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North CarolinaHB 11232025-2026 SessionHouseWALLET
AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES RELATED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND UPDATES TO STATUTES RELATED TO CONTRACTING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
Sponsored By: Dean Arp (Republican), Kelly E. Hastings (Republican), Donny Lambeth (Republican), Ray Pickett (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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7 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 5 mixed.
Tuition grants for NCSSM and Arts grads
Beginning with the 2026–2027 award year, the State gives tuition grants to graduates of the NC School of Science and Mathematics and the UNC School of the Arts. You must be a North Carolina resident for tuition, enroll full time the next year, and you can delay up to one year for military duty, serious medical issues, disability, or other hardship. Grants cover undergraduate tuition for up to eight academic terms. The State Education Assistance Authority runs the program, requires a FAFSA or other papers, and your school must certify you before payment. If you are not enrolled full time by the 10th class day, the school must refund the grant, and if funds fall short, awards are prorated; up to 5% may be used for administration.
UNC capital projects and bonds approved
The law funds selected UNC projects using non‑General Fund sources like gifts, grants, receipts, Medicare education reimbursements, and hospital patient revenues. Examples include NC State’s Cates West Phase I ($295 million) and UNC‑Chapel Hill’s New Residence Hall I ($141.2 million). Tuition and the General Fund are not used unless already allowed by statute. The UNC Board of Governors may issue special obligation bonds with Budget Director approval, up to each project’s listed amount plus 5% for costs and any increases the Director authorizes. The Budget Director may also change a project’s cost or funding method when it is in the State’s best interest.
Faster small UNC building contracts
The UNC Board of Governors runs design and construction for projects costing $4,000,000 or less. The Board may delegate to qualified campuses with required approvals, must use standard State contracts, and cannot split contracts to dodge the limit. UNC can award construction or repair contracts under $1,500,000 without following the usual bidding rules. State and community college capital projects under $1,500,000 are also exempt from that Article’s procedures. The Board files a yearly report on awards, including minority‑business participation.
Higher design‑seal and retainage thresholds
Repairs to most public buildings need an architect or engineer when they cost over $300,000; for UNC, the repair cutoff is $500,000. Work that affects life‑safety systems or has major structural changes needs sealed plans at $150,000 or more, and smaller jobs that do not touch life‑safety systems do not need a compliance certificate. The law raises the capital‑improvement definition to $150,000. Public owners cannot hold retainage on projects under $150,000; normal retainage rules still apply above that amount.
Fairer NCSSM admissions and residency
Starting with applications for the 2027–2028 school year, NCSSM applicants must be NC residents for tuition for at least 12 months or have a parent on active duty living in NC when they apply. A student’s eligibility ends after any school year in which they become a nonresident for tuition. Admissions and summer institutes aim to admit equal numbers from each congressional district without lowering standards. No district’s share may differ by more than 2.5 percentage points from the statewide district average.
More public projects follow contracting rules
Beginning June 19, 2026, smaller jobs that used to be exempt must follow the building contracting rules, including those under $300,000 (and UNC at $500,000). The same date, all building work done by a public entity must follow subsection (f1). Buying prefabricated or relocatable buildings is excluded when work happens off‑site, but any work done on the job site still follows the statute.
Limits on state funds in PPPs
Starting June 19, 2026, the law defines public‑private partnership projects and sets what they include. State agencies, including UNC campuses, cannot use State funds tied to a PPP project to support a non‑PPP capital or self‑liquidating project without a new law that allows it. The entity created under G.S. 116‑350.5 and the Department of Transportation are exempt from this limit.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Dean Arp
Republican • House
Kelly E. Hastings
Republican • House
Donny Lambeth
Republican • House
Ray Pickett
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Jonathan L. Almond
Republican • House
Vernetta Alston
Democratic • House
Mary Belk
Democratic • House
John R. Bell, IV
Republican • House
Brian Biggs
Republican • House
Jerry "Alan" Branson
Republican • House
Allen Buansi
Democratic • House
Laura Budd
Democratic • House
Grant L. Campbell, MD
Republican • House
Becky Carney
Democratic • House
Tracy Clark
Democratic • House
Mike Colvin
Democratic • House
Tricia Ann Cotham
Republican • House
Carla D. Cunningham
Independent • House
Frances Jackson, PhD
Democratic • House
Gloristine Brown
Democratic • House
Wyatt Gable
Republican • House
Zack Hawkins
Democratic • House
Chris Humphrey
Republican • House
Frank Iler
Republican • House
Jake Johnson
Republican • House
Keith Kidwell
Republican • House
Donnie Loftis
Republican • House
Carolyn G. Logan
Democratic • House
Tim Longest
Democratic • House
Nasif Majeed
Independent • House
Jeffrey C. McNeely
Republican • House
Marcia Morey
Democratic • House
Larry W. Potts
Republican • House
Lindsey Prather
Democratic • House
Heather H. Rhyne
Republican • House
Phil Rubin
Democratic • House
Terry M. Brown Jr.
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/17/2026
HB 1123: UNC Omnibus & Capital Contracting Law Changes.
Yes: 110 • No: 1 • Other: 6
Senate vote • 6/11/2026
HB 1123: UNC Omnibus and Capital Contracting Law Changes.
Yes: 40 • No: 0 • Other: 9
Senate vote • 6/10/2026
HB 1123: UNC Omnibus and Capital Contracting Law Changes.
Yes: 48 • No: 0 • Other: 2
House vote • 5/19/2026
HB 1123: UNC Omnibus and Capital Contracting Law Changes.
Yes: 117 • No: 1 • Other: 1
House vote • 5/19/2026
HB 1123: UNC Omnibus and Capital Contracting Law Changes.
Yes: 117 • No: 1 • Other: 1
House vote • 5/12/2026
HB 1123: UNC Omnibus & Capital Contracting Law Changes.
Yes: 113 • No: 0 • Other: 4
Actions Timeline
Ch. SL 2026-9
6/19/2026HouseSigned by Gov. 6/19/2026
6/19/2026HousePres. To Gov. 6/18/2026
6/18/2026HouseRatified
6/18/2026HouseOrdered Enrolled
6/17/2026HouseConcurred In S Com Sub
6/17/2026HouseAdded to Calendar
6/17/2026HouseCal Pursuant 36(b)
6/17/2026HouseRegular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
6/16/2026HouseRegular Message Sent To House
6/16/2026SenatePassed 3rd Reading
6/11/2026SenatePassed 2nd Reading
6/10/2026SenateReptd Fav
6/9/2026SenateRe-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
6/4/2026SenateReptd Fav
6/4/2026SenateRe-ref Com On Finance
6/3/2026SenateCom Substitute Adopted
6/3/2026SenateReptd Fav Com Substitute
6/3/2026SenateRef to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Finance. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
5/21/2026SenatePassed 1st Reading
5/21/2026SenateRegular Message Received From House
5/21/2026SenateRegular Message Sent To Senate
5/20/2026HouseOrdered Engrossed
5/19/2026HousePassed 3rd Reading
5/19/2026HouseAmend Adopted A1
5/19/2026House
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