Bill Summaries: all (2023-2024 Session)

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  • Summary date: Oct 25 2023 - View summary

    Senate amendment to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

    Amends what can be considered during the two-day sessions held in November, December, January, February, March, and April to also include bills providing for the selection, appointment, or confirmation as required by law, including the filling of vacancies of positions for which the appointees were elected by the NCGA upon recommendation of a minority leader of a chamber of the NCGA.


  • Summary date: Oct 24 2023 - View summary

    Provides that when the House and Senate adjourn on October 25, 2023, they stand adjourned to reconvene on November 29-30, December 20-21, January 17-18, February 14-15, March 13-14, and April 10-11. Limits what can be considered during those sessions to: (1) bills vetoed by the Governor solely for the purpose of considering overriding of the veto upon reconsideration of the bill; (2) bills for the selection, appointment, or confirmation as required by law, including the filling of vacancies of positions for appointees elected by the NCGA upon recommendation of the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, or President Pro Tempore of the Senate; (3) bills providing for action on gubernatorial nominations or appointments; (4) bills responding to actions related to litigation challenging the legality of legislative enactments; (5) any bills relating to election laws, including bills concerning the districts for Congressional, State House, State Senate, judicial, municipal, county, and other elected officials, and containing no other matters; (6) bills providing for impeachment pursuant to Article IV of the North Carolina Constitution or GS Chapter 123; (7) simple resolutions addressing organizational matters of each respective house; (8) adoption of conference reports for bills for which conferees had been appointed by both houses on or before Wednesday, October 25, 2023; and (9) a joint resolution further adjourning the 2023 Regular Session, amending a joint resolution adjourning the 2023 Regular Session, or adjourning the 2023 Regular Session, sine die.

    For the regular session that convenes on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, limits what may be considered to: (1) bills directly and primarily affecting the State budget, including (i) the budget of an occupational licensing board for fiscal year 2024-25 and (ii) bills authorizing a fee for a unit of State government or political subdivision of the State, if the bill is submitted to the Bill Drafting Division by 4:00 P.M. Monday, April 15, 2024, and introduced in the House of Representatives or filed for introduction in the Senate by 4:00 P.M. Thursday, May 2, 2024; (2) bills: a. proposing an amendment(s) to the North Carolina Constitution and containing no other matter, b. proposing an amendment(s) to the North Carolina Constitution and containing no other matter other than statutory conforming changes to implement such bills, or c. solely making statutory and transitional changes to implement these types of bills; (3) bills and resolutions introduced in 2023 (i) that passed third reading in 2023 in the house in which introduced, were received in the other house in accordance with Senate Rule 41 or House Rule 31.1(h) (crossover deadline), as appropriate, and not disposed of in the other house by tabling, unfavorable committee report, indefinite postponement, or failure to pass any reading, and which do not violate the rules of the receiving house or (ii) not subject to the crossover deadline; (4) bills and resolutions implementing the recommendations of: a. study commissions, authorities, and statutory commissions authorized or directed to report to the 2023 Regular Session, b. the General Statutes Commission, the Courts Commission, or any commission created under GS Chapter 120 that is authorized or directed to report to the NCGA, c. the House Ethics Committee, d. select committees, or e. the Joint Legislative Ethics Committee or its Advisory Subcommittee, requires that these bills be submitted to the Bill Drafting Division by 4:00 P.M. Monday, April 15, 2024, and filed for introduction in the Senate or introduced in the House of Representatives by 4:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 1, 2024; (5) any local bill that submitted to the Bill Drafting Division by 4:00 P.M. Monday, April 15, 2024, and is introduced in the House of Representatives or filed for introduction in the Senate by 4:00 P.M. Tuesday, May 7, 2024; (6) bills providing for the selection, appointment, or confirmation as required by law, including the filling of vacancies of positions for which the appointees were elected by the NCGA upon recommendation of the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, or President Pro Tempore of the Senate; (7) bills providing for action on gubernatorial nominations or appointments; (8) any matter authorized by joint resolution passed by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting in each chamber, requires that such a bill or resolution have a copy of the ratified enabling resolution attached to the jacket before filing; (9) a joint resolution authorizing the introduction of a bill under subdivision (8) above; (10) any bills primarily affecting any State or local pension or retirement system, if the bill has been submitted to the Bill Drafting Division by 4:00 P.M. Monday, April 15, 2024, and is introduced in the House of Representatives or filed for introduction in the Senate by 4:00 P.M. Thursday, May 2, 2024; (11) joint resolutions and simple resolutions authorized for introduction under Senate Rule 40.1 or House Rule 31; (12) bills vetoed by the Governor solely for the purpose of considering overriding of the veto upon reconsideration of the bill; (13) bills responding to actions related to litigation concerning the districts for Congressional, State House, State Senate, judicial, municipal, county, and other elected officials' actions and any other litigation challenging the legality of legislative enactments; (14) any bills relating to election laws, including bills concerning the districts for Congressional, State House, State Senate, judicial, municipal, county, and other elected officials; (15) bills to disapprove rules under GS 150B-21.3; (16) bills providing for impeachment pursuant to Article IV of the North Carolina Constitution or GS Chapter 123; and (17) a joint resolution further adjourning the 2023 Regular Session, amending a  joint resolution adjourning the 2023 Regular Session, or adjourning the 2023 Regular Session, sine die.

    Allows the Speaker of the House or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to authorize committees or subcommittees to meet during the interims between sessions to (1) review matters related to the State budget for 2023-25, (2) prepare reports, including revised budgets, or (3) consider any other matters as the Speaker of the House or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate deems appropriate. Allows a conference committee to meet in the interim with approval by the Speaker of the House or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.