HB 600 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Recognition of the Tuscarora.

HB 600 officially recognizes the Tuscarora Indians of Kahtenuaka Territories as a tribe under North Carolina law, effective July 1, 2025. The bill designates them as eligible for federal programs and services available to Native American tribes, based on historical treaties and their continuous presence in the state. It requires two Tuscarora representatives to serve on the State Commission of Indian Affairs and one to serve on the American Indian Heritage Commission. This recognition grants the tribe formal standing and representation in state-level tribal affairs.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Mar 31, 2025 Last action Jul 1, 2026

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Edition 1 → Edition 2 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to correct formatting errors, update the effective date of recognition from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2026, and modify the list of tribes eligible to appoint representatives to the American Indian Heritage Commission to remove groups that were previously included.

Scope change

The bill's scope was narrowed regarding the American Indian Heritage Commission by removing the Coharie, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Haliwa-Saponi, Lumbee, Meherrin, and Waccamaw-Siouan tribes from the list of groups eligible to appoint representatives to that specific commission.

TIMELINE

The official recognition date for the Tuscarora Indians of Kahtenuaka Territories was changed from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2026.

ELIGIBILITY

Six specific Native American tribes were removed from the list of groups eligible to appoint representatives to the American Indian Heritage Commission.

TECHNICAL

Various formatting corrections were made, including removing sponsor names, fixing hyphenation in the preamble, and correcting line numbers and spacing throughout the document.

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Committee

Jul 1, 2026

Committee

Re-ref Com On State and Local Government

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Jul 1, 2026

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav Com Substitute

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Jun 29, 2026

Committee

Re-ref to the Com on Federal Relations and American Indian Affairs, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Committee

Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Mar 31, 2025

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3 primary · 21 co-sponsors