North Carolina HB 256: Allow Public Employee Collective Bargaining.

Status: Passed 1st Reading (as of 2025-03-03)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2025 · Bill: HB 256

Subjects: COMMERCE; EMPLOYMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; ORGANIZED LABOR; PERSONNEL; PUBLIC; STATE EMPLOYEES; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

Sponsors: Alston, Hawkins, Lopez, Ager, Ball, Belk, Buansi, Budd, Butler, Cervania, Clark, Colvin, Crawford, Dahle, F. Jackson, G. Brown, G. Pierce, Greenfield, Harrison, Helfrich, Jeffers, Johnson-Hostler, Liu, Logan, Longest

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 256

Short Title: Allow Public Employee Collective Bargaining. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Hawkins, Alston, Lopez, and T. Brown (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
March 3, 2025
*H256-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT REPEALING THE PROHIBITION ON PUBLIC EMPLOYEE COLLECTIVE 2
BARGAINING TO AFFORD PUBLIC EMPLOYEES THE SAME RIGHTS AS PRIVATE 3
SECTOR EMPLOYEES. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. Article 12 of Chapter 95 of the General Statutes is repealed. 6
SECTION 2. Article 10 of Chapter 95 of the General Statutes is amended by adding 7
a new section to read: 8
"§ 95-78.1. Public employment subject to this Article. 9
The provisions of this Article apply to all public employees and to all State and local 10
government employers in this State." 11
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law. 12

View North Carolina HB 256 on LegisTrack → — full text, sponsors, votes, campaign finance, and cross-state matches.