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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina Directs $500,000 to Civil Rights Trail Markers and Authorizes Monument Feasibility Study
Last action · March 25, 2025: Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: Brandon Lofton and 42 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina authorizes the African American Heritage Commission to study the feasibility of establishing civil rights monuments and appropriates $500,000 in for the 2025-2026 to place markers along the State's Civil Rights Trail, effective July 1, 2025.
Allocates state funds specifically for historic trail signage and requires public hearings to gather citizen recommendations ahead of a May 1, 2026 legislative report.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
African American Heritage Commission
The Commission is tasked with conducting a feasibility study, holding public hearings, reporting findings, and managing $500,000 in new nonrecurring appropriations.
Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
The Department receives the $500,000 appropriation from the General Fund to aid the Commission's work on the Civil Rights Trail.
Key Facts
- The African American Heritage Commission is authorized to study the feasibility of establishing civil rights monuments and honoring contributing state citizens.
- The Commission must hold public hearings or meetings to gather citizen input for its study.
- The Commission must report its findings and legislative recommendations to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources by May 1, 2026.
- The act appropriates $500,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Fund to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
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- Appropriated funds are designated to aid the Commission in placing markers, signage, and other memorials along North Carolina's Civil Rights Trail.
- The act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 25, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Mar 25, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Mar 24, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance40How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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