North Carolina 2023-2024 Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 2 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 237 — Ag Cost-Share Funds/French Broad.

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This bill died with 2023-2024 Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Senate Bill 237 clarifies the language regarding the report from the Department of Environmental Quality about impaired waterbodies. This change highlights the bill's goal to implement a pilot program aimed at helping farmers minimize the environmental effects of livestock grazing. This is important because it emphasizes support for agricultural practices while addressing environmental concerns, which could benefit both farmers and local ecosystems.

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FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA Mar 8, 2023 S.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2023 S 1 SENATE BILL 237 Short Title:
237 SESSION 2023 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS55015-MHa-52A Short Title:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO SUPPORT LIVESTOCK FARMERS IN THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER BASIN.
Appropriations/Base Budget March 9, 2023 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO SUPPORT LIVESTOCK FARMERS IN THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER BASIN.
– The General Assembly finds that farmer requests for funding from the Agriculture Cost Share Program managed by local Soil and Water Conservation Districts significantly exceeded appropriations in the 2022-2023 fiscal year, and that further protective actions are necessary in the Upper French Broad River basin to address bacterial contamination and sedimentation issues that contributed to the designation of 19 miles of that waterbody as impaired by the Department of Environmental Quality in 2022.
– The General Assembly finds that farmer requests for funding from the Agriculture Cost Share Program managed by local Soil and Water Conservation Districts significantly exceeded appropriations in the 2022-2023 fiscal year, and that further protective actions are necessary in the Upper French Broad River basin to address bacterial contamination and sedimentation issues that contributed to the designation of 19 miles of that waterbodyas impaired bythe Department of Environmental Quality in 2022.
The purpose of this act is to create a pilot program to assist farmers in reducing impacts from grazing livestock and mitigating the resulting bacteriological and sedimentation impacts on the Upper French Broad River.
The purpose of this act is to create a pilot program to assist farmers in reducingimpacts from grazing livestock and mitigating the resulting bacteriological and sedimentation impacts on the Upper French Broad River.
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

  2. Ref to Appropriations/Base Budget. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  3. Filed

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 237?
SB 237 is sponsored by Julie Mayfield (Democratic), Timothy D. Moffitt (Republican), and Kevin Corbin (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 237?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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