---
type: "Bill"
title: "Continuing Budget Operations Part IV."
description: "Continuing Budget Operations Part IV."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 449"
citation: "North Carolina SB 449 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ACCOUNTING; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURE DEPT.; ANIMALS; AOC; APPROPRIATIONS; AUDITING & AUDITS; BOARDS; BUDGET & MANAGEMENT OFFICE; BUDGETING; CAPITAL SPENDING; CHARTER SCHOOLS; COASTAL RESOURCES; COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES; COMMERCE; COMMERCE DEPT.; COMMISSIONS; COMMUNITY COLLEGES; COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD; COUNCIL OF STATE; COUNTIES; COURTS; CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; CULTURAL RESOURCES; DEQ; DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES; DMV; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION; EDUCATION BOARDS; EDUCATION", "STATE BOARD OF; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICES; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMN.; FERRIES; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FINGERPRINTING; FUNDS & ACCOUNTS; GENERAL ASSEMBLY; HIGHER EDUCATION; ID SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFRASTRUCTURE; JUDICIAL DEPT.; KINDERGARTEN; LABORATORIES; LANDOWNERS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LICENSE PLATES; LICENSES & PERMITS; LIVESTOCK & POULTRY; LOANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MANUFACTURING; MOTOR VEHICLES; MUNICIPALITIES; OFFICE AUTOMATION; PERSONNEL; PLANNING & ZONING; PORTS & HARBORS; PRESENTED; PROPERTY; PUBLIC; PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT.; PUBLIC OFFICIALS; PURCHASING; RATIFIED; REPORTING; REPORTS; RETIREMENT; SAFETY; SALARIES & BENEFITS; SBI; STEM; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SESSION LAWS; SOCIAL SERVICES; STATE EMPLOYEES; STATE TREASURER; TEACHERS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TITLE CHANGE; TRANSPORTATION; TSERS; TUITION; UNC; UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS; UTILITIES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS; CUMBERLAND COUNTY; HENDERSON COUNTY; ROBESON COUNTY; FAYETTEVILLE; JACKSON COUNTY; RANDOLPH COUNTY; PEMBROKE; ELIZABETH CITY; PASQUOTANK COUNTY; ASHEBORO; PLANTS & TREES; CULLOWHEE; GRANITE FALLS; CHAPTERED; SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID; EDNEYVILLE; EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT; GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES; HIGHWAY PATROL; PUBLIC SAFETY DEPT.; HUMAN RESOURCES COMN.; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT.; STATE FIRE MARSHAL; CAPITAL & INFRASTRUCTURE FUND; SCHOOL OF SCIENCE & MATH; SCHOOL STAFF; SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL COMM."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbin", "Lee"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-24"
last_action: "2025-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08f99c93-4e81-40dc-a1b8-59b2d878ee4e"
source_url: "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S449"
source_hash: "6292e980d83bc8f8fd6b4b8b6cc2cee9a5cf83edbc27cbc669ae95dd66c45103"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 449 (2025) — Continuing Budget Operations Part IV.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S449v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S449v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S449v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S449v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S449v4.pdf)
6. **SL 2025-97** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.ncleg.gov/Sessions/2025/Bills/Senate/PDF/S449v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Report Motion 8 To Adopt — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- C RPT Adoption — **104–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corbin — primary (person)
- Lee — primary (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Overcash — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-10-23** Ch. SL 2025-97 `became-law`
- **2025-10-22** Signed by Gov. 10/22/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-22** Pres. To Gov. 10/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-10-22** Ratified
- **2025-10-21** Ordered Enrolled
- **2025-10-21** Conf Report Adopted
- **2025-10-21** Added to Calendar
- **2025-10-21** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-10-21** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-10-21** Conf Report Adopted
- **2025-10-21** Conf Com Reported
- **2025-10-21** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-10-21** Conf Com Reported
- **2025-10-21** Conferees Reappointed
- **2025-10-21** Conf Com Dismissed
- **2025-10-20** Conferees Reappointed
- **2025-10-20** Conf Com Dismissed
- **2025-06-24** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-24** Conf Com Appointed
- **2025-06-24** Failed Concur In H Com Sub
- **2025-06-24** Placed on Today's Calendar
- **2025-06-24** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-06-18** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2025-06-18** Special Message Sent To Senate
- **2025-06-17** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-17** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-06-17** Added to Calendar
- **2025-06-17** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2025-06-17** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-10** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-05** Re-ref to the Com on Education - K-12, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-04-28** Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2025-04-16** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2025-04-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2025-04-09** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Re-ref to Education/Higher Education. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2025-03-25** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08f99c93-4e81-40dc-a1b8-59b2d878ee4e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).