HB 222 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Close Out Operations Provide Emergency Relief (C.O.O.P.E.R.) Accountability Act.

HB 222 appropriates $217 million from the State Emergency Response Fund to North Carolina's Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) for homeowner recovery projects related to Hurricanes Matthew and Florence. The bill requires NCORR to submit detailed monthly reports on fund usage, including expenditures and project progress, and mandates weekly financial reports to the State Auditor for oversight. It also establishes a public online dashboard tracking funds versus actual spending and includes a clawback provision to return unused funds to the Savings Reserve after projects conclude. The law revises NCORR's responsibilities, ending its role in future storm recovery programs.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025

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Edition 1 → Edition 2 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to clarify that the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) must monitor the Office of Recovery and Resiliency (NCORR) rather than just 'the Office,' and to expand the scope of monitoring to include all storm recovery programs, not just the current fiscal year. The sponsors section was also cleared of specific names, likely to reflect a procedural update or committee substitution.

Scope change

The scope of OSBM's monitoring authority was expanded from a single office's operations to include all current, previous, and future storm recovery programs.

REQUIREMENT

Changed the monitoring target from 'the Office' to 'NCORR' to ensure clarity on which entity is being audited.

Expanded OSBM's monitoring duties to cover funding for previous, current, and future storm recovery programs, broadening the oversight timeline.

TECHNICAL

Removed the specific names of primary sponsors from the header, indicating a procedural change in how the bill is presented.

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Committee

Mar 4, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On Appropriations

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav Com Substitute

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Committee

Ref to the Com on Judiciary 1, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

3 primary · 35 co-sponsors