Various State and Local Government Provisions.
HB 23 transfers 11 acres of state-owned land in Pender County to the Town of Burgaw for $1, with a reversion clause if the land is no longer used for public purposes. It designates the South Fork Passage Trail (a 60-mile hiking and paddling route across Catawba, Lincoln, and Gaston Counties) as part of North Carolina's State Parks System, authorizing the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to manage it without requiring new appropriations for land acquisition. The bill also codifies the Lake Norman Marine Commission into state law and authorizes the state to support the Gullah Geechee Heritage Trail in Brunswick County. These provisions directly affect local governments (Burgaw, trail jurisdictions), state land management, and recreational planning.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jul 2025
Introduced Jan 29, 2025
Signed Jul 7, 2025
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Ratified
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SL 2025-67
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This bill was formally ratified and assigned the official session law number 2025-67. The document version was updated from v-4 to v-5, indicating a final revision before enactment. No substantive policy changes to the bill's content are evident in this diff.
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Bill version number updated from H23-v-4 to H23-v-5 to reflect final ratification status.
Header updated from 'Ratified Bill' to 'Session Law 2025-67' to assign official legal citation.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 26, 2025 · House Jun 26, 2025
How they voted
43–0
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 51
Jun 26, 2025
D
Democratic20
95% Yea
R
Republican31
77% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
44
Key actions
10
Committee
12
Amendments
1
Jul 7, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Gov. 7/7/2025
executive
Jun 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conf Report Adopted
upper
Jun 9, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amend Adopted A1
upper
Jun 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reptd Fav
upper
May 22, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Com Substitute Adopted
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
upper
May 19, 2025
Committee
Re-ref to State and Local Government. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Committee
Re-ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Re-ref to the Com on Higher Education, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
0 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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