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H47 • 2025

Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I.

Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I.

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Sponsor
Greene, Bell, Almond, Balkcom, Biggs, Blackwell, Branson, Butler, Cairns, Campbell, Chesser, Clampitt, Cohn, Cotham, Eddins, Gillespie, K. Hall, Harrison, Humphrey, Huneycutt, Iler, Johnson, B. Jones, Kidwell, Liu, Loftis, Logan, McNeely, Miller, Morey, Moss, Penny, Pickett, Potts, Pyrtle, Reeder, Riddell, Ross, Scott, Setzer, Carson Smith, Strickland, Turner, Tyson, Ward, Warren, Wheatley, White, Willis, Winslow
Last action
2025-03-20
Official status
Ch. SL 2025-2
Effective date
2025-03-19

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-20 North Carolina General Assembly

    Ch. SL 2025-2

  2. 2025-03-19 North Carolina General Assembly

    Signed by Gov. 3/19/2025

  3. 2025-03-19 North Carolina General Assembly

    Pres. To Gov. 3/19/2025

  4. 2025-03-19 North Carolina General Assembly

    Ratified

  5. 2025-03-19 House

    Ordered Enrolled

  6. 2025-03-19 Senate

    Conf Report Adopted

  7. 2025-03-18 House

    Conf Report Adopted

  8. 2025-03-18 House

    Added to Calendar

  9. 2025-03-18 House

    Conf Com Reported

  10. 2025-03-18 Senate

    Conf Com Reported

  11. 2025-03-13 Senate

    Conf Com Appointed

  12. 2025-03-11 House

    Conf Com Appointed

  13. 2025-03-11 House

    Failed Concur In S Com Sub

  14. 2025-03-10 House

    Placed On Cal For 03/11/2025

  15. 2025-03-10 House

    Cal Pursuant 36(b)

  16. 2025-03-06 House

    Regular Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub

  17. 2025-03-06 Senate

    Regular Message Sent To House

  18. 2025-03-05 Senate

    Engrossed

  19. 2025-03-05 Senate

    Passed 3rd Reading

  20. 2025-03-05 Senate

    Passed 2nd Reading

  21. 2025-03-05 Senate

    Amend Adopted A5

  22. 2025-03-05 Senate

    Amend Adopted A4

  23. 2025-03-05 Senate

    Amend Adopted A3

  24. 2025-03-05 Senate

    Amend Adopted A2

  25. 2025-03-05 Senate

    Amend Adopted A1

  26. 2025-03-04 Senate

    Com Substitute Adopted

  27. 2025-03-04 Senate

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  28. 2025-03-03 Senate

    Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

  29. 2025-03-03 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  30. 2025-02-26 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  31. 2025-02-26 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  32. 2025-02-26 Senate

    Regular Message Received From House

  33. 2025-02-26 House

    Regular Message Sent To Senate

  34. 2025-02-25 House

    Ordered Engrossed

  35. 2025-02-25 House

    Passed 3rd Reading

  36. 2025-02-25 House

    Passed 2nd Reading

  37. 2025-02-25 House

    Amend Adopted A1

  38. 2025-02-18 House

    Placed On Cal For 02/25/2025

  39. 2025-02-18 House

    Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  40. 2025-02-18 House

    Reptd Fav

  41. 2025-02-12 House

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

  42. 2025-02-12 House

    Reptd Fav

  43. 2025-02-11 House

    Re-ref Com On Appropriations

  44. 2025-02-11 House

    Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  45. 2025-02-05 House

    Ref to the Com on House Select Committee on Helene Recovery, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  46. 2025-02-05 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  47. 2025-02-04 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

H47-SMBB-80(sl)-v-4
(2025-09-25): Sec. 2F.1: Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program
H47-SMBC-112(sl)-v-4
(2025-09-15): Sec. 5.11: Extend the Time-Limited Removal of Barriers to Allow Retirees of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System and the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System to Return to Work on a Part-Time, Temporary, or Interim Basis
H47-SMBE-50(sl)-v-8
(2025-09-30): Sec. 2G.1: School Extension Learning Recovery Program
H47-SMBG-30(sl)-v-10
(2025-09-19): Subpart II-A: Disaster Recovery Appropriation, Transfer, and Programs
H47-SMBG-31(sl)-v-4
(2025-09-19): Sec. 5.6: Funeral Establishment Exemption Waiver
H47-SMBR-2(e2)-v-2
(2025-02-12): Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I.
H47-SMBR-3(e2)-v-3
(2025-02-17): Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I.
H47-SMBR-70(sl)-v-6
(2025-10-01): Subpart II-D: Agricultural Crop Loss Program
H47-SMBR-71(sl)-v-5
(2025-09-19): Subpart II-B: Close Out Operations Provide Emergency Relief
H47-SMCC-57(sl)-v-2
(2025-09-08): Sec. 5.10: Utility Emergency Authority
H47-SMCC-58(sl)-v-4
(2025-09-10): Sec. 5.2: Facilitate Permanent Installation of Broadband Infrastructure
H47-SMCJ-73(sl)-v-6
(2025-09-19): Sec. 5.12: Delay 2024 North Carolina State Building Code Effective Date.
H47-SMCV-86(sl)-v-8
(2025-09-09): Sec. 5.3: Allow Use of Inmates to Clean up Debris on Public Roads and Roadsides
H47-SMCV-95(sl)-v-4
(2025-09-19): Subpart II-C: Private Road and Bridge Repair and Replacement Program
H47-SMCW-2(CSNBa-1)-v-6
(2025-02-11): Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I.
H47-SMCW-70(sl)-v-6
(2025-09-22): Sec. 5.4: Purchases by Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters
H47-SMCW-72(sl)-v-5
(2025-09-19): Sec. 5.1: Extension of Expiration Dates for Certain Regulatory Requirements
H47-SMDC-48(sl)-v-5
(2025-09-25): Sec. 5.9: Extend Quality Improvement Plan Flexibility
H47-SMNB-3(CSNBa-4)-v-2
(2025-03-04): Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I.
H47-SMRN-77(sl)-v-9
(2025-09-22): Sec. 5.7: Reconstruction of Nonconforming Residential Structures
H47-SMRQ-74(sl)-v-5
(2025-09-23): Sec. 5.8: School Calendar Flexibility and School Nutrition Compensation
H47-SMSU-50(sl)-v-5
(2025-09-25): Sec. 5.5 Department of Transportation Third-party Administrator for Federal Emergency Management Agency and Federal Highway Administration Reimbursements
H47-SMTQ-87(sl)-v-6
(2025-09-19): Part III: Extension of State of Emergency