CERTIFY READING OF NC CONSTITUTION.

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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2025-2026 Session
House Bill 997 (Public) Filed Thursday, April 10, 2025
AN ACT TO REQUIRE EACH MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO CERTIFY WHETHER OR NOT THAT MEMBER HAS REVIEWED THE CONTENTS OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND THE NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION PRIOR TO TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE.
Intro. by Riddell, Turner, Scott, Brody.
Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action) (May 8 2025)

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H 997

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  • Bill H 997 (2025-2026)
    Summary date: Apr 11 2025 - View Summary

    Amends GS 11-7 to require every member of the General Assembly, prior to taking the oath of office, to certify to the Principal Clerk of the house to which the member has been elected whether or not that member has read, listened to, or otherwise reviewed a copy of the Constitutions of the United States and the State of North Carolina within the previous two years.

    Effective January 1, 2027.

    Constitution, Government, General Assembly
    GS 11
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