NC General Assembly reconvenes with vetoes and election laws eligible for action
RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly is scheduled to reconvene at noon Monday for a restricted legislative session that could include veto overrides, election legislation, appointments and other matters authorized under the legislature’s adjournment resolution.
The House and Senate are scheduled to meet from Aug. 31 through Sept. 2. No individual bill was listed on the General Assembly’s public legislative calendar early Monday, but Senate Joint Resolution 1091 establishes the categories of business lawmakers may consider.
The resolution allows lawmakers to reconsider bills vetoed by Gov. Josh Stein, but only for the purpose of deciding whether to override a veto. Measures falling within several other defined categories may also be considered.
Those categories include legislation involving appointments or confirmations, actions related to lawsuits challenging state laws, election laws and electoral districts, impeachment and proposed amendments to the North Carolina Constitution.
Lawmakers may also adopt conference reports for bills for which both chambers had appointed negotiators by Aug. 6. Bills returned to their originating chambers for concurrence by that date are eligible for consideration as well.
One vetoed measure available for reconsideration is House Bill 958, a broad election-law proposal vetoed by Stein on Aug. 17. The bill includes provisions affecting primary early voting, absentee and provisional ballots, campaign finance reporting, voter registration and election audits.
The bill originally passed the House 66-47 before being amended by the Senate. The House later voted 62-47 to concur with the Senate version. Overriding a veto requires approval from three-fifths of members present and voting in each chamber.
The House and Senate may also adopt organizational resolutions or revise the schedule governing the remainder of the 2025 regular session.
Under the current resolution, lawmakers are expected to adjourn Sept. 2 and return Sept. 28. Additional sessions are scheduled in October, November and December, with final adjournment scheduled for Dec. 18.
The legislative calendar also lists a meeting of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education at 10 a.m. Monday.
Because chamber calendars may be updated during the day, the bills that will receive votes during the session were not certain before lawmakers convened.
Editor’s note:
This article was drafted with the assistance of artificial intelligence and was reviewed and fact-checked by a member of the NC Political News editorial team before publication.
