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H125 • 2025

Continuing Budget Operations.

Continuing Budget Operations.

Budget Children Education Elections Healthcare Labor Taxes Technology
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This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Lambeth, Paré, K. Hall, White
Last action
2025-08-06
Official status
Ch. SL 2025-89
Effective date
2025-07-01

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Bill History

  1. 2025-08-06 North Carolina General Assembly

    Ch. SL 2025-89

  2. 2025-08-06 North Carolina General Assembly

    Signed by Gov. 8/6/2025

  3. 2025-08-01 North Carolina General Assembly

    Pres. To Gov. 8/1/2025

  4. 2025-07-31 North Carolina General Assembly

    Ratified

  5. 2025-07-30 House

    Ordered Enrolled

  6. 2025-07-30 House

    Conf Report Adopted

  7. 2025-07-29 House

    Placed On Cal For 07/30/2025

  8. 2025-07-29 House

    Cal Pursuant Rule 44(d)

  9. 2025-07-29 House

    Conf Com Reported

  10. 2025-07-29 Senate

    Conf Report Adopted

  11. 2025-07-29 Senate

    Placed on Today's Calendar

  12. 2025-07-29 Senate

    Conf Com Reported

  13. 2025-06-30 Senate

    Conf Com Appointed

  14. 2025-06-26 House

    Conf Com Appointed

  15. 2025-06-26 House

    Failed Concur In S Com Sub

  16. 2025-06-26 House

    Added to Calendar

  17. 2025-06-26 House

    Withdrawn From Com

  18. 2025-06-24 House

    Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  19. 2025-06-24 House

    Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub

  20. 2025-06-24 Senate

    Special Message Sent To House

  21. 2025-06-24 Senate

    Engrossed

  22. 2025-06-24 Senate

    Passed 3rd Reading

  23. 2025-06-24 Senate

    Passed 2nd Reading

  24. 2025-06-24 Senate

    Amend Tabled A7

  25. 2025-06-24 Senate

    Amend Tabled A6

  26. 2025-06-24 Senate

    Amend Tabled A5

  27. 2025-06-24 Senate

    Amend Tabled A4

  28. 2025-06-24 Senate

    Amend Adopted A3

  29. 2025-06-24 Senate

    Amend Adopted A2

  30. 2025-06-24 Senate

    Amend Adopted A1

  31. 2025-06-23 Senate

    Com Substitute Adopted

  32. 2025-06-23 Senate

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  33. 2025-06-23 Senate

    Sequential Referral To Rules and Operations of the Senate Stricken

  34. 2025-06-18 Senate

    Re-ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  35. 2025-06-18 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  36. 2025-03-19 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  37. 2025-03-19 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  38. 2025-03-19 Senate

    Regular Message Received From House

  39. 2025-03-19 House

    Regular Message Sent To Senate

  40. 2025-03-18 House

    Passed 3rd Reading

  41. 2025-03-18 House

    Passed 2nd Reading

  42. 2025-03-17 House

    Placed On Cal For 03/18/2025

  43. 2025-03-17 House

    Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  44. 2025-03-17 House

    Reptd Fav

  45. 2025-03-11 House

    Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  46. 2025-03-11 House

    Reptd Fav

  47. 2025-03-04 House

    Re-ref Com On Commerce and Economic Development

  48. 2025-03-04 House

    Reptd Fav

  49. 2025-02-21 House

    Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Commerce and Economic Development, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  50. 2025-02-21 House

    Withdrawn From Com

  51. 2025-02-17 House

    Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  52. 2025-02-17 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  53. 2025-02-13 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

H125-SMBC-116(sl)-v-3
(2025-09-26): Sec. 2B.11: Charity Care Exemption for Certain Qualified Urban Ambulatory Surgical Facilities
H125-SMBE-65(sl)-v-2
(2025-09-23): Sec. 2A.8: Maintain Coverage of Copays for Reduced-Price School Meals
H125-SMBR-69(sl)-v-10
(2025-10-07): Sec. 2C.1: Sunday Opening State Historic Site Pilot Program
H125-SMCC-59(sl)-v-2
(2025-09-09): Sec. 4.2: Changes to the Broadband Pole Replacement Program
H125-SMCC-60(sl)-v-2
(2025-09-09): Sec. 4.3: Broadband Fund Flexibility
H125-SMCC-61(sl)-v-3
(2025-09-09): Sec. 4.4: BEAD Deployment Changes
H125-SMCC-62(sl)-v-2
(2025-09-09): Sec. 4.5: Lifeline Service Providers
H125-SMCH-39(sl)-v-5
(2025-10-07): Sec. 2E.3: State Board of Elections Exempt Positions/Funds
H125-SMCW-4(e1)-v-3
(2025-03-04): Adopt Official State Star.
H125-SMNI-3(CCSMH-2)-v-6
(2025-07-29): Continuing Budget Operations.
H125-SMSV-88(sl)-v-7
(2025-10-08): Sec. 2B.12: Gross Premium Tax Offset Changes
H125-SMTG-11(e1)-v-6
(2025-03-20): Adopt Official State Star.
H125-SMTG-7(e1)-v-2
(2025-03-11): Adopt Official State Star.
H125-SMTM-54(sl)-v-11
(2025-09-09): Sec. 4.1: Department of Information Technology Changes
H125-SMTQ-90(sl)-v-4
(2025-09-22): Sec. 2E.2: Division of Accountability, Value, and Efficiency