North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H996: Further Limit General Fund Operating Budget.
Status: In committee, April 14, 2025
What the bill says
An act to reduce the increase in the state general fund operating budget by reducing the statutory cap on the operating budget as a percentage of total state personal income to six percent.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REDUCE THE INCREASE IN THE STATE GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET BY REDUCING THE STATUTORY CAP ON THE OPERATING BUDGET AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL STATE PERSONAL INCOME TO SIX PERCENT. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 143C-4-6 reads as rewritten: "§ 143C-4-6. General Fund operating budget size limited. (a) Size Limitation. - Except as otherwise provided in this section, the General Fund operating budget each fiscal year shall not be greater than seven percent (7%) six percent (6%) of the projected total State personal income for that fiscal year. (a1) Extraordinary Exceedance of Budget Size Limitation. - In each fiscal year, funds in excess of the size limitation set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall be available for expenditure upon a two-thirds vote of the membership of the Senate and the House of Representatives present and voting. ...." SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025, and applies to General Fund operating budgets adopted by the General Assembly on or after that date. *DRH10426-MHa-99A*
Sponsors
- Riddell, Dennis (R, 64) · primary sponsor
- Schietzelt, Mike (R, 35) · primary sponsor
- Pickett, Ray (R, 93) · primary sponsor
- Brody, Mark (R, 55) · primary sponsor
- Jackson, Neal (R, 78)
- Kidwell, Keith (R, 79)
- Pike, Joseph (R, 6)
- Ward, Bill (R, 5)
Latest actions
- : Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: BUDGETING, PUBLIC
Common questions
- What is H996?
- H996 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Further Limit General Fund Operating Budget.
- What does H996 do?
- In its own words: An act to reduce the increase in the state general fund operating budget by reducing the statutory cap on the operating budget as a percentage of total state personal income to six percent.
- What is the status of H996?
- In committee as of April 14, 2025. Latest action: Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (April 14, 2025).
- Who sponsored H996?
- Riddell, Dennis (R, 64), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H996?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H996
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