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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina establishes the DATA Division and appropriates $2 million in recurring funds
Last action · April 14, 2025: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action)Sponsors: Maria Cervania and 6 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina establishes the Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability Division of the General Assembly and appropriates $2 million in recurring funds for the 2025-2026 starting July 1, 2025. The legislation reenacts specific prior statutes, updates reporting requirements across state agencies to include the new division, and replaces references to the former Program Evaluation Division throughout the General Statutes.
State departments and agencies must now supply information, database access, records, and reports to the newly created Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability Division, while state whistleblowers gain explicit protections for reporting to it.
- The General Assembly of North Carolina is the state legislature responsible for enacting laws and appropriating state funds. context
- The DATA Division replaces functions previously handled under earlier legislative evaluation and oversight structures. context
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.
State departments and agencies
State departments, agencies, and institutions must provide requested information, database access, personnel, and records to the Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability Division.
State employees
State employees gain explicit whistleblower protections when reporting certain activities to the Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability Division.
Key Facts
- The act establishes the Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability Division of the North Carolina General Assembly.
- The legislation reenacts Chapter 143E, Article 7C of Chapter 120, and specific sections of G.S. 120-32, 120-79, 120-131.1, and 143-49 as they existed before repeal.
- The sum of $2,000,000 is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly for the 2025-2026 fiscal year in recurring funds to operate the division.
- The Revisor of Statutes is directed to replace the phrase 'Program Evaluation Division' with 'Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability Division' throughout the General Statutes.
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- State departments, agencies, and institutions must furnish information, records, database access, and personnel to the new division upon request.
- Access to the BEACON/HR payroll system by the new division is restricted to the Division Director and two designated employees.
- State employees who report certain activities to the Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability Division receive statutory whistleblower protections.
- The act becomes effective July 1, 2025, with Section 6 applying to reports due on or after that date.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 14, 2025HouseRef To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 14, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Apr 10, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Replacement of Program Evaluation Division
The legislation systematically replaces references to the former Program Evaluation Division with the newly established Data Analytics, Transparency, and Accountability Division throughout the General Statutes.
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