HONORING NC'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVIL RIGHTS.

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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2025-2026 Session
House Bill 484 (Public) Filed Monday, March 24, 2025
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION TO STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING MONUMENTS COMMEMORATING EVENTS AND PERSONS RELATING TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE STATE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE COMMISSION TO PLACE MARKERS AT SITES ALONG NORTH CAROLINA'S CIVIL RIGHTS TRAIL.
Intro. by Lofton, Quick.
Status: Ref to the Com on Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (Mar 25 2025)

Bill History:

H 484

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill H 484 (2025-2026)
    Summary date: Mar 24 2025 - View Summary

    Includes whereas clauses. 

    Authorizes the African American Heritage Commission (Commission) to study the feasibility of establishing monuments commemorating civil rights movement events in North Carolina and the State's citizens that contributed to the civil rights movement. Requires holding public hearings and requires the Commission to report to the specified NCGA committee by May 1, 2026, on the Commission's findings and recommendations for legislation.

    Appropriates $500,000 for 2025-26 from the General Fund to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, African American Heritage Commission, to aid in the Commission's work of placing markers, signage, and other memorials to commemorate significant cultural or historical importance relating to North Carolina's Civil Rights Trail.

    Effective July 1, 2025.

    Government, Budget/Appropriations, Cultural Resources and Museums, State Agencies, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (formerly Dept. of Cultural Resources)
    APPROP, STUDY
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