GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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HOUSE BILL 329

Short Title:      Tobacco and Hemp on Nonpublic School Grounds.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Cunningham, Lambeth, Potts, and Loftis (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 10, 2025

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to encourage nonpublic schools to prohibit the use of tobacco and hemp PRODUCTS on school grounds.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑551(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      All private church schools and all schools of religious charter are encouraged to do the following:

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(5) Tobacco and hemp products. – Adopt a policy to prohibit the use of tobacco and hemp products on school grounds, using the requirements of Article 29A of this Chapter as guidance for the policy."

SECTION 2. G.S. 115C‑559(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      All qualified nonpublic schools are encouraged to do the following:

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(5) Tobacco and hemp products. – Adopt a policy to prohibit the use of tobacco and hemp products on school grounds, using the requirements of Article 29A of this Chapter as guidance for the policy."

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.