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S806 • 2025

No Budget, No Pay Act.

No Budget, No Pay Act.

Budget
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Grafstein, Bradley, Everitt, Batch, Chitlik, Garrett, Garson, Mayfield, Mohammed, Murdock, Salvador, Smith, Theodros
Last action
2026-05-06
Official status
Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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No Budget, No Pay Act.

No Budget, No Pay Act.

What This Bill Does

  • No Budget, No Pay Act.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-06 Senate

    Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

  2. 2026-05-06 Senate

    Withdrawn From Com

  3. 2026-04-22 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  4. 2026-04-22 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  5. 2026-04-21 Senate

    Filed

Official Summary Text

No Budget, No Pay Act.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 806

Short Title: No Budget, No Pay Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Grafstein, Bradley, and Everitt (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
April 22, 2026
*S806-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE TH AT THE SALARIES OF M EMBERS OF THE GENERA L 2
ASSEMBLY SHALL BE HELD IN ESCROW IF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS NOT 3
PASSED A BUDGET FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR BY JUNE 30, 2026. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. Holding Salaries in Escrow. – If, by midnight of June 30, 2026, the 6
presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the North Carolina General 7
Assembly have not ratified a Current Operations Appropriations Act for the 2026 -2027 fiscal 8
year, the Legislative Services Officer shall direct the General Assembly Controller to deposit in 9
an escrow account all compensation and allowances earned by or accruing to each member of 10
the General Assembly on or after July 1, 2026. 11
SECTION 2. Release of Funds. – The Controller shall release the funds held in 12
escrow pursuant to Section 1 of this act upon the earlier of the following events: 13
(1) The presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 14
North Carolina General Assembly ratify a Current Operations Appropriations 15
Act for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. 16
(2) Adjournment sine die of the 2025 North Carolina General Assembly. 17
SECTION 3. Appropriation. – There is appropriated from the General Fund to the 18
General Assembly the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 19
2026-2027 fiscal year for costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act. 20
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law. 21