North Carolina 2025 Session Status: Enacted 4 R cosponsors

SB 484 — Clarify Tourism-Related Expenditures.

Last action — Signed by Gov. 6/22/2026

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 25, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Josh Stein (Democratic) on June 22, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    2 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (4 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill clarifies what counts as tourism-related expenditures.

This legislation defines specific categories of spending that are considered related to tourism. This helps ensure consistency and understanding in how tourism expenditures are categorized.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

95 added · 103 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of Senate Bill 484, the words "by their persons or by placing of vehicles" have been clarified to "by obstructing" without those additional details. Furthermore, there have been minor adjustments to spacing and formatting in the section about hindering or preventing actions like mass picketing. These changes may improve the readability of the bill and help ensure that its enforcement is clearer, which is important for understanding the boundaries of lawful assembly and protest actions.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 2 SENATE BILL 484 Judiciary Committee Substitute Adopted 4/29/25 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 S 1 SENATE BILL 484 Short Title:
Senators Moffitt, Daniel, and Britt (Primary Sponsors).
March 26, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED ANACTAMENDING WORKPLACEVIOLENCEPREVENTIONLAWSTOCOVERMASS PICKETING.
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 26, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED ANACTAMENDING WORKPLACEVIOLENCEPREVENTIONLAWSTOCOVERMASS PICKETING.
(2b) Obstruction.
(2b) Place of employment.
– A sustained or deliberate physical blockage that substantially and materially prevents ingress or egress and causes demonstrable disruption to operations or public safety.
(2c) Place of employment.
Willfully threatening, orally, in writing, or by any other means, to physically injure the employee or employer in a manner and under circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to believe that the *S484-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 threat is likely to be carried out and that actually causes the employee or employer to believe that the threat will be carried out.
Willfully threatening, orally, in writing, or by any other means, to physically injure the employee or employer in a manner and under circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to believe that the threat is likely to be carried out and that actually causes the employee or employer to believe that the threat will be carried out.
d.
*S484-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 d.
Page 2 Senate Bill 484-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 Upon a finding that the employer or employee has suffered unlawful conduct committed by the respondent, a permanent civil no-contact order may issue if the court additionally finds that process was properly served on the respondent, the respondent has answered the complaint and notice of hearing was given, or the respondent is in default.
Upon a finding that the employer or employee has suffered unlawful conduct committed by the respondent, a permanent civil no-contact order may issue if the court additionally finds that Page 2 Senate Bill 484-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 process was properly served on the respondent, the respondent has answered the complaint and notice of hearing was given, or the respondent is in default.
(c) If any provision of this Article is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, in whole or in part, the decision shall not affect the validity, enforceability, or applicability of the remaining provisions of this Article, which shall remain in full force and effect as iftheprovision held invalid, void, orunenforceablehadnot beenincluded.
(c) If any provision of this Article is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, in whole or in part, the decision shall not affect the validity, enforceability, or applicability of the remaining provisions of this Article, which shall remain in full force and effect as if the provision held invalid, void, or unenforceable had not been included." SECTION 2.
(d) Nothing in this Article shall apply to peaceful demonstrations, informational picketing, or labor activity protected by the National Labor Relations Act or by the North Carolina Constitution, including the right to assemble and protest, provided such activity does not involve violence, threats, or intentional obstruction of any place of employment's access points." SECTION 2.
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Action History

  1. Signed by Gov. 6/22/2026

  2. Ch. SL 2026-15

  3. Pres. To Gov. 6/19/2026

  4. Ratified

  5. Withdrawn From Com

  6. Placed on Today's Calendar

  7. Concurred In H Com Sub

  8. Ordered Enrolled

  9. Regular Message Sent To Senate

  10. Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub

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

  12. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

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

  14. Reptd Fav

  15. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  16. Added to Calendar

  17. Passed 2nd Reading

  18. Passed 3rd Reading

  19. Withdrawn From Com

  20. Re-ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  21. Passed 1st Reading

  22. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  23. Passed 2nd Reading

  24. Passed 3rd Reading

  25. Special Message Sent To House

  26. Special Message Received From Senate

  27. Reptd Fav

  28. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  29. Com Substitute Adopted

  30. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  31. Withdrawn From Com

  32. Re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  33. Passed 1st Reading

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

  35. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 175 not signed on · 15 voted No

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (175)

175 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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Votes

Amendment 8

Passed 26 Yea · 20 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 31201
Unaffiliated 4400
Republican 19403
Total 262004
% of votes cast 52%40%0%8%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Hunt — Yea
Krawiec — Yea
Perry — Yea
Bode — Nay
Marcus — Nay
Woodard — Nay
Proctor — Nay
P. Newton — Yea
Dan Blue Democratic Nay
DeAndrea Salvador Democratic Nay
Gale Adcock Democratic Nay
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Nay
Graig Meyer Democratic Nay
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Nay
Joyce Waddell Democratic Nay
Julie Mayfield Democratic Nay
Kandie D. Smith Democratic Yea
Lisa Grafstein Democratic Nay
Michael Garrett Democratic Not Voting
Mujtaba A. Mohammed Democratic Nay
Natalie S. Murdock Democratic Nay
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Yea
Sydney Batch Democratic Nay
Val Applewhite Democratic Yea
Amy S. Galey Republican Not Voting
Benton G. Sawrey Republican Yea
Bill Rabon Republican Yea
Bobby Hanig Republican Yea
Brad Overcash Republican Yea
Brent Jackson Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Nay
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Yea
David W. Craven, Jr. Republican Not Voting
Eddie D. Settle Republican Yea
Jake Johnson Republican Yea
Jim Burgin Republican Nay
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Lisa S. Barnes Republican Yea
Michael A. Lazzara Republican Yea
Michael V. Lee Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Paul Newton Republican Yea
Phil Berger Republican Yea
Ralph Hise Republican Yea
Steve Jarvis Republican Nay
Timothy D. Moffitt Republican Yea
Tom McInnis Republican Nay
Vickie Sawyer Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Not Voting
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 112 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 31003
Unaffiliated 24002
U 2000
Republican 55003
Total 112008
% of votes cast 93%0%0%7%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Autry — Yea
Gill — Yea
Harris — Yea
Lucas — Yea
Rudow — Yea
CharlesSmith — Yea
Staton-Williams — Yea
vonHaefen — Yea
Wray — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Cleveland — Yea
Crutchfield — Yea
Elmore — Yea
Faircloth — Yea
Lowery — Yea
Mills — Yea
Moore — Yea
Reeder — Yea
Saine — Yea
Sasser — Yea
CarsonSmith — Yea
Sossamon — Yea
Clemmons — Not Voting
Fontenot — Not Voting
F. Jackson — Yea
K. Baker — Yea
Abe Jones Democratic Yea
Allen Buansi Democratic Yea
Allison A. Dahle Democratic Yea
Amber M. Baker Democratic Yea
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Yea
B. Ray Jeffers Democratic Not Voting
Becky Carney Democratic Yea
Brandon Lofton Democratic Yea
Carolyn G. Logan Democratic Yea
Cecil Brockman Democratic Yea
Cynthia Ball Democratic Yea
Deb Butler Democratic Yea
Eric Ager Democratic Yea
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Yea
Gloristine Brown Democratic Yea
James Roberson Democratic Yea
Joe John Democratic Yea
Kanika Brown Democratic Yea
Laura Budd Democratic Yea
Lindsey Prather Democratic Yea
Marcia Morey Democratic Yea
Maria Cervania Democratic Yea
Mary Belk Democratic Yea
Pricey Harrison Democratic Yea
Renée A. Price Democratic Yea
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Yea
Sarah Crawford Democratic Yea
Shelly Willingham Democratic Yea
Terence Everitt Democratic Yea
Terry M. Brown Jr. Democratic Yea
Tim Longest Democratic Yea
Vernetta Alston Democratic Not Voting
Ya Liu Democratic Yea
Zack Hawkins Democratic Not Voting
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
Jerry "Alan" Branson 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 Not Voting
Kyle Hall Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mark Pless Republican Not Voting
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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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 484?
SB 484 is sponsored by Jim Burgin (Republican), Danny Earl Britt, Jr. (Republican), Warren Daniel (Republican), and Timothy D. Moffitt (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 484?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 25, 2025. Enacted.
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