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The Daily Bulletin: 2025-03-13
PUBLIC/HOUSE BILLS
H 392 (2025-2026) FUNDS/FORSYTH UNITED WAY SUMMER LEARNING. Filed Mar 13 2025. AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE
FUNDS FOR THE UNITED WAY OF FORSYTH COUNTY TO FUND SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS.
Appropriates $250,000 for 2025-26 to the Office of State Budget and Management for a directed grant to The United Way of
Forsyth County, Inc., to fund summer learning programs through various community agencies. Requires issuance of a Request
for Proposals to contract with those community agencies. Effective July 1 . 2025.
Intro, by Baker, K. Brown. APPROP, Forsyth
Education, Elementary and Secondary Education,
View summary Government, Budget/Appropriations, State Agencies, Office of
State Budget and Management
H 393 (2025-2026) FUNDS FOR ONE LOVE FESTIVAL. Filed Mar 13 2025, AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUA'DS TO THE ARTS
COUNCIL. INC., TO SUPPORT THE ANNUAL I LOVE FESTIVAL IN THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM.
Appropriates $250,000 for 2025-26 from the General Fund to the Office of State Budget and Management for a directed grant
to The Arts Council. Inc., to support the lLove Festival, held in Winston-Salem. Effective July 1, 2025.
Intro, by Baker, K. Brown. APPROP
Government, Budget/Appropriations, Cultural Resources and
View summary Museums, State Agencies, Office of State Budget and
Management
H 394 (2025-2026) DISTRACTED DRIVING CHILDREN AND ANIMALS. Filed Mar 13 2025, AN ACT MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO
INTERACT WITH CHILDREN OR ANIMALS IN AN UNSAFE MANNER WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE ON A PUBLIC
STREET HIGHWAY, OR PUBLIC VEHICULAR AREA.
Enacts GS 20-137.4B, making it an infraction for a person to operate a vehicle on a public street, highway, or public vehicular
area while (1 ) holding an animal or allowing an animal to sit in the operator's lap or (2) interacting with a child or an animal in
a manner that impairs or restricts the proper operation of the motor vehicle and results in operation that is careless, reckless, or
heedless under the existing conditions. Exempts drivers in fully autonomous vehicles. Provides for $100 fine and court costs
for violations. Prevents insurance surcharges from being assessed as a result of a violation. Applies to offenses committed on
or after December 1 . 2025. Provides for six-month period after the act's effective date where only warning tickets are issued for
violations.
Intro, by Ilcr. GS 20
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Courts/Judiciary, Motor Vehicle
