Sen. Jim Burgin

Maddy summarySB 61 prohibits tolls on North Carolina's Interstate 95 for ten years and requires the North Carolina General Assembly to approve any future tolling on this highway. The bill amends state law to explicitly exclude I-95 from tolling authority, preventing the state toll authority from collecting tolls during this period. After the ten-year ban, the General Assembly would need to vote to allow tolls, rather than the authority acting unilaterally. This directly affects drivers using I-95 and the state's process for managing highway funding.

Maddy summarySB 56, the Disaster Recovery Act of 2025 - Part I, authorizes the transfer of funds from North Carolina's State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund (SERDRF) to the Hurricane Helene Disaster Recovery Fund. It applies to counties designated as part of the "affected area" under a federal disaster declaration for Hurricane Helene. The bill directs the General Assembly to use existing SERDRF funds for Helene recovery efforts, without creating new programs or changing eligibility. This procedural bill focuses solely on redirecting existing disaster relief funding to support recovery in Helene-impacted counties.

Maddy summaryThis bill allows students attending public, private, or homeschools without a specific sport or extracurricular program to participate at the nearest public high school offering that activity. It requires public schools to permit such participation under the same terms as enrolled students, with schools able to charge a reasonable, board-approved fee for non-enrolled students. The law mandates that school districts publish all approved participation fees online by October 15 each year. It applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.

Maddy summarySB 23 is a procedural bill that references only the 12th Senatorial District in North Carolina. It contains no substantive policy provisions or changes to law, as stated in its text: "This act relates only to the 12th Senatorial District." The bill becomes effective upon enactment but does not affect any individuals, organizations, or existing laws. It is classified as a local act with no measurable policy impact.

Maddy summaryThis amendment to the 2023 Appropriations Act directs that any extra state revenue generated by mandated teacher salary and benefit increases be used specifically to fund those same increases for the 2024-2025 school year. It also modifies the rules for supplemental teacher funding by changing how the state calculates a "supplant factor" to determine if local schools are using state money to replace their own funds. Under the new rules, if a local school district is found to have violated these funding requirements, the state board must either continue funding if the district fixes the issue or withhold all supplemental funds for the following year if it does not. These changes directly affect local school administrative units and the state's financial management of teacher compensation.

Maddy summaryThis bill modifies North Carolina laws in three main areas: clarifying how protective services are provided to disabled adults, updating the definition of family child care homes, and modernizing qualifications for local health directors. Regarding disabled adults, the bill clarifies that petitions for protective services must be served according to specific rules and ensures the individual has the right to be present and represented by counsel at the hearing, with state funding for representation if the person is indigent. For child care, the legislation updates the definition of a family child care home to specify that it involves caring for more than two but fewer than ten children in a residence. Finally, the bill sets new education and experience requirements for local health directors, including options for various master's degrees paired with years of relevant experience, and establishes a review process where the State Health Director verifies if a candidate's degree is in a related field.

Maddy summaryThis bill creates a new statewide Medicaid plan specifically for children and families, requiring the state to issue a request for proposals to select a provider by December 2024. The legislation defines this new plan as distinct from standard Medicaid plans and allows the state to require automatic enrollment in this specialty plan unless a social services official determines that a different plan is better for the child. Additionally, the bill establishes a closed network of providers for specialized services like residential treatment and intensive in-home care within this new plan, while also clarifying rules about when certain groups can leave their current Medicaid plans and what services must be covered.

Maddy summaryThis document is a procedural amendment to Senate Bill 508, which itself deals with the 2023 state budget for technology and corrections. The amendment instructs the legislature to remove specific sections of text from pages 12 and 13 of the original bill. It does not introduce new policies or directly affect any individuals or organizations. Instead, it serves as a technical edit to modify the content of the budget legislation before it is finalized.