NC lawmakers reconvene with veto, election and budget-related matters eligible
RALEIGH — North Carolina lawmakers returned to Raleigh on Monday for a reconvened session with a limited list of matters eligible for consideration.
The House and Senate were scheduled to convene at noon July 27, according to the General Assembly’s legislative calendar. The calendar also listed a 10 a.m. meeting of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education and a 4 p.m. Senate State and Local Government Committee meeting.
The reconvened session follows Resolution 2026-5, the adjournment resolution ratified July 2. The resolution provided that lawmakers would return July 27 at noon and set limits on what could be considered during the reconvened regular session.
Eligible matters include bills directly and primarily affecting the state budget, constitutional amendment proposals, certain bills and resolutions introduced in 2025, recommendations from study commissions, local bills meeting filing deadlines, gubernatorial nominations or appointments, veto overrides, election law bills, bills responding to litigation involving legislative enactments and conference reports.
The House calendar for Monday listed unfinished business on Senate Bill 50, “Freedom to Carry NC,” which was vetoed by the governor on June 20, 2025. The House calendar also listed House Bill 116, “Jacksonville Annexation & Conforming Changes,” for adoption of a conference report and third reading, and House Bill 199, “Authorize Municipal Deannexation,” for third reading.
The Senate calendar listed House Bill 116 as a conference report for adoption on third reading and roll call. The Senate calendar also listed a 4 p.m. State and Local Government Committee meeting.
The legislative calendar listed that committee as taking up House Bill 1067, “Rural Hall - Unaffiliated Candidates,” and House Bill 147, “Elizabeth City and King/Deannexations.”
Because the adjournment resolution restricts the range of eligible measures, Monday’s return does not reopen the session to any bill. It does, however, allow lawmakers to take up several categories of policy and procedural matters, including election laws and vetoed bills.
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