SB 98 North Carolina Senate · 2025-2026 Session

Funds for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

This bill appropriates $1.5 million annually from 2025-2027 to fund Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in North Carolina. It directs funds to the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc. to mail age-appropriate books monthly to registered children through the early literacy program. The bill provides recurring state funding for an existing program that delivers books directly to children's homes.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Last action Feb 17, 2025

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Filed → Edition 1 · 3 edits

MINOR

This bill underwent minor formatting and administrative updates as it moved from filing to its first edition. The changes include updating the bill number identifier from a draft code to the official version number, adding the Rules and Operations committee referral date, and adjusting the header layout for the official session. No substantive policy, funding, or eligibility changes were made at this stage.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill identifier from draft code DRS35047-LUa-39 to official version S98-v-1

Added specific referral date (February 17, 2025) to Rules and Operations of the Senate committee

Adjusted header formatting for official session presentation with page number and bill number placement

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Committee

Feb 17, 2025

Committee

Re-ref Com On Appropriations/Base Budget

upper

Feb 17, 2025

Committee

Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Introduced

Filed

upper

1 primary · 3 co-sponsors