Moffitt Republican Yea
Todd Johnson Republican Yea
Tom McInnis Republican Yea
Vickie Sawyer Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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Second Reading

Passed 102 Yea · 2 Nay · 16 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 28105
Unaffiliated 23102
U 1001
Republican 50008
Total 1022016
% of votes cast 85%2%0%13%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Clemmons — Yea
Gill — Yea
Lucas — Yea
Rudow — Yea
CharlesSmith — Yea
Staton-Williams — Yea
vonHaefen — Yea
Wray — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Cleveland — Yea
Crutchfield — Yea
Elmore — Yea
Faircloth — Yea
Fontenot — Yea
Lowery — Yea
Mills — Yea
Moore — Yea
Reeder — Yea
Sasser — Yea
CarsonSmith — Yea
Sossamon — Yea
Autry — Nay
Harris — Not Voting
Saine — Not Voting
F. Jackson — Yea
K. Baker — Yea
Abe Jones Democratic Yea
Allen Buansi Democratic Yea
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Yea
Amber M. Baker Democratic Not Voting
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Yea
B. Ray Jeffers Democratic Yea
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Brandon Lofton Democratic Yea
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Yea
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gloristine Brown Democratic Yea
James Roberson Democratic Yea
Joe John Democratic Yea
Kanika Brown Democratic Yea
Laura Budd Democratic Yea
Lindsey Prather Democratic Yea
Marcia Morey Democratic Yea
Maria Cervania Democratic Yea
Mary Belk Democratic Yea
Pricey Harrison Democratic Nay
Renée A. Price Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Not Voting
Sarah Crawford Democratic Yea
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Terence Everitt Democratic Not Voting
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Yea
Tim Longest Democratic Yea
Vernetta Alston Democratic Yea
Ya Liu Democratic Not Voting
Zack Hawkins Democratic Not Voting
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. Republican Yea
Allen Chesser Republican Yea
Ben T. Moss, Jr. Republican Yea
Bill Ward Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Yea
Brian Biggs Republican Yea
Celeste C. Cairns Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Chris Humphrey Republican Yea
David Willis Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Destin Hall Republican Yea
Diane Wheatley Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donnie Loftis Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Dudley Greene Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Erin Paré Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Not Voting
Jake Johnson Republican Not Voting
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jeff Zenger Republican Yea
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Yea
Jennifer Balkcom Republican Not Voting
Jerry "Alan" Branson Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John R. Bell, IV Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Yea
Joseph Pike Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Not Voting
Kyle Hall Republican Not Voting
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Yea
Matthew Winslow Republican Not Voting
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Neal Jackson Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Ray Pickett Republican Not Voting
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Steve Tyson Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Not Voting
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Not Voting
Nasif Majeed U Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 433?
HB 433 is sponsored by Shelly Willingham (Democratic), Diane Wheatley (Republican), Bill Ward (Republican), Mitchell S. Setzer (Republican), Phil Rubin (Democratic), A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. (Republican), Renée A. Price (Democratic), Lindsey Prather (Democratic), Dante Pittman (Democratic), Joseph Pike (Republican), Rodney D. Pierce (Democratic), Garland E. Pierce (Democratic), Ray Pickett (Republican), Howard Penny, Jr. (Republican), Ben T. Moss, Jr. (Republican), Nasif Majeed (U), Tim Longest (Democratic), Donnie Loftis (Republican), Monika Johnson-Hostler (Democratic), Cody Huneycutt (Republican), Zack Hawkins (Democratic), Pricey Harrison (Democratic), Jimmy Dixon (Republican), Aisha O. Dew (Democratic), Sarah Crawford (Democratic), Mike Colvin (Democratic), Tracy Clark (Democratic), Maria Cervania (Democratic), Todd Carver (Republican), Becky Carney (Democratic), Laura Budd (Democratic), Terry M. Brown Jr. (Democratic), Kanika Brown (Democratic), Gloristine Brown (Democratic), Jerry "Alan" Branson (Republican), Brian Biggs (Republican), Mary Belk (Democratic), Cynthia Ball (Democratic), Jonathan L. Almond (Republican), Eric Ager (Democratic), Reeder, Tricia Ann Cotham (Republican), Donna McDowell White (Republican), and Karl E. Gillespie (Republican).
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