North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S806: No Budget, No Pay Act.
Status: Introduced, May 6, 2026
What the bill says
An act to provide that the salaries of members of the general assembly shall be held in escrow if the general assembly has not passed a budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year by june 30, 2026.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL BE HELD IN ESCROW IF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS NOT PASSED A BUDGET FOR THE 2026-2027 FISCAL YEAR BY JUNE 30, 2026. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. Holding Salaries in Escrow. - If, by midnight of June 30, 2026, the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the North Carolina General Assembly have not ratified a Current Operations Appropriations Act for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, the Legislative Services Officer shall direct the General Assembly Controller to deposit in an escrow account all compensation and allowances earned by or accruing to each member of the General Assembly on or after July 1, 2026. SECTION 2. Release of Funds. - The Controller shall release the funds held in escrow pursuant to Section 1 of this act upon the earlier of the following events: (1) The presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the North Carolina General Assembly ratify a Current Operations Appropriations Act for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. (2) Adjournment sine die of the 2025 North Carolina General Assembly. SECTION 3. Appropriation. - There is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) …
Sponsors
- Grafstein, Lisa (D, 13) · primary sponsor
- Bradley, Woodson (D, 42) · primary sponsor
- Everitt, Terence (D, 18) · primary sponsor
- Batch, Sydney (D, 17)
- Chitlik, Sophia (D, 22)
- Garrett, Michael (D, 27)
- Garson, Jonah (D, 23)
- Mayfield, Julie (D, 49)
- Mohammed, Mujtaba A. (D, 38)
- Murdock, Natalie S. (D, 20)
- Salvador, DeAndrea (D, 39)
- 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- : Withdrawn From Com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, EMPLOYMENT, MEMBERSHIP, PUBLIC, PERSONNEL, SALARIES & BENEFITS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY, APPROPRIATIONS
Common questions
- What is S806?
- S806 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): No Budget, No Pay Act.
- What does S806 do?
- In its own words: An act to provide that the salaries of members of the general assembly shall be held in escrow if the general assembly has not passed a budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year by june 30, 2026.
- What is the status of S806?
- Introduced as of May 6, 2026. Latest action: Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget (May 6, 2026).
- Who sponsored S806?
- Grafstein, Lisa (D, 13), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S806?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S806
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