North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H1100: Construction Support Act.
Status: In committee, April 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to establish the community college construction workforce program and to appropriate funds for that purpose, to create the construction materials producer incentive grant program and to appropriate funds for that purpose, to require the building code council and the residential code council to update the north carolina state building code to allow portland-limestone cement and nationally recognized cement substitutes, and to appropriate funds to the department of information technology to provide grants to local governments for the establishment of e-permitting sys…
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE PROGRAM AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE, TO CREATE THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PRODUCER INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE, TO REQUIRE THE BUILDING CODE COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTIAL CODE COUNCIL TO UPDATE THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BUILDING CODE TO ALLOW PORTLAND-LIMESTONE CEMENT AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CEMENT SUBSTITUTES, AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF E-PERMITTING SYSTEMS. Whereas, the General Assembly finds that rises in housing costs stem primarily from bottlenecks in labor and materials; and Whereas, the most effective way to reduce housing costs in North Carolina is to reduce these bottlenecks; and Whereas, investments in construction training, material production, and permitting modernization will strengthen North Carolina's economy, enhance housing affordability, and promote regional equity in growth; Now, therefore, The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: PART I. COMMUNITY COLLEGE CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE PROGRAM SECTION 1.(a) Program Established. - There is established the Community College Construction Workforce Program (Program). The purpose of the Program is to provide funds to community colleges in the State to establish credentialing programs for high-demand construction trades. For the purposes of this section, "high-demand construction trades" include electricians, plumbers, carpenters, roofers, HVAC (heating, ventilation, …