North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S1017: Justice for Storm Chantal Survivors Act.
Status: Introduced, May 5, 2026
What the bill says
An act to establish a tropical storm chantal mitigation fund and appropriate funds for that purpose.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL MITIGATION FUND AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. Tropical Storm Chantal Mitigation Fund. - The Tropical Storm Chantal Mitigation Fund (Fund) is established within the Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management (NCEM). The Fund shall be maintained as a special fund within NCEM. NCEM may use up to four percent (4%) of the funds for administration purposes. The purpose of the Fund is to provide mitigation buyouts, relocations, rehabilitations, reconstructions, for eligible homeowners affected by Tropical Storm Chantal within the affected area. Funds shall be distributed within the affected area on a per capita basis, as determined by NCEM, to ensure equitable distribution of aid to all affected persons within the affected area. No person shall receive more than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in assistance under this Program. For the purposes of the Fund, the term "affected area" contains Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Moore, Orange, and Person Counties. SECTION 2. There is appropriated twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) from the General Fund to NCEM for the Tropical Storm Chantal Mitigation Fund enacted in Section 1 of this act. Unused funds shall revert to the Disaster Relief and Mitigation Fund on June 30, 2028. SECTION 3. This …
Sponsors
- Chitlik, Sophia (D, 22) · primary sponsor
- Murdock, Natalie S. (D, 20) · primary sponsor
- Garson, Jonah (D, 23)
- Smith, Kandie D. (D, 5)
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- : Withdrawn From Com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, PERSON COUNTY, COUNTIES, PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT., ALAMANCE COUNTY, FUNDS & ACCOUNTS, CHATHAM COUNTY, PUBLIC
Common questions
- What is S1017?
- S1017 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Justice for Storm Chantal Survivors Act.
- What does S1017 do?
- In its own words: An act to establish a tropical storm chantal mitigation fund and appropriate funds for that purpose.
- What is the status of S1017?
- Introduced as of May 5, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget (May 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored S1017?
- Chitlik, Sophia (D, 22), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S1017?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S1017
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