North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H659: Local Government Spending Transparency.
Status: Introduced, May 6, 2025
What the bill says
An act to increase transparency in local government spending.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPENDING. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. Article 3 of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes, the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act, is amended by adding a new section to read: "§ 159-42.2. Transparent spending and bid reporting. (a) All local governmental invoices shall be itemized, disclosing, at a minimum, the payee, amount paid, items or services purchased, and performance dates. A link to view all quarterly invoices shall appear on each local government's website, except that municipalities without a website shall keep copies of the quarterly paid invoices in a binder for public viewing on a counter at the municipal building. The invoices shall be unredacted unless otherwise specifically required by law. (b) In addition to the information required by subsection (a) of this section, a local government website shall provide a link to the top three bids on every project, service, or any goods purchased with any tax dollars, with quarterly updates. These bids shall not be redacted unless otherwise specifically required by law." SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. *H659-v-1*
Sponsors
- Echevarria, Brian (R, 82) · primary sponsor
- Loftis, Donnie (R, 109) · primary sponsor
- Almond, Jonathan L. (R, 73) · primary sponsor
- Lowery (R) · primary sponsor
- Brody, Mark (R, 55)
- Ward, Bill (R, 5)
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Withdrawn From Cal
- : Placed On Cal For 05/06/2025
- : Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- : Reptd Fav
- : Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Reptd Fav Com Substitute
- : Re-ref Com On State and Local Government
- : Reptd Fav
- : Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Subjects: CONTRACTS, COUNTIES, BIDS & BIDDING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC, PURCHASING, PUBLIC RECORDS, ACCOUNTING
Common questions
- What is H659?
- H659 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Local Government Spending Transparency.
- What does H659 do?
- In its own words: An act to increase transparency in local government spending.
- What is the status of H659?
- Introduced as of May 6, 2025. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (May 6, 2025).
- Who sponsored H659?
- Echevarria, Brian (R, 82), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H659?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H659
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