North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S972: Cut State Agency Costs By 10%.
Status: Introduced, May 5, 2026
What the bill says
An act to reduce state agency budgets by ten percent by june 30, 2028.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REDUCE STATE AGENCY BUDGETS BY TEN PERCENT BY JUNE 30, 2028. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. Findings/Purpose. - The General Assembly finds that advances in technology and service delivery will enhance State government efficiency and effectiveness. A managed reduction in budgets will provide the flexibility to scale into these advances and efficiencies. The purpose of this act is to ensure structural savings in State agency costs achieved by reducing budgets by ten percent (10%). SECTION 2. Budget Reduction Requirement. - By June 30, 2028, the total budgets of State agencies shall be reduced by not less than ten percent (10%). The Director is granted flexibility to administer cost reduction to mitigate any substantial burden affecting agencies, provided that the overall reduction percentage reaches the ten percent (10%) target. SECTION 3. Agency Implementation Plans. - By January 1, 2027, each State agency head shall submit to the Director a detailed budget reduction implementation plan specifying each agency's ten percent (10%) reduction target methodology. The Director shall approve or require revision of each plan by no later than February 1, 2027, and shall publish approved plans on the Office of State Budget and Management's website. SECTION 4. Reporting. - By October 1, 2027, the Director shall report to the Fiscal …
Sponsors
- Burgin, Jim (R, 12) · primary sponsor
- Corbin, Kevin (R, 50) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget
- : Withdrawn From Com
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: BUDGETING, BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE, PUBLIC, APPROPRIATIONS
Common questions
- What is S972?
- S972 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Cut State Agency Costs By 10%.
- What does S972 do?
- In its own words: An act to reduce state agency budgets by ten percent by june 30, 2028.
- What is the status of S972?
- Introduced as of May 5, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget (May 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored S972?
- Burgin, Jim (R, 12), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for S972?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S972
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