GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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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

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT requiring legislative sponsors for appropriations enacted by the current operations appropriations act.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 143C‑1‑2 reads as rewritten:

"§ 143C‑1‑2.  Appropriations: constitutional requirement; reversions.

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(a1) Legislative Sponsor Requirement. – An appropriation enacted in the Current Operations Appropriations Act shall not be legally valid unless (i) the appropriation is sponsored by a member of the General Assembly and (ii) the name of the sponsoring legislator is stated in the text of the appropriation.

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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.