North Carolina 2025 Session Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 9 R · 4 D · 2 I cosponsors

HB 819 — DIT Agency Bill.

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This bill has passed the House. Introduced April 07, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

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    Sponsored across 3 parties (9 R · 4 D · 2 I) — cross-party backing.

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In the latest version of House Bill 819, some definitions were clarified and the purpose of the North Carolina Longitudinal Data System was reinforced. Specifically, the unique student identifier (UID) now explicitly includes those assigned by various educational institutions, not just public schools. Additionally, the bill emphasizes the system's role in facilitating the exchange of data between educational agencies, which is important for improving educational outcomes and workforce planning. These changes matter because they help ensure that all students, regardless of their educational background, are accounted for in state data systems, enhancing overall educational tracking and analysis.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 2 HOUSE BILL 819 Committee Substitute Favorable 6/24/25 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 819 Short Title:
Representatives Johnson, Blackwell, Hawkins, and Winslow (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
April 9, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES RELATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, BROADBAND FUNDING, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House April 9, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHANGES SECTION 1.1.(a) G.S.
NC LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEM SECTION 1.1.
143B-1320(b) reads as rewritten:
Chapter 116E of the General Statutes reads as rewritten:
"(b) Exemptions.
"Chapter 116E.
– Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the provisions of this Chapter do not apply to the following entities:
"Education North Carolina Longitudinal Data System.
the General Assembly, the Judicial Department, and The University of North Carolina and its constituent institutions.
"§ 116E-1.
institutions, and the State Highway Patrol.
Definitions.
These entities may elect to participate in the information technology programs, services, or contracts offered by the Department, including information technology procurement, in accordance with the statutes, policies, and rules of the Department.
(1) "Center" means the Center.
The election must be made in writing, as follows:
– The Governmental Data Analytics Center as established in Part 8 of Article 15 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes.
(1) For the General Assembly, by the Legislative Services Commission.
(1a) CJIS.
(2) For the Judicial Department, by the Chief Justice.
– The federal Criminal Justice Information Systems in 28 C.F.R.
(3) For The University of North Carolina, by the Board of Governors.
Part 20.
(4) For the constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina, by the respective boards of trustees.
(2) "De-identified data" means a De-identified data.
(5) For the State Highway Patrol, by the Commander of the State Highway Patrol." SECTION 1.1.(b) Section 38.4 of S.L.
– A data set in which parent and student identity information, including the unique student identifier and student social security number, has been removed.
2023-134 reads as rewritten:
(3) "FERPA" means the FERPA.
"SECTION 38.4.(a) In accordance with G.S.
– The federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C.
143B-1325(c)(13), and notwithstanding any other provision of Article 15 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes to the contrary, the State Highway Patrol, the State Bureau of Investigation, Investigation and the Division of Emergency Management within the Department of Public Safety shall continue to be entirely exempt from any and all information technology oversight by the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Information Technology.
§ 1232g.
The State Highway Patrol, the State Bureau of Investigation, and the Division of Emergency Management shall initiate a pilot project where those divisions the division shall be deemed as a separate, stand-alone entities entity within the Department of Public Safety in all matters related to information technology, and each the division shall autonomously manage their its own respective information technology infrastructure and all associated services without oversight from the Department of Information Technology or the Department of Public Safety.
(3a) HIPAA.
Exemption from information technology oversight includes, but is not limited to, the following:
– The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
*H819-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 … "SECTION 38.4.(b) This section expires on June 30, 2025.2027." SECTION 1.1.(c) G.S.
(3b) IDEA.
143B-1325(c) reads as rewritten:
– The federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C.
"(c) Participating Agencies.
§§ 1400, et seq.
– The State CIO shall prepare detailed plans to transition each of the participating agencies.
(3c) Public school.
As the transition plans are completed, the following participating agencies shall transfer information technology personnel, operations, projects, assets, and appropriate funding to the Department of Information Technology:
– As defined in G.S.
… (13) Department of Public Safety, with the exception of the following:
115C-5(7a).
(4) "Student data" means data Student data.
– Data relating to student performance.
Student data includes State and national assessments, course enrollment and completion, grade point average, remediation, retention, degree, diploma or credential attainment, enrollment, discipline records, and demographicdata.Studentdatadoesnotincludejuveniledelinquencyrecords, criminal records, and medical and health records.
(5) "System" means the System.
– The North Carolina Longitudinal Data System.System, including components referred to as the North Carolina Longitudinal Data Service.
*H819-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (6) "Unique Student Identifier" or "UID" means the Unique Student Identifier or UID.
– The identifier assigned to each student by one of the following:
State Bureau of Investigation.
A local school administrative unit public school based on the identifier system developed by the Department of Public Instruction.
Repealed by Session Laws 2024-57, s.
An institution of higher education, nonpublic school, or other State agency operating or overseeing an educational program, if the student has not been assigned an identifier by a local school administrative unit.public school.
3E.1(v), effective December 11, 2024.
(7) "Workforce data" means data Workforce data.
– Data relating to employment status, wage information, geographic location of employment, and employer information.
"§ 116E-2.
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Purpose of the North Carolina Longitudinal Data System.
(a) TheNorth Carolina LongitudinalDataSystem is a statewidedatasystem that contains individual-level student data and workforce data from all levels of education and the State's workforce.
The purpose of the System is to do the following:
(1) Facilitate and enable the exchange of student data among agencies and institutions within the State.
(2) Generate timely and accurate information about student performance that can be used to improve the State's education system and guide decision makers at all levels.
(3) Facilitate and enable the linkage of student data and workforce data.
(b) The linkage of student data and workforce data for the purposes of the System shall be limited to no longer than five years from the later of the date of the student's completion of secondary education or the date of the student's latest attendance at an institution of higher education in the State.
… "§ 116E-4.
Powers and duties of the Center.
(a) The Center shall have the following powers and duties with respect to the System:
… (4) Before the use of any individual data in the System, the Center shall do the following:
a.
Create and publish an inventory of the individual student data proposed to be accessible in the System and required to be reported by State and federal education mandates.System.
b.
Develop and implement policies to comply with FERPA FERPA, IDEA, HIPAA, CJIS, the Internal Revenue Code, and any other privacy measures, measures relevant to data available to the System, as required by law or the Center.
Division of Emergency Management.
Develop a detailed data security and safeguarding plan that includes the following:
The State CIO shall ensure that State agencies' operations are not adversely impacted under the State agency information technology consolidation." PART II.
1.
CHANGES TO THE BROADBAND POLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM SECTION 2.1.
Authorized access and authentication for authorized access.
Section 38.10 of S.L.
2.
2021-180, as amended by Section 16.4 of S.L.
Privacy compliance standards.
2022-6, reads as rewritten:
3.
"BROADBAND ACCELERATION … "SECTION 38.10.(b) The Broadband Pole Replacement Program (hereinafter "Program") is hereby established for the purpose of speeding and facilitating the deployment of broadband service to individuals, businesses, agricultural operations, and community access points in unserved areas by reimbursing a portion of eligible pole replacement costs incurred by communications service providers.
Privacy and security audits.
A communications service provider who pays or incurs the costs of removing and replacing an existing pole pole, or placing facilities underground to better protect the critical infrastructure from natural disasters, in connection with a qualified project may apply to the Department for reimbursement in an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of eligible pole replacement costs paid or incurred by the applicant or ten thousand dollars ($10,000), whichever is less, for each pole replaced.replaced or, in the case of placing facilities underground, fifty percent (50%) of such costs.
4.
… "SECTION 38.10.(g) A pole owner shall promptly review a request for access, perform surveys, provide estimates and final invoices, and complete, or require the completion by other attaching entities of, any make-ready work necessary for purposes of offering broadband service in an unserved area.
Breach notification and procedures.
A pole owner shall provide a good-faith estimate for any make-ready costs to the communications service provider within 60 days after receipt of a complete application for access.
5.
If requested by the communications service provider, the pole owner shall provide accompanying documentation indicating the basis of all estimated fees or other charges, including, but not limitedto, administrative costs,that form thebasis of its estimate.A good-faith estimate shall remain valid for 14 days.
Data retention and disposition policies.
To accept a good-faith estimate, a communications service provider must provide the pole owner with written acceptance and payment of the good-faith estimate.
(5) Oversee routine and ongoing compliance with FERPA FERPA, IDEA, HIPAA,CJIS, the Internal RevenueCode, andotherrelevant privacylawsand policies.
Make-ready work shall be conditioned upon payment of the good-faith estimate and shall be completed within a reasonable time frame mutually agreed to by the communications service provider and the pole owner.
(6) Ensure that any contracts that govern databases that are outsourced to private vendors include express provisions that safeguard privacy and security and include penalties for noncompliance.
A pole owner may treat multiple requests from a single communications service provider as one application for access when the requests are filed within 90 days of one another.
Page 2 House Bill 819-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (7) Designate a standard and compliance time line for electronic transcripts that includes the use of UID to ensure the uniform and efficient transfer of student data between local school administrative units and institutions of higher education.
A pole owner may deviate from the time limits specified in this subsection during performance of make-ready work for good and sufficient cause that renders it infeasible to complete make-ready work within the time limits specified in this subsection.
(8) Review research requirements and set policies for the approval of data requests from State and local agencies, the General Assembly, and the public.
Any deviation from the time limits specified in this subsection shall extend for a Page 2 House Bill 819-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 period no longer than necessary.
(9) Establish an advisorycommittee on data qualityto advise the Center on issues related to data auditing and tracking to ensure data validity.
A communications service provider shall promptly be notified, in writing, of the reason for a deviation and the new completion date estimate.
(b) The Center shall adopt rules according to Chapter 150B of the General Statutes as provided in G.S.
A communications service provider shall provide notice, in writing, to the pole owner no later than 14 days after attaching equipment to a pole in an unserved area.
116E-6 to implement the provisions of this Article.
This subsection shall not applyto poles owned by a utility.
(c) The Center shall report annually to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, and the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technologybeginning July1, 2019.
"SECTION38.10.(h) A partysubject to adispute arising under subsection(g) ofthis section may invoke the dispute procedures authorized in G.S.
The report shall include the following:
62-350 in the same manner as a party seeking resolution of a dispute under G.S.
(1) An update on the implementation of the System's activities.
62-350(c), and the Utilities Commission shall issue a final order resolving the dispute within 120 days of the date the proceedings were initiated;
(2) Any proposed or planned expansion of System data.
provided, however, the Commission may extend the time for issuance of a final order for good cause and with the agreement of all parties.
(3) Any other recommendations made by the Center, including the most effective and efficient configuration for the System.
In such a dispute, the Commission shall apply the provisions of this section notwithstanding any contrary provisions of any existing agreement.
"§ 116E-5.
This subsection shall not apply to poles owned by a utility.
North Carolina Longitudinal Data System.
"SECTION 38.10.(i) No later than 60 days after the date funds are appropriated to the Program special fund, and on a quarterly basis thereafter, the Department shall maintain and publish on its website all of the following:
(a) There is created the North Carolina Longitudinal Data System.
(1) The number of applications for reimbursement received, processed, and rejected, including the reasons applications were rejected.
The System shall be located administrativelywithin the Department of Public Instruction but shall exercise its powers and duties independently of the Department of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education.Information Technology.
(2) The amount of each reimbursement, the total number of reimbursements, and the status of any pending reimbursements.
(b) The System shall allow users to do the following:
(3) The estimated remaining balance in the Program special fund.
(1) Effectively organize, manage, disaggregate, and analyze individual student and workforce data.
"SECTION 38.10.(j) The following definitions apply in this section:
(2) Examine student progress and outcomes over time, including preparation for postsecondary education and the workforce.
… (4) Eligible pole replacement cost.
(c) The System shall be considered an authorized representative of the Department of Public Instruction, The University of North Carolina, and the North Carolina System of Community Colleges under applicable federal and State statutes for purposes of accessing and compiling student record data for research purposes.
– The actual and reasonable costs paid or incurred by a party after June 1, 2021, to (i) remove and replace a pole, including the amount of any expenditures to remove and dispose of the existing pole, purchase and install a replacement pole, and transfer any existing facilities to the new pole.
(d) The System shall perform the following functions and duties:
pole or (ii) place facilities, including lines, conduit, and related equipment, underground to better protect the critical infrastructure from natural disaster.
(1) Serve as a data broker for the System, including data maintained by the following:
The term includes costs paid or incurred by the party responsible for the costs of a pole replacement to reimburse the party that performs the pole replacement.
The term does not include costs that the party incurs initially that have been reimbursed to the party by another party ultimately responsible for the costs.
(5) Pole.
– Any pole used, wholly or partly, for any wire communications or electric distribution, irrespective of who owns or operates the pole.pole, including poles owned by a utility.
(6) Pole owner.
– A city or cooperatively organized entity that owns utility poles.
(7) Qualified project.
– A project undertaken by a communications service provider that is not affiliated with a pole owner seeking to provide or, due to natural disaster or other force majeure event, restore, temporarily or permanently, qualifyinginternet access service on a retail basis to one or more households, businesses, agricultural operations, or community access points in an unserved or underserved area.
The project may be affiliated with a cooperativelyorganizedentitythatownsutilitypolesbutshallnotbeaffiliated with a city that owns utility poles.
A pole owner whose affiliate seeks reimbursement for a qualified project shall not pass through the costs for which reimbursement is sought to unaffiliated communications service providers and shall schedule and perform all work in a nondiscriminatory fashion.
… House Bill 819-Second Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (9) Unserved area.
– An area in which, according to the most recent map of fixed broadband internet access service made available by the Federal Communications Commission, fixed, terrestrial broadband service at speeds ofat least 25 megabits perseconddownloadandat least 3megabits persecond upload is unavailable at the time the communications service provider requests access.
An unserved area also includes an area that was previously served but has become unserved due to damage or destruction by a natural disaster.
A pole or underground installation shall be presumed to be located in an unserved area if the pole is located in an area that is the subject of a federal or State grant to deploy broadband service, the conditions of which limit the availability of a grant to unserved areas.areas or, in the case of a damaged or destroyed facility, was in such an area when the facility was originally constructed.
(10) Utility.
– As defined by 47 U.S.C.
§ 224.
…." SECTION 2.2.
This Part is effective when it becomes law.
Funds encumbered for expenses incurred as of June 1, 2021, prior to the effective date of this Part shall remain eligible for reimbursement.
PART III.
BROADBAND FUND FLEXIBILITY SECTION 3.1.
G.S.
143B-1373.2 is repealed.
SECTION 3.2.
G.S.
143B-1374 is repealed.
SECTION 3.3.(a) The Department of Information Technology shall use funds appropriated for the Growing Rural Economies with Access to Technology program for fixed wireless and satellite broadband grants, established in G.S.
143B-1373.2, to award grants to eligible entities to purchase installation materials for satellite internet service.
Installation materials and internet service must be for the grantee's own use and not for distribution to other parties.
No portion of funds granted under this section shall be used for internet service subscriptions.
The Department shall prioritize grant applicants that operate in one of the 39 counties designated as a disaster area due to Hurricane Helene.
The Department may also give priority to grantees that offer emergency services, disaster relief, educational services, or economic development.
SECTION 3.3.(b) For the purposes of this section, an eligible entity is one of the following:
(1) A State agency.
(2) A local government entity.
(3) A volunteer fire department.
(4) An anchor point, as that term is defined in G.S.
117-18.1(d)(1).
SECTION 3.4.(a) The Department of Information Technology may provide emergency funding to communications service providers to rebuild, repair, or replace broadband infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Helene, including reimbursement of costs already incurred for rebuilding, repairing, or replacing broadband infrastructure, provided that all of the following apply:
(1) An applicant for funding under this section shall only be permitted to recover costs that are not subject to reimbursement from another source of external funding, including insurance.
(2) The Department may cap reimbursement at a portion of the costs incurred based upon evaluation of considerations such as the number of applications anticipated compared to funds available.
(3) Priority shall be given to restoration of broadband service.
Page 4 House Bill 819-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 SECTION 3.4.(b) The Department mayuse up to fiftymillion dollars ($50,000,000) of the funds available from the Broadband Make Ready Accelerator appropriation in S.L.
2021-180 for the emergency funding described in subsection (a) of this section.
Funds shall be used in compliance with applicable federal guidelines associated with the use of federal funds.
The Department may use its emergency procurement authority provided in 09 NCAC 06B .1302 to procure any goods or services in accordance with this section and shall document the request for funding, the emergencysituation or need, the area to be served, and the community's need for the procurement.
SECTION 3.5.
Section 38.15 of S.L.
2021-180, as enacted by Section 16.1(a) of S.L.
2022-6, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION38.15.
Exceptasotherwiseprovided, providedandaftertheintentoftheoriginal appropriation has been satisfied to the extent practicable, the Department of Information Technology shall have flexibility to transfer funding between the programs outlined in Section 38.4, Section 38.5, and Section 38.6 38.6, and Sections 38.10(b) through (k) of this act, so long as the total allocations for the programs remain the same.act." PART IV.
BEAD DEPLOYMENT CHANGES SECTION 4.1.
Section 10.2 of S.L.
2024-55 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 10.2.(a) Definitions.
– As used in this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) BEAD.
– Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment.
(2) Broadband service.
– For the purposes of this section, a terrestrially deployed mass-market retail service by wire or radio that provides the capability to transmit data to and receive data from all or substantially all internet endpoints, including any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the operationofthecommunicationsservice,butexcludingdial-upinternetaccess service.
… (8) Extremely high cost per location threshold.
– A BEAD subsidy cost per location above which the Office may decline to select a proposal if use of an alternative technology meeting the BEAD Program's technical requirements is necessitated by the fact that selection of an eligible project proposing to provision service via end-to-end fiber-optic facilities to each end-user premises would be cost prohibitive.
The Office will develop a methodology for calculating this threshold in a manner that maximizes use of the best availabletechnologywhileensuringthattheprogram can, at aminimum, meet the prioritization requirements.
The Office will post the methodology for public comment before implementation.
The Office shall not, unless it is determined that it does not have sufficient funding to select each highest-scoringapplicationin theinitial rounddescribedin this section,utilize the extremely high cost per location threshold in the initial round.
… (14) Low-cost broadband service option.
– A broadband service offered to low-income households that meets the eligibility requirements for the federal Affordable Connectivity Program, or similar replacement program, in the project area for at least the length of time defined by federal requirements.
A low-cost broadband service option must be made available and include the following elements:As defined in the IIJA and as interpreted by any subsequent guidance issued by NTIA.
Provide typical download speeds of at least 100 Mbps and typical upload speeds of at least 20 Mbps.
The Department of Public Instruction.
House Bill 819-Second Edition Page 5 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 b.
b.
Provide typical latency measurements of no more than 100 milliseconds.
Local boards of education, local school administrative units, public schools, and charter schools.
Not be subject to nongovernmental imposed surcharges and be subject only to the same acceptable use policies to which subscribers to all other broadband internet access service plans offered to home subscribers by the participating subgrantee must adhere.
The University of North Carolina and its constituent institutions.
Shall be offered at a price that does not exceed the highest price listed in the FCC's 2024 Urban Rate Survey data for Fixed Broadband Service for a service offering in North Carolina that provides a download speed of 100 Mbps, upload speed of 20 Mbps, and an unlimited capacity allowance.
The Community Colleges System Office and local community colleges.
The price may be adjusted by the subgrantee based on the Consumer Price Index, as defined by the UnitedStatesBureauofLaborStatistics,beginningwithanadjustment inthefirstnewcalendar yearafterthedateofenactmentofthissection.
In the event the provider later increases the speeds of one of its low-cost plans, it will permit eligible subscribers that are subscribed to that plan to upgrade to those new speeds at no more than a commensurate change in cost.
The North Carolina Independent College and Universities, Inc., and private colleges or universities.
… (20) Reliable broadband service.
f.
– Terrestrial-based broadband service (i) with ninety-five percent (95%) of latency measurements during testing windows falling at or below 100 milliseconds round-trip time and (ii) which is designed to ensure that network outages should not exceed, on average, 48 hours over any 365-day period except in the case of natural disasters or other force majeure occurrences.
Nonpublic schools serving elementary and secondary students.
Locations served exclusively by satellite, terrestrial fixed wireless services utilizing entirely licensed spectrum, using a hybrid of licensed and unlicensed spectrum, or a technology not specified by the FCC for purposes of its Broadband DATA Maps do not meet the definition of "reliable broadband service" and will be considered "unserved" for the purposes of determining eligible locations.As defined in the IIJA and as interpreted by any subsequent guidance issued by NTIA.
g.
(21) Secretary.
The Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security.Commerce.
– The Secretary of Information Technology.
h.
(22) Subgrantee.
The Department of Revenue.
– An eligible recipient who receives BEAD funds for an eligible project.
i.
(23) Underserved.
The Department of Health and Human Services.
– A BSL that has access to reliable broadband service equal to or greater than 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload but less than 100 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload.
j.
Unless otherwise determined by the Department based on competent findings of fact, locations that the FCC's Broadband DATA Maps show to have available qualifying broadband service delivered via (i) DSLor (ii) terrestrial fixed wireless services utilizing entirely licensed spectrum, or using a hybrid of licensed and unlicensed spectrum, shall be considered "underserved" for the purpose of determining eligible locations.As defined in the IIJA and as interpreted by any subsequent guidance issued by NTIA.
The Department of Labor.
(24) Unserved.
House Bill 819-First Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (2) Ensure routine and ongoing compliance with FERPA, IDEA, HIPAA, CJIS, the Internal Revenue Code, and other relevant privacy laws and policies, including the following:
– A BSL that does not have access to reliable broadband service with transmission speeds of at least 25 Mbps download and at least 3 Mbps upload.As defined in the IIJA and as interpreted by any subsequent guidance issued by NTIA.
a.
… "SECTION 10.2.(j) Competitive Subgrantee Selection Process.
The required use of de-identified data in data research and reporting.
– The Office shall implement a competitive subgrantee selection process that conforms with published regulations Page 6 House Bill 819-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 and guidelines underthe BEADProgram underthe IIJA.Applications receiving thehighest score shall receive priority status for the awarding of subgrants pursuant to this section.
b.
As a means of breaking a tie for applications receiving the same score, the Office shall give priority to the application proposing to serve the highest number of new unserved and underserved locations.
The required disposition of information that is no longer needed.
Applications shall be scored on an objective 100-point scale that is published prior to the submission of applications for subgrants.
c.
The Office shall determine whether or not a subgrantee has the capacity to perform multiple projects and shall not be required to award multiple projects to a prequalified subgrantee that has failed to demonstrate its ability to perform.
Providing data security, including the capacity for audit trails.
…." PART V.
d.
LIFELINE SERVICE PROVIDERS SECTION 5.1.
Providing for performance of regular audits for compliance with data privacy and security standards.
Article 3 of Chapter 62 of the General Statutes is amended byadding a new section to read:
e.
"§ 62-30.1.
Implementing guidelines and policies that prevent the reporting of other potentially identifying data.
Designating telecommunications carriers;
(3) Facilitate information and data requests for State and federal education reporting with existing State agencies as appropriate.
rules.
(4) Facilitate approved public information requests.
(a) Notwithstanding G.S.
(5) DevelopaprocessforobtaininginformationanddatarequestedbytheGeneral Assembly and Governor of current de-identified data and research.
62-3(23)j.
(e) Use of data accessible through the System shall be regulated in the following ways:
or G.S.
(1) Direct access to data shall be restricted to authorized staff of the System.
62-30, the Utilities Commission may, solely upon petition of any provider or reseller of mobile radio communications service, designate the petitioning provider or reseller of mobile radio communications service as an eligible telecommunications carrier pursuant to 47 C.F.R.
(2) Only de-identified data shall be used in the analysis, research, and reporting conducted by the System.
§ 54.201 for purposes of providing Lifeline service.
(3) The System and recipients of data in fulfillment of approved data requests shall only use aggregate aggregated data in the release of data in reports and in response to data requests.public reports.
The Commission may adopt rules to effectuate the purposes of this section.
(4) Datathat maybeidentifiablebasedon thesizeoruniqueness ofthe population under consideration shall not be reported in any form by the System.
(b) Nothing in this section shall confer upon the Utilities Commission any regulatory jurisdiction over providers or resellers of mobile radio communications service that have been previously designated as eligible telecommunications carriers for purposes of providing Lifeline service prior to the enactment of this section." PART VI.
(5) The System shall not release information that may not be disclosed under FERPA, IDEA, HIPAA, CJIS, the Internal Revenue Code, and other relevant privacy laws and policies.
EFFECTIVE DATE SECTION 6.1.
(6) Individual or personally identifiable data accessed through the System shall not be a public record under G.S.
132-1.
(f) The System may receive funding from the following sources:
(1) State appropriations.
(2) Grants or other assistance from local school administrative units, public schools, community colleges, constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina, or private colleges and universities.
(3) Federal grants.
(4) Any other grants or contributions from public or private entities received by the System.
(g) Ownership of all data collected and maintained by the System remains with the contributors to the System.
Management and disclosure of data by the System does not change ownership of the data.
"§ 116E-6.
Data sharing.
(a) Local school administrative units, Public schools, charter schools, community colleges, constituent institutions of The University of North Carolina, and State agencies shall do all of the following:
(1) Comply with the data requirements and implementation schedule for the System as set forth by the Center.
(2) Transfer student data and workforce data to the System in accordance with the data security and safeguarding plan developed by the Center under G.S.
116E-5.
Page 4 House Bill 819-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (b) Private colleges and universities, the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, Inc., and nonpublic schools may transfer student data and workforce data to the System in accordancewith thedatasecurityandsafeguardingplandeveloped underG.S.
116E-5.
(c) All data sharing supported by the System shall comply with all applicable federal and State data and data privacy laws and regulations." 7 PART II.
CYBERSECURITY/DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION SECTION 2.1.(a) Findings.
– The General Assembly finds that it is in the best interest of the State for the Department of Information Technology to lead the State's cybersecurity efforts comprehensively rather than having State agencies handle cybersecurity individually in a fragmentary way.
SECTION 2.1.(b) Funding.
– For the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, of the funds available in the Information Technology Reserve, the Department of Information Technology may use up to the sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) each fiscal year to enhance Department capabilities with respect to each of the following areas, and the funds are hereby appropriated for that purpose:
(1) Continuation of cybersecurity projects funded in S.L.
2023-134.
(2) State agency adherence to plans and policies related to cybersecurity incident, security alert, advisory response, security awareness, and agency cybersecurity training protocols.
(3) Monitoring and ensuring State agencyadherence to risk assessment policyfor identification and remediation of critical security vulnerabilities, including, but not limited to, significant cybersecurity incidents.
(4) Review of State agency incident response plans to ensure security standards are met with respect to cybersecurity incidents.
SECTION 2.2.
For the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, of the funds available in the Information Technology Reserve, the sum of three million eight hundred thousand dollars ($3,800,000) in each fiscal year may be used by the Department of Information Technology to support the further development and integration of the NC HealthConnex system, and the funds are hereby appropriated for that purpose.
Funds shall be used to develop new technical integrations and reconnections between health care provider electronic health record systems and NC HealthConnex.
SECTION 2.3.
G.S.
143B-1378 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B-1378.
Assessment of agency compliance with cybersecurity standards.plans and standards;
reporting requirements.
At a minimum, the State CIO shall annually assess the ability of each State agency, and each agency's contracted vendors, to comply with the current cybersecurity enterprise-wide set of standards established pursuant to this section.
The assessment shall include, at a minimum, the rate of compliance with the enterprise-wide security standards and an assessment of security organization, security practices, security information standards, network security architecture, and current expenditures of State funds for information technology security.
The assessment of a State agency shall also estimate the initial cost to implement the security measures needed for agencies to fully comply with the standards as well as the costs over the lifecycle of the State agency information system.
Each State agency shall submit information required by the State CIO for purposes of this assessment.
The State CIO shall include the information obtained from the assessment in the State Information Technology Plan.
The State CIO shall consider an agency's noncompliance with cybersecurityplans and standards when reviewing agency requests under Parts 3 and 4 of this Article." SECTION 2.4.(a) The General Assembly finds that it is in the best interests of the State for the Department of Information Technology (Department) to assess duplication in enterprise information technology spending across State agencies to identify opportunities for House Bill 819-First Edition Page 5 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 cost-savings and increased efficiency in information technology resource allocation.
Reducing redundancy in information technology spending will enhance fiscal responsibility and improve coordination of information technology functions across State government.
SECTION 2.4.(b) During the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the Department shall select a third-party vendor to assist in a comprehensive assessment of enterprise information technology spending across all State agencies to determine areas of duplication and inefficiency.
The assessment shall include at least all of the following:
(1) Cybersecurity tools and licenses.
(2) Enterprise software licenses.
(3) Information technology staffing allocations and roles.
(4) Cloud computing services.
(5) Other information technology services and contracts deemed necessary for evaluation.
State agencies shall provide all data, reports, and assistance requested by the Department to facilitate the assessment described in this subsection.
The Department may issue requests for information and proposals as needed to evaluate potential consolidation strategies, cost-saving measures, and improved information technology coordination.
SECTION 2.4.(c) On or before October 1, 2026, the Department shall submit a report to the Office of State Auditor, the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology, and the Fiscal Research Division detailing the following:
(1) Any findings on duplicative information technology spending.
(2) Recommendations for eliminating redundancies and optimizing information technology spending.
(3) An analysis of potential cost-savings and strategies for implementation.
(4) Any legislative or administrative actions necessary to support consolidation efforts.
SECTION 2.5.
To assist in the Department's responsibilityto monitor budgetingand accounting of expenditures for information technology, operations, services, projects, infrastructure, and assets for State agencies pursuant to G.S.
143B-1335, the Office of State Budget and Management and the Office of the State Controller shall establish information technology-specific fund codes within each State agency's existing budget codes no later than December 1, 2025.
The State CIO shall work with the Office of State Controller and the Office of State Budget and Management to develop an implementation plan and shall submit the plan to theJointLegislativeOversight Committeeon Information TechnologyandtheFiscal Research Division on or before September 1, 2026.
SECTION 2.6.
G.S.
143B-1330 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B-1330.
Planning and financing State information technology resources.
(a) The State CIO shall develop policies for agencyinformation technologyplanning and financing.
Agencies shall prepare and submit such plans as required in this section, as follows:
… (2) The State CIO shall develop a biennial State Information Technology Plan (Plan), including, but not limited to, the use of cloud-based utility computing for use by State agencies.(Plan).
(3) The State CIO shall develop one or more strategic plans for information technology.
The State CIO shall determine whether strategic plans are needed for any agency and shall consider an agency's operational needs, functions, and capabilities when making such determinations.
(b) Based on requirements identified during the strategic planning process, the Department shall develop and transmit to the General Assembly the biennial State Information Technology Plan in conjunction with the Governor's budget of each regular session.
The Plan shall include the following elements:
Page 6 House Bill 819-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 … (6) As part of the plan, the State CIO shall develop and periodically update a long-range State Information Technology Plan that forecasts, at a minimum, the needs of State agencies for the next 10 years.
(c) Each participating agency shall actively participate in preparing, testing, and implementing an information technology plan required under subsection (b) of this section.
Separate agencies shall prepare biennial information technology plans, including the requirements listed in subsection (b) of this section, and transmit these plans to the Department by a date determined by the State CIO in each even-numbered year.
Agencies shall provide all financial information to the State CIO necessary to determine full costs and expenditures for information technology assets and resources provided by the agencies or through contracts or grants.
The Department shall consult with and assist State agencies in the preparation of these plans;
shall provide appropriate personnel or other resources to the participating agencies and to separate agencies upon request.
Plans shall be submitted to the Department by a date determined by the State CIO in each even-numbered year." SECTION 2.7.(a) G.S.
115C-150.11(c), as enacted by Section 3J.1(a) of S.L.
2024-57, reads as rewritten:
"(c) Administrative Support.
– The Department of Administration shall provide support to each school in matters related to finance, human resources, and procurement, including excluding for information technology.
Each school shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Administration with regard to this support.
No civil liabilityshall attach to the Department of Administration, or to anyof its employees, individually or collectively, for any acts or omissions of a school." SECTION 2.7.(b) This section becomes effective July 1, 2025.
PART III.
EFFECTIVE DATE SECTION 3.1.
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  1. Special Message Sent To Senate

  2. Special Message Received From House

  3. Passed 1st Reading

  4. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  5. Amend Adopted A1

  6. Passed 2nd Reading

  7. Passed 3rd Reading

  8. Ordered Engrossed

  9. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  10. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  11. Placed On Cal For 06/25/2025

  12. Withdrawn From Com

  13. Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  14. Passed 1st Reading

  15. Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  16. Filed

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Votes

M11 Not Concur Sen. Amd. 1

Passed 102 Yea · 15 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 211300
Unaffiliated 25200
U 2000
Republican 54003
Total 1021503
% of votes cast 85%13%0%3%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Autry — Yea
Clemmons — Yea
Gill — Yea
Harris — Yea
Lucas — Yea
CharlesSmith — Yea
Staton-Williams — Yea
Wray — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Cleveland — Yea
Crutchfield — Yea
Elmore — Yea
Faircloth — Yea
Fontenot — Yea
Hardister — Yea
Lowery — Yea
Mills — Yea
Moore — Yea
Reeder — Yea
Saine — Yea
Sasser — Yea
CarsonSmith — Yea
Sossamon — Yea
Rudow — Nay
vonHaefen — Nay
F. Jackson — Yea
K. Baker — Yea
Abe Jones Democratic Yea
Allen Buansi Democratic Yea
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Nay
Amber M. Baker Democratic Yea
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Yea
B. Ray Jeffers Democratic Nay
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Brandon Lofton Democratic Yea
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Nay
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Nay
Eric Ager Democratic Nay
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gloristine Brown Democratic Yea
James Roberson Democratic Yea
Joe John Democratic Yea
Kanika Brown Democratic Nay
Laura Budd Democratic Nay
Lindsey Prather Democratic Nay
Marcia Morey Democratic Nay
Maria Cervania Democratic Yea
Mary Belk Democratic Nay
Pricey Harrison Democratic Nay
Renée A. Price Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Yea
Sarah Crawford Democratic Nay
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Terence Everitt Democratic Nay
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Yea
Tim Longest Democratic Yea
Vernetta Alston Democratic Yea
Ya Liu Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Yea
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. Republican Yea
Allen Chesser Republican Yea
Ben T. Moss, Jr. Republican Yea
Bill Ward Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Yea
Brian Biggs Republican Yea
Celeste C. Cairns Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Chris Humphrey Republican Yea
David Willis Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Destin Hall Republican Yea
Diane Wheatley Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donnie Loftis Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Dudley Greene Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Erin Paré Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jake Johnson Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jeff Zenger Republican Yea
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Yea
Jennifer Balkcom Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John R. Bell, IV Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Yea
Joseph Pike Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Yea
Matthew Winslow Republican Yea
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Neal Jackson Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Not Voting
Ray Pickett Republican Not Voting
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Steve Tyson Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Not Voting
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea
Nasif Majeed U Yea

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Second Reading

Passed 93 Yea · 26 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 142000
U 2000
Unaffiliated 21600
Republican 56001
Total 932601
% of votes cast 78%22%0%1%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Gill — Yea
Lucas — Yea
CharlesSmith — Yea
Wray — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Cleveland — Yea
Crutchfield — Yea
Elmore — Yea
Faircloth — Yea
Fontenot — Yea
Hardister — Yea
Lowery — Yea
Mills — Yea
Moore — Yea
Reeder — Yea
Saine — Yea
Sasser — Yea
CarsonSmith — Yea
Sossamon — Yea
Autry — Nay
Clemmons — Nay
Harris — Nay
Rudow — Nay
Staton-Williams — Nay
vonHaefen — Nay
F. Jackson — Yea
K. Baker — Yea
Abe Jones Democratic Nay
Allen Buansi Democratic Nay
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Yea
Amber M. Baker Democratic Yea
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Nay
B. Ray Jeffers Democratic Yea
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Brandon Lofton Democratic Nay
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Nay
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Nay
Deb Butler Democratic Nay
Eric Ager Democratic Nay
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gloristine Brown Democratic Nay
James Roberson Democratic Yea
Joe John Democratic Yea
Kanika Brown Democratic Nay
Laura Budd Democratic Nay
Lindsey Prather Democratic Nay
Marcia Morey Democratic Nay
Maria Cervania Democratic Nay
Mary Belk Democratic Nay
Pricey Harrison Democratic Nay
Renée A. Price Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Nay
Sarah Crawford Democratic Nay
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Terence Everitt Democratic Nay
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Yea
Tim Longest Democratic Nay
Vernetta Alston Democratic Yea
Ya Liu Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Yea
A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. Republican Yea
Allen Chesser Republican Yea
Ben T. Moss, Jr. Republican Yea
Bill Ward Republican Yea
Brenden H. Jones Republican Yea
Brian Biggs Republican Yea
Celeste C. Cairns Republican Yea
Charles W. Miller Republican Yea
Chris Humphrey Republican Yea
David Willis Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Yea
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Destin Hall Republican Yea
Diane Wheatley Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donnie Loftis Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Dudley Greene Republican Yea
Edward C. Goodwin Republican Yea
Erin Paré Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Howard Penny, Jr. Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jake Johnson Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Yea
Jeff Zenger Republican Yea
Jeffrey C. McNeely Republican Yea
Jennifer Balkcom Republican Yea
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John R. Bell, IV Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Yea
Joseph Pike Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Karl E. Gillespie Republican Yea
Keith Kidwell Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Yea
Matthew Winslow Republican Yea
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Yea
Neal Jackson Republican Yea
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Ray Pickett Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Yea
Steve Tyson Republican Yea
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
Tricia Ann Cotham Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Not Voting
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Yea
Nasif Majeed U Yea

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Who sponsors HB 819?
HB 819 is sponsored by David Willis (Republican), Bill Ward (Republican), Brian Turner (Democratic), Paul Scott (Republican), Ray Pickett (Republican), Jeffrey C. McNeely (Republican), Nasif Majeed (U), Jordan Lopez (Democratic), Chris Humphrey (Republican), Carla D. Cunningham (U), Terry M. Brown Jr. (Democratic), Matthew Winslow (Republican), Zack Hawkins (Democratic), Hugh Blackwell (Republican), and Jake Johnson (Republican).
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