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North Carolina designates May 17 as annual Lafayette Day
Original title: Adopt Lafayette Day.
Last action · May 8, 2025: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action)Sponsors: Charles Smith and 12 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Carolina establishes May 17 of each year as an official state observance known as Lafayette Day to honor the Revolutionary War general.
Why it matters
Changes only the state's calendar designations; no funding or service changes are stated.
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.
Directly affected
North Carolina residents
May 17 of each year is officially designated as Lafayette Day in the state.
Key Facts
- May 17 of each year is officially designated as Lafayette Day in North Carolina.
- The observance is added as a new section to Chapter 103 of the General Statutes.
- The act takes effect as soon as it becomes law.
Frequently Asked Questions
What date is designated as Lafayette Day?
May 17 of each year is designated as Lafayette Day in North Carolina.
Does Lafayette Day include any mandatory state funding or service changes?
No funding or service changes are stated in the measure.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
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Procedural history
14 actions- May 8, 2025SenateRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- May 8, 2025SenatePassed 1st Reading
- May 8, 2025SenateSpecial Message Received From House
- May 8, 2025HouseSpecial Message Sent To Senate
- May 7, 2025HousePassed 3rd Reading
- May 7, 2025HousePassed 2nd Reading
Show 8 earlier actions
- May 7, 2025HouseAdded to Calendar
- May 7, 2025HouseCal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- May 7, 2025HouseReptd Fav
- May 6, 2025HouseRe-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- May 6, 2025HouseReptd Fav
- Apr 3, 2025HouseRef to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 3, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Apr 2, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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View official text →Voting Record
Second Reading
Total
115
- Yes
- 107
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 8
- Abstain
- 0
How they voted (115)
David WillisParty not recordedyes
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Tricia CothamParty not recordedyes
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Ya LiuParty not recordedyes
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Jennifer BalkcomParty not recordedyes
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Dudley GreeneParty not recordedyes
Aisha DewParty not recordedabsent
Lobbying Activity
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Full breakdown
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Sponsors
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Connected Entities
PersonFrances (Fanny) Wright“Activist whose views on women's rights were endorsed by Lafayette”Map →
OrganizationMecklenburg Declaration of Independence Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution“Chapter celebrating the Bicentennial of Lafayette's Farewell Tour”Map →
Sources
Open source document
www.ncleg.gov
Analysis Score
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- Controversy0Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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