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SB 258

Relating to public defense.

2025 Regular Session

Authorizes and allocates the State's 2025-2027 base-operating budget (General Fund, Highway/Trust Fund, federal grants) to run agencies, DOT, and programs.

In committee upon adjournment.
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Bill Summary · SB 258

SB 258 — 2025 Appropriations Act (Summary)

Status: Passed 1st Reading (introduced Feb 3, 2025)
Subject areas: Appropriations; budgeting; state funds & accounts; grants; Highway Trust Fund; transportation; DOT; public roads & highways

Main purpose

SB 258 is the State’s base-budget appropriations bill for current operations covering the 2025–2027 biennium. Its principal purpose is to authorize and allocate maximum funding (by fund and program) necessary for State departments, agencies, institutions, and specified programs to operate during the biennium consistent with the State Budget Act.

Key provisions and structure

  • Title and scope: Establishes the “Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2025” and applies to funds and activities in the 2025–2027 biennium unless explicitly stated otherwise.
  • General Fund appropriations: Makes broad appropriations from the General Fund for operating budgets of State departments, institutions, and other enumerated purposes for each fiscal year in the biennium. (The bill text sets framework language; detailed line‑item amounts are enacted in appropriations tables typically appended to the bill.)
  • Highway Fund and Highway Trust Fund: Authorizes appropriations from the State Highway Fund and the State Highway Trust Fund for North Carolina Department of Transportation maintenance, operations, and related purposes for each year of the biennium.
  • Federal block grants: Appropriates federal block grant funds (e.g., Department of Health & Human Services block grants and other federal block programs identified as “NER” in the bill) for specified state programs.
  • Reenactment and incorporation of State Budget Act: Reenacts and incorporates Chapter 143C (State Budget Act) into the appropriations framework; directs implementation consistent with that statute.
  • Biennial limitation and reversion: Appropriations are stated as maximum amounts for the biennium; unspent balances revert as provided by law and savings are to be implemented if full appropriations are not required.
  • Procedural and governance language: Includes standard provisions — headings, severability, effective dates — and clarifies that most textual provisions apply only to the 2025–2027 biennium.
  • Effective date: Generally becomes effective July 1, 2025 (unless otherwise specified in the bill).

Who is affected

  • State agencies, departments, institutions and programs (funding levels and operating authority).
  • Department of Transportation and local/regional transportation projects funded through the Highway Fund/Trust Fund.
  • Recipients of federal block grants administered by State agencies (e.g., health and social services providers).
  • Local governments and school systems may be affected indirectly by allocations, grants, and any formula changes included in appropriations detail.

Procedural / timeline notes

  • Introduced: Feb 3, 2025 (passed first reading).
  • Applies to fiscal years covering the 2025–2027 biennium; main effective date: July 1, 2025.
  • As an omnibus appropriations measure, final program dollar amounts, provisos, and allocations are (or will be) available in the bill’s appropriation schedules and budget appendices once the bill is reported in final form and enrolled.

If you want, I can:
- Pull and summarize the bill’s detailed appropriation tables (agency-by-agency) if you provide the full budget schedules;
- Identify specific changes for a particular agency (e.g., DOT, DHHS) or funding line (Highway Trust Fund).

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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