North Carolina SB 918: Winston-Salem/Forsyth Joint EOC Funds.

Status: Passed 1st Reading (as of 2026-04-30)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2025 · Bill: SB 918

Subjects: APPROPRIATIONS; BUDGETING; COUNTIES; DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICES; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MUNICIPALITIES; PUBLIC; FORSYTH COUNTY; WINSTON-SALEM

Sponsors: Lowe

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 918

Short Title: Winston-Salem/Forsyth Joint EOC Funds. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Lowe (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
April 30, 2026
*S918-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO FORSYTH COUNTY TO ASSIST THE COUNTY 2
AND THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM IN CREATING A JOINT EMERGENCY 3
OPERATIONS CENTER. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Office of State 6
Budget and Management the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) in nonrecurring funds for 7
the 2026-2027 fiscal year to be allocated in the form of a grant to Forsyth County to assist the 8
County and the City of Winston-Salem in creating a joint city-county emergency operations 9
center to improve coordination and response during emergencies. 10
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2026. 11

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