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View NCGA Bill Details2019-2020 Session
House Bill 1029 (Public) Filed Wednesday, November 13, 2019
AN ACT TO REALIGN THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
Intro. by Lewis, D. Hall.

Status: Ch. SL 2019-249 (Nov 15 2019)

Bill History:

H 1029/S.L. 2019-249

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Nov 15 2019 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO REALIGN THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. SL 2019-249. Enacted November 15, 2019. Effective November 15, 2019.


  • Summary date: Nov 14 2019 - View Summary

    House amendment #1 makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

    Amends the proposed 13 congressional districts set forth in GS 163-201(a) to be used in nominating and electing members of the US House of Representatives in 2020. Modifies the makeup of the districts as follows.

    Changes the portions of Pitt County included in Districts 1 and 3.

    Adds Chowan and Perquimans counties to District 3 (previously, Chowan and Perquimans counties were included in District 1).

    Changes the act's short title.


  • Summary date: Nov 14 2019 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

    Amends the proposed 13 congressional districts set forth in GS 163-201(a) to be used in nominating and electing members of the US House of Representatives in 2020. Modifies the makeup of the districts as follows.

    Adds portions of Vance County and all of Warren County to District 1 (previously, portions of Warren County were included in Districts 1 and 4; and all of Vance County was included in District 4). 

    Adds Franklin County to District 4 (previously, Franklin County was in District 1). Further modifies District 4 to include only portions of Vance County (previously, all of Vance was included in District 4).

    Adds portions of Rutherford County to District 5 (previously, all of Rutherford County was included in District 11).

    Adds portions of Harnett County to District 7 (previously, all of Harnett County was included in District 8). 

    Adds Cumberland County to District 8 (previously, portions of Cumberland County were included in Districts 7 and 8). Further modifies District 8 to include only portions of Harnett County (previously, all of Harnett County was included in District 8).

    Adds Avery County to District 11 (previously, Avery County was included in District 5). Further modifies District 11 to include all of McDowell County (previously, portions of McDowell County were included in Districts 5 and 11), and only portions of Rutherford County (previously, all of Rutherford County was included in District 11).

    Removes the provision which specified that the districts presented are effective for the 2020 elections only if the courts hold the existing districts unconstitutional.


  • Summary date: Nov 13 2019 - View Summary

    Amends GS 163-201(a) to set forth the 13 congressional districts to be used in nominating and electing members of the US House of Representatives in 2020. Provides for the makeup of the districts as follows.

    District 1 consists of: Bertie County; Chowan County; Edgecombe County; Franklin County; Gates County; Greene County; Halifax County; Hertford County; Martin County; Nash County; Northampton County; Perquimans County; portions of Pitt County; portions of Warren County; Washington County; Wayne County; and Wilson County. 

    District 2 consists of: portions of Wake County.

    District 3 consists of: Beaufort County; Camden County; Carteret County; Craven County; Currituck County; Dare County; Duplin County; Hyde County; Jones County; Lenoir County; Onslow County; Pamlico County; Pasquotank County; portions of Pitt County; and Tyrrell County.

    District 4 consists of: portions of Chatham County; Durham County; Granville County; Orange County; Vance County; portions of Wake County; and portions of Warren County. 

    District 5 consists of: Alexander County; Alleghany County; Ashe County; Burke County; Caldwell County; portions of Catawba; Cleveland County; Gaston County; portions of McDowell County; Watauga County; and Wilkes County. 

    District 6 consists of: portions of Forsyth County; and Guilford County.

    District 7 consists of: Bladen County; Brunswick County; Columbus County; portions of Cumberland County; Johnston County; New Hanover County; Pender County; and Sampson County. 

    District 8 consists of: Cabarrus County; portions of Cumberland County; Harnett County; portions of Lee County; Montgomery County; portions of Moore County; and Stanly County. 

    District 9 consists of: portions of Anson County; Hoke County; portions of Mecklenburg County; portions of Moore County; Richmond County; Robeson County; Scotland County; and Union County. 

    District 10 consists of: portions of Catawba County; portions of Forsyth County; portions of Iredell County; Lincoln County; Rockingham County; Stokes County; Surry County; and Yadkin County.

    District 11 consists of: Buncombe County; Cherokee County; Clay County; Graham County; Haywood County; Henderson County; Jackson County; Macon County; Madison County; portions of McDowell County; Mitchell County; Polk County; Rutherford County; Swain County; Transylvania County; and Yancey County.

    District 12 consists of: portions of Mecklenburg County.

    District 13 consists of: Alamance County; Caswell County; portions of Chatham County; Davidson county; Davie County; portions of Iredell County; portions of Lee County; Person County; Randolph County; and Rowan County. 

    Specifies that the districts presented are effective for the 2020 elections only if the courts hold the existing districts unconstitutional.