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 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
 SESSION 2025
-S 1
-SENATE BILL 294
+S D
+SENATE BILL DRS45094-MHa-28A
 
 Short Title: Budgeting Accountability and Transparency. (Public)
 Sponsors: Senators Meyer, Applewhite, and Grafstein (Primary Sponsors).
-Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
-March 17, 2025
-*S294-v-1*
+Referred to:
+
+*DRS45094-MHa-28A*
 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
 AN ACT TO INTRODUCE GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY INTO 2
 THE BUDGET PROCESS BY AMENDING THE STATE BUDGET ACT TO INCREASE 3
-PUBLIC NOTICE AND PA RTICIPATION AND BY R EMOVING LEGISLATIVE 4
-CONFIDENTIALITY FOR CERTAIN COMMUNICATIO NS TO OR FROM 5
+PUBLIC NOTICE AND PARTICIPATION AND BY REMOVING LEGISLATIVE 4
+CONFIDENTIALITY FOR CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS TO OR FROM 5
 LEGISLATORS REQUESTING BUDGET PROVISIONS OR FUNDS MADE. 6
 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 7
 SECTION 1.  Article 5 of Chapter 143C of the General Statutes is amended by adding 8
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 committees, or any other standing committees with areas of responsibility 26
 germane to provisions in the Act. 27
 (4) Provide a copy of the Act and the Committee Report described in 28
-G.S. 143C-5-5 to all legislators at lea st five legislative days prior to  any 29
+G.S. 143C-5-5 to all legislators at least five legislative days prior to  any 29
 budget adoption votes. 30
 (b) This section shall be considered and treated as a rule of pro cedure in the Senate and 31
 the House of Representatives unless provided otherwise by a rule of either house of the General 32
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 SECTION 2.  Article 17 of Chapter 120 of the General Statutes is amended by adding 34
 a new section to read: 35
 "§ 120-133.5.  Appropriations communications. 36
+FILED SENATE
+Mar 13, 2025
+S.B. 294
+PRINCIPAL CLERK
 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
-Page 2  Senate Bill 294-First Edition
+Page 2  DRS45094-MHa-28A
 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all documents received from State 1
 agencies and f rom individual legislators to legislative employees or to other legislators 2
 documenting requests for provisions or funding in the Current Operations Appropriations Act , 3
-as defined in G.S. 143C-1-1(d), are no longer confidential and become public records when t he 4
+as defined in G.S. 143C-1-1(d), are no longer confidential and become public records when the  4
 Current Operations Appropriations Act becomes law. 5
 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed  as a waiver of the common law 6
 attorney-client privilege nor of the common law work product doctrine with respect to legislators, 7