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The General Assembly's sessions are convened according to standards prescribed by the state constitution and state statute. [105] The General Assembly meets in regular session—or the "long session"—beginning in January of each odd-numbered year, and adjourns to reconvene the following even-numbered year for what is called the "short session".
Carcaño v. Cooper is a landmark legal case challenging the constitutionality of North Carolina's House Bill 2 (HB 2) and its replacement, House Bill 142 (HB 142). The case, originally filed in March 2016 by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Lambda Legal, sought to overturn the provisions of HB 2, which required individuals to use public bathrooms corresponding to the sex on their ...
While the North Carolina General Assembly hasn’t had voting sessions since the summer, several new laws are going into effect now. Two of them deal with domestic violence protections. Here are ...
One of the issues left on the North Carolina General Assembly’s 2024 to-do list for Republicans in control is to fund the backlog of private school vouchers in what is known as the Opportunity ...
The following table shows the district, party, counties represented, and date first elected of members of the House of Representatives. [2] The representatives were elected in new districts districts passed by the General Assembly in 2022 (House Bill 980 of the 2021–2022 session) to account for population changes following the 2020 census.
The Charlotte area’s most closely watched state legislative race could have widespread ramifications across North Carolina as Rep. Tricia Cotham faces voters for the first time since flipping ...
Senate Bill 2, officially called An act to allow magistrates, assistant registers of deeds, and deputy registers of deeds to recuse themselves from performing duties related to marriage ceremonies due to sincerely held religious objection., is a 2015 North Carolina anti-LGBT law that allows for an exemption for state magistrates, assistant register of deeds, or deputy register of deeds who ...
The North Carolina General Assembly 2021–22 session was the state legislature that first convened in January 2021 and concluded in December 2022. Members of the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives were elected in November 2020.