North Carolina House, Senate return for June 8 sessions

RALEIGH — The North Carolina House and Senate are scheduled to return to session Monday, June 8, as lawmakers continue work during the short session.

According to the N.C. General Assembly legislative calendar, the House is scheduled to convene at 10:30 a.m. Monday, followed by the Senate at 3 p.m. The calendar lists no committee meetings for Monday, but committee activity is scheduled to resume Tuesday with several House panels taking up bills on finance, annexation, local government and health.

The House Finance Subcommittee on Annexation and Deannexation is scheduled to meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 9, in Room 643 of the Legislative Office Building. The agenda includes local measures involving deannexation and military property, including bills related to Morehead City, Waynesville, Washington and Jacksonville.

The full House Finance Committee is scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday, also in Room 643 of the Legislative Office Building. Its agenda includes House Bill 199, titled “Nonconsensual Booting and Towing Reform,” House Bill 920, titled “Virtual Currency Kiosk Consumer Protection Act,” House Bill 1029, titled “NC Digital Asset and Stablecoin Act,” and Senate Bill 695, titled “Incent Development Finance District Funding.”

The calendar also lists a 9:30 a.m. Tuesday meeting of the General Statutes Commission’s Suspension and Restoration of Drivers Licenses Committee, a House Health Committee meeting at 11 a.m., and a House State and Local Government Committee meeting at 2 p.m.

The State and Local Government Committee agenda includes Senate Bill 889, titled “Property Tax Reappraisal Moratorium.”

The calendar is subject to change. Committee meetings listed on the legislative calendar are typically livestreamed, and the House and Senate chamber dashboards provide session access and updates.

The schedule indicates lawmakers are continuing to focus on local government authority, tax policy, digital assets and property issues as the session moves into the second full week of June.

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.