North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S1002: Micro-Budget Productions & Film Grant Changes.
Status: Introduced, May 5, 2026
What the bill says
An act to modify the film and entertainment grant fund.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO MODIFY THE FILM AND ENTERTAINMENT GRANT FUND. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 143B-437.02A reads as rewritten: "§ 143B-437.02A. The Film and Entertainment Grant Fund. (a) Creation and Purpose of Fund. - There is created in the Department of Commerce a special, nonreverting account to be known as the Film and Entertainment Grant Fund to provide funds to encourage the production of motion pictures, television shows, movies for television, productions intended for on-line distribution, and commercials and to develop the filmmaking industry within the State. The Department of Commerce shall adopt guidelines providing for the administration of the program. Those guidelines may provide for the Secretary to award the grant proceeds over a period of time, not to exceed three years. Those guidelines shall include the following provisions, which shall apply to each grant from the account: (1) The funds are reserved for a production on which the production company has qualifying expenses of at least the following: ... b. For a production consisting of a series of episodes intended for on-line distribution or a television series, five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per episode. ... (2) The funds are not used to provide a grant in excess of any of the following: a. An amount more than twenty-five …
Sponsors
- Lee, Michael V. (R, 7) · 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- : Withdrawn From Com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, ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, FUNDS & ACCOUNTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC, TELEVISION, MEDIA
Common questions
- What is S1002?
- S1002 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Micro-Budget Productions & Film Grant Changes.
- What does S1002 do?
- In its own words: An act to modify the film and entertainment grant fund.
- What is the status of S1002?
- Introduced as of May 5, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget (May 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored S1002?
- Lee, Michael V. (R, 7).
- Where is the official record for S1002?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S1002
Source: official North Carolina record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.