HB 331 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Adopt Official State Rice Festival.

HB 331 designates the North Carolina Rice Festival, held annually on the first weekend in March at the Brunswick Town State Historic Site in Winnabow, as the official state rice festival. The bill directly affects the festival organizers and the Winnabow community by granting the event formal recognition. It does not create new regulations, funding, or policy changes - only establishes ceremonial status through a statutory reference. The bill is procedural, focusing solely on naming the event, with no impact on state laws or resources.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 6, 2025 Last action Apr 3, 2025

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What changed between versions

Edition 1 → Edition 2 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill underwent minor formatting and capitalization adjustments, specifically changing 'Community' to 'community' in the description of the festival location. Additionally, the header section was updated to reflect a new committee substitute version dated March 25, 2025, while removing the previous sponsor list and referral details. These changes are primarily administrative and do not alter the bill's substantive policy, scope, or legal requirements.

TECHNICAL

Capitalization of 'Community' was changed to lowercase 'community' in the description of the Brunswick Town State Historic Site location.

The original sponsor list and detailed referral information were removed from the header.

A new version identifier 'Committee Substitute Favorable 3/25/25' was added to the header.

Floor votes · House Apr 1, 2025

How they voted

117–0

Passed · 4 other

Total votes 121

Apr 1, 2025

D Democratic46

45 Yea 1

97% Yea

I Independent2

2 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican73

70 Yea 3

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 3, 2025

Committee

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

upper

Apr 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed 3rd Reading

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reptd Fav Com Substitute

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Committee

Ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Filed

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor