HB 703 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Memorials in Veterans Cemeteries.

House Bill 703 allows State veterans cemeteries to sell monuments and memorials directly to honor individuals interred within them. This bill permits the sale of items such as memorial trees, granite or marble markers, and benches, though not headstones. State veterans cemeteries can establish stylistic guidelines for these items and must not charge more than the market rate. The funds generated from these sales will be retained by the selling cemetery and dedicated solely to its maintenance, improvement, and care. This act becomes effective on October 1, 2025.

Issues: ✓ Veterans

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Apr 2, 2025 Last action Apr 29, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

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The bill underwent a technical reformatting and sponsorship update during its transition from filing to the first edition. The primary changes involve updating the sponsor list to include additional representatives and adjusting the referral committee assignments, along with minor formatting adjustments to the header information.

TECHNICAL

Header formatting was updated to reflect the new bill number format (H703-v-1) and session information.

Sponsor list was expanded to include Representatives Wheatley, Winslow, and Goodwin as primary sponsors, with a note directing to the General Assembly website for a complete list.

Referred to committees were updated with additional committee assignments and the date was changed from April 2, 2025 to April 3, 2025.

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Committee

Apr 29, 2025

Committee

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

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Apr 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

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lower

Apr 15, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On State and Local Government

lower

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

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lower

Apr 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

Apr 2, 2025

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Filed

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3 primary · 18 co-sponsors