S487 • 2025

Require Legislative Sponsors/Appropriations.

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Everitt, Grafstein
Last action: 2025-03-26
Official status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date: Not listed

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Require Legislative Sponsors/Appropriations.

What This Bill Does

Require Legislative Sponsors/Appropriations.

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Bill History

2025-03-26 Senate
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
2025-03-26 Senate
Passed 1st Reading
2025-03-25 Senate
Filed

Official Summary Text

Require Legislative Sponsors/Appropriations.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 487

Short Title: Require Legislative Sponsors/Appropriations. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Everitt (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 26, 2025
*S487-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT REQUIRING LEGISLATIVE SPONSORS FOR APPROPRIATIONS ENACTED BY 2
THE CURRENT OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS ACT. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 143C-1-2 reads as rewritten: 5
"§ 143C-1-2. Appropriations: constitutional requirement; reversions. 6
… 7
(a1) Legislative Sponsor Requi rement. – An appropriation enacted in the Current 8
Operations Appropriations Act shall not be legally valid unless (i) the appropriation is sponsored 9
by a member of the General Assembly and (ii) the name of the sponsoring legislator is stated in 10
the text of the appropriation. 11
…." 12
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 13