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H331 • 2025

Adopt Official State Rice Festival.

Adopt Official State Rice Festival.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Miller, Lowery
Last action
2025-04-03
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Adopt Official State Rice Festival.

H331-SMCW-16(CSCW-4)-v-3 (2025-03-25): Adopt Official State Rice Festival.

What This Bill Does

  • H331-SMCW-16(CSCW-4)-v-3 (2025-03-25): Adopt Official State Rice Festival.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 331: Adopt Official State Rice Festival.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 331: Adopt Official State Rice Festival.
  • Committee: House State and Local Government.
  • If favorable, re -refer to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: March 25, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.
  • Miller, Lowery Prepared by: Michael Whitfield Committee Co-Counsel Analysis of: PCS to First Edition H331-CSCW-4 Kara McCraw Director *H331-SMCW-16(CSCW-4)-v-3* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-03 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-04-03 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-04-03 Senate

    Regular Message Received From House

  4. 2025-04-02 House

    Regular Message Sent To Senate

  5. 2025-04-01 House

    Passed 3rd Reading

  6. 2025-04-01 House

    Passed 2nd Reading

  7. 2025-03-31 House

    Placed On Cal For 04/01/2025

  8. 2025-03-31 House

    Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  9. 2025-03-31 House

    Reptd Fav

  10. 2025-03-25 House

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

  11. 2025-03-25 House

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  12. 2025-03-10 House

    Ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  13. 2025-03-10 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  14. 2025-03-06 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

H331-SMCW-16(CSCW-4)-v-3
(2025-03-25): Adopt Official State Rice Festival.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 2
HOUSE BILL 331
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/25/25

Short Title: Adopt Official State Rice Festival. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
March 10, 2025
*H331-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE THE NORTH CAROLINA R ICE FESTIVAL HELD AT THE 2
BRUNSWICK TOWN STATE HISTORIC SITE IN THE COMMUNITY OF WINNABOW 3
AS THE OFFICIAL RICE FESTIVAL OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. Chapter 145 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new 6
section to read: 7
"§ 145-52. State rice festival. 8
The North Carolina Rice Festival held the first weekend in March of every year at the 9
Brunswick Town State Historic Site in the community of Winnabow is adopted as the off icial 10
rice festival of the State of North Carolina." 11
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 12