SB 900 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Small Business Investment Grant.

This North Carolina bill establishes the COVID-19 Small Business Recovery Program to provide financial assistance to small businesses that suffered significant economic losses due to the pandemic. To qualify, a business must have had annual receipts of $8 million or less in 2019 and experienced at least a 25% drop in sales tax collections in 2020 compared to 2019. The program offers one-time grants of up to $250,000, with the total funding capped at $250 million, and requires recipients to keep their operations running for six months to avoid having to repay a portion of the grant.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2026

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Apr 29, 2026 Last action Apr 30, 2026

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

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The bill underwent a transition from a draft filing status to its first official edition, updating the document metadata and tracking numbers. The core policy content, including funding amounts, eligibility criteria, and program definitions, remains unchanged.

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Updated the document tracking number from 'DRS15179-NIfa-82' to 'S900-v-1' to reflect the official edition status.

Added the 'Referred to' section specifying the Rules and Operations of the Senate and the date April 30, 2026, which was missing in the draft version.

Removed the draft header indicating 'FILED SENATE' and the specific filing date of April 29, 2026.

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Apr 30, 2026

Committee

Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

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Apr 30, 2026

Committee

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

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Apr 29, 2026

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upper

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors