Weekly Update Legislative Brief
- June 19, 2026
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Legislative Update [June 2026]
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Legislative Update [May 2026]
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Legislative Update [April 2026]
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Legislative Update [March 2026]
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Legislative Update [February 2026]
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Legislative Update [January 2026]
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Legislative Update [December 2025]
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Legislative Update [November 2025]
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Legislative Update [October 2025]
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Legislative Update [September 2025]
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Legislative Update [August 2025]
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Legislative Update [July 2025]
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Legislative Update [June 27, 2025]
Approved Legislative Goals Package
Thank you for your county’s participation in the NCACC Legislative Goals process and in helping shape the legislative priorities for the upcoming 2025 session. During the 2024 NCACC Legislative Goals Conference, county leaders from across the state discussed and voted on 47 key proposals that will guide NCACC’s advocacy on state and federal issues impacting local governments. The conference provided an important platform for counties to have a unified voice in shaping policies that affect our communities. Click here to view the approved goals package.
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End of Session Report
The Association has released its final end of session report for the 2024 legislative short session that outlines the major legislative happenings and major developments with impact to counties. The full report is available here.
Budget Reports
Overview of 2024-25 House and Senate Budgets and Impact to Counties
This week, the House approved and released a 2024-25 budget, as talks between the House and Senate on a prenegotiated spending plan continue to stall. In response, on Thursday morning the Senate released its own, truncated, budget adjustment bill. That bill is expected to be voted upon early next week in the Senate.
The House’s $31.7 billion spending plan adjusts the 2024-25 budget passed last year by the General Assembly. Priorities in the House budget include additional funding for Opportunity Scholarship grants (funds available for private school tuition), increased teacher and state personnel raises, funding to childcare centers to offset expiring federal grants, and boosts in Medicaid provider rates. NCACC priorities incorporated in the budget include removal of the county match requirements in the Completing Access to Broadband programs, and additional K-12 public school capital funding via the lottery.
The Senate’s $31.4 billion budget adjustment does not provide additional raises for teachers or state employees or increases to lottery allocations to K-12 public school capital funds beyond those in already in place in last year’s budget agreement. The Senate budget also includes additional funding for Opportunity Scholarship grants, funding to childcare centers to offset expiring federal grants, and the removal of the county match requirement in the Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) program.
Senate leadership publicly signaled their intention to adjourn the 2024 short session by June 30. A final negotiated budget could be agreed upon by the House and Senate by then, or shortly thereafter, but it is also possible for negotiations to extend into late summer.
To read the full NCACC 2024-25 House and Senate Budgets report, click here.
2025-2026 Legislative Goals
Every two years, in the months preceding the long session of the North Carolina General Assembly, NCACC begins a grassroots process to develop our Association’s legislative goals, which guide our advocacy efforts at the state and federal levels of government. The process is designed to maximize participation by counties, build consensus among counties, and achieve a unified message on county priorities. View the 2025-2026 NCACC Legislative Goals Package. For an update on the 2025-2026 NCACC Legislative Goals, view the 2025 NCACC Legislative Goals Status Updates booklet created by the NCACC Advocacy and Policy Team.
The importance of participating in the legislative goals process cannot be overstated. When policymakers hear the same message from all 100 counties throughout our diverse state, the voice of each individual county becomes amplified. Counties are stronger together and our common purpose is enshrined in NCACC history and our vision statement, which states: “Empowering 100 counties to work together for the betterment of one state.”
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*Registered lobbyists
Kevin Leonard*
Executive Director
(919) 715-4369 Email Kevin Kevin Leonard
Serves as chief executive officer of the association and oversees all activities of the association. Provides day-to-day administrative oversight and coordinates advocacy, research, communications, member services and internal support functions.(919) 715-4369 Email Kevin Leonard
Joy Hicks*
Director of Advocacy and Policy
(919) 715-7654 Email Joy
Andrew Blackburn*
Government Relations Manager
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Tiffany Gladney*
Government Relations Manager
(919) 719-1112 Email Tiffany
Josh Lanier*
Government Relations Manager
(919) 719-1113 Email Josh