SB 842 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

CARDINAL Act.

The CARDINAL Act establishes a new state program that provides an additional $1,000 to children born in North Carolina between 2025 and 2028 who receive federal contributions into a specific type of savings account known as a Trump Account. To fund this initiative, the bill redirects $192 million from the state's existing Opportunity Scholarship Grant Fund Reserve, which was originally set aside for the 2026-2027 school year. The legislation also modifies the priority order for awarding opportunity scholarships in 2026-2027, ensuring that students who received grants in the previous year are processed first if funds are insufficient to cover all applicants.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Apr 2026

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Apr 27, 2026 Last action May 7, 2026

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

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The bill underwent a transition from a filed draft to its first official edition, updating the document version number and clarifying the committee referral date. These changes are primarily administrative and technical, ensuring the bill is properly recorded in the legislative system for the 2025 session.

TECHNICAL

Updated the document version identifier from a draft code (DRS35369-MTa-152) to the official edition code (S842-v-1).

Added the specific date of referral to the Senate Rules and Operations committee (April 28, 2026) to the header information.

Removed the empty 'Referred to' line, replacing it with the specific committee assignment and date.

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Committee

May 7, 2026

Committee

Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

upper

Apr 28, 2026

Committee

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

upper

Apr 27, 2026

Introduced

Filed

upper

1 primary · 4 co-sponsors