SB 243 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Commuter Rail Study/Piedmont Triad.

SB 243 directs North Carolina's Department of Transportation to study the cost and feasibility of a commuter rail service connecting Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point in the Piedmont Triad region. The study must analyze ridership, operating costs, land acquisition, and recommend a management entity, with results due by December 29, 2025. The bill allocates $100,000 from the Highway Fund for this study, which is purely a feasibility assessment with no funding for actual rail construction. It does not create new policy or affect residents directly beyond enabling the study.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Mar 2025

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Introduced Mar 5, 2025 Last action Mar 6, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

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The bill underwent administrative formatting changes during its transition from filing to the first edition. The primary changes involve updating the bill number designation from a draft identifier to the official session number, adjusting the filing date, and reassigning the bill to the Senate Rules and Operations committee. These are technical and procedural updates rather than substantive policy changes.

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Bill number changed from draft identifier DRS35110-MWa-37 to official session number S243-v-1

Added specific referral date of March 6, 2025 to the Rules and Operations of the Senate committee

Removed the original filing date of March 5, 2025 and draft document identifier

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Mar 6, 2025

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Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

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Mar 6, 2025

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Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

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Mar 5, 2025

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2 primary · 2 co-sponsors