North Carolina House bill in Session 2025.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: April 22, 2026.
Pickleball Wellness Initiative: Health Equity.
Appropriates $197,760 for 2026-27 from the General Fund to the UNC Board of Governors (BOG) to be allocated to the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management in the College of Natural Resources at NC State University to create and evaluate a community-based wellness initiative in eastern Wake, Halifax, and Lenoir counties that uses pickle ball to engage participants and encourage physical activity and social interaction at public recreational facilities in communities with limited access to recreational resources. Specifies that these funds do not revert.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-04-22 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-04-22 | Latest Action | Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House |