North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina House Bill H484 Compare Versions

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1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	H 1
4		-	HOUSE BILL 484
	3	+	H D
	4	+	HOUSE BILL DRH40284-LGa-24
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7	8		Short Title: Honoring NC's Contributions to Civil Rights. (Public)
8		-	Sponsors: Representatives Lofton and Quick (Primary Sponsors).
9		-	For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10		-	Referred to: Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
11		-	March 25, 2025
12		-	H484 -v-1
	9	+	Sponsors: Representative Lofton.
	10	+	Referred to:
	11	+
	12	+	DRH40284 -LGa-24
13	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
14	14		AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION TO 2
15	15		STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING MONUMENTS COMMEMORATING 3
16	16		EVENTS AND PERSONS RELATING TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE 4
17	17		STATE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE 5
18	18		COMMISSION TO PLACE MARKERS AT SITES ALONG NORTH CAROLINA 'S 6
19	19		CIVIL RIGHTS TRAIL. 7
20	20		Whereas, the civil rights movement mobilized citizens to push for equality and 8
21	21		freedom; and 9
22	22		Whereas, the gains won during the civil rights movement helped secure rights for all 10
23	23		Americans; and 11
24	24		Whereas, countless North Carolinians participated in protests, marches, rallies, and 12
25	25		Freedom Rides across the State; and 13
26	26		Whereas, North Carolina served as the location of significant events that helped 14
27	27		advance the civil rights movement, including the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating 15
28	28		Committee (SNCC), the launch of the sit-in movement, and the filing of desegregation lawsuits; 16
29	29		and 17
30	30		Whereas, despite this history, there are currently no monuments commemorating our 18
31	31		State's contribution to the civil rights movement; Now, therefore, 19
32	32		The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 20
33	33		SECTION 1. The African American Heritage Commission (hereinafter 21
34	34		"Commission") is authorized to study the feasibility of establishing monuments commemorating 22
35	35		events relating to the civil rights movement in North Carolina and the State's citizens that 23
36	36		contributed to the civil rights movement. In conducting its study, the Commission shall hold 24
37	37		public hearings/meetings to get citizen input. By May 1, 2026, the Commission shall report its 25
38	38		findings and any recommendations for legislation to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee 26
39	39		on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources. 27
40	40		SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of 28
41	41		Natural and Cultural Resources, African American Heritage Commission, the sum of five 29
42	42		hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in nonrecurring funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year to aid 30
43	43		the Commission in its current work of placing markers, signage, and other memorials to 31
44	44		commemorate significant cultural or historical importance relating to North Carolina's Civil 32
45	45		Rights Trail. 33
46	46		SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025. 34
	47	+	H.B. 484
	48	+	Mar 24, 2025
	49	+	HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK