North Carolina 2025 Session Status: In Committee 6 D cosponsors

SB 294 — Budgeting Accountability and Transparency.

Last action — Passed 1st Reading

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 13, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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

Prognosis

Stalled 26% · 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.

  • 6 sponsors

    2 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (6 D).

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

The latest version of Senate Bill 294 has had minor updates to its text. Specifically, the wording related to the bill's filing date and reference numbers has been adjusted for clarity and consistency. These changes matter because they help to ensure that the bill is properly documented and can be easily referenced during legislative discussions, ultimately supporting better transparency and accountability in the budgeting process.

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FILED SENATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA Mar 13, 2025 S.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 294 Short Title:
294 SESSION 2025 PRINCIPAL CLERK S D SENATE BILL DRS45094-MHa-28A Short Title:Budgeting Accountability and Transparency.
Budgeting Accountability and Transparency.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INTRODUCE GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS BY AMENDING THE STATE BUDGET ACT TO INCREASE PUBLIC NOTICE AND PARTICIPATION AND BY REMOVING LEGISLATIVE CONFIDENTIALITY FOR CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS TO OR FROM LEGISLATORS REQUESTING BUDGET PROVISIONS OR FUNDS MADE.
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 17, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INTRODUCE GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS BY AMENDING THE STATE BUDGET ACT TO INCREASE PUBLIC NOTICE AND PARTICIPATION AND BY REMOVING LEGISLATIVE CONFIDENTIALITY FOR CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS TO OR FROM LEGISLATORS REQUESTING BUDGET PROVISIONS OR FUNDS MADE.
(1) Provide for a period of at least one week in which the public may provide comments virtually on the Act.
(1) Provide for a period of at least one week in which the public may provide comments virtuallyon the Act.
*DRS45094-MHa-28A* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all documents received from State agencies and from individual legislators to legislative employees or to other legislators documenting requests for provisions or funding in the Current Operations Appropriations Act, as defined in G.S.
*S294-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all documents received from State agencies and from individual legislators to legislative employees or to other legislators documenting requests for provisions or funding in the Current Operations Appropriations Act, as defined in G.S.
Page 2 DRS45094-MHa-28A
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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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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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"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

finance
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 294?
SB 294 is sponsored by Caleb Theodros (Democratic), Natalie S. Murdock (Democratic), Lisa Grafstein (Democratic), Val Applewhite (Democratic), Graig Meyer (Democratic), and Kandie D. Smith (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 294?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced March 13, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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