House Resolution adopts the permanent rules of the 2015 Regular Session of the House of Representatives as the permanent rules of the 2016 Extra Session, with the following changes: (1) sets 10:00 am as the presumptive next day reconvening time after adjournment; (2) provides that the Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House and Ethics Committee will be comprised of the members appointed during the Regular Session and other members as the Speaker of the House (Speaker) appoints at the beginning of the Extra Session; (3) provides that the only standing committees of the House for the Extra Session will be (a) Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House; (b) Ethics; and (c) Redistricting; (4) requires all bills or resolutions to be introduced through submittal to the Principal Clerk’s Office; (5) provides that only resolutions that adjourn the Extra Session sine die or bills concerning redistricting or the scheduling of 2016 election primaries can be introduced or considered; (6) provides for streamlined bill consideration for the introduction and consideration of bills and resolutions, including allowing them to be placed on the calendar without referral by the Speaker to committee and on the same day they are introduced or received from the Senate; (7) only allows floor amendments to redistricting legislation if these are previously proposed in committee, these replace the entire text of the bill amended, and they are accompanied with Congressional district maps; (8) allows same-day receipt and calendaring of conference reports and co-sponsoring of bills or resolutions only during the day which they are first read and referred, while in the possession of the House.
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| Intro. by Lewis | HOUSE RES |
Blank bill; requires that the 2016 Congressional primary election be conducted as provided in the act without setting out those requirements.
Applies to the 2016 primary cycle for the US House of Representatives unless the US Supreme Court reverses or stays the decision of the US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina holding unconstitutional GS 163-201(a) as it existed before the enactment of this act (or the decision is otherwise enjoined, made inoperable, or ineffective), in which case Section 2 of SL 2015-258 (which set the primary date as March 15, 2016) is again effective.
| Intro. by Jones, Hardister | UNCODIFIED |
House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.
Amends the long title.
Sets out the procedures and protocols for conducting the 2016 US House of Representatives primary election (primary), notwithstanding previous laws or statutes. Provides that the primary will be held on Tuesday June 7, 2016. The filing period for the primary will open at noon on March 16, 2016, and close at noon on March 25, 2016. Sets out eligibility to file as a candidate in the primary, requiring that any person wanting to run have been affiliated with that party for at least 75 days at the time of filing for candidacy. Persons registered as "Unaffiliated" are ineligible to file for the primary. Provides that no candidate can run for two separate offices at the same time as a result of winning a March 15 and June 7 primary; such individuals must withdraw from one of the races no later than a week after results are certified for both primaries. Provides for the return of filing fees for those having filed for the primary before the enactment of this act. Establishes that the results of the 2016 primary will be determined by a plurality vote, with no second primaries being held during the 2016 election cycle. Repeals SL 2015-258, Section 2(d), concerning procedures for second primaries. Requires elections set for the date of the second primary to be placed on the ballot at the time of the primary. Sets out procedures for nominating electors to the Electoral College.
Authorizes the State Board of Elections to issue temporary orders that might change or alter established election laws, regulations, or guidelines that might affect the primary. Provides that such orders are only effective for the primary and are not rules subject to the NC Administrative Procedure Act. Additionally, such orders become void 10 days after final certification of the primary. Further provides that this act also expires 10 days after final certification of the primary. Provides that ballots cast for the primary in accordance with SL 2015-258 cannot be certified by the State Board of Elections, remain confidential, and are not a public record.
Amends the effective date of the bill, making technical and clarifying changes.
| Intro. by Jones, Hardister | UNCODIFIED |
Provides that when the House of Representatives and Senate adjourn the 2016 Extra Session on February 19, 2016, they stand adjourned sine die.
| Intro. by Lewis. | JOINT RES |
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Adopts the permanent rules of the 2015 Regular Session as the rules governing the 2016 Extra Session with the following changes: (1) limits the standing committees to Redistricting, and Rules and Operations of the Senate and sets out provisions for naming membership of those committees; (2) allows any member of the Senate to propose an amendment in committee, prohibits an amendment from being offered on the floor unless it was proposed in committee, and requires any amendment on a bill adopting a new redistricting plan to replace the entire bill text and be accompanied by a map showing all of the State’s Congressional districts; (3) sets out requirements for introduced bills, including that each bill be presented for first reading on the day that it is filed; (4) limits bills and resolutions that may be considered to those resolutions on rules governing the Extra Session and adjourning the Extra Session, those bills adopting redistricting plans for the House of Representatives of the US Congress, and those providing for the scheduling and implementation of the Congressional primary election in 2016; (5) requires all bills introduced and those received from the House to have first reading on the day that the bill is received and sets out rules governing the referral of the bills to committee; (6) requires all bills reported by committee to be given second reading and immediate consideration upon passage; (7) requires a bill that passes second reading to be placed on the calendar for immediate consideration on its third reading; and (8) allows same day concurrence with House amendments to and committee substitute for Senate bills.
| Intro. by Apodaca | SENATE RES |
Amends GS 163-201 to divide North Carolina into 13 congressional districts to nominate and elect members of the US House of Representatives in 2016 and every two years thereafter, as follows.
District 1 includes the following counties: Bertie, Edgecombe, Gates, Granville, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Northampton, Vance, Warrren, and Washington counties, as well as specified parts of the following counties, Durham, Pitt, and Wilson.
District 2 includes the following counties: Franklin, Harnett, and Nash and specified parts of Johnston, Wake, and Wilson.
District 3 includes the following counties: Beaufort, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, and Tyrrell, with specified parts of Pitt County.
District 4 includes the following counties: Orange and specified parts of Durham and Wake.
District 5 includes the following counties: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Forsyth, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yadkin with specified parts of Catawba County.
District 6 includes the following counties: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Lee, Person, Randolph, and Rockingham, with specified parts of Guilford County.
District 7 includes the following counties: Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Pender, Sampson, and Wayne, with specified parts of Bladen and Johnston counties.
District 8 includes the following counties: Cabarrus, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, and Stanly, with specified parts of Cumberland and Rowan.
District 9 includes the following counties: Anson, Richmond, Robeson, Scotland, and Union, with specified parts of Cumberland, Bladen, and Mecklenburg.
District 10 includes the following counties: Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Polk, and Rutherford, and specified parts of Buncombe, Catawba, and Iredell.
District 11 includes the following counties: Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties, with specified parts of Buncombe County.
District 12 includes specified parts of Mecklenburg County.
District 13 includes the following counties: Davidson and Davie, and specified parts of Guilford, Iredell, and Rowan.
Applies to elections held in the years of 2016, 2018, and 2020, unless specified action is taken by the US Supreme Court.
A map of the congressional districts proposed in the committee substitute and accompanying documents are posted on the General Assembly’s website here(link is external).
| Intro. by Rucho | GS 163 |
Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.
Moves VTD G40A2 from District 13 to District 6, amends which blocks of VTD G71 are under District 13 and which are under District 6, moves all of VTD G67 to District 13.
| Intro. by Rucho | GS 163 |
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H 1: HOUSE RULES.
H 2: 2016 US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRIMARY.
H 3: ADJOURN 2016 EXTRA SESSION.
S 1: SENATE RULES.
S 2: 2016 CONTINGENT CONGRESSIONAL PLAN.
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