North CarolinaNorth Carolina lawmakers would return July 27 with limited session business
North Carolina lawmakers would return on July 27, 2026, and could consider only specified matters unless both chambers approve others by a two-thirds vote.
What it does
After adjourning on July 2, 2026, the House and Senate would meet again on July 27 at noon.
During the July session, lawmakers could take up only listed kinds of business, including budget bills, unfinished bills, appointments, and election laws. Both chambers could approve other matters by a two-thirds vote.
Argument forA set list of allowed business could help lawmakers focus the July session on budget matters, unfinished bills, and other specified work.
Argument againstThe limits could keep lawmakers from taking up other issues during the July session unless they fit an exception or both chambers approve them by a two-thirds vote.
More detail
The House and Senate would adjourn and reconvene for the 2025 regular session. The schedule applies to the North Carolina House and Senate. The chambers would adjourn on Thursday, July 2, 2026, and reconvene Monday, July 27, 2026, at 12:00 noon.
Lawmakers could consider only the matters listed in the resolution during the reconvened session. The limits apply to business during the regular session that reconvenes on July 27, 2026. Allowed matters include budget bills, certain constitutional and local bills, specified unfinished or commission-related work, appointments, election laws, and other named business. Other matters may be considered if a joint resolution authorizing them receives a two-thirds vote of members present and voting in each chamber. Some bills must meet the resolution's stated drafting and filing deadlines. The limits apply during the regular session reconvening Monday, July 27, 2026. The resolution sets April and May 2026 deadlines for some eligible bills.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jul 2FiledLatest
- Vote recorded Second Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Second Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 2Rules Suspended
- Jul 2Passed 1st ReadingMinor
- Jul 2Added to Calendar
- Jul 2Passed 2nd ReadingMinor
- Jul 2Passed 3rd ReadingPassed 2nd Chamber
- Jul 2Special Message Sent To Senate
- Jul 2Special Message Received From House
- Jul 2Passed 1st ReadingMinor
- Jul 2Placed on Today's Calendar
- Jul 2Passed 2nd ReadingMinor
- Jul 2Passed 3rd ReadingPassed 1st Chamber
- Jul 2Ordered EnrolledTo Governor
- Jul 2Ratified
- Jul 2Ch. Res 2026-5Introduced
- Jul 2FiledLatest
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