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North Carolina House Bill H917

North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

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11 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
22 SESSION 2025
3-H 1
4-HOUSE BILL 917
3+H D
4+HOUSE BILL DRH30293-MCa-88
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78 Short Title: Establish DATA Division. (Public)
8-Sponsors: Representatives Cervania, Howard, and Logan (Primary Sponsors).
9-For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10-Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
11-April 14, 2025
12-*H917 -v-1*
9+Sponsors: Representative Cervania.
10+Referred to:
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12+*DRH30293 -MCa-88*
1313 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
1414 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE DATA ANALYTICS, TRANSPARENCY, AND 2
1515 ACCOUNTABILITY DIVISION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY . 3
1616 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
1717 SECTION 1. Chapter 143E of the General Statutes, Article 7C of Chapter 120 of the 5
1818 General Statutes, and G.S. 120-32(1)j., 120-79(c), 120-131.1(a1), and 143-49(16), as those 6
1919 statutes existed immediately before repeal, are reenacted. 7
2020 SECTION 2. G.S. 63A-23 reads as rewritten: 8
2121 "§ 63A-23. Annual reports. 9
2222 The Authority shall, promptly following the close of each fiscal year, submit an annual 10
2323 written report of its activities for the preceding year to the Governor, the General Assembly, and 11
2424 the Local Government Commission. Each report shall be accompanied by an audit of its books 12
2525 and accounts, as well as quarterly and annual financial statements. The audit shall be conducted 13
2626 by the State Auditor. The costs of all audits shall be paid from funds of the Authority. 14
2727 As part of the report, the Authority shall include the following performance measures of the 15
2828 private sector jobs within the Global TransPark: 16
2929 (1) The number, type, and wage level of jobs created or retained. 17
3030 (2) The actual full-time equivalent jobs employed, as well as the median and 18
3131 average salaries for those jobs. 19
3232 The Authority shall submit its annual report to the General Assembly to both the Joint 20
3333 Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations. Operations and the Data Analytics, 21
3434 Transparency, and Accountability Division. The Authority shall also submit any information 22
3535 about the Authority's activities that is requested by the Commission. 23
3636 The Authority shall also provide a copy of its annual report on its public Web site." 24
3737 SECTION 3. G.S. 90-414.5(b) reads as rewritten: 25
3838 "(b) At the written request of the Director of the Fiscal Research, Legislative Drafting, or 26
3939 Legislative Analysis Analysis, or Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability Division of 27
4040 the General Assembly for an aggregate analysis of the data and information disclosed through 28
4141 the HIE Network, the Authority shall provide the professional staff of these Divisions with the 29
4242 aggregated analysis responsive to the Director's request. Prior to providing the Director or 30
4343 General Assembly's staff with any aggregate data or information submitted through the HIE 31
4444 Network or with any analysis of this aggregate data or information, the Authority shall redact 32
4545 any personal identifying information in a manner consistent with the standards specified for 33
4646 de-identification of health information under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, 45 C.F.R. § 164.514, as 34
47-amended." 35 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
48-Page 2 House Bill 917-First Edition
49-SECTION 4. G.S. 120-32.01 reads as rewritten: 1
50-"§ 120-32.01. Information to be supplied. 2
51-(a) Every State department, State agency, or State institution shall furnish the Legislative 3
52-Services Office and the Legislative Analysis, Fiscal Research, Data Analytics, Transparency, and 4
53-Accountability, and Legislative Drafting Divisions any information or records requested by them 5
54-and access to any facilities and personnel requested by them. Except when accessibility is 6
55-prohibited by a federal statute, federal regulation, or State statute, every State department, State 7
56-agency, or State institution shall give the Legislative Services Office and these divisions access 8
57-to any database or stored information maintained by computer, telecommunications, or other 9
58-electronic data processing equipment, whether stored on tape, disk, or otherwise, and regardless 10
59-of the medium for storage or transmission. 11
60-(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, access to the BEACON/HR payroll 12
61-system by the Legislative Analysis and Legislative Drafting Divisions shall only be through the 13
62-Fiscal Research Division.Division and access to the system by the Data Analytics, Transparency, 14
63-and Accountability Division shall only be through the Division Director and two employees of 15
64-the Division designated by the Division Director. 16
65-…." 17
66-SECTION 5. G.S. 126-85(c) reads as rewritten: 18
67-"(c) The protections of this Article shall include State employees who report any activity 19
68-described in G.S. 126-84 (i) to the State Auditor as authorized by G.S. 147-64.6B, (ii) to the Joint 20
69-Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations as authorized by G.S. 120-76, or 21
70-G.S. 120-76, (iii) to the Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability Division as authorized 22
71-by G.S. 120-36.12(10), or (iv) to a legislative committee as required by G.S. 120-19." 23
72-SECTION 6. G.S. 143-341.2(a) reads as rewritten: 24
73-"(a) Duties of the Department of Administration. – The Department of Administration 25
74-shall have the following powers and duties: 26
75-… 27
76-(7) Reporting. – The Department of Administration shall make the following 28
77-reports: 29
78-a. No later than April 1, 2023, and every five years thereafter, the 30
79-Department shall report the following to the Joint Legislative 31
80-Commission on Governmental Operations and Joint Legislative 32
81-Oversight Committee on Capital Improvements, Joint Legislative 33
82-Oversight Committee on General Government, Data Analytics, 34
83-Transparency, and Accountability Division, and Fiscal Research 35
84-Division: 36
85-1. The plan developed pursuant to subdivision (1) of this 37
86-subsection. 38
87-2. A summary of the performance measurement procedures 39
88-developed pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection. 40
89-b. If any State agency fails to submit the information required by 41
90-subdivision (b)(1) of this section, the Department shall report the 42
91-failure to the chairs of the Joint Legislative Commission on 43
92-Governmental Operations, the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight 44
93-Committee on Capital Improvements, the chairs of the Joint 45
94-Legislative Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability 46
95-Oversight Committee, and the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight 47
96-Committee on General Government within 30 days. 48
97-c. No later than April 1, 2024, and each year thereafter, the Department 49
98-shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental 50
99-Operations, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Capital 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
100-House Bill 917-First Edition Page 3
101-Improvements, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General 1
102-Government, Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability 2
103-Division, and Fiscal Research Division on the State's portfolio of real 3
104-property. This report shall include at least the following information: 4
105-…." 5
106-SECTION 7. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly 6
107-the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2025-2026 fiscal year in recurring funds for 7
108-the purpose of reenacting and operating the Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability 8
109-Division, as reestablished in this act. 9
110-SECTION 8. The Revisor of Statutes shall replace the phrase "Program Evaluation 10
111-Division" with the phrase "Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability Division" in the 11
112-General Statutes wherever it appears. 12
113-SECTION 9. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025, and Section 6 of this act 13
114-applies to reports due on or after that date. 14
47+amended." 35
48+SECTION 4. G.S. 120-32.01 reads as rewritten: 36
49+H.B. 917
50+Apr 10, 2025
51+HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
52+Page 2 DRH30293-MCa-88
53+"§ 120-32.01. Information to be supplied. 1
54+(a) Every State department, State agency, or State institution shall furnish the Legislative 2
55+Services Office and the Legislative Analysis, Fiscal Research, Data Analytics, Transparency, and 3
56+Accountability, and Legislative Drafting Divisions any information or records requested by them 4
57+and access to any facilities and personnel requested by them. Except when accessibility is 5
58+prohibited by a federal statute, federal regulation, or State statute, every State department, State 6
59+agency, or State institution shall give the Legislative Services Office and these divisions access 7
60+to any database or stored information maintained by computer, telecommunications, or other 8
61+electronic data processing equipment, whether stored on tape, disk, or otherwise, and regardless 9
62+of the medium for storage or transmission. 10
63+(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, access to the BEACON/HR payroll 11
64+system by the Legislative Analysis and Legislative Drafting Divisions shall only be through the 12
65+Fiscal Research Division.Division and access to the system by the Data Analytics, Transparency, 13
66+and Accountability Division shall only be through the Division Director and two employees of 14
67+the Division designated by the Division Director. 15
68+…." 16
69+SECTION 5. G.S. 126-85(c) reads as rewritten: 17
70+"(c) The protections of this Article shall include State employees who report any activity 18
71+described in G.S. 126-84 (i) to the State Auditor as authorized by G.S. 147-64.6B, (ii) to the Joint 19
72+Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations as authorized by G.S. 120-76, or 20
73+G.S. 120-76, (iii) to the Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability Division as authorized 21
74+by G.S. 120-36.12(10), or (iv) to a legislative committee as required by G.S. 120-19." 22
75+SECTION 6. G.S. 143-341.2(a) reads as rewritten: 23
76+"(a) Duties of the Department of Administration. – The Department of Administration 24
77+shall have the following powers and duties: 25
78+… 26
79+(7) Reporting. – The Department of Administration shall make the following 27
80+reports: 28
81+a. No later than April 1, 2023, and every five years thereafter, the 29
82+Department shall report the following to the Joint Legislative 30
83+Commission on Governmental Operations and Joint Legislative 31
84+Oversight Committee on Capital Improvements, Joint Legislative 32
85+Oversight Committee on General Government, Data Analytics, 33
86+Transparency, and Accountability Division, and Fiscal Research 34
87+Division: 35
88+1. The plan developed pursuant to subdivision (1) of this 36
89+subsection. 37
90+2. A summary of the performance measurement procedures 38
91+developed pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection. 39
92+b. If any State agency fails to submit the information required by 40
93+subdivision (b)(1) of this section, the Department shall report the 41
94+failure to the chairs of the Joint Legislative Commission on 42
95+Governmental Operations, the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight 43
96+Committee on Capital Improvements, the chairs of the Joint 44
97+Legislative Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability 45
98+Oversight Committee, and the chairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight 46
99+Committee on General Government within 30 days. 47
100+c. No later than April 1, 2024, and each year thereafter, the Department 48
101+shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental 49
102+Operations, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Capital 50
103+Improvements, Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
104+DRH30293-MCa-88 Page 3
105+Government, Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability 1
106+Division, and Fiscal Research Division on the State's portfolio of real 2
107+property. This report shall include at least the following information: 3
108+…." 4
109+SECTION 7. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly 5
110+the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) for the 2025-2026 fiscal year in recurring funds for 6
111+the purpose of reenacting and operating the Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability 7
112+Division, as reestablished in this act. 8
113+SECTION 8. The Revisor of Statutes shall replace the phrase "Program Evaluation 9
114+Division" with the phrase "Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability Division" in the 10
115+General Statutes wherever it appears. 11
116+SECTION 9. This act becomes effective July 1, 2025, and Section 6 of this act 12
117+applies to reports due on or after that date. 13