HB 540 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Additional Funds for Patriot Star Scholarship.

HB 540 allocates $2 million in recurring state funds from the General Fund to the UNC Board of Governors for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. This funding will be directed to the Patriot Foundation to support its existing North Carolina Patriot Star Family Scholarship Program. The bill specifically provides financial resources for the program's operation, without creating new eligibility rules or altering the scholarship's structure. It becomes effective July 1, 2025, and directly affects the scholarship program's budget for that fiscal year.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 26, 2025 Last action Mar 27, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill's header information was updated to reflect multiple sponsors and a new bill version number. The most significant change is the addition of Representatives Bell, Chesser, and Wheatley as co-sponsors alongside Representative Goodwin, indicating broader legislative support for the Patriot Star Scholarship funding initiative.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains unchanged; this is primarily a procedural update to the sponsor list and document versioning.

TECHNICAL

The bill number in the footer was updated from DRH10252-MTa-103 to H540-v-1 to reflect the new edition version.

Additional sponsors (Representatives Bell, Chesser, and Wheatley) were added to the sponsor list, indicating expanded legislative backing for the bill.

The reference to sponsors was updated to direct readers to the North Carolina General Assembly website for a complete list, rather than listing all sponsors inline.

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Committee

Mar 27, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Introduced

Filed

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3 primary · 9 co-sponsors