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S305 • 2025

Community Emergency Response Training.

Community Emergency Response Training.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Smith, Bradley, Grafstein
Last action
2025-03-20
Official status
Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
Effective date
2025-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Community Emergency Response Training.

Community Emergency Response Training.

What This Bill Does

  • Community Emergency Response Training.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-20 Senate

    Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

  2. 2025-03-20 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  3. 2025-03-18 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  4. 2025-03-18 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  5. 2025-03-17 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Community Emergency Response Training.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 305

Short Title: Community Emergency Response Training. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Smith, Bradley, and Grafstein (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 18, 2025
*S305-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO APPROPRIAT E FUNDS TO THE DEPAR TMENT OF PUBLIC SAFE TY, 2
DIVISION OF EMERGENC Y MANAGEMENT, FOR TH E COMMUNITY 3
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 6
Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management, the sum of three million dollars 7
($3,000,000) in recurring funds for the 2025 -2026 fiscal year to expand and promote the 8
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program and training. The Division shall also 9
use a portion of these funds to establish a new program or expand an existing program to work 10
with local community organizations to conduct training sessions and to develop outreach 11
strategies to encourage community participation in these training programs. 12
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 13