HB 796 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

The Student Mental Health Line Awareness Act.

HB 796, the Student Mental Health Line Awareness Act, requires all North Carolina public schools serving grades 6-12 to print three specific suicide prevention contact numbers on new student identification cards. The mandated information includes the 988 Lifeline (call/text), Crisis Text Line (text HOME to 741741), and the NC Statewide Warmline (1-855-733-7762), displayed prominently on the ID. Schools must verify these numbers are current annually and use updated contact information. The bill applies to local school boards, charter schools, regional schools, and laboratory schools, but explicitly states it does not require issuing student IDs. It takes effect for the 2025-2026 school year.

Issues: ✓ Education ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Apr 7, 2025 Last action Apr 8, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 2 edits

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The bill text was reformatted and renumbered from a filed version to Edition 1, with minor formatting adjustments to spacing and line breaks. The substantive policy content regarding suicide safety numbers on student ID cards remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Header formatting was updated with new session information and bill identification numbers (DRH40437-NH-150A changed to H796-v-1). The sponsor list was expanded to include additional representatives and added a reference to the General Assembly website for a complete list.

Line numbers and indentation were adjusted throughout the document during the formatting update from filed version to Edition 1.

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Committee

Apr 8, 2025

Committee

Ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Health, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

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Apr 7, 2025

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3 primary · 27 co-sponsors