North Carolina 2025 Session Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 26 R · 3 D · 1 I cosponsors

HB 296 — Corn Farmer Recovery Act - Phase I.

Last action — Passed 1st Reading

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

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced March 05, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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

Odds of enactment

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Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 31 sponsors

    3 primary, 28 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 3 parties (26 R · 3 D · 1 I) — cross-party backing.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

109 added · 108 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the updated version of House Bill 296, additional language has been included to clarify the establishment of a 2024 Agricultural Disaster Corn Crop Loss Program specifically to help farmers who suffered corn losses due to agricultural disasters that occurred in 2024. This change emphasizes the program's purpose and eligibility criteria for financial assistance, ensuring that affected farmers can receive support. This matters because it directly addresses the needs of farmers impacted by disasters, aiding in their recovery and sustainability.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA H.B.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 296 Short Title:
296 Mar 5, 2025 SESSION 2025 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK H D HOUSE BILL DRH40190-NBa-110 Short Title:
Representative B.
Representatives B.
Jones.
Jones, Penny, Brisson, and Cairns (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A CORN FARMERS RECOVERY ACT AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House March 6, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A CORN FARMERS RECOVERY ACT AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE.
These funds and remaining funds from Section 5.9A(c)(2) of S.L.
These funds and remaining funds from Section *H296-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 5.9A(c)(2) of S.L.
2022-74 shall be used to assist *DRH40190-NBa-110* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 farmers in counties designated by the United States Department of Agriculture as agricultural disasters that occurred during 2024 in this State.
2022-74 shall be used to assist farmers in counties designated by the United States Department of Agriculture as agricultural disasters that occurred during 2024 in this State.
4 PART III.
5 PART III.
The Department may use up to one percent (1%) of funds allocated for the Program for administrative purposes.
The Department mayuse up to one percent (1%) of funds allocated for the Program for administrative purposes.
For purposes of this subsection, the term "eligibility date" refers to the date of the disaster set forth in the Secretarial declaration for the county in which the corn is located and for which verifiable losses are claimed.
For purposes of this subsection, the term "eligibility date" refers to the date of the disaster set forth in the Secretarial declaration for the countyin which the corn is located and for which verifiable losses are claimed.
(1) In determining the payment calculation for corn, the Department shall use a formula based on acreage, county loss estimates, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service averages, and any other measure the Department deems appropriate.
(1) In determining the payment calculation for corn, the Department shall use a formula based on acreage, countyloss estimates, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service averages, and any other measure the Department deems appropriate.
(2) The Department shall gather all claim information, except from those applicants granted a deadline extension, no later than 45 days after this section becomes law.
(2) The Department shall gather all claim information, except from those applicants granted a deadline extension, nolater than 45 days after this section becomes law.
In order to verify losses, the Department may require the submission of dated, signed, and continuous records.
In order to verify losses, the Page 2 House Bill 296-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 Department may require the submission of dated, signed, and continuous records.
These records Page 2 DRH40190-NBa-110 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 may include, but are not limited to, commercial receipts, settlement sheets, warehouse ledger sheets, pick records, load summaries, contemporaneous measurements, truck scale tickets, contemporaneous diaries, appraisals, ledgers of income, income statements of deposit slips, cash register tape, invoices for custom harvesting, u-pick records, and insurance documents.
These records may include, but are not limited to, commercial receipts, settlement sheets, warehouse ledger sheets, pick records, load summaries, contemporaneous measurements, truck scale tickets, contemporaneous diaries, appraisals, ledgers of income, income statements of deposit slips, cash register tape, invoices for custom harvesting, u-pick records, and insurance documents.
Financial assistance forfeited but not paid shall be collected by a civil action in the name oftheState, and the recipient shall paythe cost oftheaction.The Attorney General, at therequest oftheCommissionerof Agriculture,shall institutethe actionin the proper courtfor the collection of the award forfeited, including interest thereon.
Financial assistance forfeited but not paid shall be collected by a civil action in the name oftheState, and the recipient shall paythe cost oftheaction.
The AttorneyGeneral, at therequest oftheCommissionerof Agriculture,shall institutethe actionin the proper courtfor the collection of the award forfeited, including interest thereon.
DRH40190-NBa-110 Page 3
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Action History

  1. Passed 1st Reading

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

  3. Filed

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 28 co-sponsors · 148 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (28)

Not signed on (148)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 296?
HB 296 is sponsored by David Willis (Republican), Donna McDowell White (Republican), Bill Ward (Republican), Larry C. Strickland (Republican), Paul Scott (Republican), John Sauls (Republican), Dennis Riddell (Republican), Heather H. Rhyne (Republican), Amos L. Quick, III (Democratic), A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr. (Republican), Dante Pittman (Democratic), Charles W. Miller (Republican), Jeffrey C. McNeely (Republican), Nasif Majeed (U), Jarrod Lowery (Republican), Keith Kidwell (Republican), B. Ray Jeffers (Democratic), Frank Iler (Republican), Cody Huneycutt (Republican), Chris Humphrey (Republican), Edward C. Goodwin (Republican), Blair Eddins (Republican), Todd Carver (Republican), Campbell, Jerry "Alan" Branson (Republican), Brian Biggs (Republican), Jonathan L. Almond (Republican), Celeste C. Cairns (Republican), William D. Brisson (Republican), Howard Penny, Jr. (Republican), and Brenden H. Jones (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 296?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced March 05, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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