North Carolina 2025 Session Status: In Committee 6 D cosponsors

SB 746 — Study Automation and the Workforce.

Last action — Passed 1st Reading

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 25, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

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Prognosis

Stalled 26% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    2 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (6 D).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

16 added · 17 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Senate Bill 746, a few changes have been made to clarify the establishment of a Study Committee focused on automation and its effects on low-income workers. The rephrasing helps ensure that at least one member representing the minority party is appointed to the committee. These adjustments matter because they aim to create a more inclusive and representative decision-making body that can address the impacts of automation on various sectors, including education and vocational training.

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FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA Mar 25, 2025 S.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 746 Short Title:
746 SESSION 2025 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS15268-LR-107A Short Title:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE STUDY COMMITTEE ON AUTOMATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 26, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE STUDY COMMITTEE ON AUTOMATION AND THE WORKFORCE.
(1) Automation during the twentieth century resulted in new job opportunities for some, but it also rendered other jobs obsolete, affecting many low-income workers.
(1) Automation during the twentieth centuryresulted in new job opportunities for some, but it also rendered other jobs obsolete, affecting many low-income workers.
(3) A comprehensive review of the current and future effects of automation on the State's workforce will provide government officials, and education and business leaders, with the information and insight necessary to guide the State toward mitigating negative effects of automation on workers.
(3) A comprehensive review of the current and future effects of automation on the State's workforce will provide government officials, and education and business leaders, with the information and insight necessaryto guide the State toward mitigating negative effects of automation on workers.
– Thereis establishedtheStudy Committee on Automation and the Workforce (Committee).
– Thereis establishedtheStudyCommittee on Automation and the Workforce (Committee).
(4) Two persons who are members of the House of Representatives at the time of appointment, at least one of whom represents the minority party, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(4) Two persons who are members of the House of Representatives at the time of appointment, at least one of whom represents the minorityparty, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
*DRS15268-LR-107A* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (2) The Commissioner of Labor.
*S746-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (2) The Commissioner of Labor.
(2) How factors such as educational opportunity gaps, geographical location, urban and rural disparities, social inequities, and income levels or any other relevant factors affect the displacement of low-income workers by automation particularly as they affect workers facing systemic barriers to economic opportunity, including but not limited to low-income, rural, and historically marginalized populations.
(2) How factors such as educational opportunity gaps, geographical location, urban and rural disparities, social inequities, and income levels or any other relevant factors affect the displacement of low-income workers byautomation particularly as they affect workers facing systemic barriers to economic opportunity, including but not limited to low-income, rural, and historically marginalized populations.
(3) The education, training, and retraining requirements, and other skills development, that will be necessary to help low-income workers adapt to automation through the early, middle, and later years of employment to avoid or defer job displacement, in collaboration with institutions of higher education, communitycolleges, vocational trainingcenters, and private-sector partners.
(3) The education, training, and retraining requirements, and other skills development, that will be necessary to help low-income workers adapt to automation through the early, middle, and later years of employment to avoid or defer job displacement, in collaboration with institutions of higher education, communitycolleges, vocationaltrainingcenters, and private-sector partners.
Page 2 DRS15268-LR-107A General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 All voting members shall be appointed for a term of two years.
Page 2 Senate Bill 746-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 All voting members shall be appointed for a term of two years.
Any advice recommending a change to a policy, rule, or law shall be accompanied by a specific policy or legislative proposal and the estimated cost of implementing the change.
Anyadvice recommending a change to a policy, rule, or law shall be accompanied by a specific policy or legislative proposal and the estimated cost of implementing the change.
DRS15268-LR-107A Page 3
Senate Bill 746-First Edition Page 3
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

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

  3. Filed

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 173 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (173)

173 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 746?
SB 746 is sponsored by Joyce Waddell (Democratic), Mujtaba A. Mohammed (Democratic), Caleb Theodros (Democratic), Natalie S. Murdock (Democratic), DeAndrea Salvador (Democratic), and Kandie D. Smith (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 746?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 25, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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