North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina House Bill H900 Latest Draft

Bill / Amended Version Filed 04/14/2025

                            GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 
SESSION 2025 
H 	1 
HOUSE BILL 900 
 
 
Short Title: Legislators Documents Confidentiality Change. 	(Public) 
Sponsors: Representative Blust. 
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. 
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House 
April 14, 2025 
*H900 -v-1* 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF LEGISLATORS DOCUMENT S. 2 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3 
SECTION 1. G.S. 120-135 reads as rewritten: 4 
"ยง 120-135.  Legislator is custodian of documents. 5 
(a) Each legislator, while in office and after leaving office, shall be the custodian of all 6 
documents, supporting documents, drafting requests, and information requests made or received 7 
by that legislator while a legislator. 8 
(b) A legislator, while in office or after leaving office, shall not be required to reveal or 9 
to consent to reveal any document, supporting document, drafting request, or information request 10 
made or received by that legislator while a legislator.legislator, except for with respect to the 11 
following: 12 
(1) Federal grand jury subpoenas. 13 
(2) Requests for information from investigative authorities. 14 
(3) Correspondence regarding bills appropriating State funds to businesses and 15 
nonprofits. 16 
(4) Correspondence with lobbyists and lobbyist principals regarding legislation. 17 
(5) Compensation records of the legislator's staff. 18 
(6) Correspondence with State agencies regarding business interests of the 19 
legislator." 20 
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 21