North Carolina 2025 Session Status: In Committee 2 R cosponsors

SB 390 — Project Newsletter.

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 24, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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

Prognosis

Stalled 18% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

10 added · 11 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Senate Bill 390, a minor change was made regarding the wording of a section. The language "that is now" was retained, ensuring that the bill's requirements apply to currently established entities under North Carolina law. This refinement helps clarify the bill's intent and reinforces accountability for those entities, ensuring that they understand their responsibilities moving forward.

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FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA Mar 24, 2025 S.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 390 Short Title:
390 SESSION 2025 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS55016-ST-18A Short Title:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ENSURE COMPETITION AND LOWER COSTS FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICES BY UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 25, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ENSURE COMPETITION AND LOWER COSTS FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICES BY UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
(c) It shall be the duty of any officer, department, board, local school administrative unit, or commission entering into such contract to keep a record of all informal bids submitted, and such record shall not be subject to public inspection until the contract has been awarded.
(c) It shall be the dutyof any officer, department, board, local school administrative unit, or commission entering into such contract to keep a record of all informal bids submitted, and such record shall not be subject to public inspection until the contract has been awarded.
Any public or municipal officer or board created by or existing under the laws of this State that is now or may hereafter be authorized by law to enter into contracts for the publication of legal advertisements is hereby authorized to pay therefor prices not exceeding said rates.pay in accordance with the contract entered into under G.S.
Any public or municipal officer or board created byor existing under the laws of this State that is now or may hereafter be authorized by law to enter into contracts for the publication of legal advertisements is hereby authorized to pay therefor prices not exceeding said rates.pay in accordance with the contract entered into under G.S.
(b) No newspaper in this State shall accept or print any legal advertising until said newspaper shall have first filed with the clerk of the superior court of the county in which it is *DRS55016-ST-18A* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 published a sworn statement of its current commercial rate for the several classes of advertising regularly carried by said publication, and any owner or manager of a newspaper violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor." SECTION 3.
(b) No newspaper in this State shall accept or print any legal advertising until said newspaper shall have first filed with the clerk of the superior court of the county in which it is *S390-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 published a sworn statement of its current commercial rate for the several classes of advertising regularly carried by said publication, and any owner or manager of a newspaper violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor." SECTION 3.
Page 2 DRS55016-ST-18A
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

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

  3. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 177 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (177)

177 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 390?
SB 390 is sponsored by Kevin Corbin (Republican) and Jim Burgin (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 390?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 24, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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