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 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
 SESSION 2025
-H 1
-HOUSE BILL 1153
+H D
+HOUSE BILL DRH40686-MHa-144A
 
 Short Title: Budgeting Accountability and Transparency. (Public)
-Sponsors: Representatives Butler, Harrison, Morey, and Price (Primary Sponsors).
-For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
-Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
-May 4, 2026
-*H1153-v-1*
+Sponsors: Representative Butler.
+Referred to:
+
+*DRH40686-MHa-144A*
 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
 Assembly." 33
 SECTION 2.  Article 17 of Chapter 120 of the General Statutes is amended by adding 34
 new section to read: 35
+"§ 120-133.5.  Appropriations communications. 36
+H.B. 1153
+Apr 30, 2026
+HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
-Page 2  House Bill 1153-First Edition
-"§ 120-133.5.  Appropriations communications. 1
-(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all documents received from State 2
-agencies and f rom individual legislators to legislative employees or to other legislators 3
-documenting requests for provisions or funding in the Current Operations Appropriations Act , 4
-as defined in G.S. 143C-1-1(d), are no longer confidential and become public records when t he 5
-Current Operations Appropriations Act becomes law. 6
-(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed  as a waiver of the common law 7
-attorney-client privilege nor of the common law work product doctrine with respect to legislators, 8
-as defined in G.S. 120-129." 9
-SECTION 3.  There is appropriated the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars 10
-($250,000) in recurring funds beginning with the 2026 -2027 fiscal year from the General Fund 11
-to the Legislative Services Commission of the General Assembly for maintenance and operation 12
-of the public comment portal and for staffing and other expenses associated with the public 13
-hearings required by this act. 14
-SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to the adoption 15
-of the Current Operations Appropriations Act for the fiscal year beginning on or after that date. 16
+Page 2  DRH40686-MHa-144A
+(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 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
+as defined in G.S. 120-129." 8
+SECTION 3.  There is appropriated the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars 9
+($250,000) in recurring funds beginning with the 2026 -2027 fiscal year from the General Fund 10
+to the Legislative Services Commission of the General Assembly for maintenance and operation 11
+of the public comment portal and for staffing and other expenses associated with the public 12
+hearings required by this act. 13
+SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to the adoption 14
+of the Current Operations Appropriations Act for the fiscal year beginning on or after that date. 15