HB 254 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Adopt Tuskegee Airmen Day.

HB 254 designates the fourth Thursday of March each year as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day in North Carolina. This officially recognizes and honors the legacy of the African-American pilots, navigators, bombardiers, instructors, and support staff who trained at Tuskegee Institute from 1941 to 1949.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 27, 2025 Last action May 1, 2025

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What changed between versions

Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was updated from a draft version to the first official edition, adding primary sponsors and specific referral committees while removing draft identifiers. This change formalizes the bill's introduction and directs it to the appropriate legislative committees for review.

Scope change

No substantive policy changes to the bill's scope, applicability, or content were made; the changes are administrative and procedural.

TECHNICAL

Added primary sponsors (Representatives Price, Goodwin, Majeed, and Loftis) and a reference to the full sponsor list on the General Assembly website.

Specified referral to the Homeland Security and Military and Veterans Affairs committee, with secondary referral to State and Local Government, Rules, Calendar, and Operations.

Removed draft file numbers and the original filing date of February 27, 2025, replacing them with the new edition identifier H254-v-1.

Floor votes · House Apr 30, 2025

How they voted

115–0

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 121

Apr 30, 2025

D Democratic46

42 Yea 4

91% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican73

71 Yea 2

97% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 1, 2025

Committee

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

upper

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed 3rd Reading

lower

Apr 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On State and Local Government

lower

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav

lower

Mar 3, 2025

Committee

Ref to the Com on Homeland Security and Military and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

3 primary · 45 co-sponsors